Scottish shale Scottish shale

William Dixon Ltd

Registered office:

1, Dixon St. Glasgow

Formed in 1873, to take forward the interests of William Dixon & Co.

Listed in the 1924 Colliery Yearbook with directors:

  • T. Warren (chair)
  • P.M. Ritchie (managing director)
  • A.H. Morgan, 14 Grosvenor Place
  • J.F.F. Jamieson, Rithven, Neigle
  • T. Warren, 10 Westbourne Terrace, Glasgow
  • R.T. Moore, 13, Clairmont Gardens, Glasgow
  • P.M. Ritchie, Ferniebank, Uddingston

Listed in the 1944 Colliery Yearbook with directors:

  • D. Bruce Warren, Rivaldsgreen, Linlithgow (chair)
  • P.M. Ritchie, Calder House, Coatbridge (managing director)
  • Sir Robert McKenzie, Edinbarnet, Duntocher
  • Major J Mann-Thomso, Dankeith, Kilmarnock
  • Alex McLellan, 10 Sydenham Rd, Glasgow

Pits in West Lothian (1924)

  • Polkemmet, employing 194 underground and 53 surface workers, manager: Alex McCall

Pits in West Lothian (1944)

  • Polkemmet, employing 658 underground and 222 surface workers, manager: Thos. Blair