Argyll Motor Works, Alexandria

The Argyll Motor Works opened in Alexandria, Dunbartonshire in 1906 and functioned as a car factory until the company went bankrupt in 1914.

The works were then taken over by the Admiralty as a munitions factory and the building is still known locally as the Torpedo Factory.

My grandfather, Lachlan Cameron worked there during the First World War and was recorded as a Munitions Worker when he married in 1918.

The Argyll 15/30hp was produced in the factory and could achieve a maximum speed of 40mph

Those who couldn’t afford their own Argyll 15 could build their own, as demonstrated by this group of worthies at Ballagan. The garb in this (and other) photos suggests that these were taken just after the war