15 rare photos show lost factory and the faces who worked there
Generations will remember Scott's Bakers
Decades ago, many families from across Merseyside bought cakes and bread from Scott's Bakers, saw their delivery vans driving across the city, or worked at their massive factory on Dunnings Bridge Road in Netherton.
The ECHO recently took a look back at Scott's, which was originally known as Thomas Scott and Son and how it became a "household name." The small family business first opened in a tiny corner shop in Bootle before it grew into an empire.
It was Mr Thomas Scott who travelled from Scotland in the early 1880s and settled in Liverpool, later opening his first bakery in 1882 at St John’s Road. After a few years he transferred his business to Derby Road, Bootle and later to nearby Knowsley Road.
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In the May Blitz of 1941, the Knowsley Road bakery was destroyed and Scott's moved to new premises on the Netherton site. Through the decades, many will remember not only the Dunnings Bridge Road site, but that there were also different Scott's Bakers shops across the region. On Hardman Street, the former Kirklands site, now The Fly in the Loaf, was once a Scott's Bakers shop.
Making bread and cakes, Scott's vans could frequently be seen on our streets and the firm is also said to have made iced wedding cakes. Certain generations will also remember open days held at the Dunnings Bridge Road site factory and having a tour of the site, which closed in the 1980s.
Rare photos, recently unearthed from our archives, Mirrorpix, offer a glimpse into life at the factory in the 70s and 80s. Unseen for years, you can see inside the site and some of the faces who worked there
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Some of the pickets outside Scotts Bakery in Netherton, Merseyside. November 14, 1978
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Production workers at work on one of the conveyor belts in at Scott's Bakery, Netherton, Merseyside. Pictured, the wrapped bread comes off the conveyor belt. June 21, 1979
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Scott's management team, Managing Director G H Rowan, centre, pictured with, left to right, D Shields, Assistant Chief Engineer, J Wookey, Sales, R Simpson, Despatch Manager, D Brookes, Bakery Manager, J Stanistreet, Assistant Confectionary Manager, J Lowther, Bread Production Manager, E Grainger, Company Accountant. J Thompson, Training Manager, G Reid, Transport Manager and A Bracken, assistant manager hot plate section. Scott's Bakery, Merseyside. June 21, 1979
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An exterior view of Scott's Bakery, Netherton, Merseyside. September 1983
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An exterior view of Scott's Bakery, Netherton, Merseyside. September 1983
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A price war between bread manufacturers could mean redundancies. The workers at Scott's bakery in Netherton could lose their jobs if major cutbacks go ahead. Pictured, Ronnie Draper (centre) with Union colleagues at a meeting between management and unions. September 13, 1983
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Pickets outside Scott's bakery in Dunnings Bridge Road, Netherton, Merseyside. Circa 1983
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Workers at the gates, Scott's bakery. Netherton, Merseyside. January 1984
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Bootle MP Allan Roberts (right) talks with workers on a picket at Scott's Bakery. Bosses of the bakery will tomorrow go to the High Court in London to try and bring an end to the sit-in. Allan Roberts said the management are "totally intransigent." January 10, 1984
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Pickets huddle around the fire as they watch Scott's delivery vans leave with bread for local hospitals. Scott's bakery. Netherton, Merseyside. January 12, 1984
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A round of toast for breakfast as the men and women of Scott's Bakery continue the picket. Scott's bakery. Netherton, Merseyside. January 12, 1984
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Union Officials, North West Dist. Sec. Eddie Pritchard (right) with Ron Draper after the meeting at which they told the workers of the management's decision to close Scott's bakery in Netherton. February 16, 1984
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Scott's bakery workers leave the meeting in Netherton where they learned of the decision to close the plant. February 16, 1984
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Scott's bakery worker Kathleen Merner after the closure news. February 16, 1984
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Vans lined up in the factory at Scott's Bakery, Netherton, Merseyside. March 1984
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