Blanefield Printing Company

Life as a Child Worker at Blanefield Printworks

In June 2026 P7 pupils at Strathblane Primary School tackled a project in which they were asked to imagine being young workers at Blanefield Printworks. Here are two particularly impressive samples of their work. Both girls chose to describe the events surrounding the...

Blanefield Printworks

The Printworks (from John Guthrie Smith 1886. Photograph by John Coubrough) Block printing is the printing of patterns on fabrics using a carved block, usually made from wood. It originated in India around the 5th century BC but did not arrive in Scotland until the...