1960s-1970s

New collaboration help Trunbull & Scott

Thanks to the memories of former employee Pat Gary who joined Turnbull & Scott this decade, we found that there were 5 tradesmen and 7 apprentices in the 1960s. When one of the founders, Adam Aitken, left the company, Pat vividly remembers one of our vans being taken away for paintwork and coming back with Charlie Scott's name on it.

In the 1970s, there were 40 people in the workforce according to Ian Tinlin, who joined Turnbull & Scott in January 1971 after being interviewed by John Scott, son of Charlie Scott.

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A Path for Hunt & Moscrop to Scotland

Hunt & Moscrop, now part of the Voith Group, acquired Turnbull & Scott sometime before 1972. The Annual Report of Hunt & Moscrop for 1972 lists Turnbull & Scott as a General Engineering business alongside the other group of companies (pictured below).

Hunt & Moscrop decided to buy Turnbull & Scott because Whitehead and Pool ltd (sewage and industrial effluent treatment) needed to be in Scotland to win contracts with the Scottish Water Board. By acquiring us, they had a pathway to Scotland. The mission of Hunt & Moscrop was to have a linked strategy to create the means to improve group efficiency and to provide a wider-based service to customers – within the areas of engineering associated with the Hunt & Moscrop name. The special skills and knowledge in the nine companies made Hunt & Moscrop one of Europe’s most versatile groups.

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Products

According to the photo in our archive, Turnbull & Scott have already started to make finned tubes in the 1960s and started to promote finned tube and extended surface heat exchangers with Hunt & Moscrop and the associated companies in the 1970s. This is when we became experts in those.

Diverse Projects and Innovations

In the 1970s, Ian recalls working on diverse jobs and projects which include: Scotland Yard, Science Museum, Didcot/Sellafield, many distilleries, and repeatedly having to go into the bell tower at St. Cuthbert’s church.

1940s

1940s Typically, when people think about United Kingdom history in the 1940s, the war is inevitably at the forefront of their minds.   Typically, when people think about United Kingdom history in the 1940s, the war is inevitably at the forefront of their minds.   Little is known about Turnbull & Scott in this decade, so we […]

1930s

1930s A decade which is remembered for economic and political crisis that culminated in the Second World War. After the Wall Street Crash in the previous decade, the ‘Great Depression’ began which had terrible social effects worldwide, causing widespread poverty and unemployment.  It was during this tumultuous era that Turnbull & Scott were formed. Well […]

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