| AdminHistory | In 1909 Wait and Sons went bankrupt and by 1911, Wolfe had bought the Burnside Road forge, his son, Major Tom Wolfe had modernised the machinery and the whole business was re-named the Bathgate Forge. Tragedy struck in 1914 when a serious fire almost destroyed the Burnside Road premises but the company quickly recovered and soon took over the Holm Forge Company at Bellshill. George Wolfe died in 1924 and his sons Tom, Charles and Monty took over the business. Tom's main concern was the forge, Charles focused on the steel mill and Monty was the company accountant. Tom died in 1957 and his son, the present William Wolfe took over. In 1962, Charles died and his son, George succeeded him in looking after the rolling mills until 1965, when the mill shut. |
| Scope_And_Content | Comprises corporate records, accounts, production and sales records, staff records, insurance documents etc. |