The Twomax Building FROM HUTCHESONTOWN TO HARRODS
Dating from the early 1820s, the Twomax factory is the oldest surviving building in Hutchesontown, both a vestige of Glasgow’s textile industry and a symbol of the city’s cultural heritage. Originally a cotton spinning mill, it became a clothing factory during the late-nineteenth century. When the mill became vacant in the 1920s, Twomax, a fashionable knitwear company, moved in for the next 60 years. Co-owned by Hugh McClure and his brother-in-law, Donald McIntosh (the two Macs), the Twomax brand was sold in high-end department stores such as Selfridges, Harrods, and House of Fraser. In 1954, the factory employed at least five hundred female workers.
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