Comments on: Wills tobacco factory, Glasgow

By: Kate Bright

Kate Bright — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 03:37:24 +0000

I believe this was also designed by my late grandfather, Cecil Hockin, who designed the Newcastle upon Tyne factory.

By: Kate Bright

Kate Bright — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 22:28:50 +0000

My late grandfather, Cecil Hockin, was the chief structural engineer of imperial tobacco and who was the architect for the Newcastle upon Tyne factory.

By: Rick M Walker

Rick M Walker — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:50:00 +0000

Trainspotting was filmed here, they built the sets and had their production offices here.

By: samm

samm — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:53:00 +0000

I worked in the wills factory in Glasgow in the 70s. it was a great company to work for.
There is a similar building in newcastle upon tyne. which has been converted into residential flats and ofcourse is a listed building. You can go on the web and get all the
history of the wills building in newcastle but there doesn!t seem to be much history on the net about the wills factory in Glasgow. but the history about the newcastle factory will be much the same as the glasgow factory. They are both beautiful buildings.

By: demadoggydogg

demadoggydogg — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:28:50 +0000

believe it or not, this building was designed in 1946-53 by Imperial Tobacco Company’s Engineers Office. They had a similar building in Newcastle I think….