Reference:
GB 1127 CR.
Title:
Records of A S Cairns & Rawson Ltd, bottlers, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Dates of Creation:
1944–1968.
Extent:
0.58 metres (2 boxes, 7 volumes).
Extent:
There are no physical characteristics that affect the use of this material.
Held at:
Scottish Brewing Archive.
Name of Creator:
A S Cairns & Rawson Ltd (bottlers: 1944–1967: Edinburgh, Scotland).
Level of Description:
Fonds.
Revisions:
- Revised by Revised by Wiebke Redlich, Archive Assistant (Hub), 12 February 2002
- 8 June 2005 Catalogue record converted to EAD2002, May 2005
Published by:
Scottish Brewing Archive, 18 February 2002.
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Administrative/Biographical History
A S Cairns & Rawson Ltd were beer and cider bottlers, and aerated water manufacturers in Edinburgh, Scotland. Little is known regarding the founders of the company, other than at the beginning of the 1900s Alex Cairns & Son were wholesale wine and spirit merchants operating in Leith, Scotland, and Harry Rawson worked for James Robertson & Co, who were aerated water manufacturers.
In 1944 Alex Cairns & Son became a limited company in order to acquire the business of A S Cairns & Rawson
and once in business they supplied large hotels and restaurants in Edinburgh. They were also responsible for producing St Ronan’s lemonade. A year or two after this it appears the company became a subsidiary of James Calder & Co (Brewers) Ltd of Alloa, Scotland. In or around 1956 the company moved its operations to Bankhead Medway, Sighthill, Edinburgh, where James Calder & Co (Brewers) Ltd had opened a new bottling plant. But in 1967 the company went into voluntary liquidation.
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Scope and Content
- Memorandum and articles of association, 1944
- Liquidation papers, 1967–1968
- Minutes of directors, 1954–1967
- Directors’s annual reports and accounts to shareholders, 1946–1966
- Financial records, 1949–1963
- Salaries and wages records, 1961–1962
- Property records, 1953–1963
- Promotional material, 1963
System of Arrangement:
The material is arranged according to the Scottish Brewing Archive classification scheme used within all SBA collections.
Custodial History:
The collection was previously stored with the rest of the Scottish Brewing Archive at Heriot–Watt University. It moved to the University of Glasgow in 1991.
Immediate Source of Acquisition:
Tennent Caledonian Breweries Ltd.
Appraisal, Destruction and Scheduling:
This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 1127 procedures.
Accruals:
None expected.
Access Conditions:
Open.
Copyright / Reproduction:
Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the Scottish Brewing Archivist.
Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents.
Existence of Copies:
No known copies.
This material is original.
Finding Aids:
File level list available in searchroom.
Related Units of Description:
GB 1127 JC: Records of James Calder & Co (Brewers) Ltd
Publication Note:
No known publications using this material.
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Fonds–Level Description Compilation Details
Fonds–level description compiled by Amanda Jackson, Scottish Brewing Archive Assistant, 16 March 2000.
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