Shanks and PeopleShanks provided a workplace for many local people for over a century. As well as the manufacturing side of the business, there were also departments for design, sales and eventually even positions as overseas agents, who took the Shanks name all over the world. Often, people who started as factory workers could work their way up to become designers, executives and even company directors. Members of the Shanks family were highly respected, and some became Provosts once the town had attained the status of burgh. A full history of the company is available in the Barrhead Library.
There were a variety of skilled and semi skilled workers employed in both of the Shanks sites in Barrhead.
