50 years ago: IBM workmates combined to create Inverclyde masterpieces (1975)
WORKMATES Matt Anderson and Jack Holt have combined their hobbies and come up with a real winner.
The result of their getting together are the two large attractive paintings of old Greenock, which are so proudly displaying.
Matt and Jack work at IBM in Spango Valley.
Matt (left) and Jack (right) in 1975 (Image: Archive) Matt an enthusiastic collector of old Greenock material, was rummaging through his collection when he found two pictures which he thought would look good as large reproductions.
He enlisted the artistic talents of Jack, whose hobby is painting, and the result are these paintings which would grace any home.
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On the left is the Mid Quay from a picture dated 1898.
On the right, of course, the Municipal Buildings in 1935.
This article was first published in the Greenock Telegraph on July 9, 1975.
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