AN ECLECTIC collection of items representing more than 100 years of Scotland’s industrial heritage could be lost after a decision was taken to close the premises where it is stored. The Scottish Industrial Preservation Trust (SIPT) has salvaged and reclaimed more than 1,250 objects from condemned factories, textile mills, hotels and abandoned offices over the past six years.

The collection is currently housed in a disused printworks in the south side of Glasgow, while the trust searches for a permanent display space for the country’s first industrial heritage museum. But last week the trust was told it must vacate its temporary home early next month to allow Glasgow City Council to use the building for another project.