Those with a direct involvement in David Rattray & Co. are clearly those with the greatest knowledge of the day-to-day workings of Glasgows if not Scotlands best known Cycle Shop.

To increase the knowledge and the accuracy of the Scot history and this website, I would appreciate any information from the ex-employees (or owners for that matter !) or from their surviving relatives and friends. In addition I welcome contributions from those in the "trade" who dealt with the company, or even just your memories of past visits to the shops at Murray Street and latterly Alexandra Parade.

The following photograph shows some of the staff working at Rattrays around 1950 ;

(From Left to Right)

1. John Hamilton (Framebuilder)
2. Joe Bisland (Workshop)
3. Jack Potter (Salesman)
4. Ernie Oates Framebuilder)
5. Jack Smith (Owner & Company Director)
6. Dave Gourlay (Mechanic (new cycles)
7. Alex Smith (Assembler New Cycles)
8. Albert Moffat (Paint Shop Foreman)
9. Frank Rowlett (Framebuilder)
10. Reg Harris !
11. Dave Crow (Framebuilder)
12. Frank McKniff (Wheelbuilder)
13. William Fergus (Paint Shop)
14. John Stein (Repairs)
15. Archie Barlow (Framebuilder)
16. John Smith (Jack's son & later owner)
17. William Hurley (Wheel Repairs)

I'll apologise now, if any of the names are wrong or incorrectly attributed - if you know better ? please let me know !

Mary Dow ; Worked behind the scenes in Rattray's office for a long number of years.

Peter Bolton ; Formerly a senior manager with Puch Cycles (UK) who had an involvement with Rattrays in the 1970s and until closure.

John Jamieson : Worked as an apprenticed cycle mechanic at M.C. (Malcolm) Smith's shop at 254 High Street, Glasgow. He was employed by Rattrays from 1951 to 1955 as a cycle builder. Born in 1913, and also had a successful cycling career.

Christy Monaghan : Worked as a Salesman at Murray Street circa 1956 / 1957.

Bobby Newton: Working as a Salesman at Murray Street circa 1958

Photograph courtesy of Jack Potter