Typist Janette Campbell was well-used to working her fingers to the bone as she clocked up the hours in her role with a typewriter firm.

She was a test typist in the Remington Rand factory, swiftly working her fingers across the keys to type out the alphabet twice on every machine to ensure the machines would not cause any problems for customers.

And it wasn't just in English ... if the typewriter came with a keyboard in Arabic or Mexican then Janette, from Househillwood, Glasgow, was able to test that, too.

She was one of about 700 employees at the factory in Hillington, which had opened in 1948.

By 1960 the firm had about 1600 staff at the factory, with 76% of the machines manufactured being exported.

Among those at the firm was a Govan lad called Alex Ferguson. His first job was a five-year apprenticeship as a toolmaker at the factory and he met his future wife, Cathy Holding, there.

Despite the expansion in 1960, Remington stayed at that site for only a few more years before closing its facilities there on February 22, 1963, axing 1100 workers.