History
History of The BWA
The first meeting of the Glasgow Bonded Storekeepers Association was held on 12th May 1885 at the Steels Hotel, 5 Queen Street, Glasgow. 10 Glasgow based companies were represented and from the original group only Whyte & Mackay remain in business today.
Membership was restricted to companies who held a Revenue & Custom Bond, and the object of the Association was “to generally, and always in so far as consistent with the Law, to promote interests of members”. The membership fee at that time was 1 guinea or £1/1 shilling.
The first official minutes shown here were recorded on the 12th May 1885.
These are now safely archived along with the minutes and other documents pertaining to meetings held by the officers of the Association throughout its entire history.
List of Chairmen 1885 to Current
| Name | Year | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Mr N.P. Lowrie | 1885 | Lowrie & Co |
| Mr McGuffie | 1886 | Sillars & Co |
| Mr J. Fleming | 1887 | J.Fleming & Sons |
| Mr J. Barr | 1888-1889 | Unknown |
| Mr R. Lang | 1890-1892 | Unknown |
| Mr C. Mackay | 1897-1906 | Whyte & Mackay |
| Mr Yombazis | 1906-1914 | J.B.Sherriff & Co Ltd |
| Mr C. Mackay | 1914-1917 | Whyte & Mackay |
| Mr McKinlay | 1917-1930 | A.McGavin & Co Ltd |
| Mr H.C. Connery | 1930-1938 | Unknown |
| Mr J.W. Mathieson | 1939-1942 | Clyde Bonding Co Ltd |
| Mr McSwan | 1942-1946 | Central Bonding Co Ltd |
| Mr J. Menzies | 1946-1951 | Glasgow Bonding Co Ltd |
| Mr J. Henderson | 1951-1952 | Clyde Bonding Co Ltd |
| Mr H.C. Kelly | 1952-1955 | British Railways Bonded Warehouse |
| Mr Malloch | 1955-1959 | Argyll Bonding Co Ltd |
| Mr R.D.G. Johnston | 1959-1962 | Arbuckle Smith & Co Ltd |
| Mr T. Houston | 1962-1965 | Clyde Bonding Co Ltd |
| Mr McClement | 1965-1965 | Chivas Brothers |
| Mr Wolfe | 1965-1967 | Glen Nevis & Ardlussa Warehouses |
| Mr Aitken | 1967-1969 | Arbuckle Smith & Co Ltd |
| Mr J. Davidson | 1969-1971 | William Whiteley Bonding Co |
| Mr Garroway | 1971-1973 | British Transport Commission |
| Mr Fergus | 1973-1974 | Arbuckle Smith & Co Ltd |
| Mr T.M.H. Miller | 1974-1975 | Castlegreen Warehousing Co Ltd |
| Mr Bremner | 1975-1977 | Strathleven Bonded Warehouse |
| Mr Mullen | 1977-1979 | Grangemouth Bonding Co Ltd |
| Mr T.W. Neighbour | 1979-1980 | Carfin Bonded Warehouse Ltd |
| Mr A.S. McIntosh | 1980-1982 | William Muir (Bond 9) Ltd |
| Mr C. Mullen | 1982-1983 | Grangemouth Bonding Co Ltd |
| Mr T.M.H. Miller | 1983-1985 | Strathleven Bonded Warehouse Ltd |
| Mr A.T. Bond | 1985-1987 | Newcastle Warehousing Co Ltd |
| Mr R.B. Boyle | 1987-1989 | Inverhouse Distillers Ltd |
| Mr A. Dunlop | 1989-1991 | Newton Bonded Services Ltd |
| Mr D.R. Hall | 1991-1993 | J&B Scotland Ltd |
| Mr C.F. Gibson | 1993-1995 | Clyde Bonding Co Ltd |
| Mr A.A. Kirkby | 1995-1997 | J&B Scotland Ltd |
| Mr M. Pepper | 1997-1999 | TDG Ltd |
| Mr L. Obrien | 1999-2001 | William Martin & Sons Ltd |
| Mr B. Graham | 2001-2003 | Glenmorangie plc |
| Mr A.A. Kirkby | 2003-2005 | Independent |
| Mr W. Dickie | 2005-2007 | Houston Co-Packing Ltd |
| Mr A.McLean | 2007-2009 | William Grant & Sons Distillers Ltd |
| Mrs E.MacDonald | 2009-2011 | Edrington |
| Mr G.Hough | 2011-2013 | RK Vecta Ltd |
| Mrs C. Thomson | 2013 - 2015 | Whyte & Mackay |
| Mr G Hough | 2015 - 2018 | CEVA Logistics |
| Mr C Brady | 2018 - | Wincanton PLC |
Secretaries
MacKay & Boyd Solicitors 1906-1914
Carswell, Kerr, MacKay & Boyd 1914-1962
Ronald Kerr 1962-1993
Ian Gray 1993-2004
John Tripp 2004-2018
Daryl Chesney 2018-2019
Graham Sheen 2019 – current