It was a factory that produced 20th-century design classics still prized today – now the man who became its mainstay is being warmly, and widely, remembered.
Modest typewriter maestro John Brady was a vital part of Olivetti’s Glasgow workforce, whose remarkable achievements are being celebrated at the National Museum of Scotland.
The trainee mechanic turned plant manager, who died in 2013, has a starring role in an exhibition that also pays tribute to the Glasgow-based operation of US typewriter giant Remington Rand.
Tales of Remington’s young firebrand shop steward, Sir Alex Ferguson, are widely recorded, but the story of Brady and the Italian multinational, based across the city, is less well known.
Now, a man who shunned the spotlight is being given a profile in the National Museum of Scotland alongside the likes ofWilliamWallace, JamesWatt and Kenny Dalglish. For his three sons and exhibition is a source of quiet pride.
