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Enamel Advertising Signboards (22) - India Tyres
Thus single sided enamel sign is from the India Tyre and Rubber Compantof Inchinnan, Renfrew, Scotland, the style of the logo indicating it is from the 1950's. It is displayed in Han Chin Pet Soo Museum.
India Tyres had a comparatively short history. Founded in 1927 India Tyres purchased the Inchinnan site to house their tyre factory. In the early days the business was very prosperous and the company built houses in Allands Avenue and India Drive to accommodate the 2,500 employees of the tyre factory.
Then in 1930 India Tyres commissioned their Art Deco office block, strategically located in front of the mill building for optimum visibility from the busy Edinburgh to Greenock through-road.
The building was used for its intended purpose for half a century before its closure.
But in the 1980s India Tyres closed down and vacated the site.
The advertisements shown above are courtesy of Grace's Guide. They date from 1931, 1936 and 1949 (left to right) and from 1957 and 1966.