The ICI Dumfries photographs in these albums are a record of the people and buildings on what was the Imperial Industries Company Drungans site, at Dumfries. These photos are from the early 1940s, when the site was first established, through until the main Ardil Tower and Propafilm 1 Plant was demolished in 1999.

On the realisation that the plants were closing and buildings were to be demolished, it was felt that the photographic history of the site would be lost forever. Several ex-employees initiated the collection of existing photos from as many areas of the site as possible. These were then saved into a dozen or so A3 sized albums.

The photos on this site were copied from the albums, categorised, titled (where possible), and loaded up on the Picasa website ready for viewing. With the demise of Picasa, the collection was not available for a number of years. This simple new website and Google Photos provides access to the photos once more.

Photos of individuals are located with the plants where they spent most of their working life. Where there are groups of people from different plants, they will be located in the "Site" album. Many photos have additional information available: once you are in an album, click on a photo to make it full size and the information will be shown on the bottom left or you can click the small information (i) icon in the upper right.

Not all will be correct - if there are errors let us know.

Since starting the original digital project, the number of photos has steadily grown. Contributors range from one or two photos to people who had the foresight to gather photos from their local notice board and even make an album out of them. This has been a terrific boost to the number of photos displayed.

It is certain there are many other photographs out there that have an association with ICI; be it some sporting activity, shift nights out, gatherings, long service awards, etc. The topics are endless. If you have any that would be suitable and you are willing to contribute to the albums please contact us using the Contact link at the top of the page.

Hope you have great pleasure in viewing the existing photos. Hopefully we can build on existing albums and create a lasting photographic memory of where many worked with our friends and colleagues. Where some of us spent most of our working lives.