Pearce Institute - floor sanding video.

McKay Hardwood Flooring were contracted to sand the wood floors in the Pearce Institute in Govan. Please watch the video in the sidebar courtesy of the Pearce Institute showing some of the refurbishment works. Thank you to the Govan Story website for their info on the Pearce Institute (below).

http://www.thegovanstory.co.uk/theme.php?content=17&theme=4

William Pearce of the Fairfield Shipyard died in 1888. In his memory, Lady Pearce commissioned the erection at Govan Cross of a magnificent institute for the men and women of Govan, in a pastiche of a 17th century townhouse designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson. The first departments of the Pearce Institute first opened in 1904. It offered Govanites a men's and women's reading rooms and clubs, a library, a gymnasium, cooking and laundry departments, and a retiring room. The MacLeod Hall provided a grand venue for dances and social gatherings, with its organ, stage and gallery. On the wall at the entrance to the Pearce Institute is the welcome: “This is a House of Friendship. This is a House of Service. For Families, For Lonely Folk. For the People of Govan. For the Strangers of the World. Welcome.”