ALEX W DALGLEISH

As far back as anyone can remember a Dalgleish has ran the Shop at 11 Montgomery Street. Alex’s father Bobby took over the Newsagents from his father in the 1950’s. An avid  shooter and  gun collector he started the gun shop in the back of the newsagents. I would say a lot of people didn’t realise that it was the only place where you could get a Sunday paper, a packet of   sweets and a box of 12 bore cartridges. This was where Alex at an early age began his career as a gunsmith.     

In 1973 Alex started his apprenticeship with David McKay Brown making Round Actions in Hamilton, learning all his gun making skills he became the workshop manager in 1980. In 1981 he left to start his own Gunsmith business at the back of Montgomery Street repairing shotguns, rifles and making his own shotguns. When his father died in 1985 Alex took over the shop turning  the Newsagents into a retail shop expanding his stock of quality guns to include all manner of shooting equipment.