Guide dog kennels, Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries
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Guide dog kennels, Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe Taken: 1 Mar 2017
The building in the foreground is a kennels for guide dogs, in the grounds of the Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBI), which is the manufacturing division of City Building. Guide dogs belonging to workers at the facility can be housed there during the day, and are provided with outside as well as covered areas. RSBI started as a supported factory for the visually impaired, and provides opportunities for people with disabilities, as well as helping towards the economic regeneration of the local community and beyond. It specialises in manufacturing a wide range of products, such as office furniture, kitchen units, timber kits for new houses and much more. Newlands and Wellfield flats off Wellfield Street and Reidhouse Street are behind.
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Image Location
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55.881597
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