[1] He spent eighteen months in an army hospital in Killearn having his body rebuilt and learning to walk again.
[4] In 1954 when fire gutted a nearby firm's premises in Dobbies Loan, he acquired the site and the second factory was soon in operation.
[5] In 1959 the second factory reached capacity and McKellar Watt Ltd purchased a nearby competitor on Old Shettleston Road.
[5] Further nearby property purchases over the years meant the site occupied a total of 7.5 acres by the time of Eric McKellar Watt's retirement in 1985.
[4] The company focused on producing chilled sausage and meat based bakery products which were distributed through depots in Dundee, Manchester and Birmingham.
[4] By the early eighties the frozen food sector of the business accounted for 50% of turnover and the firm was exporting its products to Hong Kong, countries in Africa and the Middle East.