MORE information has come to light about Alloa's First World War aeroplane factory after a second Sopwith Camel propeller was found.

Farmer Albert Paige found two propellers covered with straw in a barn at Bowhouse Farm around 1975 and gave one to aircraft enthusiast Andrew Wood who still has it.

The second was found in Albert's garden shed after his death and gifted to Clackmannanshire Council's museum collection.

Andrew, who was born in Alloa, recently spoke to the Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society about the factory.

He said: “The town hall was packed. The talk was really well attended.

"A lot of people are now interested and the society have taken an interest.”

The group heard how the operators, British Cauldron Company, stopped making planes in 1919 but continued manufacturing furniture.

It went into liquidation 1924 and a new company, Aeroplane and Furniture Factory, was set up.

The trail then goes cold until the propellers came to light in the 1980s.

Clackmannanshire heritage officer Susan Mills said: “It is believed that they had never been used.

"It is known that a substantial amount of parts were left in the factory after it closed.

"Many were taken and used or stockpiled for fire wood, which is presumably how these found their way into the barn.”