CLYDEBANK’S shipbuilding heritage was entirely down to the the Bankies who put in decades of work, as shown in newly revealed images.

Slides bought by the QE2 Story group show some of the workers with the world-famous liner in the John Brown yard.

The group are hoping Post readers can help identify the men in one particular image in their collection, showing two men with the QE2 launch gear.

Rob Lightbody, of the QE2 Story, purchased the slides off eBay for the benefit of those who made and sailed on the liner.

A second set was taken on by Brian Price, who joined the QE2 as a cruise director in 1974.

He said he had been given 80 slides by Terry Conroy, a previous director.

Both sets can be viewed on the forum’s website, theqe2story.com/forum/gallery/.

Lynda Bradford, from the site, told the Post: “They are an amazing record of the building of QE2 at John Brown’s Clydebank and we are delighted to be the custodians of these valuable memories of the building of QE2.

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“I think [the photo of the two men] has so much to say about a time when people were expected to work longer than what is expected today.

“There is also a sense of wisdom about these men, in that it may be the launch of Cunard’s new liner, but they have seen it all before.”

Brian Price, speaking about first looking at the slides decades ago, said: “During a rare quiet moment on the westbound crossing I took a close look at the slides.

“They comprised a unique visual record of the ship being built.

“The pictures had been commissioned by Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (previously John Brown’s Shipyard), and this was a set that had been passed on to Cunard Southampton, and then on to me.”

Anyone with information on those men in the photos can contact admin@theqe2story.com or get in touch with the Post.