STRATHCLYDE THROUGH THE AGES

Historical highlights from the region

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1722 Christian Shaw, daughter of the Laird of Bargarran, starts spinning fine linen thread. She later founds the influential Bargarran Thread Company. 1791 Robert Napier, who will become known as the “father of shipbuilding on the Clyde”, is born in...

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