STRATHCLYDE THROUGH THE AGES
Historical highlights from the region
EUREKA MOMENT
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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