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Paisley to Sarasota, Florida: The Browning’s
It’s late November 1885, around one 100 Scots are gathering at the docks in Glasgow to board Anchor Lines SS…
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Annan to Paisley: The Carlile family of Paisley
Over the last 8 to 10 years a lot of my research has focused on the introduction of fine Linen…
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Mr John Neilson of Nethercommon, Paisley
Today the John Neilston Institution as a place of education is but a mere memory, even though the building proudly…
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Situation and Surrounding of Paisley Abbey
Let us recall the beautiful situation and surroundings of the abbey in the palmy days of the Abbots. The river…
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John Wilson and the Earl Grey Steamboat disaster
When you visit the Choir of Paisley Abbey do you ever look down? Following the collapse of the Abbey tower…
From the Urban Historian
