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    Coats Paisley is a reception hall which stands at the west end of the High Street in Paisley, Scotland. The building was the home of Thomas Coats Memorial...
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    imitation Kashmir (cashmere) shawls called "Paisley". Under the leadership of Thomas Coats (1809–1893), Paisley became the world centre for thread making...
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    "History". Coats. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2019. "Records of Coats Viyella plc, thread manufacturers, Paisley, Renfrewshire...
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    Industrial Revolution, Paisley was renowned for thread weaving. The Coats mill was run by two brothers, Peter and Thomas Coats. These men, children of...
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    Muirshiel Regional Park Coats Observatory Coats Paisley Craigends Yew Craigie Linn waterfall Erskine Bridge Fountain Gardens, Paisley Gleniffer Braes Johnstone...
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    the long, attractive coat, since length of coat was a principal factor in Skye Terriers. The Paisleys, bred for long but soft coats (useless for a working...
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    Co". Coats Observatory, Renfrewshire Leisure Website Coats Observatory, Paisley.org.uk Coats Observatory, Renfrewshire Astronomical Society Coats Observatory...
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    Paisley or paisley pattern is an ornamental textile design using the boteh (Persian: بته) or buta, a teardrop-shaped motif with a curved upper end. Of...
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  • co-founder of the firm J & P Coats, which later evolved into Coats Group. He was born in Paisley, the third son of James Coats and Catherine Mitchell, and...
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    gifted to the town of Paisley by the industrialist Sir Peter Coats in 1871. The building, which also houses Paisley Library and the Coats Observatory, was...
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  • literary award. Janet Coats was born in Paisley in 1844 to Thomas Coats and Margaret Glen, and was a member of the J. & P. Coats family, renowned for thread-making...
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  • Thomas Coats (1809–1883) was a Scottish thread manufacturer. Coats was born at Paisley 18 October 1809. He was the fourth of a family of ten sons. His...
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  • several local bodies, including the Paisley Free Library and Museum (1871), the Coats Observatory (1882) and Paisley Technical College and School of Art...
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  • NASA astronaut Sir Peter Coats founder of J & P Coats in Paisley Robert H. Coats (1874–1960), Canadian statistician Robert R. Coats (1910–1995), Canadian-American...
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    drinking fountains, rock garden and alpine beds. Coats then gifted the park to the people of Paisley. The park was renamed and opened officially on 26...
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  • John Arthur Paisley (August 25, 1923 – September 24, 1978) was a former official of the Central Intelligence Agency. When Paisley was two-years-old, his...
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  • Greenlees Jr. of Paisley, Renfrewshire, at Castlehead, Paisley, in 1891. Together, they were the parents of: Sir James Stuart Coats, 3rd Baronet (1894–1966)...
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    be more difficult for "woolly" or "cottony" textured coats, or coats that are overly fine. Coats may vary in colour. For example, a mature Yorkie may...
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    Lord Paisley. His son James Hamilton was created Lord Abercorn on 5 April 1603, then on 10 July 1606 he was made Earl of Abercorn and Lord of Paisley, Hamilton...
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    profession. Coats was the son of William Coats and the grand-nephew of Thomas Coats family in Paisley, who were famous as thread manufacturers. Coats was educated...
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    Sir Thomas Coats Glen Glen-Coats, 2nd Baronet (5 May 1878, in Paisley – 7 March 1954, in Glasgow) was a Scottish sailor who competed for the Royal Clyde...
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    Shortroods neighbourhoods. Coats Memorial Church, Glasgow International Airport, Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Paisley Sheriff Court, the Royal Alexandra...
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  • Pawtucket Rangers (redirect from J&P Coats)
    J. & P. Coats was an American soccer club founded in 1900 as the team of the Pawtucket, Rhode Island branch of the J. & P. Coats threadmaking company of...
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    Eileen Emily Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's, Baroness Bannside (née Cassells; born 2 November 1931), is a Northern Irish Unionist politician...
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    established, most of the J. & P. Coats textiles family already had country estates far more imposing than anything the new Paisley development could offer. And...
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    large-scale mills, with many concentrating in Paisley. In the 1930s, around 28,000 people were employed in the Coats mills in the town. Greenock's coastal position...
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    other sporting dogs with softer, thinner coats cannot escape. The only acceptable colours for the Curly-coated Retriever are solid black and solid liver...
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  • clubs, and LaHaye recently gave a seminar in Wichita, Kans., in a sports-coat/paisley-tie/blue-leather-loafer combo that looked as if it could not have been...
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    Glen Glen-Coats, 1st Baronet, CB, VD (19 February 1846 – 12 July 1922) was a Scottish businessman and Liberal Party politician. Glen-Coats was a Director...
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    Flat-coated Retriever is a gun dog breed originating from England. It was developed as a retriever both on land and in the water. The Flat-Coated Retriever...
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