Six Cord Thread. The story of Coats and Clarks Paisley thread mills
Details:
- Author(s) Campbell, David (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1995
- Pages 150pp; illus
- Publisher The authors
- Place Published Paisley
Topics:
- Name Worker / employee welfare inc working conditions, compensation, etc
- Name Social responsibility, social control & philanthropy
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Written by a team of enthusiast historians [former employees?] as a community type project. Deals with Ferguslie Mills of J P Coats Ltd and Anchor Mills of Clark & Co Ltd who sometime amalgamated. Deals with 'History of the mills'; 'Overseas and diversification'; 'Welfare of the workers'; 'Donations [by the firm] to the community'; 'Donations to religion'; 'Coats and Clark families'