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201760 minPGdocumentary

The Town That Thread Built

201760 minPGdocumentary

Paisley, Scotland, once a thriving center of the global thread industry, experienced significant social and economic changes due to the rise and fall of J & P Coats.

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Paisley, Scotland, once a thriving center of the global thread industry, experienced significant social and economic changes due to the rise and fall of J & P Coats.

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Paisley, Scotland's biggest town, was one of its wealthiest when local mill owners J & P Coats were at the peak of their powers and one of the world's three biggest companies. This social history tells the story of the company, its workers, and the rise and fall of their town as the centre of the world thread industry. Narrated by leading actress and one-time 'mill girl' Phyllis Logan.

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