| 词条 | James Templeton & Co |
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James Templeton & Co was a Glasgow-based textile company that grew to become one of the leading carpet manufacturers in Britain during the 19th and 20th centuries. HistoryJames Templeton was a farmer's son born in the Campbeltown area in 1802. As a youth he came to Glasgow to work in a draper's shop. In 1823 he moved to Liverpool, and soon after he obtained a lucrative post in Mexico where he made enough money to return to Scotland and start his own business. Initially he opened a shawl manufactury in Paisley, in 1829. In 1837, through contact with another shawl manufacturer, William Quiglay, a new process was invented for processing chenille, a standard fabric for shawls, into compact C-shaped tufts which were both very soft and preserved their shape very well, enabling complex patterns to be created, and Templeton immediately saw this as ideal for carpet manufacture. Quiglay and Templeton took out a patent on this process, but only for 14 years.[1] The ensuing carpet firm of "James Templeton & Son" was established in Bridgeton in 1839. The original factory was on King Street (now called Redan Street) but burned down in 1856. In 1857 a new factory was built on William Street (later renamed Templeton Street). The factory specialised in "picture carpets", such as the Twelve Apostles Carpet which they exhibited at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. James Templeton died in 1885 and is buried in the upper part of Glasgow Necropolis. In 1889 a further carpet mill was built facing Glasgow Green, based on the Doge's Palace, Venice. This quickly became a much-loved local landmark. The company also had its own recreational facilities in Rutherglen[2] which are mostly now playing fields for the local high school, although the bowling club bearing the Templeton name at that location continues on its own.[3] In 1969, Templeton's bought a rival carpet firm, Grays, of Ayr, but their expansion brought about the demise of the firm. The company was bought by an American group, the Guthrie Corporation, and briefly traded under the name of "British Carpets" but could not survive. At its peak, Templeton's Bridgeton factory employed 3000 people before closing in 1979. In 1981, the rights to use the name "James Templeton & Co" were purchased by their former rivals, "Stoddart & Co" who had begun carpet production in 1864 and a new factory was built in Elderslie. The Glasgow Green factory building was converted by the Scottish Development Agency and became a business centre, Templeton On The Green, in 1984. In 1990, when Glasgow was the City of Culture for that year, the building featured on a UK postage stamp. References1. ^Made in Scotland, Carol Foreman, {{ISBN|978-1-84158-725-7}} 2. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=y0_KAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT222&lpg=PT222&dq=gallowflat+school&source=bl&ots=lksiT1hyG6&sig=zC6tk59d6V34AR5awOdMJyHHANU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi1rpvOlZvZAhVjLMAKHWZeCmM4ChDoAQhMMAg#v=snippet&q=templeton&f=false|title=The Herald Years|last=Webster|first=Jack|publisher=Black & White Publishing|year=1996|isbn=9781845029241}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/templeton-bowling-club-hold-summer-2589406|title=Templeton Bowling Club hold summer fett [sic]|newspaper=Daily Record / Rutherglen Reformer|date=16 June 2010|accessdate=7 February 2018}} Fred H. Young, A Century of Carpet Making 1839–1939, Collins, Glasgow, c.1940s {{DEFAULTSORT:James Templeton and Co}}{{Scotland-company-stub}} 6 : Textile manufacturers of Scotland|Manufacturing companies based in Glasgow|Manufacturing companies established in 1839|1839 establishments in Scotland|1979 disestablishments in the United Kingdom|Bridgeton–Calton–Dalmarnock |
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