Albert's Beecreek Mail wrote: >Hi Norman, >Those are good suggestions. I'll give that a try. What I'm going on are >notes my Mom had that said George Melville and his sons George and Edward >owned the Viking Threadworks. As far as I know, they were all born in >Orkney, but the father was buried in Glasgow. So I'm not sure where the >factory was located. I'll send off a note to those two places you suggested. >Thanks, >Albert > Albert, It sounds to me more likely that the Viking Threadworks was in Glasgow, then, and maybe so called as a sort of reminder of the family's northern roots. However, it may be worth trying the email addresses I gave you; it won't cost anything. I don't even know what a threadworks is. Does it produce thread, or go in for some sort of weaving? While there have undoubtedly been knitting and some tweed production in Orkney, I don't think it was ever a great centre for the textile industry, whereas Glasgow and other places in the west of Scotland were important in that respect. Remember the Paisley patterns, for example? Firms like Coates were also very important in thread production. Regards, Norman Tulloch