Many of you would have family who worked at the old Mill and I thought that this article from the latest edition of Scottish Snippets would be of interest. Cheers, Jim. Thread Mill Sold for £1 The Anchor Mill in the centre of Paisley has been crumbling away for many years. The huge building was once the centre of the J&P Coats thread-making empire which was the largest in the world in the 19th century. Anchor Mill came into use in 1886. The five-acre site is owned a supermarket chain but it has been sold to the Phoenix Trust for £1 so that a £12 million redevelopment plan can go ahead. The three top floors will be converted into 60 up-market flats, the first floor will become offices and the ground floor will be a car park. The supermarket is also building a £25 million superstore next to the mill. Rampant Scotland Newsletter - Issue Number 320, dated 31 May 2003. Your weekly insight into what has been happening in Scotland, snipped from the Scottish media - plus some elements of Scottish culture. A Web version of this Newsletter, with some graphics and newspaper-style layout is available at http://www.RampantScotland.com/letter.htm If you have been passed a copy of this Newsletter by someone else, but would like to receive your own free copy direct from Scotland, just send an email to Scottie@RampantScotland.com with "Subscribe" in the subject line.

Thanks for an interesting article. My family is believed to be from the Renfrew area. I'm glad they are saving the old building. So many are lost to "new and better" things. Ylana Stoneyfields Ranch, Afton, Oklahoma, USA Remember what your elders used to say, "Birds of a feather flock together." If you're an eagle, don't hang around chickens: Chickens Can't Fly! You can't soar with the Eagles if you hoot with the hoot owls. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bulloch" <jbulloch@xtra.co.nz> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 2:37 AM Subject: [Renfrew] ANCHOR & J & P. COATS MILL

I too would like to thank Jim for relaying on this info. I'm so glad I took photos of the mill in 1998. I'm glad it is going to be used as it was a grand looking building. My mum and all her siblings were mill girls.. I have her embroidery pieces she must have got for her Glory Box while working there. On an earlier visit I took photos of a Mill in Green Road Paisley, it was disused almost leveled and just a few railway lines left. I sent the photo to my Dad and asked him what it used to be. I was born in Green Road so was curious. There was also a Ferguslie Mill wasn't there..?? Irene in NZ