THE FUNDATIN OF A GREAT FIRM
Because a quiet Scotsawoman passed a chance remark to her man 110 years t ago, Mr Harold Glen-Coats, of Paisley, l has just left the sum of £590,533. In j the reign of George IV, Jamies Coats made the long and arduous journey to g London. He saw a lovely Flemish shawl, and took it back with him as a c present to liis- wife. “Jamie! Jamie! j she cried. “If ye could make a shawl i like that, your fortune would lie I made.” He erected a GOft shed, in- I stalled a 12-li.p. steam engine, and c began to make thread. The firm of J. f and P. Coats, Litd., was born. The s foundation of the fabulous Coats’ for- c tunes were laid. To-day, from a 1 woman’s chance remark, there is in c being a colossal concern, with an autli- i orised issued eapitiul of £20,250,000. c
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 19 April 1934, Page 11
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