No wonder with a workforce of over 1000 and a shared belief in a top quality product.
Grays carpets ayr.
Gray started to produce carpets on two hand looms in a small shop in carrick street ayr.
Carnegie library 12 main street ayr ka8 8eb the exhibition is on display in the non fiction read more picturing the past.
Gray sons ltd.
The company was bought by an american group the guthrie corporation and briefly traded under the name of british carpets but could not survive.
We have a large selection of flooring to suit all tastes needs and budgets at our flooring shop in warminster wiltshire.
At its peak templeton s bridgeton factory employed 3000 people before.
In 1876 william c.
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This fantastic rug was designed by a company called william c.
It was here that their factory would be built in the 1880s.
The company grew from small beginnings in 1876 in ayr where william c.
Look out for the captions describing the different processes used in carpet making.
Gray and sons newton carpet works ayr scotland.
As a long established company of more than 20 years you are able to delight in more exclusive products from the most reputable brands.
In 1969 templeton s bought a rival carpet firm grays of ayr but their expansion brought about the demise of the firm.
Specialties in patented art carpets brussels and pile carpets seamless parquet and axminster carpets.
The end scene leaving the.
For a film made in 1920 the footage is remarkable.
The company expanded and moved to newton on ayr in 1877.
We stock a wide range of carpets carpet tiles mats rugs and wooden laminate timber and vinyl flooring materials.
Grays carpet factory ayr.
We also supply made to measure shutters and blinds.
Gray produced carpets on two hand looms.
To safely decontaminate demolish clear and hard landscape the former grays carpet factory which predominantly covered a 5 acre site off mccall s avenue in ayr.
Working days at grays carpet factory in ayr threw many fascinating people together.
Internally the factory floors were heavily contaminated with asbestos which required immediate attention.
Gray started producing carpets on two hand looms in a little shop in carrick street in ayr.
Photo exhibition at ayr s carnegie library.
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