Over the next few weeks I am going to post some of the scenes from our local Scottish Christmas cards series. Some are photographic and some are illustrations. They have been incredibly popular this year and we have ended up with images of more and more towns .
For those of you from further afield, I will also relate some interesting facts from each of the towns that we visit. Hopefully that way you will get to know more about where we are.
Our first visit is to Paisley Abbey. Paisley is 7 miles to the west of Glasgow and is on the river Cart. The townsfolk are known as 'Buddies' and the local football team is St Mirren managed for a while by namesake but no relation Bobby Flavell.
Famous for its threadmaking by the Clark family and Coats family who were originally rivals but merged together in the late 1800's. When passing the town make time to visit the Coats Observatory. Look out also for the Paisley Pattern a teardrop shaped pattern originating probably in India which appeared mostly on shawls which were copied and produced locally.
Yours aye
Gordon Flavell
www.flavell.com
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