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unusual facts about Paisley, Renfrewshire



23-class airship

24r was built by William Beardmore and Company at Inchinnan, in Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Andrew Best Semple

He graduated in medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1934 and specialised in public health, serving as an assistant Medical Officer of Health in Paisley, Portsmouth and Blackburn.

Anna Dominiczak

Dominiczak studied medicine at the Medical School of Gdańsk, Poland (MD Hons), and worked as a Junior House Officer at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and a Senior House Officer and Registrar at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley.

Archbishop of Glasgow

On the same day, the Holy See announced the appointment of Bishop Philip Tartaglia of Paisley as Archbishop of Glasgow to succeed Archbishop Mario Conti; he took possession of the diocese on 8 September 2012, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Archie Scott Brown

William Archibald Scott Brown, known as Archie, (13 May 1927, Paisley, Renfrewshire – 19 May 1958, Heusy, Belgium) was a British Formula One and sports car racing driver from Scotland.

Ayrshire and Renfrewshire Football League

For membership, it drew upon Junior football teams based in the south-western Scottish counties of Ayrshire and Renfrewshire.

Betsy von Furstenberg

Betsy von Furstenberg has appeared on Broadway in Second Threshold (1951), Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1953), The Chalk Garden and Child of Fortune (1956), Nature's Way (1957), The Making of Moo (1958), Step on a Crack (1962), The Frog Pond (1965), The Paisley Convertible (1967), Avanti! (1968), The Gingerbread Lady (1970), and Does Anybody Here Do the Peabody? (1976).

Bishop of Paisley

Upon the death of Bishop Black in March 1968 the Rt Rev Stephen McGill was translated by Pope Paul VI from the see of Argyll and the Isles and remained in Paisley until his retirement in March 1988 whereupon he was succeeded by the Rt Rev John Mone an auxiliary bishop of Glasgow and an appointee of Pope John Paul II.

Brian Paisley

In 2012, the City of Edmonton named a new suburban neighbourhood in the Heritage Valley area as Paisely in his honour.

Bridge of Weir

For elections to Renfrewshire Council, Bridge of Weir is part of ward 10, named 'Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank', which elects three of Renfrewshire's forty councillors.

Cannabis Law Reform

The first official LCA candidate in a parliamentary election was former mayor of Carlisle Colin Paisley in the November 1999 by election in the Kensington and Chelsea constituency.

Central Belt

The area is often considered as the triangle defined by the M8, M80 motorway and M9 motorways stretching from Greenock and Glasgow in the west to Edinburgh in the east, encompassing towns such as Paisley, Cambuslang, Hamilton, Stirling, Falkirk, Cumbernauld, Livingston and Bathgate.

Dalry and North Johnstone Line

The Dalry and North Johnstone Line (also known as the Lochwinnoch Loop Line or Kilbarchan Loop Line) was a branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) in Renfrewshire and Ayrshire, Scotland, connecting the stations in Elderslie and Dalry via a route running parallel to the existing line built by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.

David Fairclough

Fairclough was not picked at all for the Wembley match as Paisley went for veteran winger Ian Callaghan on the bench (in this era, domestic football teams were permitted just one substitute).

David Lapsley

Lapsley was originally signed as a centre forward but quickly established himself as a right back and was well known in Paisley for his strong, committed approach to the game, and was more recently compared to modern-day footballer Jörg Albertz for the directness of his free-kicks and penalties.

Demography of Scotland

Around 70% of the country's population live in the Central Lowlands — region stretching in a northeast-southwest orientation between the major cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and including major settlements such as Paisley, Stirling, Falkirk, Perth and Dundee.

Derek McInnes

Derek John McInnes (born 5 July 1971 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish football player and manager, who is currently the manager of Aberdeen.

Edward St Maur, 11th Duke of Somerset

After his first wife's death in 1827 he married, secondly, Margaret Shaw-Stewart (d. Somerset House, Park Lane, London, 18 July 1880), daughter of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, of Blackhall, Renfrewshire, 5th Baronet, and his wife Catherine Maxwell, daughter of Sir William Maxwell, 3rd Baronet, in Marylebone, Portland Place, London, on 28 July 1836.

Gallowhill

The estate falls within the catchment areas of four secondary schools: Castlehead High, Paisley Grammar School, St Andrew's Academy in Paisley and Trinity High School in Renfrew.

Gilbert Dawson

Dawson was later found dead in his crashed car on 24 May 1969 in Paisley, Glasgow, Lanarkshire.

Glasgow Airport Rail Link

GARL would have run from a reconstructed Platform 12 at Glasgow Central on the former Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway, Ayrshire Coast Line and Inverclyde Line; via Cardonald, Hillington East and Hillington West, to Paisley Gilmour Street station.

Glen Cinema Disaster

A small display is at Paisley Museum which has some articles on the disaster, a receipt for a funeral, a pair of shoes, and a hat.

Graham Fulton

Graham Fulton (born 8 January 1959) has been writing and performing poetry since 1987 when he first attended a writers' group run by poet Tom Leonard in Paisley, which also included Jeff Torrington, Brian Whittingham and Suhayl Saadi, and was a founder member of the influential Itinerant Poets performance and publishing group, which featured Jim Ferguson, Ronald McNeil and Bobby Christie.

Greenock Telegraph

Although it concerns itself primarily with news from Inverclyde, West Renfrewshire and North Ayrshire it occasionally runs national stories on its front and inner pages.

Humphrey Crum-Ewing

Crum-Ewing was born Humphrey Crum, the son of Alexander Crum of Thornliebank, Renfrewshire and his wife Jane Maclae, daughter of Walter Ewing Maclae of Cathkin.

James Grady

James Grady (born 14 March 1971 in Paisley) is a former Scottish footballer who spent the majority of his career in the top two divisions in Scottish football.

James Hill Hunter

He was born in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland in 1839, the son of Archibald Hunter and Elizabeth Hill, came to Canada West with his family in 1842 and was educated at Goderich and Upper Canada College.

Jim Leighton

James "Jim" Leighton MBE (born 24 July 1958 in Johnstone, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish former football goalkeeper.

John Edward Errington

After the completion of that railway in 1837, he took charge of the line from Glasgow by Paisley to Greenock, and in 1841 laid out and constructed the harbour works of the latter seaport.

John Henry Kerr

In retirement, he lived at Fairstead, Latchmoor avenue, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England, and at Orcadia, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Joseph Johnstone

He served as Chairman of Renfrewshire National Insurance Committee, Chairman of Renfrewshire Tuberculosis Committee and Chairman of Renfrewshire Joint Sanatorium Board.

Kimberly Williams-Paisley

From 2001 to 2008, Williams-Paisley played the role of Dana in the ABC sitcom According to Jim, opposite Jim Belushi and Courtney Thorne-Smith.

Kimberly Williams-Paisley (born September 14, 1971) is an American actress, film director, film producer and television director who is perhaps best known for her co-starring role on According to Jim, as well as her breakthrough performance in Father of the Bride, for which she was nominated for several awards (along with its sequel Father of the Bride Part II).

Little Moments

Brad Paisley has stated that his wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley was the basis for this song and appears in the music video.

Michelle Paisley

In 2002, Paisley earned a Registered Yoga Teacher (500 hours) certification from Yoga Alliance and launched her own yoga studio in Suisun City called Yoga Junction which then relocated to Green Valley.

Paisley and Renfrew Railway

The original terminus station in Paisley was Hamilton Street, but for passengers it was replaced by Abercorn station when the line was regauged and became a branch line.

Paisley Canal Line

The line ran from St Enoch station to three stations in Paisley: Paisley Hawkhead Road, Paisley Canal station, and Paisley West; with intermediate passenger stations at: Shields, Bellahouston and Crookston and a terminus at North Johnstone.

Penilee

The district's southern boundary forms Glasgow's border with the Renfrewshire settlement of Ralston.

The area is bounded to its east by the Glasgow suburbs of Cardonald and Hillington, and to the west by the Renfrewshire border and the farms of North and South Arkleston.

Peter M. Arthur

Peter McArthur was born in 1831 in Paisley, Scotland (he would change his name to Peter M. Arthur later in life).

Ralston, Renfrewshire

It then continues across the Renfrewshire-Glasgow border through Crookston, Cardonald and Ibrox to Paisley Road Toll, where it meets the A8 once again.

Royal Commission on Local Government in Scotland

Glasgow and surrounding areas of Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire including Bearsden, Clydebank, Bishopbriggs and Rutherglen

Scottish Enterprise

Scottish Enterprise has approximately 1,100 staff and operates from 13 offices - Aberdeen, Bellshill, Clydebank, Dundee, Dumfries, Edinburgh, two in Glasgow, Glenrothes, Kilmarnock, Paisley, Selkirk and Stirling.

Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, 7th Baronet

He was Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire from 1855 to 1865, Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire from 1869 to 1903 and Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1873 to 1882.

St Benedict's RC High School

St Benedict's High School is a Roman Catholic High School in Linwood, Renfrewshire, in the west of Scotland.

Stephen Paisley

Paisley made a swift return to League of Ireland football by signing for Shelbourne on 17 August 2010, reuniting with his former Longford Town manager Alan Mathews at the Tolka Park club.

Western Scottish

Though the northern portion of the former Western SMT's operating area, covering Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and the Isle of Bute, was ceded to a new company, Clydeside Scottish, in June 1985 (in order to prepare the Scottish Bus Group for deregulation in 1986 and eventual privatisation), Clydeside Scottish was remerged with Western in May 1989.

Wrapped Around

It also features Paisley in concert and around the theme park, Dollywood.


see also

Micky Mellon

Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Mellon began his career in 1989 as a 17-year-old with Bristol City gaining promotion to the then First Division, then managed by Joe Jordan.

Paisley witches

The Paisley witches, also known as the Bargarran witches or the Renfrewshire witches, were tried in Paisley, Renfrewshire, central Scotland, in 1697.