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Remembering Finlay's tea factory

8 October

Here are a couple of great old photos from The Herald archive of Finlay's Tea Factory. The factory shut in the early 1970s - but there must be a good number of people out there who remember it. Perhaps you worked there, or your parents did. Share y… 1 Comment

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jim mcdowall

RE: Remembering Finlay's tea factory
The factory is cotton spinning not tea. Perhaps confusion has arisen because James Finlay & Co... more

A brief history of Catrine

5 May

Bronze Age - The first settlers arrive in the Catrine area. May have been even earlier. 1787 - The first cotton mill is established by Claud Alexander and David Dale; the old part of Catrine is desig…

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Catrine Memories

Remembering Finlay's tea factory

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