The Calton weavers were a community of handweavers established in the community of Calton, then in Lanarkshire just outside Glasgow, Scotland in the 18th century.[1] In 1787 the weavers went on strike. Troops opened fire on the demonstrators and six weavers were killed.[2]
In the early 19th century, many of the weavers emigrated to Canada, settling in Carleton Place and other communities in eastern Ontario, where they continued their trade.[3]
^Calton is now within Glasgow itself.
^JANEY GODLEY (30 April 2007). "Weaving a new image for people of Calton". The Scotsman. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
^Lucille H. Campey (2005). The Scottish pioneers of Upper Canada, 1784-1855: Glengarry and beyond. Dundurn Press Ltd. p. 52ff. ISBN 1-897045-01-8.
The Caltonweavers were a community of handweavers established in the community of Calton, then in Lanarkshire just outside Glasgow, Scotland in the 18th...
followed their introduction. For example, in 1816 two thousand rioting Caltonweavers tried to destroy power loom mills and stoned the workers. In the longer...
hillbilly music. She took her stage name from a Scottish folk song, "The CaltonWeaver", which has a chorus of: "Whisky, whisky, Nancy whisky, Whisky, whisky...
work, but times were hard even for skilled labourers like the nearby Caltonweavers. The mining and quarrying industries flourished after the completion...
wages. The first major industrial action in Scotland was that of the Caltonweavers in Glasgow, who went on strike for higher wages in the summer of 1787...
the means of gaining control. The Caltonweavers were a community of handweavers established in the community of Calton, then in Lanarkshire just outside...
is extended to France. Summer – CaltonWeavers Strike in the west of Scotland. On 3 September, six of the Caltonweavers are killed by troops. 23 December...
Glasgow History Mural was commissioned on the 200th anniversary of the Caltonweavers massacre in 1787 and is displayed on the ceiling of the People's Palace...
James Watt, the first in Scotland. Summer – CaltonWeavers Strike. On 3 September, six of the Caltonweavers are killed by troops. 1 December – Kinnaird...
Campbell, Bruce; Lack, Elizabeth, eds. (1985). A Dictionary of Birds. Calton, UK: T & A D Poyser. ISBN 978-0-85661-039-4. Wikisource has the text of...
classifications also include the sparrow-weavers (Plocepasser) and several other African genera (otherwise classified among the weavers, Ploceidae) which are morphologically...
Scientist TV. Retrieved 19 April 2017. Weaver, Pete (1981). "Whiffling". The Birdwatcher's Dictionary. Calton [GB]: T. & A.D. Poyser. ISBN 0-85661-028-3...
Barony of Calton, including Calton Hill, purchased by the city of Edinburgh. James Anderson of Stobcross House feues out land near Glasgow for weavers cottages;...
The Sparrows: a study of the genus Passer. illustrated by Robert Gillmor. Calton, Staffs, England: T. & A. D. Poyser. ISBN 978-0-85661-048-6. Wikimedia Commons...
Summers-Smith, J. Denis (1988). The Sparrows. illustrated by Robert Gillmor. Calton, Staffs, England: T. & A. D. Poyser. ISBN 0-85661-048-8. Wikimedia Commons...
tutor and Finnieston weavers were allowed to become members of Anderston's weavers society from 1774. From its origins as a weavers' village, the area became...
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with other seed-eating birds, such as the house sparrow, the Cape weaver, and weavers of the genus Euplectes. Birds from urban areas form large flocks...
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