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-[[Image:Im196310GH-Temple.jpg|thumb| October 1963. Axminster. ]]
-'''James Templeton and Co''', of Glasgow.
-Carpet Mill.
-The business was established in a very small way in Bridgeton. The founder of the firm was the inventor of the first machine-made Axminster carpets - [[James Templeton]] had previously been in business in Paisley as a manufacturer of Paisley shawls.
-Exhibited Axminster carpets and rugs at the Vienna Exhibition<ref>The London Gazette 24 January 1873</ref>
-By 1923 there were 3 000 workpeople.
-became a public Limited Company with a great great grandson of James Templeton as Chairman.
-One of 5 companies which founded '''Tufted Carpets''' Ltd<ref>The Times, May 04, 1955</ref> whose products were sold as [[Kosset Carpets]]<ref>The Times, Apr 25, 1958</ref>
-The company had six carpet factories in Glasgow and two spinning mills, one in Glasgow and one in Stirling. It acquired a 30-acre site at Govanhill for a large new factory.
-[[John Crossley and Sons|John Crossley-Carpet Trades Holdings]] Ltd of Halifax and the [[Carpet Manufacturing Co]] Ltd of Kidderminster bought out the interests of their other 2 partners in [[Kosset Carpets|Tufted Carpets]] Ltd<ref>The Times, Jun 27, 1968</ref>
-== See Also ==
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-== Sources of Information ==
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-[[Category: Town - Glasgow]]
-[[Category: Carpets]]