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TIMESPAST; TEMPLETON'S CARPET FACTORY, 1953
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IT wasn't just the interior that was breathtaking at Templeton's
carpet factory in Glasgow - just look at some of the things hanging
on its walls!
This carpet, called Christ blessing the Little Children, was made
by the company for a Paris exhibition in 1878.
Such shows were common durin...
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The British empire. (British imperialism)(Cover Story)
History Today
; I would like to begin by referring to the famous passage in the autobiography of Edward Gibbon: It was at Rome on the fifteenth of October 1764, as I sat musing among the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the temple of jupiter, that the idea of writing the
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Carpet factory shop will floor you with bargains galore and thousands of styles to choose from at prices to suit every pocket.(Features)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; YOU'LL be floored by the great prices on offer at The Carpet Factory Shop with up to 70 per cent off the retail price. There's a huge range of top quality carpets for unbeatably low prices at outlets in Ayr, Irvine and Kilmarnock. You can choose from more than 3000 styles so you're bound to find a
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Legacies of empire. (how passage of time is generating romanticized view of the British Empire)
History Today
; The second of the two Longman/History Today Prizewinning essays on the topic `Is distance lending enchantment to the view historians have of the British Empire and its legacies'. The sun may finally have set, but as darkness falls the storytellers perpetuate the myths With such anniversaries as the
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SELLING EMPIRE THE HISTORIAN NIALL FERGUSON CLAIMS THAT THE BRITISH EMPIRE BROUGHT OPEN MARKETS AND PROSPERITY TO LARGE SWATHS OF THE GLOBE. BUT SOME SAY HIS ARGUMENT DOESN'T ADD UP.
The Boston Globe
; IN THE EARLY DAYS of the military action in Iraq, TV footage from the southern port of Umm Qasr showed easygoing British troops in natty berets mingling with locals, in stark contrast to images elsewhere of standoffish American soldiers kitted out in full body armor. More than one British military
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Commander of the British Empire.(Awards)(Brief Article)
The Horn Book Magazine
; Philip Pullman was honored with the royal title Commander of the British Empire (CBE) on December 31, 2003, for his contribution to literature.
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