Renfrew, Scotland

Renfrew (Rinn Friù in Scottish Gaelic) is a small town, located six miles west of Glasgow on the west coast of Scotland.

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Scottish Gaelic - Glasgow - Scotland

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The town is located at the junction of the River Clyde and White Cart Water. A passenger ferry crosses the Clyde to Yoker and a swing bridge crosses the Cart to Inchinnan and Glasgow International Airport.

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River Clyde - Yoker - Glasgow International Airport

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Renfrew is known as the "Birthplace of the Royal Stewarts" and has held royal burgh status for over 500 years. The current Baron of Renfrew is Prince Charles. The burgh gives its name to the larger region of Renfrewshire, of which it is the former county town, however the function of administrative capital of the region now falls on the town's larger neighbour Paisley.

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Royal burgh - Prince Charles - Renfrewshire - Paisley

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The main weekly newspaper for the town of Renfrew is The Gazette which is currently one of Scotland's fastest-growing regional newspapers.

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Renfrew is home to the World renowned engineering company Mitsui Babcock and the Braehead out-of-town retail development.

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The shipbuilders Simons and Lobnitz were based in Renfrew. William Simons and Company had begun business elsewhere but settled in Renfrew in 1860. During World War 1 the rival shipbuilding firm Lobnitz, apart from shipbuilding, designed and built Mulberry Harbours which were used to offload cargo on a beach during the Allied invasion of Normandy. Simons-Lobnitz Ltd was established in 1959 when G & J Weir Holdings Ltd, pump manufacturers, Glasgow, took over Lobnitz & Co Ltd, shipbuilders, Renfrew, Scotland, and merged it with William Simons & Co Ltd, ship and dredger builders, Renfrew, Scotland, which had been acquired by G & J Weir Ltd in 1957. Simons and Lobnitz were famous for building sand dredgers. The Renfrew ship yards closed in the early 1960s. http://www.freewebs.com/renfrew/industry.htm http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/collects/catalog/ugd/201-250/ugd215.html

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Mulberry Harbours - Allied invasion of Normandy

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