Old Photograph Claude Alexander Shop South Bridge Street Airdrie Scotland

Old photograph of the Claude Alexander tailors shop on South Bridge Street in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Airdrie developed as a market town in the late 17th century following an act of Parliament allowing it to hold a weekly market. It later grew in prominence as a centre for weaving and manufacturing, as well as being the settlement near several coalmines. In the mid 19th century, the town expanded greatly as a result of immigration and the development of iron works and railway links.


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