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I am wondering if you are planning on expanding the article Galbraith supermarkets? If not, it should be moved to William Galbraith (businessman), as that is what it currently covers (the infobox would have to be changed to a Person one). The Interior (Talk) 00:08, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Galbraith name

Hi westriding. It looks like there are three conflicting titles for the article, Galbraith supermarkets, Galbraith and Sons, Ltd. and Galbraith Stores. From your reading, which is the dominant name? (The existing one should be changed as WP titles usually just use the proper name, unless there are several similarly-named subjects). The Interior (Talk) 11:56, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

== Galbraith's History == The first shop was actually in Linwood and not Paisley. See http://www.galbraithbusinesssolutions.com/about-us and http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/ilwwcm/publishing.nsf/Content/els-Linwood%28OurHistoryandHeritage%29 . It has also been verbally verified by existing family members.

Amended 18-09-11 - thanks Westriding (talk) 09:07, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have heard on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=49361067303&topic=6863 that it may have been started by one branch of the family and then taken over by another but I have not verified this.

The father of William Galbraith opened the Linwood store, William's brother (John) also operated grocery stores (5) but it appears to be William that really expanded the concern. Technically Galbraith Stores was started by William (the son) - his first store was founded in 1884 at Sandholes Street, Pailsey (Retailing Revolution, Peter Mathias). Westriding (talk) 09:07, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

== Galbraith's Name ==

The name was always Galbraith's Stores. The function of the shop was a supermarket and they were pioneers of supermarkets in Scotland but it was never in the company name

I have seen all 3 variations used and will look further into this! Westriding (talk) 09:07, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hope this helps.

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August 2020

Hello, Westriding, I saw that you made a draft for a new article at User:Westriding/Galbraiths. Short term hosting of potentially valid articles and other reasonable content under development or in active use is usually acceptable. But in this case, you haven't edited your draft for a long time. If you wish to improve the draft yourself, please do. Otherwise, you may consider donating it to WikiProject Abandoned Drafts (a participant can help). Thank you. Zinnober9 (talk) 06:20, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Westriding, I saw that you made a draft for a new article at User:Westriding/Allied Suppliers Ltd. Short term hosting of potentially valid articles and other reasonable content under development or in active use is usually acceptable. But in this case, you haven't edited your draft for a long time. If you wish to improve the draft yourself, please do. Otherwise, you may consider donating it to WikiProject Abandoned Drafts (a participant can help). Thank you. Zinnober9 (talk) 06:21, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Allied Suppliers Ltd (November 29)

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