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Sma’ Shot celebrations online again for 2021 Following the success of last year’s event, Paisley’s annual Sma’ Shot Day celebrations will once again be marked with a programme of online events in 2021 to commemorate the historic victory of local weavers. This year’s online event will take place on Saturday 3 July – the time when the weavers and their families would traditionally take their holidays. The traditional Sma’ Shot holiday in Paisley takes its name from a famous dispute between the local shawl weavers and manufacturers in the 19th century. In 1856, following a long dispute, the manufacturers backed down and an agreement was reached to pay for the Sma’ Shot, the invisible stitch which bound the Paisley shawls, with a new table of prices published on 1 July 1856.
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Events include: • Get in the Sma’ Shot Day spirit! - with Bang a Dum for Sma’ Shot Day, Local Voices, and This is Our Day & The Sma’ Shot Story: A Radio Play,
Learn more about the history of Sma’ Shot Day and the famous victory for the workers, and listen to a ver special poem written by the young carers and care experienced young people in Renfrewshire..
• Sma’ Shot Day fun for the kids! - with PACE Drama & Storytelling Workshops, A Sma’ Token, and Connecting Threads
It’s time to really get your Sma’ Shot Day going.... and make it loud!
• Exploring our history and heritage - with Mill Girls & Thread Queens, Remembering Scotland’s Auschwitz heroine, and Creative Writing: Paisley Radicals
For the latest information on this event please visit https://paisley.is/ featured_event/sma-shot-day/
Get involved and have fun.
• Music & poetry inspired by Sma’ Shot Day - with CREATE Open Mic & Paisley in Song, Dooslan Staying Hame, and Sma’ Shot Sma’sh Hits
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