The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new (1907)
Blair, Matthew, d. 1908 · Paisley, A. Gardner · leaf 128
new earth,wherein all was business- -business ! Wide, and widening .Streets.The clang-clanging of tram-car bells resounded in the principal Old Paisley 119 thoroughfares, and crowds of eager people pushed along thestreets. Palatial public and private buildings appeared onevery hand. In vain the… … The Charleston Dnisr. amidst the scent of sweet briar and spearmint. It was easyto be neighbourly with two families on the stair-head and themid-room perhaps tenanted by some gentle spinster, who woundpirns or fringed shawls, and marched off on Sundays—clad ina harness plaid, with her Bible wrapped…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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