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 132
ve a canny crack about what new mischief thaeblasted Tories in London were up to again. Now all these are gone, and in their place at every cornerare to be found flaring gin palaces, brilliant in plate glass, Old Paisley 123 polished wood, and glittering brass —but no fireside, no pleasantwelcome,… … Mn. Jajies E. Chiiistie, Aiitist. Thus the old, dreamy Paisley, with its quaint ways, isslowly drifting away into a vague past, surrounded by thosedim shadows which, obscuring the defects, leave behind only aradiance of pleasant recollections. As illustrative of Old Paisley, we have the pleasure…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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