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 144
elwas greatly patronized on Sunday evenings by lads and lasses,after being at church and having had a walk. They woundup the nights enjoyment by an hour in the Commercial, whereale was the usual refreshment; tea being expensive in those Transition 135 days. Among all the changes that have taken… … CoitxEH OF Forbes Street, lb!);i. Underneath the Commercial Hotel was Patons drapery andhosiery shop, with the golden lamb over the door, admiredby all Paisley boys ; and next to it was the booksellers shopand library of Motherwell, the brother of the poet. This rangeof buildings was continued…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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