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 150
,where so many genial souls were accustomed to meet at mid-dayfor a crack and a dram, and where buyers of a like inclinationwere entertained. Mention of this classic spot recalls a littleincident. When the writer of these lines returned to his native Transition 141 town after many years of absence,… … Causeyside Siheet, li)0(). previous meeting had only been yesterday. After the usualoTeetinos, the first thino- that the manufacturer said, in a far-away voice, for he was a trifle dull of hearing, was Are yedry? This query made at the door of Peters was ratherastonishing. In the old days it would…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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