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 166
Abbey bkfoke Restobatioxs, 1835. Literary Union of the Artizans Institution drew together manyremarkable men in their humble way. John Shaw, John Broom,and James Lindsay, were men who, under more favourable cir-cumstances, might have made some noise in the world. The old bridge has been widened… … West Fhoni of Aiibev, with Meihodist Ciiapei,, 1858. Up to i860, the Abbey Close was an unsavoury locality. InEnglish towns the Cathedral Close, which usually conducts to thewest front of the Cathedral or Abbey, is invariably a quiet, sleepy 158 The Paisley Thread street of old-fashioned houses,…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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