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 174
ife, who alwayswent among the young people by the name of Lady Caldwell.She was an enthusiastic temperance reformer, and resided atthe Teetotal Tower in Renfrew Road. This was a oreat resortof the youngsters, and boasted of a camera obscura (p. 167). Transition T65 Visitors mounted a wooden stair… … CoiiNEH oi New Stheki, 1905. fields with horses an inch in height, a moving living wonder. Lady Caldwell would treat them to a lecture, and Geordie,her husband, would play the fiddle to those who cared to indulgein a penny reel. These were economical days, when theextravagance of a Fancy Ball was…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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