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 175
who cared to indulgein a penny reel. These were economical days, when theextravagance of a Fancy Ball was not dreamed of Turning to the north at New Street, we notice the spire ofthe High Church, erected in 1754 (p. 197), which occupies a i66 The Paisley Thread commanding position, and has long… … PnoposED Building fou Young Mens Christian Association. old Dr. Brunton, than whom no Paisley teacher was ever morerespected. Further on, at No. 82, stood the Wee Steeple,the bell of which was tolled for every passing funeral procession.The building was demolished in 1807, and the bell removed…
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