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 196
de decayedhas been considerable. The population of Paisley was in Increase, 7,89912,51413.982 Increase in 30 years, - - 34.395 1875, - 51,209 1885, - - 59.108 1895. - 71,622 1905, - - 85,604 New Paisley This remarkable increase is largely due to immigration, whichnaturally has had a considerable… … David Wilson, Provost, 1900-2. that their advent, while widening the views, has also improvedthe character of the population. It is to be feared, however, thatthe industries which have created the New Paisley, have notpreserved that artistic taste and culture which marked the epochof handicraft…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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