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 60
t of these more than half only appearfor one or two years, and probably were not really manufacturersat all. Some businesses have evidently been carried on by the Other Thread Manufacturers 55 same family for two or three generations, with only a slightchanee in the name of the firm. In other… … Jaisley IHOJr THE A«UEnrcT. amalgamation or absorption has taken place, while the originalname of the firm has still been retained in the Directory. Somefew are manifestly mere imitators, seeking to benefit by thelabours of more able men. There are twenty-three firms ofthread manufacturers given in…
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