. The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new . Carlile Qua v. that his business as a maker of thread and heddle twine wascommenced before that date. According to the Directories, the family of Carlile hascarried on thread manufacture, under firms slightly differing inname, from 1784 till 1886, a period of one hundred and twoyears. It is possible, in this case also, that the business was Other Thread Manufacturers 57 in existence before 1784 ; and, indeed, it has been stated thatit was commenced in 1752. The Carliles have had
. The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new . Carlile Qua v. that his business as a maker of thread and heddle twine wascommenced before that date. According to the Directories, the family of Carlile hascarried on thread manufacture, under firms slightly differing inname, from 1784 till 1886, a period of one hundred and twoyears. It is possible, in this case also, that the business was Other Thread Manufacturers 57 in existence before 1784 ; and, indeed, it has been stated thatit was commenced in 1752. The Carliles have had a long and honourable connection withthe industries of the town, and not a few members of that familyhave been distinguished for public services and literary first of whom we have any record is John Carlile,. Provost Cahlile, 1752-1835. born in 1703, who came from Annan, and settled in Paisley in1742. His son, William, appears in the Directory of 1784 asa thread manufacturer, although he may have begun businessbefore that date. He was the author of an interestino- articleentitled New Description of Paisley, which appeared in theGentleman s Magazine, in May, 1787, which contains numerousdetails regarding the weaving and other industries in Paisley 58 The Paisley Thread at that time, and from which we extract the facts given atpage 23. His son, WilHam CarHle (1746-1829), was a pro-minent man in his day, and entertained Hberal opinions whichbrought him into some notice during the Radical was Provost of Paisley for two terms—t8i6 to 1818, and1820 to 1822. His brother, James Carlile (1752-1835), was
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