. The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new . Canal Baxk, Brodie ? Thus the last chance of being treated at Peterswas gone. It would have been an interesting and uniqueexperience, as the writer, not being a shawl buyer, had neverbeen invited into this renowned howff From this point southwards the erstwhile switch-backedCauseyside has been transformed into a wide street, which onlyrequires trees to make it a handsome boulevard. For this Transition H?> improvement we are largely indebted to the energy of ProvostRober
. The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new . Canal Baxk, Brodie ? Thus the last chance of being treated at Peterswas gone. It would have been an interesting and uniqueexperience, as the writer, not being a shawl buyer, had neverbeen invited into this renowned howff From this point southwards the erstwhile switch-backedCauseyside has been transformed into a wide street, which onlyrequires trees to make it a handsome boulevard. For this Transition H?> improvement we are largely indebted to the energy of ProvostRobert K. Bell (p. 144). The east side has been entirelyrebuilt and set back. The section between Causeyside andthe Bladda, including Gordons Loan and Prussia Street and. Site of Canal Bank, li)Oti. Plunken at the end ot, has been completely other part of the town presents such a scene of not one stone has been left upon another (pp. 138-139).The line of the streets can no longer be traced, and GordonsLoan (now Gordon Street) does not now resemble a goodshinty, lying to the lick finely, as in old days. Yet thisquarter has been immortalized by the delightful pen of the 144 The Paisley Thread late David Gilmour, in Gojdons Loan, Sixty Odd Years present writer feels a satisfaction that he can claim tobelong to this classic locality. His parents took up house inthe Loan, on their marriage in 1823, and always resided inthe neighbourhood, so that his earliest recollections are con-nected with this part of the town. He even can remember
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