A01=Ellen Farmer
A01=Martin Baggoley
A01=Old Paisley Society
Author_Ellen Farmer
Author_Martin Baggoley
Author_Old Paisley Society
Category=WQH
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Product details
- ISBN 9780750935098
- Weight: 330g
- Dimensions: 172 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 24 Oct 1996
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Paisley, Scotland's largest town, has a rich and colourful history. A powerhouse of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it was home to some of Scotland's great industries, particularly weaving and textiles. The renowned Paisley pattern has spread the town's name around the globe. This new book explores Paisley's mighty industrial history but also looks at its people at work and play, and explores the town's great buildings and significant events over more than a century of change.
The Old Paisley Society was created in 1977 to inform local people about the town's local history and architecture. In 1983 it purchased a row of millworkers' houses and two years later a weaver's cottage which it restored and opened as a museum. Ellen Farmer is the society's president and has received the MBE for her services to local history in Paisley.
