Towns > Paisley > 1838-1854 - Fowler's Paisley commercial directory > 1848-1849

132 Paisley Grain Mills, &c.
Flesh Market, 4 Gilmour street.
Meal and Cheese Market in Public Weigh house, 32 High street,
tacksman, Town Chamberlain.
Tradeston Mills Meal and Flour Warehouse, 4 County Place, and
80 High street, Wm. Muir.
Salt and Whiting Store, 68 Broonilands, Wm. Coats.
Besides a weekly market held on Thursdays, Fairs each of three
days' duration, annually begin on the third Thursday of February
and May, and second Thursday of August and November. But the
August, called the Paisley St. James' Day Fair, is the most consid-
erable; being distinguished by horse racing, attended by numerous
shows, and observed as holiday time by all ranks of the people.
GRAIN MILLS.
Bakers' Flour Mill, Camphill, 31 Canal street, (Bakers' Society)
James M 'Gibbon, miller — James Stevenson, collector, 6 Silk st.
Cardonald Corn and Barley Mills, Cardonald — J. & J. Snodgrass.
Corn and Flour Steam Mills, 19 Thread street and Mill St.— To let.
Hawkhead Wheat and Oatmeal Mills, Hawkhead — T. Glen.
Saucel Corn and Barley Mills, 1 Saucel — Wm. Muir.
Seedhill Corn, Flour, Malt, and Barley Mills, 22 Seedhill— John
Snodgrass.
SOCIETIES, &c.
NOTICE TO MANAGERS OF SOCIETIES, &c.
Parties who wish their Society inserted, will please send early notice thereof to
the Publisher, with the date of Institution, the title of the Society, the names
of the Proses, Treasurer, Clerk, and Officer, with the No. of land and name of
the street in which they reside ; also the date of election of office-bearers.
Attending to this notice, will be found of great convenience to members of So-
cieties, and enable the Publisher to make the lists more complete.
INSTITUTED.
1658. Master Tailo?'s' Society — David Smith, preses, 5 West Bu-
chanan street; John Fleming, treasurer, 33 High street; Da-
vid Campbell, clerk, 6 Moss street ; James Gold, officer, 1 6
Storie street.
1701. Shoemakers' Society— - John Taylor, deacon, 23 High street ;
Wm. Lang, collector ; Alex. Gibson, clerk, County Buildings.
1702. Old Weavers' Society-Jam.es Brown, box master, 24 Back
Sneddon; Eobert Lymburn, collector, 15 High street; John
Hart, jun. clerk, 6 Gauze street; James Robertson, officer,
41 Gordon's lane.
1703. Mailmen's Society— J ames Harvey, box-master, 8 Saucel;
John Baird, collector, 97 Causeyside ; Alex. Gibson, clerk,
Comity Buildings; James Robertson, officer, 41 Gordon's
lane.
1723. Wrights' Society — Robert Paton, deacon, 4 St. James' place ;
John Leitch, collector, 7 East Buchanan street ; David Camp-
bell, clerk, 6 Moss street; James Lang, officer, 10 Thread
street; Matthew Holms, factor, 130 George street. Court of
Management — Wm. Kilpatrick, Wm. Smith, Wm. Caldwell,
John Gihnour, Matthew Holms, John Leitch, Alran Brown,
Robert Alexander, James Adam, John Heiton, D. F. Guth-
rie, Robert Paton.