lifted from it every time a colour was put on. By 1848, however, the tables were "now of such a size as take on the largest shawls, which are fixed down and finished in printing before they are removed." Dresses were printed on tables twenty seven feet long and between twenty seven and forty inches broad and were "fixed when receiving the colour". More modern apparatus included what sounds like a predecessor of the spin dryer - "a large copper vessel thickly perforated with small holes, called an extractor, into which the goods
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㰀倀㸀䈀爀漀眀渀Ⰰ 䴀攀爀爀礀 ☀ 䴀挀䜀爀攀最漀爀Ⰰ 䈀椀猀栀漀瀀昀椀攀氀搀 倀爀椀渀琀眀漀爀欀猀Ⰰ 䠀椀最栀 匀琀爀攀攀琀Ⰰ挀⸀㠀㔀ⴀ㘀㰀⼀倀㸀Campbell, William, & Co., Welbeck Printworks, Welbeck Street, c. 1868-93
㰀倀㸀䐀椀挀欀Ⰰ 䨀漀栀渀Ⰰ 圀攀氀戀攀挀欀 匀琀爀攀攀琀Ⰰ 挀⸀ 㠀㐀㘀ⴀ㜀㰀⼀倀㸀Geddes & Mathieson, Welbeck Street, c.l833
㰀倀㸀䠀愀氀氀Ⰰ 圀椀氀氀椀愀洀Ⰰ 䜀爀攀攀渀栀漀氀渀 ⠀漀爀 䜀爀攀攀渀栀椀氀氀⤀ 倀爀椀渀琀眀漀爀欀猀Ⰰ 挀⸀㠀 ⴀ㌀㌀㰀⼀倀㸀Humphrey, Mclntyre & Co., Welbeck Street, c.1855
㰀倀㸀䴀愀琀栀椀攀猀漀渀Ⰰ 䈀愀椀氀椀攀 ⴀ 猀攀攀 䜀攀搀搀攀猀 ☀ 䴀愀琀栀椀攀猀漀渀㰀⼀倀㸀Merry, John & Co, Irvinebank Printworks, Low Glencairn Street, c.l868
㰀倀㸀䴀攀爀爀礀 ⴀ 猀攀攀 愀氀猀漀 䈀爀漀眀渀Ⰰ 䴀攀爀爀礀 ☀ 䴀挀䜀爀攀最漀爀㰀⼀倀㸀Muir, R. & Co., Portland Printworks, Welbeck Street, c.1872-5
㰀倀㸀䴀挀䄀搀愀洀 ☀ 䌀漀⸀Ⰰ 䜀爀攀攀渀栀漀氀洀Ⰰ 挀⸀㠀㐀㘀㰀⼀倀㸀Macfee, John, Greenholm, c.1769-1800
㰀倀㸀䴀挀䜀爀攀最漀爀 ⴀ 猀攀攀 䈀爀漀眀渀Ⰰ 䴀攀爀爀礀 ☀ 䴀挀䜀爀攀最漀爀㰀⼀倀㸀Mclntyre - see Humphrey, Mclntyre & Co
㰀倀㸀䴀挀䴀甀爀爀愀礀Ⰰ 圀攀椀爀 ☀ 䌀漀⸀Ⰰ 䤀爀瘀椀渀攀戀愀渀欀Ⰰ 挀⸀㠀㔀㔀㰀⼀倀㸀Neil, Thomas, 18 East Shaw Street, c.1833-46
㰀倀㸀倀漀氀氀愀爀搀Ⰰ 䈀攀渀樀愀洀椀渀Ⰰ 匀栀愀眀昀椀攀氀搀 倀爀椀渀琀眀漀爀欀猀Ⰰ 䔀愀猀琀 匀栀愀眀 匀琀爀攀攀琀Ⰰ 挀⸀㠀㜀㈀ⴀ㔀㰀⼀倀㸀Reid, John, Portland Printworks, Welbeck Street, c.l868
㰀倀㸀刀攀椀搀Ⰰ 吀栀漀洀猀漀渀 ☀ 䌀漀⸀Ⰰ 一攀眀琀漀渀 ⠀椀⸀攀⸀ 刀漀戀攀爀琀猀漀渀 倀氀愀挀攀⤀Ⰰ 挀⸀㠀㔀㔀㰀⼀倀㸀Templeton, John, & Co, Burnside, c.1855
㰀倀㸀吀攀洀瀀氀攀琀漀渀Ⰰ 刀漀戀攀爀琀Ⰰ 䈀甀爀渀猀椀搀攀Ⰰ 圀攀猀琀 匀栀愀眀 匀琀爀攀攀琀Ⰰ 挀⸀㠀㌀㌀ⴀ㔀㰀⼀倀㸀Thomson - see Reid, Thomson & Co,
㰀倀㸀圀愀氀氀愀挀攀Ⰰ 䨀漀栀渀Ⰰ 䔀愀猀琀 匀栀愀眀 匀琀爀攀攀琀Ⰰ 挀⸀㠀㔀ⴀ㘀㰀⼀倀㸀Weir - see McMurray, Weir &• Co.
㰀倀㸀夀漀甀渀最 ☀ 匀漀渀猀 ☀ 䌀漀⸀Ⰰ 䔀愀猀琀 匀栀愀眀 匀琀爀攀攀琀Ⰰ 挀⸀㠀㐀㘀ⴀ㔀㰀⼀倀㸀Young - see Bicket & Young
(compiled from Kilmarnock Post-Office Directories for 1833 - 1903 and references (1) and (7) below.)
REFERENCES :
(1) McKay, Archibald "History of Kilmarnock", 3rd edition, 1864 p.209-210
(2) Anonymous "Early Trade of Kilmarnock", Kilmarnock Standard, 7th March 1885, p.3
(3) McKay, 5th edition, 1909, p.278
(4) Kilmarnock Standard, 4th December 1886, p.3 & 15th July 1905, p.5
(5) ibid
(6) Sir John Sinclair, ed. Statistical Account of Scotland, 1792, p.88
(7) McKay, 1st ed., 1848, p.216
(8) ibid
(9) ibid
(10)ibid
(11)ibid, p.217
(12)Kilmarnock Standard, 12th January 1867, p.2-3 & McKay, 5th ed.,p.303
(13)McKay, 1st ed., p.216
(14)ibid
(15)ibid p.216-7
(16)New Statistical Account of Scotland, Ayrshire, 1842, p.551
(17)Kilmarnock Directory, 1st ed., 1833
(18)McKay, 1st ed., p.217
(19)McKay, 5th ed., p.257
(20)Kilmarnock Guidebook, 1875, p.37
(21)Kilmarnock Standard, June 8th 1867, p.2
(22)"The Paisley Shawl" by Matthew Blair, Gardner, Paisley, 1904 pp.76-78
(23) Kilmarnock Standard, April 20th - June 8th 1867 (Letters)
(24) Kilmarnock Standard, June 17th 1871, p.3
(25)Kilmarnock Post-Office Directories for 1846, 1856, 1868, 1882, 1892, 1895, 1898, 1900, 1907.
(This article was first published in the Newsletter of Kilmarnock and District History Group, No.15, June 1975)
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