Up to 10 jobs to be lost as 176-year-old employer will cease trading an the end of the year
The Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser has been trying to get information about the alleged closure of the
Skinyards business but has been unable to get a statement yet from the parent company Colomer Munmany Europe Company Ltd. It is difficult to report on this until we have a verified source of information. We believe there will be job losses but are awaiting confirmation of
that fact.
The ‘Skinyards’ was founded in 1848, by a Hawick man, Walter Scott, who started as a skinner treating fallen skins in Albert Place on the site where the Fire Station stands today. A short time later the company moved to premises in Elizabeth Street, near the Suspension Bridge, which it has occupied until now. Later Walter’s nephew, Charles Paisley, joined him as a worker and was paid £1 a week and evidently was reputed to be the highest paid worker in Langholm. In about 1890, Charles was promoted from manager to a junior partner, and after his uncle’s death in 1899 he took the business over as Charles Paisley and Sons. Two descendants – Charles and Andrew Paisley sons of Robert Paisley have both been working in the business.
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