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Fingers crossed he did, Neil - sounds like the man could have done with a break! Can I ask, did you study industrial history at some point, you seem to know a helluvalot about it all!?! :)

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Great post, Neil - thanks for taking the time to share it with us, fascinating stuff! I remember reading about J. B. Neilson and his subsequent dispute with the Bairds of Gartsherrie over his Hot...

It was indeed, James - with so much money involved it was bound to be this way! Thanks for confirming the link between the Mushets, Gareth. I worked at Summerlee Industrial Museum in Coatbridge for a...

This Robert Forester Mushet surely must be a relation of David Mushet - the discoverer of 'Blackband' ironstone in the Monklands area of Scotland which resulted in the massive iron producing boom in...