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Turnip Heist, 1895

On the 8th September 1895, a group of people from High Blantyre set off to nearby Bellsfield Farm with a deliberate intention on stealing some food. The farm belonged to John Craig who discovered the group in one of his crop fields. John Smith Labourer of Springfield, Walter Clark of Aitkenhead’s Land, Edward Tonner and […]