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Johnshaven

Episode 10 of 10

Ben Robinson travels to Johnshaven, a once-important Scottish fishing village that diversified into the flax and jute trade when its skilled sailors were press-ganged into the Royal Navy.

Ben Robinson travels to Johnshaven, a once-important Scottish fishing village. When its skilled sailors were press-ganged into the Royal Navy in the late 18th century, it had to diversify into the flax and jute trade - which fed into the jute capital, the nearby city of Dundee.

Ben discovers the ruins of an old cloth mill used to make cloth for sails and later coarse linen sacking, a product vital for transporting goods, and tries to solve the village mystery of what a circular building in a local’s garden could have been.

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RoleContributor
PresenterBen Robinson
ProducerKirsty Seager
Series EditorZoe Thorman
Executive ProducerPam Cavannagh
Executive ProducerDympna Jackson
Production CompanyPurple Productions

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