Johnshaven
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鈥檚 garden could have been.
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A village mystery
Duration: 01:53
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Ben Robinson |
Producer | Kirsty Seager |
Series Editor | Zoe Thorman |
Executive Producer | Pam Cavannagh |
Executive Producer | Dympna Jackson |
Production Company | Purple Productions |