From the genius that brought you mouse-mills comes a new and exciting musical instrument: THE CHAMBER FLUTE-ORUM Available at all good music shops!
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David Hatton’s Flute-orum
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William Stevenson, miser
William Stevenson was a Kilmarnock beggar who died with the equivalent of £80K in cash. He paid for a wake party with cakes and wine for Ayrshire’s poor and homeless that lasted for two weeks. He chose Riccarton Kirkyard because the earth was “nice an dry”.
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George Reavely, “inventor”
Galashiels man George Reavely (1815-1895) was the McGonagall of inventors. Tried to fly from Gala to Edinburgh with mechanical batwings. His “flotation mattress-bed” sank in front of a large crowd. He won bronze for an invention that almost killed the expo judge.
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David Hatton, mouse-wrangler
In 1825, Dunfermline weaver David Hatton, set up a “factory” to spin thread using specialized designed mills powered by mice. Hatton’s mouse mills were a sensation and many came to Dunfermline to see them in action.
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Lochwinnoch Jock
John Stewart (1806-1862) “Lochwinnoch Jock” was a professional beggar and local celebrity. He used his gigantic stature to defend kids who he saw being bullied. Sadly he was epileptic and homeless, and often treated very poorly. He got many obituaries on his death.
