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Jul 08, 2024
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Why are Scottish people building castles in their suburban streets?

Just a few centuries ago in Scotland, colliers, or coal miners, existed as slaves, each forced by law to work at the same coal mine for their whole life. At the end of the eighteenth century, laws were passed to grant their freedom. The miners of Bo’ness decided to celebrate with an annu…

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