| Dundee flourished between 1700 and 1900
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| | Although Dundee was famous for its jams
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| primarily because of the jute industry.
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| | the number of people employed in the
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| At one time it was said that there were
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| | industry was small compared to jute and
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| more millionaires per head of population
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| | journalism. As competition grew in the
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| in Dundee then anywhere else in the
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| | late 1900s the factory struggled to make
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| world!
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| | any profits. The Keillor factory was
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| At one point, jute employed more people
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| | bought by the Okhai family in the 1980s
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| in Dundee then all the other industries
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| | but they were unable to make the business
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| combined. Then due to competition from
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| | profitable and it eventually closed down.
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| Asia the jute industry slowly died a
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| | Journalism still thrives in Dundee today.
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| death. Now there are only a few people
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| | The business owned by the DC Thomson
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| employed in the jute industry in Dundee.
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| | family created many famous characters
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| Verdant Works is a restored working
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| | including Dennis the Menace, Desperate
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| museum where jute is still produced
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| | Dan, Billy Whiz and the Bash Street Kids.
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| today. You can see for yourself how jute
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| | They publish The Courier newspaper,
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| was manufactured and learn more about the
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| | Sunday Post, Scots Magazine, Weekly News
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| rise and decline of the jute industry. At
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| | as well as the Beano, Dandy. According to
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| its peak over 500 people were employed at
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| | their own figures they publish over 200
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| Verdant Works. Conditions must have been
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| | million newspapers and magazines each
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| tough for the workers because the factory
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| | year.
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| is not that large!
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| | Dundee at its peak had over two hundred
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| It has been said that marmalade was
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| | thousand people living and working in the
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| invented by Janet Keillor. They had
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| | city. As the industry has slowly died
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| ordered Oranges from Seville which
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| | younger people and especially graduates
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| arrived late sometime around 1700 and
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| | are leaving to work in the larger cities.
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| were very bitter. Janet Keillor managed
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| | Now it has a population of around a
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| to make the original recipe for
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| | hundred and forty thousand.
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| marmalade. Her son then developed the
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| | Dundee is a beautiful place to live
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| recipe further and made Keillor's jams
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| | sitting on "the Banks of the Bonny Bay."
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| and marmalades famous throughout the
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| | The Law is at the centre of Dundee and
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| world.
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| | was at on point an active volcano. Now
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| This story is probably not one hundred
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| | you can drive up to the top and from this
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| percent true as some types of marmalade
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| | vantage point see all the four corners of
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| were probably being eaten in Spain and
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| | Dundee.
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| Portugal before this late shipment of
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| | Dundee is a great place to visit if you
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| bitter oranges arrived in Dundee.
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| | want to see Scotland. Aberdeen, Edinburgh
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| Marmalade is a sweet sticky condiment
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| | and Glasgow are all within an hours
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| that tastes great on toast at breakfast
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| | reach. Perth and St Andrews (the home of
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| time. It is not to everybody's liking
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| | golf) are both within twenty minutes
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| though with many people and especially
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| | drive.
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| children who find it unpalatable.
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