Hello All, A couple of questions... I have a chaps two young daughters in an 1851 census described as "shaw turners" by occupation. I'm just guessing that this probably had something to do with cloth making etc. but does anyone know for sure what this occupation was? If a man living in Lamlash, Kilbride Parish, Arran was described from 1851 onwards as a coal merchant/coal agent wouldn't he have to have the coal all brought over from Ayrshire? Does anyone know where in Ayrshire the coal was usually imported from for use in Arran? Thanks a lot. Pat

----- Original Message ----- From: McCabeClan <[email protected]> > > If a man living in Lamlash, Kilbride Parish, Arran was described from 1851 onwards as a coal merchant/coal agent wouldn't he have to have the coal all brought over from Ayrshire? > Does anyone know where in Ayrshire the coal was usually imported from for use in Arran? ******* Kilbride pages of the 2nd Statistical Accounts page 9, http://edina.ac.uk/cgi/StatAcc/StatAcc.cgi tells us that a little south of the Cock, blind or glance coal of excellent quality was found. It was not mined but thought you might be interested. Cheers Drew NZ