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Erskine Beveridge’s Business Beginnings

by Robin Thompson | 24 Sep 2021 | Articles

Erskine Beveridge & Co. The Origins of a Famous Dunfermline Business by Donald Adamson Dunfermline in 1914 – A linen town At the outbreak of the First World War, Dunfermline had ten major damask linen mills. They employed over 7,000 people. Erskine Beveridge &...

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