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Beth Moscardini
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St Lawrence Bar
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The Pumpherston Oil Company
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The Pumpherston Oil Co was formed in 1883 to exploit the ammonia rich shales. By 1902 it employed 1200 men, 800 of whom were miners. It was equipped with 180 retorts in which oil was extracted from the shale. Later retorts burnt their own waste gases, greatly saving on coal. In the period up to the First World War the company was very profitable, often paying dividends of 20% and reaching as high as 50%. It merged in 1919 with the four other remaining companies to form Scottish Oils.
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131 Independent Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers
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131 Independent Parachute Squadron was based at Grangemouth. The Squadron lost 10 Sapper Volunteers at Cromwell Chase, [Nottingham], during exercise Trent Chase on 28 Sep 1975.
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Cissie Garvin
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dairy worker
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R Bauchop
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Surveyor in 1810
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Grangemouth Sports Complex
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David Archibald
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George Renton
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Ken Waddell
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Journalist with Bo'ness Journal.
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