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Tranent - Photo:
Richard Webb
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An important coal-mining centre from the 13th
century, Tranent is more famous as the tragic
scene of a notorious massacre when a militia shot
dead miners angry about being forced to join the
British army in 1797.
More recently, Tranent became the unwitting butt
of a standing joke when the local actor Gordon
Kennedy turned it into the fictional town of
Stoneybridge in the TV comedy series.
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