Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

Barley for Scottish distillery

A race to load the m.v. Saint Angus with barley for Scotland so that she could leave on the next evening’s tide.

9 June 1950 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

With overtime the job was finished in a day and a half. She left Bideford with over 400 tons of barley for the Isle of Islay distillery.

Gazette article 9 June 1950

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