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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Cailean Gallagher

Scotland's stolen Eden and the co-operatives rebuilding lost spirit

Fruit pickers, image from Getty Images

FIFTY years ago, when folk said they were going up the Clydeside, it meant a day out picking fruit.

Today it might mean shopping for bulbs and shrubs then getting a toastie in one of the garden centres that line the Clyde from Lanark to Motherwell. Lanarkshire was once so full of fruits that it earned the nickname Scotland’s Eden.

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