Dundee’s hecklers – a type of jute worker – gained such a reputation as highly vocal political radicals that the term came to ...

where machinery for the jute mills was assembled. At the turn of the century it was converted over to Jute production, and at its height employed more than 5,000 people. Jute production was once ...

For more than a century, it played a pivotal role in Dundee’s industrial life ... where machinery for the jute mills was assembled. At the turn of the century it was converted over ...

Show more Hollywood actor Brian Cox is a son of Dundee. The city is the big constant of his life. He grew up amid the clatter of the jute mills, where both his parents began their working lives.

plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter Sign up At the height of the industry's success there were 62 jute mills in Dundee, and some 50,000 jute workers. All this made a lot of ...