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    The first Leith Sugar House was established in 1677 by Robert Douglas and partners. Between 1667 and 1701 four sugar boiling and rum-distilling enterprises...
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    Dock Street which was its main entrance. New industry in Leith included the Leith Sugar House, founded in 1677. During the American War of Independence...
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    Lustig came to public attention in 2009 when one of his medical lectures, "Sugar: The Bitter Truth", was aired. He is the editor of Obesity Before Birth:...
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    The sugar industry subsumes the production, processing and marketing of sugars (mostly sucrose and fructose). Globally, most sugar is extracted from sugar...
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    As of 2005, the Philippines was the ninth largest sugar producer in the world and second largest sugar producer among the Association of Southeast Asian...
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  • Cuban sugar economy is the principal agricultural economy in Cuba. Historically, the Cuban economy relied heavily on sugar exports, but sugar production...
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    The Taiwan Sugar Railways is a 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) industrial railway operated by the Taiwan Sugar Corporation. The railway was primarily used in the production...
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  • Sugar cane grew wild in Fiji and was used as thatch by the Fijians for their houses (bures). The first attempt to make sugar in Fiji was on Wakaya Island...
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    Peen tong (category Sugars)
    Jyutping: wong4 tong4; Cantonese Yale: wòngtòng), is a Chinese brown sugar and sugar candy that is used in various Chinese desserts and also consumed alone...
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    Baird (1630–1697), a merchant in Edinburgh, and a partner in both the Leith Sugar House and the Carolina Society. The title was created with remainder to...
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    Codrington Plantations (category Sugar plantations in Barbados)
    will, first drawn up in 1702, also notes three windmills with associated sugar manufacturing facilities on the land, 315 indentured slaves and 100 head...
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    Scotland, commented briefly on some historic sites, and described the Leith Sugar House. The English traveller Richard Pococke came to Leadhills in May 1760...
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    (Edinburgh, 1835), p. 38 Lady Boghall's nephew Robert Douglas founded Leith Sugar House. Maurice Lee junior, Dearest Brother: Lauderdale, Tweeddale and Scottish...
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  • Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC) is the government-owned sugar milling company in Fiji having monopoly on production of raw sugar in Fiji. It is also the largest...
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    by his son Philip in November 1687. Baird was a copartner of the Leith Sugar House founded in 1677, and a part-owner of a privateer ship or frigate,...
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    A sugar refinery is a refinery which processes raw sugar from cane or sugar extracted from beets into white refined sugar. Cane sugar mills traditionally...
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    Sir John Gladstone, 1st Baronet (category People from Leith)
    being the father of British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. Born in Leith, Midlothian, through his commercial activities he acquired ownership over...
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  • capital, Morant Bay, and neighbors the communities of Retreat, Prospect and Leith Hall. Lyssons is named after Nicholas Lycence, who was the member for St...
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  • Chef's Guide, activist and television presenter. In 2020 Gill replaced Prue Leith to work as the judge on Junior Bake Off alongside Liam Charles and Harry...
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    their mother's claim was not offensive. According to the advertising agency Leith, the advertisement was meant to "create a sense of humour while confirming...
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    "Sticky Date Pudding | CSR Sugar". csrsugar.com.au. "Sticky Toffee Pudding". The Great British Bake Off. "Prue Leith's Sticky Toffee Puddings". The...
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    around a ford on the Water of Leith, on the old boundary between Edinburgh and the port of Leith. Before the creation of Leith Walk, the road via the villages...
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  • (2004): Casey Donovan Season 3 (2005): Kate DeAraugo Season 4 (2006): Damien Leith Season 5 (2007): Natalie Gauci Season 6 (2008): Wes Carr Season 7 (2009):...
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  • by Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig, with judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. This series saw a few changes to the usual format: the first episode being...
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  • and Sandi Toksvig, and judged by returning judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith. The series was won by David Atherton, who became the first winner never...
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    Biggar Cairngorm Brewery,: 2004, 2005 and 2006  Aviemore Campervan Brewery, Leith, Edinburgh Clockwork Beer, Glasgow Cold Town Beer, Edinburgh Cromarty Brewing...
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  • the letter and a share of the spoil. In February 1567, Lion of Leith and Unicorn of Leith were at the Port of London, and were licensed by Elizabeth I of...
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    including one memorable performance for Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, in Leith Town Hall. He also plays the violin, mandolin, bass and keyboards. He attended...
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    Gladstone's Land (category Historic house museums in Edinburgh)
    and tavern in the house. Isobel Johnston was their "tavernar" or landlady. Riddoch died aboard ship in November 1632 in sight of Leith and his will lists...
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    Devolution 1997–2012. Policy Press. pp. 19–20. ISBN 978-1-5292-0588-6. Leith, Murray Stewart (2012). Political Discourse and National Identity in Scotland...
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