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- ↑ Robin Page Arnot, A History of the Scottish Miners, p.67
- 1 2 David Howell, British Workers and the Independent Labour Party, 1888-1906, pp.33-35
- ↑ Alan Campbell, The Scottish Miners, 1874-1939: Trade unions and politics, p.41