Statue in the High Street, Tranent
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Statue in the High Street, Tranent
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 25 Jun 2010
Memorial depicting Jackie Crookston, one of twelve local people killed in the so-called 'Massacre of Tranent' in 1797, when colliery workers resisted conscription under the Militia Act of that year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Tranent
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Image Location
Latitude
55.944185
Longitude
-2.953889