Somewhere around 1967, I was at primary school and I was reading Border Iron. It was kind of slow, and there was all this stuff about the mechanics of iron smelting that I was only moderately interested in. I can't quite remember how, but I got sidetracked. I put the book down, intending to return to it, and I never did. It occasionally bothers me.
Maybe I need to track down a copy and finish this sucker.