The lodgers grow fat on the dinners he provides though they are, correctly, suspicious of his intentions.

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But debts grew, their bankers forced the sale of New Kilbowie Park in 1996 and hard times continued as lodgers to Dumbarton then Morton across the River Clyde in Greenock.

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The previous owner, lighting technician Mike Leonard, was landlord and friend to the band and even inspired their earliest name, Leonard's Lodgers.

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