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While the full value of Scotland’s ‘sleepy trusts’ has yet to be established, it could amount to several millions of pounds IT was the legacy of an 18th century saddlemaker that part of the fortune he left should go to feed those in need and supply oats to the poor. Joseph Thomson bequeathed money for a trust fund to be set up in the 1770s with the aim to help those where food was scarce. The Edinburgh fund went on to help families for 200 years and was still offering some form of food parcel or vouchers in to the 1950 and 60s. ....