Original sentence: Brought up in North Seaton, John Bell initially quarried stone before setting up his own building business in the early part of the twentieth century.In 1946 his two sons joined him and re-launched the business
Edited sentence: Brought up in North Seaton, John Bell initially quarried stone before setting up his own building business in the early part of the twentieth century; in 1946 his two sons joined him and re-launched the business