Red Clydeside
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Red Clydeside was an era of political radicalism in Glasgow, Scotland, from the 1910s until the early 1930s. It also referred to the area around the city on the banks of the River Clyde, such as Clyde
Willie Gallacher
Mary Barbour
Medium Mark C tanks and government soldiers deployed to the city on 31 January 1919
Manny Shinwell
Radical War
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The Radical War, also known as the Scottish Insurrection of 1820, was a week of strikes and unrest in Scotland, a culmination of Radical demands for reform in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and I
Red Clydeside
…participation in the First World War. The region had a long history of political radicalism dating back to the Society of the Friends of the People and the "Radical War" of 1820. The 11,000 workers at the largest Singer sewing machine factory in Clydebank went on strike in March–April 1911, ceasing to work in solidarity…
Stirling Tolbooth and Cross where a plaque commemorates Baird and Hardie
Radical War monument in Greenock, across the street from the Jail site. The Dutch Gable building of 1755 is seen past the clasped hands, the Mid Kirk of 1761 is to the left.
The Radical Road, Salisbury Crags
Sir Thomas Lawrence Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool RCIN 404930 Royal Collection