Here at Archive Services we are pleased to announce that material from our Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd collections is to be featured in the BBC’s new series of Coast! Items from our collection will feature in ‘The Workers’ Coast’ episode,… Read More ›
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Sammy Barr (1931-2012): shop steward and key figure in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders 1971 ‘work-in’
Sammy Barr, the shop steward who was an influential figure in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders ‘work-in’ of 1971, has died at the age of 80 in Glasgow. The Herald and The Scotsman published obituaries last week. Samuel Alexander Barr (known… Read More ›
‘Jimmy Who?’- The UCS Work-in and the National Portrait Gallery
We recently welcomed Martin O’Connor, who wanted to look through our Jimmy Reid collection, to our searchroom here at the archives. Martin works for ‘Visible Fictions Theatre Company’ who are taking part in the first major community outreach project for… Read More ›
UCS Film Screening at the Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilding Work-in, The Mitchell Theatre in Glasgow is screening a series of films that were made at the time. The UCS Work-in lasted for fifteen months during 1971/2 and represented a… Read More ›
“Reject the Rat Race!”
Jimmy Reid who died this week was University Rector from 1971 to 1974. Born in Govan, he became a shipyard worker and trade union official. He was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and was elected a… Read More ›
