Images of Scottish labour

Tuesday 9 Apr, 2019
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Banners, prints and photographs of Scottish working-class struggle over two centuries –  strikes, marches, demonstrations, campaigns and conferences – all from the SCRAN Collection of Historic Environment Scotland, which comprises images brought together from the museums and collections of Scottish local authorities and other agencies.

Women and children of the Scottish labour movement, 1911-1916-1926

Women STUC Delegates 1911
Women delegates to the 1911 STUC Congress in Dundee
Springburn Socialist Sunday School
Pupils and teachers of Springburn Socialist Sunday School in Glasgow, c1916
Methil Women 1926
Methil women campaigning in support of the Communist Party, 1926

Solidarity with the Miners, Edinburgh, 1984/5

Edinburgh Miners Support 1984
Edinburgh Miners Support Committee banner, 1984/5

Collective Action – Crofthead Mill, Renfrewshire, 1910 & Vale of Leven, Dunbartonshire, 1930

Crofthead Mill 1910
Mass rally of Renfrewshire's Crofthead Mill workers, their families and supporters, 1910
Vale of Leven 1930s
Vale of Leven Charter Committee march, 1930s

Campaigning for Political Reform, 1832, and for the Charter, 1840

Leith Reform Banner
Leith Reform banner, 1832
Chartist Song 1840
Chartist song from c1840

Union Rules, Capitalist Critique, and Heroic Celebration, 1900-1920-1979

Aberdeen TU Rules
Rule book of the Aberdeen Steam Fishing Vessels Enginemen's and Firemen's Union, 1900
Red Dawn magazine
Red Dawn magazine for young workers, Glasgow, 1920
Maclean Poster
Poster for the centenary of John Maclean's birth, 1979