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More of the Labour History of Dumfries

'A Hard Nut to Crack'? The Emergence of 'Labour' in Dumfries 1884-1914
SLHS member and Dumfries resident Ian Gasse has published a third volume of labour history about the south-west Scottish town. ‘A Hard Nut to Crack’? The Emergence of ‘Labour’ in Dumfries, 1884-1914 provides a narrative of the development of labour ...

Coal, Community and Change

Scottish Area NUM march passes Annesley Colliery, Coal Crisis, December 1992
An iconic image included as part of the 2019 Nottingham Trent University exhibition, ‘Coal, Community and Change 1965-2015’, is a protest march by the Scottish Area of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) against the Hestletine colliery closures ...

Reclaiming the History of the Dumfries Working Class

Mobbings, Struggles and Strikes: Episodes in the history of the organised working class of Dumfries, 1771-1914
Mobbings, Struggles and Strikes is the second book by local author (and Scottish Labour History Society member) Ian Gasse in his attempt to reclaim the history of the organised nineteenth-century Dumfries working class, following his history of the ...

The Ian MacDougall Essay Prize

Guidelines and Application Form
The Scottish Labour History Society is pleased to announce the establishment of the Ian MacDougall Essay Prize with a threefold purpose: * to honour the memory of Dr. Ian MacDougall (1933-2020), founding secretary of the Scottish Labour History ...

Red Clydeside

An illustrated talk by Johnnie William Gallacher
This is a recording of a talk given by Johnnie William Gallacher at the Seventh Annual Conference of the Association of Celtic Students of Ireland and Britain in 2019, and featuring material about his great-great uncle, communist Willie Gallacher ...