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by Chris Bambery


  Barrier Miner, 175

  Barrow, G.W.S., 23

  Battlefield Band, the, 289

  Beaumont, Augustus, 100

  Bell, Tom, 146

  Bell, Walter, 150

  Ben Lawers, 2

  Benn, Tony, 252, 267

  Bernera, 112

  Berwick on Tweed, 19, 42

  Bishops’ War, the, 42

  Black, Joseph, 75

  Blackford, 307–8

  Blair, Tony, 276, 292, 293, 294–6, 318

  Blantyre mine explosion, 126–7

  Bloomfield, Tony, 205, 208

  Blythman, Morris, 217, 233, 234–5, 236

  Bold, Alan, 219

  Bonnington, 62

  Boswell, James, 77

  Bothwell Bridge, battle of, 48

  Bragg, Billy, 298–9

  Brannan, John, 267

  Braveheart (film), 23

  Braxfield, Lord, 87–9, 89–90

  Brennan, John, 268

  Bridei, Pictish king, 11

  Bridgeton, 84, 103

  British Fishing Society, 108

  British Union of Fascists, 200–4

  Britton, Jessie, 278

  Brocket, Arthur Ronald Nall-Cain, Lord, 230–1

  Brooksbank, Mary, 239–43

  Brown, Betty, 249

  Brown, George Douglas, 133–4

  Brown, Gordon, 169

  Brownlie, Annette, 227–8

  Bruce, Edward, 26

  Bruce, Jack, 245

  Bruce, Marjorie, 33

  Bruce, Robert. See Robert I, the Bruce

  Bruce, Robert, Earl of Carrick, 19–20

  Brunnanburh, battle of, 12

  Brus (the Bruce), Robert de, 14

  Buccleuch, Duke of, 72, 308

  Buchan, 14

  Buchan, Norman, 237, 239

  Buchanan, George, 169, 213

  Burgh on Sands, 26

  Burnett, Ray, 119

  Burns, Robert, 51, 73, 77–8, 79–82, 214

  Bute, 8

  Bute, Earl of, 72

  Bute, third Marquess of, 122

  Cain, Janet, 98–9

  Cairngorms, the, 2

  Caithness, 11, 14, 104, 165

  Calder, Angus, 221

  Caledonia, 4–7

  Caledonian Company rail strike, 136

  Calf Stone, the, 8

  Calgacus, 5

  Callaghan, Jim, 253, 257

  Calton, 83

  Cambuslang, 182, 208–10

  Cameron, Andy, 267

  Cameron, Angus, 90

  Cameron, David, 323

  Cameron, Rev. Duncan, 173

  Cameron of Lochiel, 64, 66

  Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), 233–7, 268–70

  Campbell, Alexander, 75

  Campbell, Archibald, 131

  Campbell, David and Betty, 229

  Campbell, Gordon, 249–50

  Canada, 166

  Capercaillie, 290

  Cardowan, 225, 261

  Carlisle, 15

  Carmichael, Sir James, 62

  Carstairs, 90

  Carswell, Catherine, 207

  Carty, Frank, 171–2

  Carver, Martin, 9

  Cathkin Braes, 95–6

  Catraeth, 7

  Chamberlain, Joseph, 124

  Chambers-Hunter, W.K.A.J., 202, 203

  Chambers, Thomas, 128

  Charles I, King, 39, 40–4

  Charles II, King, 44, 46–7, 49

  Charlton, John, 101

  Chartism, 98, 100, 100–6

  Children’s Employment Commission, 125

  Christianity, 9–10

  Christie, Campbell, 274

  Church Interests Committee, 174

  Church of Scotland, 128, 173–4, 232, 271

  Church, the, 16, 33–4, 36–7, 39, 53, 57, 73

  Churchill, Winston, 180, 221, 221–2

  Clark, Gavin, 115

  Clark, Pat, 259

  Claudius, Roman emperor, 6

  Clelland, Bobby, 263

  Cloughley, Jimmy, 246

  Clyde Apprentices Committee, 227

  Clyde, the, 68

  Clyde Valley General Weavers Association, 83–4

  Clyde Workers’ Committee, 147–53, 157–8

  Clydebank, 155, 174–6, 221, 244–6, 249–50

  Clydeside, 154, 210–11, 221–3, 226–7

  Clynes, J. R., 184

  Coatbridge, 125–6

  Cobb, Richard, 283

  Cobbett, William, 93

  Colchester, 6

  Colley, Linda, 70

  Collins, Sarah, 304–5

  Columba, St., 8, 10

  Committee of Forfeited Estates, 74

  Comyn, John, 23, 26

  Condorrat, 183

  Connolly, Billy, 280, 290

  Connolly, James, 138–41, 160, 325

  Constantine, King, 11–12

  Constantine II, King, 12

  Cook, Robin, 253, 254

  Cooney, Bob, 198, 203, 229

  Cormack, John, 198–200

  Cornwall, 4

  Corpach, 228

  Corrie, Joe, 176–7

  Couts, Peter and James, 123

  Covenanters, the, 42–4, 46, 46–9

  Cowdenbeath, 154, 171, 178–9, 181

  Cowie, Margaret, 265–6

  Craig, Malcolm, 87

  Crawford, Robert, 79

  Crawfurd, Helen, 144, 146, 188–91

  Crichton, Torcuil, 308–9

  Crockett, S. R., 133

  Crofters’ Holding Act 1886, 114, 115

  Cromartie Estate, 112

  Cromarty, 62

  Cromwell, Oliver, 43, 44–6

  Crookston, Joan, 90

  Cross, Colin, 202

  Croucher, Richard, 210

  Culloden, battle of, 65–6, 67, 70, 107, 108

  Cumberland, Duke of, 65–6

  Cumming, James, 105

  Cumming, Janet, 124

  Cunningham, Cath, 265

  Currie, Ken, 288–9

  Daily News, 156

  Dál Riata, 8, 11

  Dalbeattie, 200

  Dalkeith Palace, 72

  Dalmuir, 171

  Dalry, 47, 90

  Dalrymple, Sir James, 60

  Dalrymple, Sir John, 52

  Daly, John, 105

  Dalyell, General ‘Black Tam’, 47

  Damer, Seán, 144

  Darien Scheme, the, 54–5

  David I, King, 13, 14–15, 19

  David II, King, 29

  Davidson, Neil, 31, 55, 58

  Davitt, Michael, 113

  de Valera, Eamon, 172–3

  Defence of the Realm Act, 150

  Defoe, Daniel, 58

  Derby, 64

  Despard, Charlotte, 190, 191

  Devine, T. M., 96

  Dewar, Donald, 267, 273, 276, 292, 293–4

  Dilution of Labour Act, 148–9

  Dinning, Eileen, 311–12

  Dixon, William, 126–7

  Docherty, Mary, 177, 178–9, 207

  Dollan, Agnes, 189

  Dollan, Patrick, 194

  Donaldson, Jenny, 253, 254

  Donegal, 191

  Douglas, 308

  Douglas, Barry, 322

  Douglas, Sir James, 26, 28

  Douglas, Sir William, 20

  Dreghorn Castle, 84

  Duddingston, 14

  Dumbarton, 95, 154, 155, 171

  Dumfries, 46, 47, 58, 63, 79, 80

  Dunbar, battle of, 1296, 19–20

  Dunbar, battle of, 1650, 44–5

  Dunbar, Sir David, 60

  Duncan, King, 12, 13

  Dundas, Henry, 71, 84–6, 87, 89–90, 91, 118

  Dundee; Brooksbank in, 240–1; Chartism, 101, 102, 104; the general strike, 181, 183; housing conditions, 229; Jewish population, 132; MacColl concert, 243; malt tax riots, 63; Mannix visits, 171; mill workers strike, 1871, 134–5; population, 121; Scottish Enlightenment, 78; sectarianism, 129, 130; siege of, 21; Timex plant, 228, 277�
�9; Tree of Liberty, 86–7; the United Scotsmen, 91; World War II, 221

  Dunfermline, 101, 104, 155, 247

  Dunkeld, 10, 52

  Dunnichen, 11

  Dunnottar, 12

  Durham, 15

  Dylan, Bob, 239

  Dysart, 62

  East Kilbride, 227–8

  Edinburgh; BUF activity, 202, 204; Calton Hill, 104, 248; Canongate, 183; Castle Hill, 53; Covenanters and, 46, 47; Cowgate, 124, 129, 138; education, 317; female workforce, 1901, 134; feminist activity, 253, 254; and the French Revolution, 84–6; G8 summit, 2005, 298–300; the general strike, 184; George Heriot’s School, 238–9; George IV visits, 70–1; Grassmarket, 94, 129; Greyfriars Kirk, 41–2; High Church of St Giles, 40–1; High Street, 91, 183; housing shortage, 229–30; Islamophobia, 314–15; Kingstables Road, 140; Leith Wynd, 129; life expectancy, 322; Mannix visits, 171; New Town, 97; nurses strike, 297; NUWM demonstration, 196–7; population, 121; Porteous Riot, 63; press-gangs, 49; Princes Street, 197; radical Presbyterians, 39; St. Giles Ward, 140; St. Mary’s Wynd, 129; Scottish Enlightenment, 75, 78; Scottish Political Martyrs Monument, 92; sectarianism, 199; size, 14, 69, 124; Spanish Civil War, 206–7, 207–8; trade unionism, 128; and Union, 56–7, 58; Waverley Station, 208; wealth, 122; World War II, 221

  Edinburgh Castle, 26, 56

  Edinburgh Evening News, 260

  Edinburgh People’s Festival, 238–9

  Edinburgh University, 75, 76

  Edward I, King of England, 16, 18–20, 22, 23–6

  Edward II, King of England, 19, 26

  Edward III, King of England, 27

  Elgin, 63

  Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 34–5, 36, 38

  Elizabeth II, Queen, 248–9

  Emergency Powers Act, 178

  Engels, Friedrich, 4, 106

  Equiano, Olaudah, 78

  Ewing, Winnie, 51, 233

  Falkirk, battle of, 1298, 22, 92

  Falkirk, battle of, 1745, 65

  Farrage, Nigel, 306

  Faslane, 268–70, 299, 300–1

  Federation of Women Workers, 155

  Ferguson, Adam, 75, 76

  Ferguson, John, 136

  Fetteresso, 73

  Fife, 62, 129, 135, 154, 177–81, 180, 185, 187, 261, 263, 265

  Finlayson, Jim, 266

  Fisher, Archie, 289

  Fleming, Maurice, 282

  Flodden Field, battle of, 29

  Foot, Paul, 278–9

  Fortriu, 8

  Forward, 149–50

  Foy, Julia, 171

  Franklin, Benjamin, 75, 77

  Fraser, Evgenia, 118

  Fraser, W. Hamish, 101

  Free Church of Scotland, 128

  French Revolution, 78, 79–80, 84, 88

  Friends of Parliamentary Reform in England and Scotland, 92

  Gaffney, Vince, 2

  Gaitskell, Hugh, 236

  Gallacher, Willie, 145, 148, 150, 153, 157–8, 162, 190

  Galloway, 14, 15, 46, 60, 61–2, 63

  Galloway, Earl of, 60

  Galloway, George, 268, 274

  Garioch, Robert, 280

  Gault, Robert, 131

  Geddes, Sir Auckland, 153

  Geddes, Jenny, 40–1

  General Association of Operative Weavers, 93

  General Strike, the, 179–87, 191, 212, 215, 217–18

  Gentle, Rose, 296

  George I, King, 55, 58

  George II, King, 64, 66, 66–7

  George III, King, 72, 78, 85

  George IV, King, 70–1

  Gerrald, Joseph, 89–90, 92–3

  Gibb, Alexander Dewar, 213

  Gibbon, Lewis Grassic, 49

  Gibson, Corey, 238

  Gibson, Mel, 23

  Gillespie, Morag, 312

  Gilmour, Sir John, 173

  Girvan, 130

  Gladstone, William Ewart, 117–18, 120, 128–9, 133

  Glasgow; Bath Street, 145–6; birth-control clinics, 169–70; Bloody Friday, 156–7; Botanic Gardens, 189; Buchanan Street, 77; BUF activity, 201–2, 202, 203–4; Calton, 323; car industry, 165; Celtic, 129, 267; Chartism, 100, 101, 104, 105; City Council, 1933, 194; cotton spinners strike, 98–9; Covenanters and, 47, 48; Easterhouse, 229; education, 317; European City of Culture, 284–5, 288; female workforce, 1901, 134; feminist activity, 253; firefighters strike, 1973, 248; food riots, 63; general election, 1922, 167–9; general election, 1945, 226; general election, 1955, 232; the general strike, 181, 184; George Square, 156–7, 268, 274; Glassford Street, 77; the Gorbals, 132, 161, 162, 188, 203–4, 230; growth, 69; housing conditions, 127; housing shortage, 229–30; Hyndland, 124; Ibrox Stadium, 173; industrialisation, 121; IRA activity, 170, 171–3; Islamophobia, 315; Jamaica Street, 77; Jewish population, 132; Jordanhill College of Education, 251; Kelvindock, 99; male life expectancy, 322; May Day demonstration, 1918, 152–3; miners’ strike, 1984–85, 264; nurses strike, 296–8; NUWM demonstration, 195–6; painters, 279, 288–9; Parnell, visits, 113, 128; People’s Palace, 288–9; poll-tax battle, 272–4; Pollok by-election, 1967, 233; Pollokshields, 132; population, 121, 122, 228; Radical War of 1820, 93, 95, 96, 97; Rangers, 129, 173, 267; rent strikes, 143–6, 174–6; Ruby Street, 182; St Andrews Hall, 168, 216–17; Scottish Enlightenment, 75; sectarianism, 129, 130, 131, 200; and slavery, 78, 79; Spanish Civil War, 206, 207; stereotypes, 192; Stop the War Coalition, 294–6; strike, 1832, 98; STUC march, 245; Tontine Tavern, 78, 84; and Union, 58; Virginia Street, 77; weavers strike, 83–4; West Regent Street, 163; World War I, 190; World War II, 193–4, 221, 224–5. See also Clydebank; Clydeside

  Glasgow Cathedral, 42

  Glasgow Cotton Spinners Union, 99

  Glasgow Eskimos, the, 234–37

  Glasgow Herald, 153, 174–5, 175, 201, 227, 236, 247, 273

  Glasgow Trades Council, 126, 154

  Glasgow University, 171, 281

  Glasgow Women’s Housing Association, 189

  Glasse, Rev W., 139

  Glen Dee, 2

  Glencoe massacre, 52–3

  Glencraig, 187

  Glendale, 114

  Glenfinnan, 64

  Glorious Revolution, the, 48, 49–50, 53, 54

  Gododdin, 7

  Graham, Alec, 166

  Graham, Cunninghame, 136, 137

  Grangemouth, 154

  Granger, James, 84

  Gray, Alasdair, 279, 280, 281, 285, 287, 325

  Great Glen, the, 1

  Greenock, 62–3, 130, 171, 223, 250, 258–9

  Grey, John, 62

  Gurness, 6

  Haddington, Earl of, 72

  Hadrian’s Wall, 5

  Hall, Robin, 289

  Hamilton, 103, 155

  Hamilton, Sir Basil, 60, 61

  Hamilton, Davie, 261

  Hamilton, Duke of, 56–7

  Hamilton, Janet, 125

  Hardie, Kier, 136, 137, 142

  Hart, Finlay, 156

  Harvie, Andrew, 96

  Harvie, Christopher, 119, 143, 151, 291

  Hawick, 97–8, 207

  Hawley, Lieutenant General Henry, 65

  Hayman, David, 275

  Healey, Denis, 252, 309

  Heath, Edward, 244–5, 249, 252

  Hebrides, the, 11, 12, 165

  Henderson, Alexander, 38–9, 39

  Henderson, Arthur, 149

  Henderson, Hamish, 217, 231, 237, 238, 239

  Henry VII, King of England, 28

  Henry VIII, King of England, 28, 33, 36

  Hewit, James, 98–9

  Highland League, 115

  Highland Line, the, 107

  Hinton, James, 153

  Hobsbaum, Philip, 281

  Holstravel, 302

  Holy Loch, 233–5

  Holyrood, 51, 58, 197, 291, 293–4

  Holytown, 104, 155

  Home, Earl of, 308

  Horner, John, 88

  Housing Financial Provisions Act, 249–50

  Howell, David, 138

  Hubbard, Gill,
299

  Hughes, Bob, 253

  Hullet, Alastair, 80

  Humberside, 157

  Hume, David, 75, 76

  Hunter, Margaret, 191

  Huntershill, 91–93

  Hunterston, 264

  Hutcheson, Francis, 75

  Hutton, James, 75

  Hyndman, H. M., 159

  International League for the Defence and Furtherance of Protestantism (ILDFP), 174

  Inverarary Castle, 71

  Inverclyde, 130

  Invergordon, 220

  Inverurie, 26

  Iona, 8, 9, 10

  Iraq War, 294–6, 299

  Ireland, the Easter Rising, 160

  Irish famine, the, 130

  Irish Home Rule Bill 1886, 128–9

  Irish Land League, 113

  Irish Question, the, 117–18, 131, 139–40, 161

  Irish Republican Army (IRA), 170–3

  Irvine, 62

  James I, King, 29

  James II, King, 29

  James IV, King, 29

  James V, King, 29, 33

  James VI, King, 36–7, 38, 39

  James VII, King, 49, 51–2, 53, 58

  James, Colonel John, 46

  Jefferson, Thomas, 75

  John Mack, 233

  John of Monteith, Sir, 22

  Johnson, Robert, 94

  Johnston, Thomas, 16, 18, 38, 98, 309

  Johnston, Tom, 141, 212, 222, 225

  Johnstone, 95

  Jones, Ernest, 104

  Joyce, William, 201

  kailyard movement, 132–4, 217

  Kane, Jock, 177

  Kane, John, 186–7

  Keating, Michael, 305

  Kelman, James, 279, 280, 281–2, 282–3, 284–5, 287

  Kenneth II, King, 12

  Kerrigan, Peter, 181

  Keynes, John Maynard, 212

  Kiernan, Victor, 37, 42

  Killiecrankie, battle of, 52

  Kilmarnock, 171

  Kilmarnock, Lord, 66

  King, Brenda, 295

  Kinghorn, 17

  Kinnock, Neil, 267

  Kintail, 60

  Kirkcaldy, 206

  Kirkcudbright, 61

  Kirkwood, David, 149, 150, 150–1, 157

  Knoydart, 64

  Knox, John, 34, 35, 35–6

  Knox, Robert, 111

  Knoydart Estate, 230–1

  Kravitz, Peter, 282

  Lanark, 97

  Lanarkshire, 93, 122, 125, 130, 132, 143, 152, 155, 181–2, 187, 206

  Lanarkshire Miners’ Reform Committee, 178

  Langholm, 215, 219

  Largs, 14

  Larkin, Brian, 300–1

  Latto, Jessie, 183

  Lauder, Harry, 133

  Lauderdale, Earl of, 72

  Leatham, James, 137–8

  Leith, 49, 56, 58, 154, 199

  Leonard, Tom, 280, 281, 283, 285

  Leslie, Alexander, 42

  Leslie, John, 139, 140

  Levellers, the, 61–2

  Leverhulme, Lord, 166

  Lewis, Isle of, 114, 166

  Liddesdale, 14

  Lindsay, Isobel, 301

  Linklater, Edwin, 207

  Little, James, 200

 

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