Scotland 1926 The General Strike and Miners' Lockouts
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Scotland 1926 The General Strike and Miners' Lockouts
The General Strike and Miners' Lockouts
The early 1920s were the Days of Hope for Scotland's working-class communities. After the loss of millions of lives across Europe in the first world war, the old, failed order was in retreat.
The growing trade union movement was forcing employers to reduce working hours and increase wages. The old Tory-Liberal electoral stranglehold old was under threat from the rising new labour movement, especially in Scotland and Wales.
The ripples from the Red Clydeside revolt of 1919 were spreading rapidly, especially in the hundreds of pit villages scattered across central Scotland from Ayrshire to Fife. The call for Scottish Home Rule, spearheaded by the labour movement, was sending shivers down the spine of the Scottish establishment.
Scotland 1926 tells the gripping story of these times, culminating in the titanic General Strike and its ugly aftermath
