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Great Speakers through the AgesJimmy Reid Listen to the clip from one of today’s Organisers who witnessed events as a fifteen year old lad when his family’s livelihood was threatened by the closure of the ship yards
Since the making of this clip Jimmy Reid has died - for a fuller obituary see the guardian article headlined below Jimmy Reid, saviour of Clyde shipyards, dies aged 78
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Click play above to view a video featuring workers who took over the Clydebank ship yard, led by Jimmy Reid. The video features Jimmy marching down the road to the sound of Matt McGinn’s rendition of "Wi’Jimmy Reid and Airlie." If you’d like to meet others who want to learn more about the history of the strike and role great orators of our time played during industrial unrest click here to register your expression of interest and we’ll get back to you with suggested dates and timings. Click here to return to the In Touch With Our Roots home page |
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