Jimmy Reid and Gerry Ross interviews

• Reference:GB 248 DC 65/146/8
• Dates of Creation:1971
• Physical Description:
  1 audio cassette tape (C-90)

• Scope and Content

  Side 1: J Roy Hay and John MacLauchlan interview with Jimmy Reid; Side 2: J Roy Hay and John MacLauchlan interview with Jimmy Reid and Gerry Ross (Communist Party). Previously listed as GUA 36134. James "Jimmy" Reid (1932-2010) was a Scottish trade union activist, whose role as spokesman and one of the leaders in the UCS work-in attracted international recognition. Ross was a shop steward, and convenor of Clydebank boilermakers [Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers (ASBSBSW)] in 1971-72.

  This material has been digitised.

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  Audio tape currently undergoing digitisation as part of the NLS project, Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, Aug 2019.