Edit Simmering discontent
Naval disarmament in the 1920s reduced orders for ships and there was fierce competition for civilian contracts.
There were brief booms and bursts of activity but they only obscured the unpleasant truth.
The times they were a-changing. Exports were too few.
There was local trouble, too: simmering militancy and the development of ''Red Clydeside'' had culminated in Black Friday, January 31, 1919.
Seeking a 40-hour week and protection for their skilled jobs, 40,000 went on strike in the shipyards and engineering works and thousands of other trades came out in support.
Parkhead Forge closed. John Brown's was surrounded by pickets. Willie Gallacher led a march in Pinkston power station.
The Secretary of State feared a Bolshevik revolution would set Scotland alight and sent 5000 troops and a tank regiment.
The Riot Act was read. There were machine gun nests in hotels and the main post office, a howitzer in the City Chambers and tanks in the cattle market.
Instigators, including James Maxton, Manny Shinwell, John Wheatley and Tom Johnston, were arrested. A few years later came the General Strike.
There were brief booms and bursts of activity but they only obscured the unpleasant truth.
The times they were a-changing. Exports were too few.
There was local trouble, too: simmering militancy and the development of ''Red Clydeside'' had culminated in Black Friday, January 31, 1919.
Seeking a 40-hour week and protection for their skilled jobs, 40,000 went on strike in the shipyards and engineering works and thousands of other trades came out in support.
Parkhead Forge closed. John Brown's was surrounded by pickets. Willie Gallacher led a march in Pinkston power station.
The Secretary of State feared a Bolshevik revolution would set Scotland alight and sent 5000 troops and a tank regiment.
The Riot Act was read. There were machine gun nests in hotels and the main post office, a howitzer in the City Chambers and tanks in the cattle market.
Instigators, including James Maxton, Manny Shinwell, John Wheatley and Tom Johnston, were arrested. A few years later came the General Strike.
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