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DedicationThis book is dedicated to the memory of my dear friend and comrade, John Stewart Simpson, “Ian” to his friends. A victim of Scotland’s heavy industry, he died aged 66 at Hairmyres Hospital Lanarkshire, on Sunday 18th May 2003 from mesothelioma (asbestos related lung cancer). AcknowledgementsThe information contained in these pages has been gleaned from countless conversations, stories told, articles, pamphlets and books read over more years than I care to remember. My thanks goes to those friends, acquaintances and total strangers who over the years passed on these stories. I have tried to list some of the books that would deal much more fully with the subjects than these pages were intended. A special thanks must go to Audrey Canning of the William Gallacher Memorial Library at Glasgow Caledonian University, without whose expertise, pleasantly and willingly given, I would have disappeared under a mountain of books and pamphlets never again to emerge into the light of day. I must also thank the Glasgow Caledonian University and the Mitchell Library Glasgow for the use of their facilities. These pages were never meant to be anything other than a summary of some of the events and people that have helped to shape the Glasgow of today: a glimpse at a history that is sometimes difficult to find. My hope is that anyone who reads these few pages will be prompted to dig a little bit deeper and discover a rich heritage of which we can be very proud. John Couzin The Research Collections manager and all his team would like to thank John Couzin for the use of his text and for the patience he has shown during the production of this online edition of his book. Joe Fodey (Special Collection Librarian, T: 0141 273 1203, E: J.Fodey@gcal.ac.uk) and Philip Wallace (Research Collections Assistant, T: 0141 273 1186 E: T.Wallace@gcal.ac.uk) selected the images used in this work and, together with the Research Collections manager, proof read the text. Anne Ward faced the huge task of merging the text and images to produce a coherent and user friendly digital edition of Radical Glasgow, which is at once faithful to the author’s intention and yet enhances his original vision. A task, I think you will agree, admirably achieved. Particular thanks are due to Audrey Canning (T: 0141 273 1187) for providing and allowing the use of a large number of images from the Gallacher Memorial Library. Thanks should also go to the owners of additional photographs used in this work. Individual acknowledgements for these are to be found linked to the images concerned. Every effort has been made to contact and acknowledge the copyright holders of the images used but if we have missed any we will be happy to rectify this at the first opportunity. Research Collections@GCU |