1884 Glasgow Research!

Hello!

How the days are flying in and it's almost March already. I do far too much research for a few lines of text in my novels, but I love finding out new information, or revisiting info I came across decades ago and have forgotten. 

CC Nancy Jardine

I'm currently loving the research of this fascinating badge which I inherited from my aunt. I'm not sure which person it originally belonged to, but my best guess is that it was my great grandfather, who was a cabinet maker/ joiner. The Great Franchise Demonstration in Glasgow, in 1884, was only one of many marches that were organised throughout Great Britain and Ireland that year. 

Some 70, 000 tradespeople marched from the Kelvingrove Park to the Glasgow Green on the 6th September 1884, the demonstration organised  through the Glasgow Liberal Association. 

Mitchell Library Glasgow

I spent a fantastic few hours at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, researching the newspapers of the day via the library microfiche system. I'd forgotten how hard that is on the eyes, not having used microfiche for ages. The staff on Level 5 Special Collections dept were superb, as was the assistant in the Archives Dept. I now have plenty to work on during the coming weeks regarding the research on the political reasons for the demonstration, but I'm actually more interested in the banners carried by the individual trade unions and how those were created. 

More to follow soon on the information I'll be using from a fabulous book- Banner Bright -  suggested by the Special Collections Dept. I managed to buy a second hand copy of it, and it's brilliant for the information I want to include. 

Till then,

Tak tent! 

Slainthe!