IT’S A great feeling when you are the king of the world and Glasgow’s most famous boxer was mobbed by more than 10,000 people when he returned to the city after claiming the title.
Benny Lynch, the wee man from the Gorbals, arrived back from London in January 1937 after his successful fight to regain the World Flyweight Title.
He beat Small Montana on points over 15 rounds and that success meant a ring of police officers had to surround his car to keep the crowds back when he drove from Central Station to his home
in Burnside.
Preceded by a piper the car slowly made its way through the streets, but eventually the crowd broke through the police cordons and the piper was swept off his feet. The scenes were repeated in almost every street until he reached home.
Sadly, Benny later suffered from alcoholism and he died in 1946. He was just 33.
Paddy’s Market, in the city centre, was mopping up after it was hit by a fire in July 1987. The traders were back in business once the firefighters had gone, but their days at the stall were over when it was finally closed in 2009
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