THIS is not a wartime scene, but it is troops in action on the streets of Glasgow. They rushed to the rescue in Ardenlea Street, Dalmarnock, in November 1977 when a family was trapped in a blazing tenement.
A tiny ledge 50ft up provided a hair-raising escape for two families trapped on the top floor after a gas leak sparked a fire.
At the height of the blaze resident Tommy Jamieson, trapped with his wife and children, and another family on the top floor climbed across to the top window in the next close. Mr Jamieson smashed the window and led his family and neighbours to safety.
No one was seriously injured in the fire, but more than 20 families were left homeless.
The soldiers were on the streets because firefighters were on strike, and, helped 
by some of the strikers who had promised not to put lives at risk,  they helped rescue other families trapped in the middle flats by choking smoke.
The 30,000 UK firefighters were on strike in an attempt to win a pay rise and troops were called in to provide safety cover.  The firefighters were later given a 10% increase, taking an average salary to just over £4,000 for a 48-hour week.

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