IT WAS chilly and wet winter day when this protest was held in George Square in Glasgow.
The meeting came during a dispute over teachers being allowed to continue in their jobs even if they were not registered with the General Teaching Council.
Education committees throughout Scotland decided to serve dismissal notices on 388 teachers who had not
registered with the GTC.
Stormy meetings were held across the country as some authorities deferred the move and others went ahead with it.
In Glasgow, about 400 adults and children demonstrated outside the City Chambers as the committee meeting took place – and then tried to force their way into the meeting.
Two schoolboys ended up facing court afterwards, with one charged with assault, after missiles – mainly flour bombs – were thrown, while an egg narrowly missed a police inspector.
Meanwhile, the Educational Insititute of Scotland called on the Secretary of State for Scotland Willie Ross to take action against the autorities which refused to insist that teachers were registered.
The EIS said that authorities were acting outside the law.
In 1940, the outcome of the war was far from certain and these proud members of the Home Guard parading through Bishopbriggs were keen to do their bit and help in any way they could.
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