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Glen Cinema memorial officially opened in Paisley

by on 2 December 2021 0
A new Glen Cinema memorial marking one of Scotland’s worst-ever human tragedies has been officially unveiled in Paisley town centre. A crowd of around 100 people gathered earlier today to commemorate the Glen Cinema disaster of 31 December 1929, which claimed the lives of 71 children and injured more than 30. There had never... Read More

The Paisley Snail

by on 1 November 2018 0
A new statue in Paisley pays tribute to a woman who changed the course of legal history. We spoke to the artist behind it. On 26 August 1928, May Donoghue, a working-class single parent from Glasgow, visited a café in Paisley. The ginger beer she bought that day eventually led to the foundation of... Read More