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‘Idle cranes don’t feed the weans’
ANN HENDERSON reports on a moving event to commemorate the struggles of those men and women involved in the famous Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in of 1971-72
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ON SATURDAY March 12, the touring Townsend Theatre production Yes, Yes, UCS came to Clydebank.
The Golden Friendship Community Hall was a very welcoming venue for a day school commemorating 50 years of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in (1971-72) followed by the theatre performance in the evening.
Bringing together UCS veterans, their families, members of the local community and the trade union movement, the day was informative, but also inspirational.
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