1928 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1928 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch — George V
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal — Sir John Gilmour, Bt
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General — Lord Clyde
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Alness
- Chairman of the Scottish Land Court — Lord St Vigeans
Events
- 11 February — Formation of the National Party of Scotland, a predecessor the Scottish National Party. On 23 June it holds a demonstration at Stirling marking the anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn.[1]
- 31 March — The Scotland national football team defeat England 5-1 at Wembley Stadium.[1]
- 28 April–June — Motorcycle speedway racing staged at Celtic Park.[2]
- May
- The Scottish county of Forfarshire resolves to revert to its historic name of Angus.[3]
- Carntyne Stadium in Glasgow opened for greyhound racing. Dirt track motorcycle speedway is also staged here, as is the first Scottish Greyhound Derby.
- 1 May — The London and North Eastern Railway's Flying Scotsman steam-hauled express train begins to run non-stop over the 393 miles (632 km) of the East Coast Main Line from London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley.[4]
- 18 June — Transatlantic liner SS Duchess of Richmond is launched at John Brown & Company's shipyard at Clydebank for Canadian Pacific Steamships.
- 20 July — Scottish Court of Criminal Appeal overturns Oscar Slater's 1909 murder conviction.
- 26 August — In Paisley, May Donoghue finds the remains of a snail in her ginger beer, leading to the landmark negligence case Donoghue v. Stevenson.[5]
- 25 October — A passenger express runs into the rear of a derailed freight train near Dinwoodie railway station with 4 deaths.[6]
- First high-voltage electricity pylon for the UK National Grid is erected near Edinburgh.[7]
- Politics of Edinburgh: Progressives form a group on the local council.
Births
- 1 January — Iain Crichton Smith, poet (died 1998)
- 17 January — Matt McGinn, folk singer (died 1977)
- 10 March — Alex McAvoy, actor (died 2005)
- 4 April — Jimmy Logan, born James Allan Short, entertainer (died 2001)
- 7 April — Gael Turnbull, poet (died 2004)
- 22 May — John Mackenzie (died 2011), film director
- 27 May — Thea Musgrave, classical composer
- 5 June — James Kennaway, novelist and screenwriter (died 1968 in England)
- 16 July — Bryden Thomson, orchestral conductor (died 1991 in Ireland)
- 8 August — Peter Keenan, boxer (died 2000)
- 6 October — Flora MacNeil, singer in Scottish Gaelic (died 2015)
- 28 October — Lawrie Reilly, international footballer (died 2013)
- 11 December — Andy MacMillan, architect (died 2014)
- 28 December — Ian Steel, road racing cyclist (died 2015)
Deaths
- 29 October — John Macintyre, laryngologist and pioneer radiographer (born 1857)
- 10 December — Charles Rennie Mackintosh, architect, designer and watercolourist (born 1868; died in London)
- 24 December — Thomas Corsan Morton, painter (born 1859)
The Arts
- The Fife Miner Players begin to tour Joe Corrie's play In Time o' Strife, concerning the effect of the 1926 United Kingdom general strike in the Fife Coalfield.
- Nan Shepherd's first novel The Quarry Wood is published.
See also
References
- 1 2 "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ↑ Inglis, Simon (1996). Football Grounds of Britain. London: CollinsWillow. p. 432. ISBN 0-00-218426-5.
- ↑ "Forfarshire's New Name". The Times (45032) (London). 1928-10-24. p. 8.
It was last May that the Forfarshire County Council passed a resolution...
- ↑ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 369–370. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ Chapman, Matthew (2010). The Snail and the Ginger Beer: the story of Donoghue v Stevenson. London: Wildy, Simmons & Hill. ISBN 0-85490-049-7.
- ↑ "Accident at Dinwoodie - Wamphray on 25th October 1928". Railways Archive. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
- ↑ Shaw, Alan (2005-09-29). "Kelvin to Weir, and on to GB SYS 2005" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
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