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David McLean

Grainy Glasgow 'found footage' captures refuse strikes of the 1970s

A reel of footage capturing Glasgow during the bin strikes of the 1970s is proving a hit on social media.

Titled simply 'Glasgow in the 70s (old 8mm footage)', it shows a Glasgow that's very different to the one we know today and yet there are echoes of history repeating itself.

The home movie, which has been digitised and uploaded to YouTube, features glimpses of the west end and parts of the city centre, as well as some footage of the 1975 dustmen's strike, which saw the army called in to deal with the mountains of rubbish piling up in Glasgow.

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