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Date
Track ID 16325
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

Program Choinnich 28.03.2000

Summary

Forty years on from tragic Cheapside Street explosion in Glasgow.

Forty years have passed since whisky and tobacco storage buildings exploded on Cheapside Street in Glasgow, claiming the lives of fourteen firemen and five men from the Salvage Corps. Donald Stewart who was a fireman in Glasgow at the time remembers this terrible fire. He describes the fire, how the men lost their lives, how the other firemen felt at the time and how they dealt with it afterwards.

Recording Location

County - Ross and Cromarty

Island - Lewis

Parish - Stornoway

Village/Place - Stornoway

Item Location

County - Lanarkshire

Parish - Glasgow

Village/Place - Glasgow

Language

Gaelic

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Dat

Audio Quality

Good