‘industry’

Event	Date
Timex calls time on its Dundee factory	28th August
Dozens of miners killed at Udston Colliery	28th May
Construction begins at Sutherland Spaceport	5th May
Hillman Imp rolls off production line in Linwood	2nd May
Titan becomes the world’s first electric crane	24th April
Singer factory workers go on strike	21st March

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17 November

Birth of James Matheson, owner of Lewis

27 August

Foundation stone laid for the National Monument of Scotland

23 July

The Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow

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