Glasgow rent strike 1915.....

Dennis · Post by **Dennis** » Mon May 08, 2006 12:11 am

Hi:)

I'm only finding out about this now, shame on me. Is there a list of the protagonists of the event and the area of Glasgow it covered?

dennis

Falkyrn · Post by **Falkyrn** » Mon May 08, 2006 1:05 pm

The 1915 rent Strike and the actions which the tenants took in support of the strike were started in Govan organised principally by Mary Barbour a local woman, although the strike quickly spread throughout the city.

Mary Barbour later went on to become a city councillor representing the fairfield area of Govan http://sites.scran.ac.uk/redclyde/redclyde/rc092.htm

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Post by **joette** » Mon May 08, 2006 1:29 pm

Yes & it quickly spread to other parts of the country(UK).
I think this was an early example of the so called "girl power".
I am supposing that landlords thought with their men away at War or working-anywhere & at any wage & as many hours deemed neccesary for the War Effort they wouldn't have had the energy or the organisation needed to carry out this concerted effort.
I know that in Clydebank the Women & children & any men would rush around if there was any hint of an eviction & would block the Bailiffs way.Pots,pans would be banged(like a bottling!!)& water not neccesarilly the drinking variety would be thrown.(I think chanties come to mind)
One of the so called origins of the Red Clydesider.

Alcluith · Post by **Alcluith** » Mon May 08, 2006 5:36 pm

There is a play currently going round the Scottish circuit called Elizabeth Gordon Quinn which in part is about the rent strike.
Fictional characters but well worth going to - if in your area