Edinburgh's Transport
Shrubhill Works
Heavy Workshop converted to Temporary
Dormitory
for Volunteer Workers during the General Strike
May 1926 |
Photo
1.
Shrubhill
Works - Beds in the Temporary Dormitory
© Photo from the
Edinburgh Corporation Transport Collection reproduced with acknowledgement to
Lothian Buses
and taken from a print from the original glass plate made by John Dickson,
Royston, Edinburgh: March 11, 2012
Photo
2.
Shrubhill
Works - Beds in the Temporary Dormitory
© Photo from the
Edinburgh Corporation Transport Collection reproduced with acknowledgement to
Lothian Buses
and taken from a print from the original glass plate made by John Dickson,
Royston, Edinburgh: March 11, 2012
Photo
3.
Shrubhill
Works - Beds, Workers and Tram in the Temporary Dormitory
© Photo from the
Edinburgh Corporation Transport Collection reproduced with acknowledgement to
Lothian Buses
and taken from a print from the original glass plate made by John Dickson,
Royston, Edinburgh: March 11, 2012
Photo
4.
Shrubhill
Works - Beds, Workers and Tram in the Temporary Dormitory
© Photo from the
Edinburgh Corporation Transport Collection reproduced with acknowledgement to
Lothian Buses
and taken from a print from the original glass plate made by John Dickson,
Royston, Edinburgh: March 11, 2012
Shrubhill Works
Temporary Dormitory in the Heavy
Workshop |
The General Strike
Here are some brief extracts from the book, 'Edinburgh
Transport, The Corporation Years' (Publ:
Adam Gordon) in which DLG Hunter wrote about the General
Strike:
"1926 was the year of the General
Strike, which started on Tuesday 4 May.
Students and others manned cars and
buses and indeed enjoyed it ... Fifty-four cars were run
from Shrubhill on the first day and all the buses were in use
until about 6pm.
Part s of Shrubhill Workshops
were transformed into a temporary dormitory for these volunteers,
with pies and lemonade supplied.
On 5 May, cars and buses were run till
6 o' clock on most routes except in Leith. However, attacks
on vehicles and crews increased in the afternoon and many cars and
buses lost windows.
Trouble continued on 6 May, but there were less problems on 7
and 8 May and more cars were run. There was no service on
Sunday 10 May.
On Wednesday 12
May, the strike was called off and full normal services were
resumed the following day. |
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