1984 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1984 in Scotland .

Incumbents

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland

• Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – George Younger

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Lord Mackay of Clashfern; then Lord Cameron of Lochbroom
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Peter Fraser

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Emslie
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Wheatley
• Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Elliott

Events

• 12 March – 1984/5 Miner's Strike: Polmaise Colliery is the first mine in Scotland to witness a walkout of its workers. ^[1]
• 16 April – Culmination of the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars with the murder by arson of six members of the Doyle family.
• 3 May – 1984/5 miner's strike: Nearly 300 miners are arrested outside Ravenscraig in clashes with police as they try to stop lorries laden with coal entering. ^[2]
• 14 June – Elections to the European Parliament result in Labour gaining three seats from the Conservatives to win 5 of the 8 seats in Scotland, with the Conservatives reduced to two and the SNP retaining the one they previously held. ^[3]
• 30 July – Polmont rail accident at Polmont, near Falkirk, when an express train from Edinburgh to Glasgow, travelling at high speed, strikes a cow on the track near Polmont station, derailing several carriages and resulting in thirteen deaths and 61 injuries. ^[4]
• 8 August – Official opening of Kylesku Bridge, replacing a ferry.
• August – Hutton oilfield production begins in the East Shetland Basin.
• Kellas cat identified as a hybrid. ^[5]

Births

• 17 January – Calvin Harris, born Adam Richard Wiles, pop singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ
• 27 February – Catriona Forrest, field hockey player
• 12 March – Neil Fachie, para-cyclist ^[6]
• 8 May – Martin Compston, screen actor and footballer
• 5 September – Alison Bell, field hockey player ^[7]
• 8 September – Finlay Wild, fell runner
• 25 October – Adam MacKenzie, field hockey defender
• 30 November – Alan Hutton, footballer

Deaths

• 28 March – Jimmy McGowan, footballer (born 1924)
• 15 April – Alexander Trocchi, writer (born 1925)
• 6 September – Donny MacLeod, TV presenter (born 1932; heart attack)
• 11 October – Benno Schotz, sculptor (born 1891 in Germany)
• date unknown
  • Jean Bain of Crathie, Aberdeenshire, last speaker of Deeside Gaelic (born Jean McDonald, 1890) ^[8]
  • George Campbell Hay, poet (born 1915)

The arts

• 16 February – Iain Banks' first novel The Wasp Factory is published.
• Robert Alan Jamieson's novel Soor Hearts is published.
• James Kelman's first (published) novel The Busconductor Hines is published in Edinburgh.
• Scottish Poetry Library established.
• Puppet Animation Scotland organization is founded. ^[9]

See also

• 1984 in Northern Ireland

References

1. Two miners from Polmaise Colliery reflect on strike of 1984 STV, accessed 1 January 2012.
2. 1984 Miner's Strike saw 300 arrests in one day at Ravenscraig wishawpress.co.uk, accessed 1 January 2012.
3. European Parliamentary Elections ^{[ usurped ]} www.alba.org.uk, accessed 3 January 2012.
4. Department of Transport; Major A.G.B. King (1985). Railway Accident: Report on the Derailment that occurred on 30th July 1984 near Polmont in the Scottish Region, British Railways. HMSO. ISBN   0-11-550685-3.
5. Bowers, Aron. "Kellas Cats, Scotching the Myth". Scottish Big Cat Trust. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
6. "Neil Fachie". Team Scotland. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
7. "Glasgow 2014 - Alison Bell Profile". results.glasgow2014.com. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
8. Watson, Adam; Clement, R. D. (1983). "Aberdeenshire Gaelic". Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. 52: 373–404.
9. "Homegrown visual theatre artists to light up new-look Manipulate Festival at Summerhall". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 8 July 2022.