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Jimmy Reid R.I.P.

19th August, 2010

Hundreds of mourners today paid tribute to trade union leader Jimmy Reid, who died on August 10th 2010 at the age of 78.  Among those leading the tributes were Billy Connolly, a former shipyard worker himself, and Sir Alex Ferguson who grew up alongside Reid in Glasgow's Govan neighbourhood.

See Jimmy Reid records on Scran at http://www.scran.ac.uk/s/jimmy+reid

The University Of Glasgow Rector James