30 YEARS AGO

The Reformer told how a team of volunteers were working around the clock to help a six-year-old who had suffered brain damage from birth, with everyone hoping that she might one day be able to resume a normal life.

It was claimed that Rutherglen Community Council should make their permanent home in the former town council chambers on Main Street.

The Labour Party were accused of hypocrisy in a angry row over housing for young Rutherglen families.

A drugs support group in Castlemilk had won vital government backing that would let them continue.

The Glasgow garden festival was set to run throughout the summer – with the Overtoun Park bandstand at the heart of it.