40 YEARS AGO

Despite the gloom, East Kilbride was looking forward to the future with confidence according to East Kilbride Development Corporation general manager George Young, who announced to the press the new town had enjoyed its most successful 12 months of expansion in nine years and was now the sixth largest town in Scotland.

Lanarkshire Education Authority carried out their threat to transfer teachers from St Bride’s High to Trinity High, Cambuslang.

Strathclyde Regional Council were due to speak out against the threatened 2300 redundancies in the Scottish steel industry. Telegrams were sent to Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Minister for Industry Tony Benn.