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1950 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1950 in
Scotland
.
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See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1950 in:
The UK
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Scottish football:
1949–50
•
1950–51
Incumbents
edit
Secretary of State for Scotland
and
Keeper of the Great Seal
–
Arthur Woodburn
until 28 February; then
Hector McNeil
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
John Thomas Wheatley
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
Douglas Johnston
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
and
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Cooper
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Thomson
Chairman of the Scottish Land Court
–
Lord Gibson
Events
edit
14 February
– First shipment of coal from Argyll Colliery (
drift mining
) in the reopened
Machrihanish Coalfield
to Belfast.
[1]
21 February
–
Clydebank
-built
Cunard
liner
RMS
Aquitania
arrives at the scrapyard in
Faslane
at the end of a 36-year career.
August – first official
Edinburgh Military Tattoo
staged at
Edinburgh Castle
as part of the
Edinburgh Festival
.
22 August
– 54-year-old William "Ned" Barnie becomes the first Scot to swim the
English Channel
, going on to complete 3 crossings.
[2]
8 September
– 116 miners trapped underground in a landslide at
Knockshinnoch Castle colliery
at
New Cumnock
in
Ayrshire
.
[3]
9 September
– first miners are rescued from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery.
[3]
11 September
– rescue operation from Knockshinnoch Castle colliery is completed, with all 116 miners saved.
[3]
18 October – the
North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board
's
Loch Sloy Hydro-Electric Scheme
is inaugurated.
[4]
25 December
– the
Stone of Scone
, the traditional
coronation
stone of
Scottish monarchs
,
English monarchs
and more recently
British monarchs
, is removed from
London
's
Westminster Abbey
by a group of four Scottish students.
St. Margaret's Hospice in
Clydebank
, the first modern
hospice
in Scotland, is begun by the
Sisters of Charity
.
[5]
Births
edit
21 January
–
Seona Reid
, arts administrator
10 March
–
Ted McKenna
, rock drummer (
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
) (died
2019
)
22 March
–
Jocky Wilson
, darts player (died
2012
)
30 March
–
Robbie Coltrane
, actor and comedian (died
2022
)
[6]
31 March
–
William Blair
, judge and financial lawyer
1 May
–
Malcolm James Mackenzie
, footballer
6 May
–
Robbie McIntosh
, funk drummer (
Average White Band
) (died
1974
)
9 May
–
Murray Elder
, politician (died
2023
)
12 May
–
Helena Kennedy
, lawyer
27 May
–
Alex Gray
, crime novelist
20 June
–
Rita Rae, Lady Rae
, judge
21 June
–
Enn Reitel
, actor
18 September
–
Jock McFadyen
, painter
29 October
–
James Dillon
, composer
7 November
–
Lindsay Duncan
, actress
3 December
–
Angus Glennie, Lord Glennie
, judge
Deaths
edit
15 January
–
George Livingstone
, footballer (born
1876
)
26 February
–
Harry Lauder
, entertainer (born
1870
)
17 March
–
Adam McKinlay
, Labour politician (born
1887
)
30 March
–
Joe Yule
, comedian and actor (born
1892
)
9 May
–
Charles Alexander Stevenson
, lighthouse engineer (born
1855
)
10 August
–
James Drever
, psychologist (born
1873
)
[7]
14 September
–
Alexander Livingstone
, Liberal politician (born
1880
)
See also
edit
1950 in Northern Ireland
References
edit
^
Cambeltown Courier
1950-02-16.
^
"Notable Dates in History".
The Flag in the Wind
.
The Scots Independent
. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014
. Retrieved
11 July
2014
.
^
a
b
c
"Miners trapped underground by landslide".
BBC News
. 8 September 1950. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008
. Retrieved
29 January
2008
.
^
Newsreel footage of opening ceremony.
^
"History". St Margaret of Scotland Hospice
. Retrieved
4 September
2014
.
^
"Robbie Coltrane obituary".
the Guardian
. 14 October 2022
. Retrieved
15 October
2022
.
^
The Scottish Educational Journal
. Educational Institute of Scotland. 1950. p. 536.