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1981 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1981 in
Scotland
.
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See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1981 in:
The UK
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Scottish football:
1980–81
•
1981–82
1981 in Scottish television
Incumbents
edit
Secretary of State for Scotland
and
Keeper of the Great Seal
–
George Younger
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
Lord Mackay of Clashfern
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
Nicholas Fairbairn
Judiciary
edit
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
edit
1 February
– Decriminalisation of homosexual acts between men over 21 years of age through the
Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980
, Section 80, which enters into force on this day.
5 March
– The
ZX81
, a pioneering British
home computer
manufactured by
Timex
in
Dundee
, is launched by
Sinclair Research
, going on to sell over 1.5 million units worldwide.
May
Peugeot
closes the
Talbot
car plant at
Linwood, Renfrewshire
, which was opened by the
Rootes Group
eighteen years earlier as Scotland's only car factory.
Buchan Oil Field
production begins in the North Sea.
23 May
–
Scotland
beat
England
1-0 at Wembley.
11 December
– Closure of
Bedlay Colliery, Glenboig
.
21 December
– George Wood (Aberdeen) Ltd cease trawler operations.
Undated
Last manufacture of
coal gas
in the UK, at
Millport, Isle of Cumbrae
.
[1]
Invergordon
aluminium smelter
closes.
Livingston
Skatepark
opens, the first in Scotland.
[2]
Births
edit
15 January
–
Sean Lamont
, rugby player
16 February
–
Alison Rowatt
, field hockey midfielder
19 February
–
Mark Boyle
, snooker player
28 February
–
Mark Brown
, footballer
25 March
–
Emily Smith
, folk singer
11 June
–
Alistair McGregor
, field hockey goalkeeper
14 June
–
Alastair Kellock
, rugby union player
11 August
–
Sandi Thom
, pop singer-songwriter
28 August
–
Kezia Dugdale
, leader of the
Scottish Labour Party
7 September
–
Natalie McGarry
, MP convicted of embezzlement
[3]
16 September
–
David Mitchell
, field hockey defender
20 November
–
Scott Hutchison
, indie rock singer-songwriter and visual artist (suicide 2018)
Catriona Shearer
, television news presenter
Deaths
edit
6 January
–
A. J. Cronin
, novelist (born
1896
)
23 February
–
Nan Shepherd
, novelist and poet (born
1893
)
June –
Wendy Wood
, nationalist campaigner (born 1892 in England)
22 August
–
Mairi Chisholm
, nurse and ambulance driver in
World War I
, one of "The Madonnas of Pervyse" (born
1896
)
8 September
–
Bill Shankly
, football manager (born
1913
)
19 October
–
Johnny Doyle
, footballer (born
1951
)
1 December
–
James Monteith Grant
, herald and
Lord Lyon King of Arms
(born
1903
)
The arts
edit
30 March
– release of historical drama film
Chariots of Fire
that tells the story of devout Christian
Eric Liddell
competing in the
1924 Olympics
.
23 April
– release of
romantic comedy
film
Gregory's Girl
.
Alasdair Gray
's first novel
Lanark: A Life in Four Books
is published in Edinburgh.
Perrier Comedy Awards
first presented to the best shows on the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
.
The Bluebells
formed.
First
Fèis Bharraigh
.
See also
edit
1981 in Northern Ireland
1981 in Wales
References
edit
^
"Great Cumbrae".
Secret Scotland
. Retrieved
6 July
2010
.
^
Scott, Katy (29 February 2024). "Livingston skatepark is first to be listed in Scotland".
BBC News
. Retrieved
29 February
2024
.
^
Publishing, Bloomsbury (19 November 2015).
Whitaker's Shorts 2016: Governance
. Bloomsbury Publishing.
ISBN
9781472921987
– via Google Books.