1980 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1980 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Elizabeth II
- Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – George Younger
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- 16 April – Glasgow Subway reopened to passengers after a 3-year modernisation project.
- 1 May – Scottish District local elections result in big gains for the Labour Party.
- 7 May – Aberdeen F.C. secures the Scottish Football League Premier Division championship.
- 26 June – The Glasgow Central by-election is held, with Labour retaining the seat despite a 14% swing to the Scottish National Party.
- 1 August – The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 receives Royal Assent.
- 4–5 September – Margaret Thatcher becomes the first serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to visit Shetland.
- 13 September – Hercules, a bear which had gone missing on the island of Benbecula while filming a Kleenex advertisement, is found.[1]
- 6 October – West Highland Way opened as the first of the official Long Distance Routes for walkers in Scotland.
- 9 October – Gloagtrotter of Perth, trading as GT Coaches, begins operation of an express coach service from Dundee to London as The Stage Coach, origin of the Stagecoach Group.
- October – Albion Motors' Scotstoun works closes and manufacture of complete vehicles (on Viking VK bus chassis) is moved to Leyland in England.
- 13 November – Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 which would decriminalise private homosexual acts between two consenting persons aged over 21 in Scotland passes at Westminster. It would take effect on 1st February 1981[2].
Births
- 5 January – Greg McHugh, television actor/writer
- 5 February – Jo Swinson, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats (UK)
- 2 April – Adam Fleming, television journalist
- 12 May – Andrew Abercromby, biomedical engineer
- 6 July – Kenny Deuchar, footballer
- 15 September – Chris Clark, footballer
- 26 October – Khalid Abdalla, actor
- 20 November – Malachy Tallack, journalist and folk rock musician
Deaths
- 19 February – Bon Scott, Australian rock singer (born 1946 in Scotland)
- 29 February – Margaret Morris, choreographer (born 1891 in London)
- May – Isla Cameron, actress and singer (born 1930)
- 23 June – John Laurie, actor (born 1897)
- 6 December – Margot Bennett, crime novelist (born 1912)
- 13 December – R. D. Low, comics writer and editor (born 1895)
- Hector MacAndrew, fiddler (born 1903)
The arts
- 19 February – Scottish Television begins to air the soap opera Take the High Road.
- Spring – Bearsden post-punk band Orange Juice release Falling and Laughing, the first release on the Postcard Records label.[3]
- June – Peter Maxwell Davies's The Yellow Cake Revue (including the piano interlude "Farewell to Stromness") is premiered at the Stromness Hotel as part of the St Magnus Festival.
- Alexander Moffat paints Poets' Pub.
- Buxton Orr composes A Caledonian Suite.
See also
References
- ↑ "1980: Missing Scottish bear is found". BBC News. 13 September 1980. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ↑ "THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE (SCOTLAND)ACT 1980 (Hansard, 17 December 1980)". hansard.millbanksystems.com. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
- ↑ Reynolds, Simon (2005). Rip It Up And Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984. London: Faber and Faber. p. 353. ISBN 0-571-21570-X.
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