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1980
Musicians’ Union Strike
The BBC’s proposal to disband five of its ensembles, including the BBC SSO, led to strike action across the UK and the cancellation of about two weeks of that summer’s BBC Proms. When the strike was called off the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra had been reprieved, but a number of other BBC ensembles were axed.
Christopher Seaman, James Loughran, Alexander Gibson, Simon Rattle and Ian Wallace in the Theatre Royal, Glasgow during the Musicians’ Union Strike, 1980
George McIIwham plays bagpipes with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket, 1980
