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Joe Beltrami papers relating to Patrick Meehan, victim of miscarriage of justice
Items relating to Beltrami's 15-year battle to overturn the conviction of his client, Patrick Meehan, for the murder of Rachel Ross during a burglary in 1969. Beltrami's efforts secured a unique Royal Pardon for Meehan, plus a substantia...
Beltrami, Joseph, 1932-2015, lawyer
Records of the Cancer Prevention Society, Glasgow
Papers documenting the research and activism of G E Rushworth and the Cancer Prevention Society (CPS). Main series are:research and campaigning for changeactivism re specific sites and buildingspublications by the Cancer Prevention Societypress ar...
Rushworth, George Edward, b. 1930, industrial health and safety consultant
Research and campaigning for change
Asbestos in educational establishments
Correspondence and papers on asbestos in schools and other educational establishments. Includes press coverage and correspondence with Department of Education and Science (London), Scottish Office of the Ministry for Industry and Education, Educat...
Report on asbestos-related disease in Clydeside
Correspondence and papers re a report on 'Problems of asbestosis/Ineumoconiosis [sic] claimants in Clydeside', compiled by the Cancer Prevention Society (CPS). Background of the project appears to have been a comparatively high rejection...
Methods of lung biopsy and the diagnosis of mesothelioma
Correspondence between Rushworth's colleague Ian Patten, Project Leader at the Cancer Prevention Society, and various medical boarding centers (formerly known as Pneumoconiosis Medical Panels) over methods of lung biopsy and the issue of whet...
Press articles on dangerous dyes, among them an article on G E Rushworth’s own compensation claim for occupational cancer of the bladder.Also includes annotated copy of 'Guidelines for work with chemical carcinogens in Medical Research Counci...
Activism re specific sites and buildings
Documenting the efforts of the Glasgow Cancer Prevention Society to alert the public and responsible parties to cases of asbestos-related health and safety problems in the region. In chronological order.
Former site of Turner Asbestos Cement (TAC) Co Ltd / TAC Construction Materials Ltd, Dalmuir
Material relating to the former site of TAC Co Ltd, Dalmuir. The site had been used for the manufacture of asbestos products 1938-1970. After TAC closed down operations in 1970, the site was owned by Monaville Estates Ltd.
Public inquiry into environmental asbestos pollution at Clydebank
Correspondence and papers 1980-1982 chiefly re the environmental dangers posed by the former site of Turner Asbestos Cement (TAC) Co Ltd, Dalmuir. Includes:colour photographs of the sitecorrespondence with solicitors re Clydebank District Council ...
Photograph album, site of TAC Ltd, Dalmuir
Content of a photograph album documenting asbestos contamination at the former site of asbestos construction products company TAC Ltd, Dalmuir.Includes 9 colour photographs of the site, taken c.1982. Also summary in 'Scots Law Times' 198...
St Brendan's primary school, Yoker
Correspondence, press coverage and notes re asbestos issues at St Brendan's school, Yoker near Glasgow. Also includes copies from an inspection of the school, dated 23 August 1982.Among the correspondents were councillor Jim Bannerman OBE, MP...
Blue asbestos in Motherwell housing
Correspondence and papers re blue asbestos in Motherwell housing.Includes press coverage, colour photographs and original negatives.
Asbestos in houses: Red Road flats, Glasgow
Correspondence and papers re a survey and activism on Red Road flats workers.Includes press coverage, correspondence with politicians (councillors, MPs), and survey forms.Red Road flats refers to a high-rise housing complex located in the northeas...
Warehouse at Robertson Street, Glasgow
Correspondence and papers re the demolition of a former warehouse at Robertson Street, Glasgow, the modalities of which led G E Rushworth to lodge an official complaint with the Procurator Fiscal.Includes colour photographs, also copy article ...