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GB 249 CPSG/2/2 · File · 1982-1983
Part of Records of the Cancer Prevention Society, Glasgow

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 Donald Dewar, union representatives and the office of the Procurator Fiscal, Glasgow.

A routine inspection in August 1982 had discovered defects in ceiling finishes containing amosite (brown asbestos). Rushworth and others did not find the Authority response adequate and proceeded to instigate discussion on how the asbestos regulations and the recent conclusions of the Advisory Committee on Asbestos (ACA) should be interpreted.

GB 249 CPSG/2/4 · File · 1984
Part of Records of the Cancer Prevention Society, 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 northeast of the city of Glasgow. In its construction large amounts of asbestos were used to ensure the structural integrity of the buildings in the event of a fire. The complex was formally condemned in July 2008 after a long period of decline.

GB 249 CPSG/2/5 · File · 1984-1986
Part of Records of the Cancer Prevention Society, 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 'Procurator Fiscal takes up asbestos demolition complaint', in 'Health and Safety at Work' September 1984.