Clydebank

Rent Strikes

The Clydebank Rent Strike was one of the key events in the legend of Red Clydeside.

Clydebank - Politics and Local Government

<div style="float: right; margin: 3px 0 5px 15px;"><img title="Burgh of Clydebank Coat of Arms." src="/media/2524039/clydebank_coat_of_arms.jpg" alt="Burgh of Clydebank Coat of Arms." width="75" height="155" /><br /><span style="font-size: 9px;">Coat of Arms</span></div> <p>From 1845 the area which was to become the burgh of Clydebank was administered by the Parochial Board of Old Kilpatrick. Parochial boards, renamed parish councils in 1894, were responsible for public health, water supplies and poor relief.</p><p> By 1886, the growing population of the Clydebank area had become increasingly dissatisfied with the Parochial Board's attempts to deal with problems of drainage and sewage disposal, and campaigners succeeded in having a police burgh set up under the General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act 1862.</p>