When Gladys Thomson Findlay was born on 17 October 1908, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, George Finlay, was 37 and her mother, Jemima Tarbet, was 44. She married John Forbes Baird on 29 March 1934, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. She died on 15 January 1969, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 60.
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The Leith dockers strike was a strike that brought the town of Leith to a standstill after dock workers demanded an increase in pay, better working conditions, and shorter hours. The strike had an effect on the local community by not allowing trade to flow smoothly out of the docks. There totaled around 4,600 people a part of the strikes and riots but it ended near the middle of August with no demands met. since then two more strikes would happen at the same location, once in 1983 and, most recently, in 1989.
Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.
The Kilmarnock War Memorial was built to pay tribute to all residents of Kilmarnock who fought in World War I. Most of the building is accessible to the public and names of the people who died line the walkways inside and out. After World War II, additions were made adding the names of those who gave their lives in World War II.
Scottish: variant of Finley 1.
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