Near its eastern end at bank junction, where it becomes poultry, is mansion house, the bank of england, and bank station. This fire was overshadowed only by a similar fire in james watt street also in glasgow on 19 november 1968, when 22 people died. Tributes to 19 men killed fighting cheapside street whisky. Commerating the cheapside street disaster and the extreme challenges faced by glasgows postwar fire service. Glasgow whisky bond fire that killed 19 people is remembered 60 years on an explosion inside the building caused its 60ft walls to crash down into cheapside street and warroch street. The first call to the fire was at approximately 19. Both the street and cheap ward through which it ran were named for the market located there. How londons food and drink streets got their names.
Cheapside street fire 60 years since one of britains worst peacetime fire disasters. Whereas there is reason to apprehend that the fire on wednesday night, the 1st instant, in cheapside street, was the effect of design. Argyle street, lewiss huge department store in the background. Fourteen firefighters and five members of the salvage corps died while tackling a fire at the arbuckle, smith and company. The 14 glasgow fire service personnel who died at cheapside street were subofficers james calder and john mcpherson and firemen christopher boyle, william crocket, archibald darroch, alexander grassie, george mcintyre, daniel davidson, edward mcmillan, alfred dickinson, william watson, john allan, gordon chapman, and iain mcmillan. Commerating the cheapside street disaster and the extreme challenges faced by glasgows postwar fire service by forbes, alan mackay, smith, james burns isbn. Sharon ament, director of the museum of london, explains the cheapside hoards unique significance. Fire service in 60th anniversary tribute to emergency crew.
The cheapside street whisky bond fire in glasgow on 28 march 1960 was britains worst peacetime fire services disaster. Most of the loss of life happened within moments of crews responding to the cheapside street fire on march 28, 1960. Whilst engaged in a protracted and very serious fire in a whisky storage warehouse, a sudden and massive explosion occurred resulting in the instantaneous deaths of fourteen firefighters of the glasgow fire service and five members of the glasgow salvage corps. Check out the new video cheapside sloggers the new song from the new album rewind, replay, rebound out now. Shortly after the first crews arrived, the centre section of the warehouse blew out on to cheapside street and warroch street. The cheapside corpse adventures of thomas chaloner.
West cheap and east cheap were the two principal market areas of london, both created during king alfred s program of urban renewal in the ninth century sheppard 71. The james watt street fire on monday, 18 november 1968, was a fatal factory fire in glasgow, scotland leading to a large loss of life, with 22 employees killed. Michael the archangel in that year, the prisoners were removed from the old compter in bread street to the new compter in wood street, cheapside. Buy the cheapside corpse adventures of thomas chaloner reprint by susanna gregory isbn. Tributes to 19 men killed fighting whisky warehouse blaze. Wood street compter says cunningham was first established in 1555, when, on the feast of st. This was therefore known as the cheapside hoard and it is a collection of considerable historical importance.
Remembering glasgows james watt street fire, 18 november. Many of the streets feeding into the main thoroughfare are named after the produce that was originally sold in those areas of the market, including honey lane, milk street, bread street and poultry. The number of fatalities was a consequence of the building retaining barred windows, a feature remaining from its previous use as a whisky bond. Also off cheapside, milk street was named melcstrate in the 12th century. If you have not read the first book, i highly recommend you do that first to get a better understanding of the characters and their motivations. Cheapside street fire 60 years since one of britains. Firefighters remember 19 colleagues killed in cheapside. Cheapside is the former site of one of the principal produce markets in london, cheap broadly meaning market in medieval english. The cheapside hoard ganoksin jewelry making community. Their father joe recalled in a book about the disaster, tinderbox heroes. The cheapside street fire razed an area of glasgow to the ground and cost the lives of nineteen men.
Proclamation, by the deputymayor of the city of new york. The fire service has paid tribute to 19 firefighters and crew who died tackling a warehouse blaze 60 years ago in what was the biggest loss. This book involves the famous protest rallies in birmingham, alabama in 1963 when martin luther king came to townthe riots we remember because the police chief turned fire hoses and dogs on the demonstrators. The scottish fire and rescue service sfrs said it remains the largest peacetime. As some crews tackled the blaze from cheapside street, others tackled it. How glasgow earned its reputation as the tinderbox city. Marking the 60th anniversary since a glasgow whisky bond.
Known and celebrated as the cheapside hoard it is still the largest known cache of its kind in the world. Arts and culture a new book remembers a fire in glasgow which exploded into the worst peactime disaster the british fire services had faced fifty years ago, a fire in glasgow exploded into the. Before the great fire, the street was renowned for its. Lewiss polytechnic as it was originally known and the st. In 1912, laborers on a building site in cheapside in the city of london unearthed a great trove of gemstones and jewels which had lain undisturbed for some 300 years. In medieval times, the royal processional route from the tower of. Cheapside street 1960 institution of fire engineers. Cheapside is a street in the city of london, the historic and modern financial centre of london, which forms part of the a40 london to fishguard road. An explosion inside the building caused its 60ft walls to crash down into cheapside street and warroch street. City firefighters will today remember the brave men who tragically died while on duty in the cheapside street disaster in glasgow 60 years ago.
The glasgow fire service were called to a fire within a bonded whiskey storage warehouse at cheapside street, glasgow. The 28th march 2010 sees the fiftieth anniversary of one of scotlands worst peacetime fires. The fire service is paying tribute to 19 firefighters and crew who died tackling a warehouse blaze 60 years ago in what was the biggest loss of life to the organisation in peacetime. Firefighters who lost their lives in the cheapside street disaster have been remembered at a memorial service. Scottish fire and rescue service library, fire cuttings, book ii, 1958. The fire officer in charge soon realised the severity of the blaze and ordered more fire engines and crews to assist.
Half a century ago, a blaze at a whisky bond on cheapside street in glasgow resulted in the deaths of more than a dozen firemen making it britains worst peacetime fire services disaster. The fire at a whisky bond killed 14 fire service and 5 salvage corps personnel. The name of cheapside street will for ever bear a hallowed place in fire service records and in the history of the city of glasgow, on the one hand recording the supreme sacrifice of so many fine and courageous firefighters in the course of duty and, on the other, reflecting the selfless courage and devotion to duty of their comrades who. Based on the proceedings of the nineday fatal accident enquiry into the fire at james watt street, glasgow, in november 1968 london. Commerating the cheapside street disaster and the extreme challenges faced by glasgows postwar fire. The museum of londons extraordinary cheapside hoard. Bbc scotlands history the cheapside street fire, 1960. Launched on tuesday the 9th of march 2010 at the mitchell library as part of glasgows aye write. Fire in the streets follows the events in kekla magoons novel the rock and the river. She speaks of londons importance as a nexus of trade between the old world and the new world, and how this collection provides a rare window into early jewelry styles. Book festival, tinderbox heroes is the first item in a series of events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the cheapside street disaster which took place on the 28th march 1960. Scottish fire and rescue service heritage trust cheapside.
A cache of treasures that had lain hidden for some 300 years was unearthed in 1912, during excavation work in the cheapside area of london. Glasgow city archives dtc201, proceedings of the fatal accident inquiry into fire at 1725 james watt street. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Cheapside hoard of treasure found in london a century ago. Patricks and the anderston primary schools in glasgow as part of the cheapside project. Cheapside street memorial 2017 scottish fire and rescue.
Cheapside is the former site of one of the principal produce markets in london, cheap broadly meaning market in medieval english see below etymology and usage. A new book remembers a fire in glasgow which exploded into. Cheapside hoard of treasure found in london a century ago goes on show. A service has held at the citys necropolis on wednesday morning in memory of those who were killed in what remains the largest peacetime loss of life ever suffered by britains fire and rescue service. Cheapside or west cheap was the site of a great medieval food market. Brave firefighters who died in cheapside street disaster. Many of the streets feeding into the main thoroughfare are named after the produce that was once sold in those areas of the market, including honey lane, milk street, bread street and poultry.
Commerating the cheapside street disaster and the extreme challenges faced by glasgows postwar fire service on. These two schools are on the doorstep of cheapside street and are involved in the cheapside project. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Scotland marks 60th anniversary of cheapside street fire disaster publish date.