Radical Glasgow tea towel

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  • Sturdy half panama unbleached US cotton (48cm x 70cm)
  • Our special inks mean that colours last in the wash
  • Includes hanging loop
  • Designed and manufactured in the UK
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Of all Scottish cities, Glasgow probably has the most radical past. That's why we're celebrating Manchester's radical roots with a new tea towel showing these 28 locations from the city's inspiring past: 

1 Kelvingrove Park, centre of Occupy Glasgow protests in 2011. ‘An Clachan’ memorial recalls the Gaelic culture exhibit at the 1911 Scottish National Exhibition in the park.
2 The Mitchell Library, largest public reference library in Europe. The former St Andrew’s Hall at the rear was the location of the 1914 ‘Battle of Glasgow’ between WSPU and police.
3 Red Clydeside, a hotbed of political radicalism from the 1910s to the 1930s.
4 Local Heroes Sculpture - includes Jimmy Reid, trades union activist who organised an apprentices’ strike in the Clyde shipyards in 1951.
5 Blythswood Square, location of the pioneering Glasgow Society of Lady Artists from 1882.
6 129 Bath Street, home of Liberal PM Henry Campbell-Bannerman whose 1906-14 government introduced radical reforms.
7 Former South African Consulate, site of anti-apartheid protests.
8 George Square, scene of Chartist rallies in the 1840s, the Battle of George Square in 1919 and numerous modern protests. Statues include James Oswald (proponent of the 1832 Reform Act), William Gladstone and Robert Burns.
9 A shop at this location was the home of anarchist publishing house the Strickland Press, established in 1939 by Guy Aldred and involving Scottish anarchist Ethel MacDonald.
10 John Maclean, Marxist lecturer and organiser, frequently addressed unemployed workers at City Halls on Candleriggs.
11 The original site of Glasgow University where Thomas Muir studied, considered Scotland’s first great martyr for democracy, sentenced to transportation for distributing the ‘Rights of Man’.
12 The Glasgow Rent Strikes, championed among others by Mary Barbour, began in Govan in 1915.
13 The Kinning Park Complex, the site of a 55-day sit-in in 1996 to retain the building for community use and activism.
14 Former offices of the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, established in the 19th century.
15 Ian Dunn held the first meeting of pioneering LGBT+ rights organisation the Scottish Minorities Group at his parents’ house on Darley Street, Pollokshields.
16 Statue of La Pasionaria paying tribute to the International Brigades who fought in the Spanish Civil War.
17 The Citizens Theatre, a space for politically charged storytelling,  moved here in 1945.
18 Location of Clutha Vaults, haunt of radicals over the years and the site of a police helicoper crash in 2013 killing 10.
19 Glasgow Green, host of Chartist mass meetings, May Day rallies, anti-war and workers’ rights protests. James Wilson was hanged here in 1820 for his part in Scotland’s Radical War.
20 People’s Palace, opened in 1898 as a cultural centre for the disadvantaged .
21 Original home of Glasgow Humane Society, the oldest continuing lifeboat service in the world.
22 Glasgow Women’s Library, established 1991.

Half Panama unbleached cotton (heavy weight, textured finish). Stitched on all four sides. Includes hanging loop. Measures approximately 48 x 70cm. Machine wash at 40 degrees max. We recommend that before you use your tea towel for the first time you wash it at least once to soften up the material and make it more absorbent for drying dishes. Please note size can vary slightly.