ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Strathclyde Fire &amp; Rescue Preservation Group Cheapside Street Memorial Events</title> <meta name="description" content="Strathclyde Fire & Rescue Preservation Group Cheapside Street Page"> <meta name="keywords" content="strathclyde,fire,preservation,group,rescue,ayeready,heritage,vintage,wheeled,glasgow,scoosher,goddess,firefighting,pumpescape,appliances,cheapside,street,disaster,glasgow airport,dennisf8,light6"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link href="styles/styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> </head> <body> <div id="layout"> <!-- Top Banner Start --> <div id="header"> <div class="FloatL"> <a href="index.htm" title="Home"><img src="images/site/sfrlogo.gif" width="370" height="128" alt="Strathclyde Fire &amp Rescue Logo" border="0"></a> </div> <div class="FloatR"> <img src="images/site/PresGroupLogo2011.jpg" width="293" height="128" alt="Strathclyde Fire &amp Rescue Preservation Group Logo"> </div> <div class="both"></div> </div> <!-- Top Banner End --> <!-- Navigation Start --> <div id="navbar"> <ul id="main-nav"> <li><a href="..//index.htm" title="Home Page">Home Page</a></li> <li><a href="../aboutus.htm" title="About Us">About Us</a></li> <li><a href="../appliances.htm" title="Group Appliances"> Appliances</a></li> <!-- <li><a href="chairmans_report.htm" title="Group Chairmans Annual Report">Chairmans Annual Report</a></li> --> <li><a href="../cheapside_street_50_years.htm" title="Commemorating The Cheapside Street Disaster - 28th March 1960">Cheapside Street 50 Years On</a></li> <li><a href="../contact.htm" title="Contact Us">Contact</a></li> <li><a href="../events4.htm" title="Events We Are Attending">Events</a></li> <li><a href="../featured.htm" title="Featuring Specially Selected Events and Appliances">Featured Events and Appliances</a></li> <li><a href="../guestbook1/sfrpg_guestbook.html" title="Why Not Sign Our Guest Book">Guest Book</a></li> <li><a href="../imagegalleries.htm" title="View Image Galleries">Image Galleries</a></li> <li><a href="../links.htm" title="Some Relevant Links You May Find Interesting">Related Links</a></li> <li><a href="../manuals.htm" title="Hand Operated Fire Appliances">Manuals</a></li> <li><a href="../media-section.htm" title="Our Work With The Media">Media Section</a></li> <li><a href="../museum.htm" title="Museum Index">Fire Museum &amp Heritage Centre </a></li> <li><a href="../projects.htm" title="Active Restoration and Preservation Projects">Projects</a></li> <li><a href="../st_mungo.htm" title="The St. Mungo Fire Boat">The St. Mungo Fireboat</a></li> <li><a href="../steamers.htm" title="Steam Powered Appliances">Steamers</a></li> <li><a href="../trailer_units.htm" title="Miscellaneous Trailer Units">Trailer Units</a></li> </ul> </div> <!-- Navigation End --> <!-- Page Content Start --> <div id="content"> <!-- Actual Content Start --> <div id="ApplianceNavContainer"> <ul id="ApplianceNavList"> <li><a href="cheapside_street_50_years.htm" title="Commemorating The Cheapside Street Disaster Memorial"><< Previous</a></li> <li><a href="cheapside_street_mitchell.htm" title="Cheapside Street Disaster - Mitchell Library Display">Next >></a></li> </ul> </div> <!-- Appliance top navigation end --> <h2 class="centered">Cheapside Street Disaster - 50th Anniversary Events</h2> <table align="center"> <tr> <td><img class="centered" src="images/cheapside/st_mungo_01.jpg" width="500" height="480" title="The Fireboat - St Mungo Pumping Water up to the Fire Appliances" alt="The Fireboat - St Mungo Pumping Water to the Fire Appliances"></td> <!-- <td><img class="centered" src="images/cheapside/cheapside_mem_1.jpg" width="260" height="325" alt="The Cheapside Street Memorial"></td> --> </tr> </table> <p> A Private Service for Friends and Family of The Fallen will be held at Glasgow s Necropolis at 1300 hrs, concluding at 1330 hrs. </p> <p> The Necropolis event will be followed by a Service to be held within Glasgow Cathedral. The Service will commence at 1430 hrs and conclude at 1530 hrs. </p> <p> Due to restrictions within the Cathedral, the Service is a ticketed event with priority given to veterans and family members. </p> <p> Following the Cathedral service, a Guard of Honour will march along Cochrane Street to George Square and at 1550 hrs. Two minutes silence will take place. </p> <p> There will be a gathering at George Square at 1630 hrs where Lord Provost Robert Winter and councillor Brian Wallace will unveil a new memorial stone. The stone will be later mounted at the River Clyde Walkway near to the point where water was drawn to supply the pumps at the Cheapside Street Fire. </p> <p> The static display in George Square will open to the public at 1200 hrs. This will include uniforms and equipment from the period. </p> <p> Visitors can View The Cheapside Street Disaster Display in the Mitchell Street Library during normal Library opening hours until April 30th. </p> <!-- Actual Content End --> </div> <!-- Page Content End --> <!-- Footer Start --> <div id="footer"> &copy; Strathclyde Fire &amp; Rescue Preservation Group </div> <!-- Footer End --> </div> <SCRIPT type=text/javascript> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT type=text/javascript> try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-12098368-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}</SCRIPT> </body> </html>