1947 in Scotland

none January 2015 July 2026 1947 Events from the year 1947 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Joseph Westwood until 7 October; then Arthur Woodburn Law officers Lord Advocate – George Reid Thomson until 13 October; then John Thomas Wheatley16481 14 October 1947 427 Edinburgh Solicitor General for Scotland – Daniel Blades until March; then John Thomas Wheatley until October; then Douglas Johnston Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Normand until 6 January; then Lord Cooper Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Cooper, then Lord Thomson Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Gibson Events 10 January – Burngrange mining disaster: An explosion in an oil shale mine at West Calder kills 15.Notable Dates in History http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2014-07-18 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225830/http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1-g.htm 2014-05-23 29 March – Butlin's Ayr holiday camp opened to the public. 6 May – East Kilbride designated as the first New Town in Scotland under powers of the New Towns Act 1946.e 16436 189 9 May 1947 28 May – Prohibition ends in Wick, Caithness; it also ends this year in Lerwick. 16 June – Waverley makes her maiden voyage on the Firth of Clyde. 9 July – Glasgow Zoo opens at Calderpark, Baillieston. 18 July – the first official night horse racing meeting in Britain is held at Hamilton Park Racecourse. 27–28 July – English endurance swimmer Tom Blower becomes the first person to swim the North Channel, from Donaghadee in Northern Ireland to Portpatrick. 31 July – the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 43) receives royal assent. 1 October – local government is reorganised in line with the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947. 25 October – Walter Donaldson becomes the first Scottish player to win the World Snooker Championship. 30 October – Caronia 1947 6 is launched at John Brown & Company's shipyard on Clydebank as a cruise ship for the Cunard Line. 5 November – the Scottish Aviation Pioneer STOL aircraft, built at Prestwick, first flies. Archaeological excavations at Cairnpapple Hill in West Lothian are begun by Stuart Piggott. The Golden Wonder brand of potato crisp is originated by bakery owner William Alexander of Stockbridge, Edinburgh. Robert Wiseman Dairies founded by Robert Wiseman with a horse and cart used for doorstep deliveries in East Kilbride.http://www.wiseman-dairies.co.uk/our-company/company-history/ Company history Robert Wiseman Dairies 2011-01-23 https://archive.today/20120918232729/http://www.wiseman-dairies.co.uk/our-company/company-history/ 18 September 2012 dead dmy-all Luing cattle first bred on the island of Luing by the Cadzow brothers. Births 4 February – John Campbell Brown, astronomer (died 2019)Obituary: Professor John Brown OBE, Astronomer Royal for Scotland who used magic tricks to share wonder of the cosmos https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-john-brown-obe-astronomer-royal-scotland-who-used-magic-tricks-share-wonder-cosmos-1398717 www.scotsman.com 27 May 2021 en 11 February – Derek Shulman, progressive rock musician (Gentle Giant) 18 February – Jeannie Fisher, actress 7 March – Helen Eadie, politician (died 2013)Obituary: Helen Eadie, politician https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-helen-eadie-politician-1553627 www.scotsman.com 15 December 2020 en 11 March – David Stewart, goalkeeper (died 2018) 15 March – Tony Osoba, actor 24 March – Archie Gemmill, footballer 26 March – Ian Tough, comedian with The Krankies April – Alastair Hay, toxicologist 4 April – Christine De Luca, poet and advocate for the Shetland dialect 16 April – Gerry Rafferty, singer-songwriter (died 2011) 21 April – Robert Black, serial killer (died 2016 in Northern Ireland) 8 May – John Reid, Labour Party MP, minister and Home Secretary 10 May – Laurie Macmillan, radio newsreader and continuity announcer (died 2001) 13 May – Rab Noakes, folk singer-songwriter (died 2022) 15 May - Niall Duthie, novelist 16 May – Janette Tough, comedienne with The Krankies 18 May – Richard Gordon, writer of science fiction and travel guides (died 2001 in China) 31 May – Junior Campbell, born William Campbell Jr, pop musician (Marmalade) 29 June – Michael Carter, actor 11 July – Drummond Bone, academic and Byron scholar 10 August – Ian Anderson, rock musician (Jethro Tull) 8 September – Morris Pert, composer, drummer/percussionist, and pianist (died 2010) 21 September – Pamela So Scottish Chinese multimedia artist and photographer (died 2010) 27 September – Barbara Dickson, singer 27 September – Denis Lawson, actor and director 20 November – Aneka (Mary Sandeman), pop and folk singer 26 December – Liz Lochhead, poet and playwrightLiz Lochhead - Poet https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/liz-lochhead/ Scottish Poetry Library 12 January 2022 Alistair Beaton, writer, political satirist Sheena Blackhall, poet and fiction writer Ajahn Candasiri, Theravāda Buddhist nun, co-founder of Chithurst Buddhist Monastery John Muir, footballer (died 2018) Alan Spence, poet, playwright and fiction writer Deaths 14 March – Archibald Main, ecclesiastical historian (born 1876) 25 April – John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute, architectural conservationist (born 1881 in London) 28 November – James Miller, architect and artist (born 1860) 1 December – John Fraser, surgeon and academic (born 1885) 14 December – Will Fyffe, music hall entertainer (born 1885; fell from hotel room window)Ian Jack Ian Jack Will Fyffe: Glasgow and the art of drinking The Guardian London 2006-06-03 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/jun/03/featuresreviews.guardianreview23 23 (Review) 2016-01-11 The arts 30 January – Ena Lamont Stewart's domestic drama Men Should Weep, written in Glasgow patter, is premiered by the Glasgow Unity Theatre at the Athenaeum Theatre. 13 March – the Lerner and Loewe musical Brigadoon opens on Broadway. 24 August – first Edinburgh Festival of the Arts opens.Lost Edinburgh: the first Edinburgh Festival https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/lost-edinburgh-first-edinburgh-festival-1528574 www.scotsman.com 6 July 2021 en 31 August – the first Edinburgh International Film Festival opens at the Playhouse Cinema, presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild as part of the Edinburgh Festival of the Arts. Originally specialising in documentaries, it will become the world's oldest continuously running film festival.http://www.scotland.com/blog/scotland-hosts-the-worlds-longest-running-film-festival Scotland Hosts the World's Longest Running Film Festival Scotland.com 2014-07-18 Compton Mackenzie's comic novel Whisky Galore is published. Naomi Mitchison's historical novel The Bull Calves is published. Sydney Goodsir Smith's comic novel Carotid Cornucopius: caird of the Cannon Gait and voyeur of the Outlook Touer. His splores, cantraips, wisdoms, houghmagandies, peribibulatiouns and all kinna abstrapulous junketings and ongoings abowt the high toun of Edenberg, capitule of boney ? Sotland is published in Glasgow. The Makar's Club in Edinburgh issues a Scots Style Sheet setting out a consensus for the spelling of Modern Scots. See also 1947 in Northern Ireland 1947 in Wales References Category:Years of the 20th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1940s in Scotland Scotland