From Baird Online:
Half a century ago the shipyards of the Clyde, to the west of Glasgow, were churning out half the world's ships. They had done that for more than fifty years before that. Shipbuilding on the Clyde was a large, powerful and lucrative industry.
Since then the Clyde has experienced a steady and quite rapid decline. Now very few ships at all are built there. It is not much more than a warship or two every couple of years. The only significant customer is Her Majesty's Government.
This book describes a brief correction to the relentless plunge of Clyde shipbuilding. Rather like their Polish counterparts of a decade prior, an inspired group of unions brought about a brief respite in the decline. This was "people power" at its best. Ordinary working men succeeded where their once powerful bosses could barely be bothered. Sadly, this stirring tale was short-lived. Economic reality or rationality cannot, in the long run, be countered. It is as futile as trying to turn the tide.
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