I would like to learn about a strike in 1930, which would have caused many Scots to immigrate to either Australia or America. Can anybody give me a clue as to where to search? Thanks, Jeannette

Jeannette, There was a General Strike in 1926, which bought the miners nothing, followed by another General Strike in 1929. I don't recall hearing about one specificall in 1930, however. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUgeneral.htm Also, there was the Great Slump in 1930: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression_in_the_United_Kingdom ------------------- """"5) Jennie Lee, was a student at Edinburgh University when her father, a miner, was involved in the General Strike. Although the General Strike lasted only ten days the miners held out from April until December. Until the June examinations were over I was chained to my books, but I worked with a darkness around me. What was happening in the coalfield? How were they managing? Once I was free to go home to Lochgelly my spirits rose. When you are in the thick of a fight there is a certain exhilaration that keeps you going. Stanley Baldwin promised that there would be no victimization when the miners went back to work. That was one more piece of deliberate deception. My father was not reinstated - from four months he trudged from pit to pit, turned away everywhere. Uncle Michael was also victimized, and so sadly he came to the decision that the only thing to do was to go off to America.""" -----Original Message----- From: Jeannette Walton Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 1:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Lanark] 1930 Strike I would like to learn about a strike in 1930, which would have caused many Scots to immigrate to either Australia or America. Can anybody give me a clue as to where to search? Thanks, Jeannette ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message