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39-537: The party charter emphasised: No Catholics were permitted to join the SDFP. The party explained their anti-Catholic rationale as being that the party was "Scotland First", whereas Catholics were dismissed by the party as owing their allegiance to the Pope. The party alleged that it did not wish to establish a dictatorship. While not publicly advocating violence, the party had a "Defence Corp" to keep order at party meetings. Members of

78-505: A Catholic school. Ratcliffe attacked both Murnin for his Catholicism, and the Unionist candidate Douglas Jamieson on the strength of his Protestantism. Despite this, Ratcliffe offered to Jamieson to withdraw if Jamieson pledged to support amending the Education (Scotland) Act 1918 . Jamieson refused, losing the constituency by 5,244 votes to Murnin, with Ratcliffe receiving 6,902 votes. Following

117-506: A distinctive red and white brick facade (demolished 1970s); and the largest of the Co-Operative Wholesale Society Buildings at Kingston (south side of Morrison Street beside M8). The Kinning Park Complex is an independent multi-use community space in the neighbourhood, providing different kinds of activity to bring people together and create a sense of community. Originally built for use as a primary school in 1910,

156-534: A knife. Both were arrested, before being fined £65. The painting had caused discord in the Northern Irish Parliament when first unveiled, due to the realisation that it featured the Pope, with Nixon raising the issue in the Northern Irish Parliament. However from 1934 the League declined. Protestant churches opposed it and internal splits hampered it. The majority, including Ratcliffe, voted with Labour on

195-685: A painting when being given a tour of the Northern Irish Parliament by John William Nixon . The painting depicted Pope Innocent XI celebrating King William 's victory at the Battle of the Boyne , which although accurate, was deemed blasphemous by the SPL members (particularly given its location within the Northern Irish parliament). Forrester threw red paint over Innocent XI, whilst Ratcliffe slashed it with

234-474: Is served by Kinning Park subway station , which is the closest to the surface of all the stations on the 15 station circle. Nowadays, the district is home to many small industrial units, and until 2009 was home to the Scottish versions of News International 's UK newspaper titles. The headquarters of BBC Scotland and Scottish Television were relocated to Pacific Quay over a period between 2004 and 2008, just to

273-508: The Education (Scotland) Act 1918 and specifically Section 18 of that Act which allowed Catholic schools into the state system funded through education rates, which led to the slogan: "No Rome on the Rates!" The League wished to stop Irish immigration to Britain , repatriate Irish immigrants already settled and deport Irish immigrants on welfare. The League also opposed cuts in teacher's pay, campaigned for lower wages for top council workers, and

312-617: The 1920s and 1930s. It was led by Alexander Ratcliffe, who founded it in 1920. The SPL was launched by Ratcliffe in Edinburgh on 28 September 1920, at a large meeting of representatives from various Protestant Evangelical denominations at the Edinburgh Free Gardeners Institute . The group proclaimed itself to be ‘evangelical, undenominational, and non-political,’ and would oppose ‘spiritualism, Christian Science, and various other systems of anti-Scriptural teaching.’ While

351-545: The 19th century was called Parkhouse Toll. Hence, this proximity of "The Park" and "Kinning House" is likely to be the origin of the name Kinning Park as the area developed. "Kinning" could be linked to the Scots word "kinnen" ("cunig", "cuning", "cunyg" or "coney") meaning a rabbit. This would be consistent the naming of the neighbouring area of Ibrox after the Gaelic "Àth Bruic" meaning "badger ford". In nearby Pollokshields , there

390-553: The BUF as " run by Roman Catholics, organised by Roman Catholics, in the interests of Roman Catholics ." Gilmour later opined that the SDFP's virulent anti-Catholicism may have unintentionally undermined fascism in Scotland by putting off prospective Catholic recruits. Scottish Protestant League The Scottish Protestant League ( SPL ) was a far-right political party in Scotland during

429-606: The Defence Corp wore black shirts, whilst the party uniform was a blue shirt. Later in 1933 the party removed the more anti-Catholic elements from its platform, resulting in Alexander Ratcliffe (leader of the Scottish Protestant League ) leaving the party. The party folded soon afterwards. The monthly Commonwealth was launched as the SDFP organ on Monday 12 June 1933. Only two issues were published though, and

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468-466: The Moderate but it did come second, pushing Labour into third place. In these three seats (which had the highest turn outs in the election) the League gained 12,579 votes (44%). In 1932 the League stood in eleven wards and gained one more seat ( Kinning Park ) and 12% of the total vote. In 1933 the League saw its greatest success when it stood in twenty-three wards and gained over 71,000 votes (23% of

507-457: The Ogg Brothers' store at Paisley Road Toll (now often called the "Angel Building" due to the prominent angel figure on the top); Rutland House at 45 Govan Road topped with a large eastern-style onion-dome (demolished 1971); United and Co-Operative Bakery, 12 McNeil Street (demolished late 1970s); Kinning Park Co-Operative Society stables at the corner of Stanley Street and Vermont Street featuring

546-830: The area's time as an independent burgh, there were nine Provosts of Kinning Park: More recently, political activity in the district has received national publicity in relation to the Glasgow headquarters of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) in Stanley Street which occupies a site adjacent to the former Kinning Park Burgh Chambers. This SSP building was the scene of the Executive Committee Emergency Meeting on 9 November 2004, which led to later disagreement between prominent Scottish politician Tommy Sheridan and many of his committee colleagues. The minutes of

585-428: The building that was opened in 1882. There was also a playground for the school children in a walled area on the roof of the building. This meant that tennis balls used in games were sometimes lost over the side wall into the street. The school was converted into offices during 2006–2010 in three phases of building and letting by Loft Office Limited under the development name Stanley Street Schoolhouse. A tenement on

624-490: The building was converted into the Kinning Park Neighbourhood Centre in 1976. When it was closed by the local council in 1996 after falling into disrepair, a group staged a sit-in for 55 days at the centre and eventually reached an agreement with the council to lease the building, keeping the centre open under the new management of a community organisation, Kinning Park Complex. It also incorporates some of

663-593: The construction of bridges across the world, and which gave the street its name. Donald Bruce and Edward Hay were partners in an architectural firm based in West George Street. Bruce was born in Caithness and from 1881 to 1905 he was the surveyor to Kinning Park Burgh Council. Bruce and Hay designed a number of other distinctive buildings in the Kinning Park area including: Kinning Park Library (demolished 1978);

702-466: The council, with two voting with the Moderates. After disagreements with Ratcliffe's control of the League, four councillors left and designated themselves independent Protestants. Lord Scone , the League's honorary President, resigned from the group in 1934. In the 1934 election for Glasgow Corporation, the League only put up seven candidates and none were elected (Ratcliffe lost his seat even though there

741-499: The election, Lord Scone broke with Ratcliffe and resigned from the SPL. In 1930, Ratcliffe moved to Glasgow , and began contesting local elections. Ratcliffe was elected as a councillor to Glasgow Corporation in 1931 for Dennistoun (previously a safe Moderate Party seat) and the League won another seat in Dalmarnock (previously a safe Labour seat) by an ex-communist, Charles Forrester. The third seat it contested failed to unseat

780-739: The focus was broad, the group was essentially anti-Catholic, being formed days after a Sinn Féin rally in Edinburgh, amidst the backdrop of the early stages of the Irish War of Independence . At the founding meeting the group specifically claimed that responding to the Sinn Féin 'campaign' in Scotland would form a core part of the groups remit. Ratcliffe served for a short time on the Edinburgh Education Authority. While he accomplished little, his membership brought him additional attention, and by

819-600: The formation of the Ulster Protestant League in Northern Ireland , after Radcliffe embarked on a speaking tour of Northern Ireland in March and April 1931. Relations between the SPL and UPL were therefore extremely close to begin with, however they soured after an incident on the afternoon of 2 May 1933, when SPL members Mary Ratcliffe (wife of SPL leader Alexander Ratcliffe) and Charles Forrester attacked and damaged

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858-617: The late 1920s his following had grown, including the Unionist Lord Scone . Frustrated by what he saw as a lack of strong Protestants in the UK parliament , Ratcliffe contested the 1929 United Kingdom general election in Stirling and Falkirk . Ratcliffe chose the seat as the incumbent Labour MP, Hugh Murnin , was Catholic, and the constituency had seen a dispute in Bonnybridge over the creation of

897-507: The meeting were disputed and they became a key point of discussion in the defamation case which Sheridan brought against the News of the World newspaper in 2006. A map by Robert Ogilvy in 1741 of the estate of Sir John Maxwell of Pollok shows a field called "The Park" just to the west of the building "Kinnen House" (later Kinning House) and immediately south of what today is Paisley Road Toll, but up to

936-519: The most football-obsessed public houses in Glasgow, almost all of them favouring the nearby Rangers . Rangers once played at the Kinning Park ground in West Scotland Street from 1876 to 1887 after which they moved to the first Ibrox . The ground was first used in 1849 by Clydesdale Cricket Club who moved to their current Titwood ground in 1876. The cricketers played cricket in summer and

975-458: The new sport of football in winter. Clydesdale of Kinning Park contested the very first Scottish Cup Final in 1874 against Queens Park but lost 2–0 at the first Hampden Park . The 1881 Scottish Cup Final and replay, in which Queen's Park beat Dumbarton , were played at the Kinning Park football ground. The site of the ground is now covered by the eastbound carriageway of the M8 motorway just to

1014-609: The north side of MacLellan Street with 49 closes (common stairway entrance) had a claim to being the longest unbroken such building in the city, and possibly the UK. Everything on that north side was demolished to make way for the motorway, and though the street still exists within an industrial estate, it has been isolated from the rest of the area by the road. The estate replaced the Clutha Works, an extensive iron foundry operated by P&W MacLennan (1811 to 1979), an engineering firm involved in

1053-680: The origin of the Plantation name. There is a story that a later owner of the area, a Mr Robertson, named the area Plantation in the 1780s because he also owned property in the West Indies . However, the Ogilvy map suggests that the area was known as Plantation well before Mr Robertson's period. From 1850, Kinning Park grew from a rural village to a busy centre mainly inhabited by artisans and labourers. Its principal industries were engineering, bread and biscuit baking, soap-making and paint-making. Andrew Boa

1092-506: The party failed to attract wide support. Despite being formed out of the Scottish section of Oswald Mosley 's New Party, the SDFP was at odds with Mosley 's larger British Union of Fascists , particularly over the issue of Catholicism. In contrast to the SDFP, the BUF was accepting of Catholics, with Catholics making up a high percentage of the BUF membership, particularly in Northern England . This led to William Weir Gilmour denouncing

1131-586: The plot, to smash Protestantism throughout Europe", and as late as March 1945 a leaflet advertising Vanguard was being sent to politicians. Its final issue was published in May 1947 Ratcliffe himself remained active during the Second World War ; complaints were raised in Parliament in 1943 about an antisemitic pamphlet he had published, though no action was taken against him. Ratcliffe has been described as 'one of

1170-744: The south of the present Lambhill Quadrant. The route of the M8 motorway through Kinning Park was first proposed in Glasgow Corporation's " Bruce Plan " in 1945. The eventual building of the motorway during 1970-76 demolished a large part of the old district and displaced many residents to other areas of Glasgow or to new towns further afield. The singer Mary Lee was born in 1921 in a Kinning Park tenement flat. The rock singer Alex Harvey (born 1935) of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band grew up in Durham Street in Kinning Park. His younger brother Les Harvey

1209-480: The total vote). Again the League did best in seats with the highest turn outs. In the same year Ratcliffe joined the Scottish Fascist Democratic Party for a brief period, but left when the party softened its line on anti-Catholicism. Following a visit to Nazi Germany in 1939, Ratcliffe became a fully fledged convert to fascism . The main policy of the League was to campaign for the repeal of

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1248-452: The very first Holocaust deniers in the country and perhaps even the world.' He died in Glasgow in 1947. Kinning Park Kinning Park is a southern suburb of Glasgow , Scotland. It was formerly a separate police burgh between 1871 and 1905 before being absorbed by the city. In 1897, it had a population of 14,326. Originally a separate police burgh founded in 1871, Kinning Park became part of Glasgow in 1905. Thereafter, it

1287-412: The west of the boundary of the old burgh. Our Lady and St Margaret's Primary School is a former primary school located at Stanley Street. The school, designed by the architects Bruce & Hay, was established in 1910. It was closed in 1996–97. This is a Category C(s) listed building , as a good example of a school building on a palazzo scale. In addition to the school, there was a presbytery in

1326-441: Was a town council ward , situated between those covering Plantation to the west and Kingston to the east. It was the smallest such burgh in Scotland at just 108 acres (44 hectares). During its 34-year existence, the burgh had its own council, elections, coat of arms, provosts, town hall, council chambers, fire brigade, police force, and police court. Govan Burgh to the west survived even longer, from 1864 to 1912, before it too

1365-508: Was also involved in the formation of Kinning Park Co-Operative Society in 1871 which flourished up until 1952, opening retail and manufacturing premises in Kinning Park and many other neighbouring districts south of the Clyde. Kinning Park is now a district in Glasgow situated on the south bank of the Clyde about one mile (1.5 kilometres) west of the city centre between Kingston and Ibrox / Govan . It

1404-445: Was also once a 1 ⁄ 2 -mile-long (800-metre) grassy valley called "The Cunyan", which existed immediately south of Fleurs Avenue and the railway line, until it was built over as part of the route of the M77 motorway in the mid-1970s. The same Robert Ogilvy map of 1741 also shows a field called the "Plantation" in the area which later became known as Plantation . This is likely to be

1443-626: Was annexed by the City of Glasgow. The inaugural council in 1871 was one of the first examples of working class representation in Scotland with five "working men" candidates being elected to the 12 member council under the guidance of Andrew Boa, an activist who also served on the Glasgow Trades Council . This was well before the formation of the Scottish Labour Party in 1888 by Keir Hardie and Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham . During

1482-478: Was in favour of building more council housing and for reduced rents and rates. Ratcliffe also voiced support for Scottish Home Rule, writing in the party organ Vanguard that " if Home Rule works in Ulster, why cannot it work in Scotland? " Ratcliffe argued that Home Rule would not undermine protestant interests in Scotland, and declared himself willing to support it in principle. The Scottish Protestant League inspired

1521-447: Was no Moderate candidate and the independent Protestants lost their seats also), although they did gain a considerable number of votes. In 1937, Ratcliffe failed to be elected for Camphill. Although there are reports that the League was virtually defunct by the late 1930s, its Vanguard newspaper was still running as late as 1939 and reporting that "Hitler and the Pope are a pair...much in common...plotting together with Mussolini, also in

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