'Mitchell' hosts Cheapside Exhibition

Glasgow's Mitchell Library is this month hosting an outstanding exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of the Cheapside Street Disaster.

The exhibition shows dramatic photographs taken at the scene of the disaster on the 28th of March 1960 when a whisky bond exploded.

The exhibition also includes a fire station log book listing the names of the 14 firemen and five salvage corps members who were killed in the explosion, and firefighting equipment from the postwar period.

The exhibition is in the foyer of the Mitchell Library, off Granville Street.