If you needed somewhere to meet for left-wing political organizing in 1980s Glasgow, you wouldn’t have been short of options. Walking down Miller Street in the city centre, you could brave the ‘1,000 stairs’ up to the meeting rooms of the Glasgow Women’s Centre, where you could get advice about welfare or housing benefit. Or you could visit one of the city’s six unemployed workers’ centres, where you’d find trade union resources, even if you weren’t working.
If you had some disposable income, you could purchase new reading material from the Women’s Centre bookstall – or take a short walk over to the Glasgow Gay Centre. You might meet people from across all these venues of an evening – perhaps at a fundraiser for Glasgow’s lesbian line, held at the Communist Party’s Star Club as you headed towards the city’s East End.
