Walking in the footsteps of heroes
For the third Commonwealth Games in succession our Hosts and Champions team were invited to produce an exhibition for Scotland House, the headquarters of Team Scotland, at Birmingham 2022. On this occasion Team Scotland wanted to celebrate aspects of equality, diversity and inclusion among its former medal winners. The exhibition ‘Walking in the Footsteps of Heroes’ presents an illustrated […]
Athlete Stories: Cissie Stewart
Hamilton 1930: Swimming Scotland’s first female competitors were the swimmers Jessie McVey, Cissie Stewart, Jean McDowall and Ellen King. On 6th August 1930 the Scottish team consisting of 13 competitors, team officials, and team manager George W.Ferguson, left Liverpool en route to Montreal aboard the Cunard liner Andania. The crew made a makeshift pool made of […]
Athlete Stories: Angela Bridgeman Baxter
Brisbane 1982: Athletics Angela Bridgeman Baxter was a sprinter who was born in London, and brought to Glasgow as a four month old baby by her Trinidad-born parents. Bridgeman Baxter went on to represent Scotland in the 1982 Commonwealth Games at Brisbane, winning a bronze medal in the 4 x 400m event. Angela competed for […]
Athlete Stories: Rosemary Stirling
Edinburgh 1970: Athletics Edinburgh 1970 was a game of firsts. It was the first time the Games were held in Scotland, the first time metric distances and photo-finish technology were used, and the first time HM Queen Elizabeth II attended in her capacity as Head of the Commonwealth. The 1970 Games also saw the expansion […]
Athlete Stories: Jim Alder
Kingston 1966: Athletics The 1966 Commonwealth Games took place in Kingston, Jamaica, in the blazing heat of a Caribbean summer. Competitors in the Marathon faced an early start, the race getting underway at 5.30 am to avoid the heat and humidity of the day. Scotland’s Jim Alder took gold in a race memorable for its […]
Athlete Stories: Rosemary Harvey
Perth 1962: Commonwealth Paraplegic Games The first Commonwealth Paraplegic Games (for athletes paralysed in the lower limbs) was held at Claremont Showgrounds from 11th to 17th November, 1962. Ten nations were represented in wheelchair sports and competed in archery, basketball, table tennis, javelin, fencing, shot putting, snooker, swimming and weightlifting. The famous Dr Ludwig Guttman, […]
Fae Raploch to Elland Road
William John Bremner, known as Billy, was born in Stirling on 9 December 1942. He lived at 35a Weir Street in the Raploch in the shadow of Stirling Castle with his adopted parents Pop and Bessie Bremner. Billy signed for Leeds United shortly after his 17th birthday on 12th December 1959 and made his senior […]
