Billy backs his workmates (Print 2921417) Choose Size:A3 Bevel Edge Mount with A4 Image Ahead of the bout

Ahead of the bout

Tenements make up a large percentage of the housing stock of Glasgow

Heavy rain in 1962 saw the White Cart Water burst its banks and inundate these properties on Millbrae Crescent

in Buchanan Street

Unfortunately for those who enjoyed the folklore

Billy backs his workmates (Print 2921417) Choose Size:A3 Bevel Edge Mount with A4 Image Ahead of the boutA face in the crowd. Before he found fame, before he was a global star, Billy Connolly, the Big Yin, was just another Clydeside welder. It's 1971, and with the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders dispute in full swing, Connolly, top right, joined his former shipyard comrades at this mass meeting. At this time, his Humblebums partnership with his Paisley pal Gerry Rafferty was coming to an end, with Billy beginning to find his feet as a solo performer. The