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	John Logie Baird's invention found its way into homes across the nation as television came to Scotland. After the Television Network broadcast the funeral of King George VI, the Kirk O' Shotts transmitter started the new television service in Scotland in 1952. The irony was that the small village surrounding the transmitter didn't even have electricity, they still used oil lamps and outside taps so were unimpressed by these technical advances on their doorstep!

		Glasgow Housing How we lived in the 1950s.

		Stanley Baxter Parliamo Glasgow? Stanley will teach you...

		Draw In Your Chair The very Scottish predecessor of The White Heather Club.

		Kirk O' Shotts transmitter launch The first television broadcast from Kirk O'Shotts in 1952.

		The White Heather Club The show which made Andy Stewart an international star.

		Billy Graham Billy Graham on his All-Scotland Crusade in 1955

		Kelvingrove Election One of the first elections permitted to be covered on radio.

		TV News And Weather The earliest surviving news and weather tv sequence.

		The McFlannels The popular weekly drama is resurrected on television.

		Around Scotland The longest-running education series began in 1959.

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