1988 in Scotland

Events from the year 1988 in Scotland.

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See also:	List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1988 in: The UK • England • Wales • Elsewhere Scottish football: 1987–88 • 1988–89 1988 in Scottish television

Incumbents

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland

• Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Malcolm Rifkind

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Lord Cameron of Lochbroom
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Peter Fraser

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Emslie
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ross
• Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Elliott

Events

• March – Seafield Colliery at Kirkcaldy closes.
• 26 April–26 September – Glasgow Garden Festival. Bell's Bridge is built in connection with it.
• 21 May – "Sermon on the Mound": Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, addresses the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
• 6 July – Piper Alpha oil rig in the North Sea explodes and results in the death of 167 workers.^[1]
• 7 August – Scotland on Sunday newspaper launched.
• 2 November – Housing (Scotland) Act 1988, receives Royal Assent.
• 10 November – The Scottish National Party win the Glasgow Govan by-election from Labour with a swing of 33%.
• 6–10 December – The 1988 European Curling Championships take place in Perth.^[2]
• 21 December – Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over the town of Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, and kills a total of 270 people – including all 259 on board. It is believed that the cause of the explosion was a terrorist bomb.^[3]

Births

• 7 January – Alan Lowing, footballer^[4]
• 2 June – Grado (Graeme Stevely), professional wrestler and screen actor
• 21 July – Chris Mitchell, footballer (died 2016)^[5]
• 22 October – Sharon Rooney, actress
• 5 December – Omar Raza, actor
• 30 December – Leon Jackson, pop singer

Deaths

• 11 February – Marion Crawford, Scottish educator and governess to Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth II (born 1909)^[6]
• 12 April – Harry McShane, socialist (born 1891)
• 26 August – Oscar Marzaroli, photographer (born 1933 in Italy)

The Arts

• August – The Proclaimers release their album Sunshine on Leith with lead single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)".

See also

• 1988 in Northern Ireland

References

1. "Piper Alpha oil rig ablaze". BBC News. 6 July 1988. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
2. "Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Curling Championships". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
3. "Jumbo jet crashes onto Lockerbie". BBC News. 21 December 1988. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
4. "Alan Lowing Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
5. "Obituary: Chris Mitchell, footballer". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
6. Ewan, Elizabeth; Pipes, Rose; Rendall, Jane; Reynolds, Siân (2018). The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-1-4744-3628-1.