Remember This ... CND protest at the Holy Loch, 1977
SEPTEMBER, 1977. One thousand CND supporters are marching the six miles from Dunoon to Ardnadam Pier to protest the presence of the US Polaris submarine base in the Holy Loch. The march is led by the Monktonhall Colliery Pipe Band, but as the marchers approach Ardnadam three young Japanese people in traditional dress, and beating drums, take up position at the head of the march. At the pierhead a short silence is observed in memory of the dead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The demonstrators adjourned to Lazaretto Point, on the shores of Holy Loch, to listen to speeches (the speakers includ...