The Glen Cinema Disaster of 31 December 1929 remains known as Paisley’s Black Hogmanay – yet until now the town centre did not have a permanent memorial for the victims and survivors.
And their now-finished statue – entitled Rattle/ Little Mother – will be sited in the town’s Dunn Square, across the road from the site of the former cinema, in Dyer’s Wynd.
The tragedy happened when a smoking film canister caused a panic during a packed children’s matinee with more than 600 children present.
Source: Memorial for 71 children killed in cinema fire | HeraldScotland