Paisley will never forget cinema disaster victims

The annual Glen Cinema Disaster memorial is more important than ever as the number of survivors continues to fall, the event's organiser has said.

- EDEL KENEALY

Tony Lawler - who helped resurrect the annual act of remembrance as part of Paisley Community Trust - said this year's event was especially poignant given the recent death of Emily Brown.

Emily survived Paisley’s Black Hogmanay as a five-year-old and laid a wreath in Dunn Square on behalf of survivors for 16 years.

A heartbreaking 71 children lost their lives in the Glen Cinema Disaster on December 31, 1929.

The youngsters were crushed when smoke in the auditorium caused panic and a rush towards the door which was locked.

The children had believed the smoke had been caused by a fire but it was instead smoke billowing from a faulty film canister.