Before the Ice Cream Wars: Organised Crime in Postwar Glasgow

Dr Mark Roodhouse gives a talk on the development of serious and organised crime in Glasgow in the years after the Second World War. The lecture explores the city’s underworld before the expansion of illegal drug markets in the 1980s reshaped organised crime in the city.

This public event is part of the Edinburgh & the East of Scotland Branch programme. Talks are usually held at 6pm at the central campus of the University of Edinburgh, with the final venue confirmed on the individual booking page.

It is suitable for anyone interested in modern British history, urban history and the social history of Glasgow.