1984 in Scotland
Events from the year 1984 in Scotland. Incumbents Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – George Younger Law officers Lord Advocate – Lord Mackay of Clashfern; then 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 Wheatley Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Elliott Events 12 March – 1984/5 Miner's Strike: Polmaise Colliery is the first mine in Scotland to witness a walkout of its workers. 16 April – Culmination of the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars with the murder by arson of six members of the Doyle family. 3 May – 1984/5 miner's strike: Nearly 300 miners are arrested outside Ravenscraig in clashes with police as they try to stop lorries laden with coal entering. 14 June – Elections to the European Parliament result in Labour gaining three seats from the Conservatives to win 5 of the 8 seats in Scotland, with the Conservatives reduced to two and the SNP retaining the one they previously held. 30 July – Polmont rail accident at Polmont, near Falkirk, when an express train from