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Victory in the rain: an extract from the new book analysing Winnie Ewing's historic 1967 Hamilton by-election win

TWO car loads of SNP supporters left Arbroath in the early hours of the morning of the Hamilton by-election in November 1967. One car included a couple who had married the day before, on the bride’s birthday. Tam and Ruth Walker, along with Jim McGugan who would be SNP candidate in many elections over subsequent years, were founder members of the Arbroath branch of the SNP. The honeymoon couple spent polling day handing out last minute leaflets in the rain in High Blantyre.