Think of any of Scotland’s top distance men at any time between 1930 and 2000 and you can bet that they ran on this stage of the Edinburgh to Glasgow. Emmet Farrell, Joe McGhee, Ian Binnie, Graham Everett, Alastair Wood all did their best for their club. Donald Macgregor, Jim Dingwall, Lachie Stewart all managed to find their way over the seven miles from the Forestfield Inn to the War Memorial at Airdrie. What follows is, first, some photographs from the original programmes, then a selection of photographs from 1967. Then some from 1985 (photographs were taken by Graham MacIndoe), then Graham Haddow’s and then some more.
Harry Fenion (Bellahouston)
For ESH, Ross to Ballantyne in 1960
Peter Duffy (AAAC) to Steve Taylor at the start of Six
Ian Donald to Graham Everett for Shettleston in 1961
Lyall to Fraser, ESH, in 1961
Cameron Shepherd, Glasgow University, to Dougie Gifford in 1961
Fergus Murray (ESH)
Gareth Bryan-Jones (EU H&H)
Pat Maclagan (VPAAC)
Andy Daly (Bellahouston) 1983
Evan Cameron, ESH, 1984
Colin Youngson, 1985
Jim Dingwall, Falkirk Victoria Harriers, 1985
Neil Tennant, Edinburgh Southern
Lindsay Robertson, Edinburgh AC
Bobby Quinn, Kilbarchan
Alistair Douglas, Victoria Park
Peter Fleming, Bellahouston
Simon Axon, Aberdeen, leading Graham Crawford, Springburn
Terry Mitchell, Fife AC
Ian Murphy, Clydesdale, and Drew Nicol, Victoria Park
Ian Murphy, Clydesdale Harriers