Seven Proud Citizens Feel They Belong; Glasgow Hosts First Allegiance Ceremony
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IT is something which most people who live in Scotland's biggest city take for granted, but yesterday a small group of people proudly assembled to be awarded the privilege of belonging to Glasgow. For the first time in the nation's history, a ceremony took place for immigrants to confirm their British citizenship.
They numbered seven and they came from as far apart as India, Pakistan, and South Africa. With a portrait of the Queen to the left of them and Glasgow's civic crest to the right, they stood before the Union flag and the Saltire to pledge allegiance to their adopted home.See the full content of this document
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Seven Proud Citizens Feel They Belong; Glasgow Hosts First Allegiance Ceremony
Until now, citizenship in Scotland has been an unceremonious affair. Applicants have recited an oath privately before a justice of the peace and then had their certificates delivered through the post.
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