In pictures: Glasgow gangs
Defusing tensions

Frankie Vaughan, the legendary singer, was involved with a youth project in Easterhouse in the late 1960s.

He played a concert in Glasgow and was so appalled by violence levels that he appealed for people to surrender their weapons.

Frankie's input had a noticeable effect: crime figures showed a clear fall in street violence at that time.

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