IT was a protest that led to more than 100 people being convicted of refusing to pay to use the Skye Bridge, and lasted nearly 10 years until the controversial tolls were themselves abolished.
IT was a protest that led to more than 100 people being convicted of refusing to pay to use the Skye Bridge, and lasted nearly 10 years until the controversial tolls were themselves abolished.
decade of dispute: Hundreds of people were convicted of refusing to pay to use the Skye Bridge after it opened in 1995. Main picture: Chris James
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David Ross Highland Correspondent
Now a new film to be screened on BBC Alba on New Year's Day will reveal that the protesters actually had sympathisers among members of the forces of law and order who had to clamp down on those refusing to pay.
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