 During the 1930s, the Ministry of Labour opened a work camp on the estate for young unemployed men.Known as Instructional Centres, the camp regime sought to "harden" the unemployed, many of whom came from industrial West of Scotland and had previously worked in mining or other industries hit by depression, and prepare them for work elsewhere.The Glenbranter camp hit the headlines in 1935 when the trainees organised public walk-outs, and again in 1936 when there was a mass meeting to protest against conditions.