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William
Evans McArthur Born 26th Dec 1953,
at 80 Reid Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
your
resident webmaister.
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hard work this
web designing!
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I was conveniently called
William, named after my mother's brother William Evans and my father's
brother William McArthur. It means a great deal to me and I always use my
full name. W.E.McArthur.
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Corner
of Dalmarnock Rd and Fairbairn St. and still existing is the church I
attended. As a young lad I went to the Sunday School there ( Dalmarnock
Congregational then ) taken by my Mums cousin, "Aunt
Ruby Mullen" (now Galt) and joined the 175th Boys
Brigade as a shipmate then lifeboy then at 12 yrs old joined the
Company section The Captain in those days was Mr.Smart. I loved the BB and
stayed on to became an officer at 18 and remained so until 1989.
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old photo of John St.Senior secondary
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attended Queen Mary St. School for one year then
Dalmarnock Primary School.
I
then attended John Street Senior Secondary School,
in Tullis Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland
I left school and furthered my education with British Telecom.
All around us in Bridgeton the houses were getting demolished and in the
early seventies we had to move from Fairbairn St and were rehoused in Braidfauld
St. Auchenshuggle
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My sister Janice (16yrs), baby Alan (3months) and my sister Linda (24yrs)....... 16th Oct 1979
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Christmas 1979
My Ma, now a granny
with Alan 6 months old.
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May 1983
Iain 1yr old
Alan 3yr old |
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My wonderful Boys |
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1984 my pal Jas Turnbull became
the master of Lodge Burnside 1361
The hall lights were dimmed and an announcement was made that a special lady
dressed in black was entering the hall... I think he thought he was getting a stripogram !
What he got was me dressed up as a nun! |
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October 1987 Boys Brigade
Iain 5yr old
Alan 8yr old |
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For more of my family
photographs click here. PHOTOS |
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Sadly Margaret and I split-up in 1991,
now divorced.
In 1998 I moved into a new house with Eileen, she has a son Samuel
born in1985.
We married on 24th June 2011 |
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