I was interested to see the photograph of T M Gemmell, the man who destroyed what surely today would have been one of Scotlands national treasures.
When my time was out I did two years National Service, then, on demob in 1960, after being interviewed by W. Dunlop, I got a job as a compositor in the Advertiser, where I stayed for just over a year.One of the few perks in working for the Tizer occurred on race days, when five or six of us were chosen to sell race cards.We were taken in the van up to the racecourse, each with a bundle of programmes which we sold, at a shilling each, from the wee booths provided for us.The photo of the Advertiser building in those days brought back a few memories.Some names from the shop floor that I can just about remember: George Rilley (foreman), Emlyn Taffy Evans (father of chapel), Jimmie Findlater, Jimmie Austin, Ernie Middleton, Hugh Frazer, Dick Mc David, Georgie Blane.