I am pleased and proud that he is/was still remembered by the people of the community in Bellshill/Mossend where he and his/my family lived and grew up.
We had a council house at 576 Main Street, Mossend.
My grandfather had been unable to acquire “gainful employment” after becoming politically involved in a Dispute over working conditions at the Stewart & Lloyds Steelworks.
He had discovered that their intention had been to bring in cheap labour from Ireland and to pay the incomers lower wages then the local lads.
So he organised the workers to support the incomers and demand for them the same working conditions and wages as the locals had.
The employers never forgave him for that.
He was “blackballed” by ALL the industries in the area and was unable thereafter to get work.
He did however continue as a full time organiser for the Labour Movement and worked with the Communist Party until he died – of a “broken heart” my father (also Bernard “Barney” McCourt – also deceased) said.
Basturns that they are!!
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Roll on independence! Kick out the English and the middle class (same thing). Then the prods and tims can get right down to it.
PS were Stone The Crows blue or green?
Albert? Don't worry. Just give me some of the nazi gold and I'll get you off the list. Hotboy
I say!
You are quite right! Come independence there will be plenty jobs for the jocks, as golf caddies for the wealthy foreigners with their hair on backwards. Fresh air, exercise, and they will get backhanders as well. What could be better?
MM III
Mingin'! Not having creekit on the radio! Hotboy
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