.............this is my class, I am No. 3
in the back row. Circa 1960.
Brian Charlton....... I was born in
April 1950 Attended Newlands Primary school, Parkhead along
with my brother Eddie.
My best pal at primary and later at
Westwood Sec. in Easterhouse was Lenny Palgrave, but we have
lost touch.
Whilst at Riverside I worked as the
delivery boy for the Co-op at Nuneaton St and Dalmarnock Rd. I
left school at 15 and worked in Jack Sakol's furniture factory
in Fielden St. in the veneer shop. I served my time as a
boilermaker in Thompsons, Lilybank Works London Rd. and later
became a draughtsman.
I married Ellen Collins in 1971 and we
have two sons and a daughter. Scott, Gordon & Denise. We
emigrated to Ontario Canada in 1972 but returned to Scotland
after 3 years. We now live in Blantyre to the east of Glasgow.
