Tributes have been paid to widespread Cambuslang man and former councillor Andy McGowan. .
Mt McGowan died aged 87 in Hairmyres Hospital on Thursday, March 17.
He was well-known for his work inside the local people over a few years.
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Aged 18, he was known as up for Nationwide Service and skilled in a wide range of totally different locations earlier than being despatched to Egypt as an anti-aircraft gunner with the RAF Regiment.
He served there from 1953 to 1955 within the run-up to the Suez Canal Disaster.
In 2015, he was awarded a Canal Zone Award for his work in Egypt with the RAF Regiment.
Following that, he then returned to Cambuslang, the place he lived all his life, returning to working at Clydesdale Steelworks.
He used to gather smooth drinks bottles to lift cash for veterans, and acquired eight electrical wheelchairs for the realm.
From 1982 to 1985 he was a regional councillor and labored on the crime prevention panel.
He then went on to function a consultant on South Lanarkshire Council from 1996 to 1998, the place he labored on a wide range of totally different tasks.
Neighborhood stalwart Andy was concerned within the establishing of the LEAP Undertaking and labored with Gilbert Subject Tenants’ Affiliation in addition to working with Cairns Tenants Affiliation.
In 1997, he was awarded the British Empire Medal for providers in the neighborhood.
Andy and his spouse Myra had three kids – Ian, David and daughter Fiona, who advised Lanarkshire Dwell about her father’s unimaginable life, saying: “My dad was born on Church Road. He was the oldest son and he had two sisters, Sylvia and Margaret.
“He was so well-known in Cambuslang and was beloved by his household and his grandchildren.
“He did so much, he used to do the Cambuslang Gala and once I was youthful, we did the gala and we have been all dressed up as crooks and he got here dressed up as a policeman, he was all the time up for enjoyable actions.
“When he would go on the bus, we'd all the time preserve spare provider baggage in his pocket in case anybody’s plastic bag broke and he may give them one if he wanted it.
“Once we have been youthful, my mum and pop would take us to Blackpool and when my dad and mom retired they went to Rothesay and spent quite a lot of time with their grandchildren, Holly, Laura, and Ross.
“My mum and pop used to exit and see issues, they used the dial bus, they have been out thrice per week, so nonetheless fairly energetic.
“Yesterday (April 4) could be my mum and his sixty fifth marriage ceremony anniversary.
“He was a lifelong member of the Labour Social gathering and continued to assist at native elections final yr, by handing out leaflets at Cairns Major College.”
Many locals have since posted tributes on-line commending his work.
Former Scottish Labour MSP and Scottish Labour Normal Secretary James Kelly advised Lanarkshire Dwell: “I used to be saddened to listen to of the passing of Andy McGowan.
“In addition to being a long-standing councillor, Andy did an amazing quantity of labor all through the neighborhood in Cambuslang and Midway. He was held in excessive regard by native folks.
“On a private degree, he was all the time superb to me and supported all campaigns I used to be concerned in. The primary election I campaigned in was Andy’s victory within the Cambuslang/Midway ward in 1982.
“My condolences go to Myra and the household at this troublesome time.”
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