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Actions	Tom Rodger of Kirkintilloch To enquire about this item(s) please contact us archives@eastdunbarton.gov.uk Remove from selection Add to selection TitleTom Rodger of Kirkintilloch ReferenceGD188 Datec 1905-1990 Archive creatorTom Rodger Scope and ContentPhotographs of Waltry, Stark and Gilchrist family members c 1905-1920; photographs of Kirkintilloch taken by Tom Rodger c 1965-1990. Extent1 folder [0.03m] LanguageEnglish Archival historyTom Rodger was born in Waltry Cottage in 1920. His mother was Jean Gilchrist, the daughter of the gardener for the Stark family of Waltry, and his uncle Andrew Gilchrist was their chauffeur. Tom lived in Milton of Campsie until the age of 14, when he moved to Kirkintilloch. He started work at the Kirkintilloch Herald as a messenger boy, later becoming a linotype operator at the Evening Citizen where he worked for many years, and returning to work at the Kirkintilloch Herald shortly before retirement. During the Second World War Tom Rodger was a sapper with the Royal Engineers. He was wounded at El Alamein and in Sicily and took part in the D-Day Landings. In the 1960s Tom became a keen amateur photographer and a member of the Camera Club in Kirkintilloch. SubjectClothing and Dress Level of descriptionfonds Repository nameEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Kirkintilloch

TitleTom Rodger of Kirkintilloch

ReferenceGD188

Datec 1905-1990

Archive creatorTom Rodger

Scope and ContentPhotographs of Waltry, Stark and Gilchrist family members c 1905-1920; photographs of Kirkintilloch taken by Tom Rodger c 1965-1990.

Extent1 folder [0.03m]

LanguageEnglish

Archival historyTom Rodger was born in Waltry Cottage in 1920. His mother was Jean Gilchrist, the daughter of the gardener for the Stark family of Waltry, and his uncle Andrew Gilchrist was their chauffeur. Tom lived in Milton of Campsie until the age of 14, when he moved to Kirkintilloch. He started work at the Kirkintilloch Herald as a messenger boy, later becoming a linotype operator at the Evening Citizen where he worked for many years, and returning to work at the Kirkintilloch Herald shortly before retirement. During the Second World War Tom Rodger was a sapper with the Royal Engineers. He was wounded at El Alamein and in Sicily and took part in the D-Day Landings. In the 1960s Tom became a keen amateur photographer and a member of the Camera Club in Kirkintilloch.

SubjectClothing and Dress

Level of descriptionfonds

Repository nameEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Kirkintilloch