Carl Gordon, (1931-2002) West of Scotland Journalist & Columnist.

West of Scotland Journalist, CARL GORDON was born in Greenock on 13th March, 1931, and attended Mearns Street School and Greenock High School. His maternal grandfather was from Copenhagen and when he left school at the age of 14 he had already started to teach himself Danish. His first job was as a railway clerk and he worked at various stations in the Greenock area before being called up for National Service in 1949. After training in the Royal Army Service Corps (now the Royal Logistics Corps) he was posted to the War Office (now the Ministry of Defence) and left with the rank of sergeant in 1951. 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... West of Scotland is one of the eight electoral areas for the Scottish Parliament through which 7 of the 56 Additional Members System MSPs are elected. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... Greenock (Grianaig in Scottish Gaelic) is a town (burgh of barony) in the district of Inverclyde in Western Scotland. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Mother with her child (Sculpture) A mother is typically the biological or social female parent of a child or offspring while the male parent is the father. ... This article is about the domestic group. ... Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital and largest city of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ... National Service was the name given to the system of military conscription employed in Great Britain between 1949 and 1960. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The Royal Logistic Corps is a British Army corps that provides the logistical support for the Army. ... The Royal Logistic Corps is a British military unit that provides the logistics for other units in the British military. ... Old War Office Building, Whitehall, London - the former location of the War Office The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence. ... The Ministry of Defence building, Whitehall, Westminster, London The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and the headquarters of the UK military. ... This article is about the rank of sergeant. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

He had announced at the age of 11 that he wanted a career as a journalist and in fact had to turn down the offer of a job as a reporter only a few months before beginning National Service. Within a week of leaving the Army, however, he began work with The Greenock Telegraph and eventually became the evening paper’s first deputy news-editor. Look up Career on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A career is traditionally seen as a course of successive situations that make up a persons worklife. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... Army (from French armée) can, in some countries, refer to any armed force (for example, the Peoples Liberation Army of China consists of ground force, navy and air force branches). ...

He left in 1967 on being offered the post of Greenock-based reporter for the Glasgow Herald and Evening Times. The area to be covered was the entire Lower Clyde including Dunoon and Rothesay and involved long hours of duty. 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clyde may refer to the following: the River Clyde and Firth of Clyde in Scotland. ... The Holy Loch seen across the Firth of Clyde with Dunoon on the left The PS Waverley leaves Dunoon Pier, to sail up the Firth of Clyde. ... Rothesay is the name of two towns: The original Rothesay on the Isle of Bute in Scotland Its namesake Rothesay in New Brunswick, Canada The Duke of Rothesay is the name of the Heir Apparent in Scotland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that...

In the late 1960s an average of 12 ships of various sizes were still being launched each year from Lower Clyde shipyards. In addition there were calls by trans-Atlantic liners and the docks were also busy. The district had three town councils to be attended and the US base at the Holy Loch and the beginnings of the oil industry were also sources of news. The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Small shipyard in Klaksvík (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... The Holy Loch seen across the Firth of Clyde with Dunoon on the left The Holy Loch is a body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. ... Oil is a generic term for organic liquids that are not miscible with water. ... News is essentially new information or current events. ...

With the eventual down-turn and closure of shipyards and heavy industry, however, it became apparent after a few years that there was no longer a need for a journalistic presence and Carl Gordon transferred to Glasgow in 1979. Small shipyard in Klaksvík (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships. ... Heavy industry does not have a single fixed meaning compared to light industry. ... Glasgows location in Scotland Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

Among stories he covered from Glasgow were the sinking of the Kintyre fishing boat Antares with the loss of its four crewmen after the boat’s nets were snagged by a Royal Navy submarine HMS Trenchant, and the subsequent fatal accident inquiry. Kintyre shown within Argyll Kintyre is a region of western Scotland located at the south-western tip of the Argyll Peninsula. ... This article is about the star. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... Three vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Trenchant: Trenchant (1916), destroyer Trenchant (1943), submarine Trenchant (S91), submarine This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

He also covered the Arthur Thompson murder trial in 1992 which sat for 54 days over a three-month period at the High Court in Glasgow and was until the Camp Zeist trial, the longest in Scottish criminal history. It was not generally known that a few days after the trial concluded, he received a note of thanks for his reporting of the trial from Lord McCluskey, the presiding judge. Paul Ferris, who was found not guilty of the murder, had written to The Herald during the trial praising the newspaper’s coverage of the proceedings. 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The term High Court could refer to one of the following institutions: High Court of England and Wales High Court of Australia The Four Courts of Ireland The High Court of Justiciary in Scotland And the 18 High Courts of India The High Court of Andhra Pradesh The High Court... Zeist is a municipality and a town in the central Netherlands, located east of the city of Utrecht. ... Scottish can refer to: (as an adjective) things to do with Scotland (see also Scotch) (as a noun) the Scottish people. ... for other uses please see Crime (disambiguation) A crime is an act that violates a political or moral law. ... The Lighthouse, Charles Mackintoshs Glasgow Herald building The Herald is a broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland. ...

Carl Gordon retired in 1994. Afterwards he undertook frequent visits to Scandinavia, particularly Denmark where he still had relatives and many friends. He wrote about his travels in The Herald , often choosing places little known to Scottish readers. He was a member of the Scandinavia Philatelic Society and the Greenock Philatelic Society. He married in 1965 Arline June Bloomfield who died, aged 37, in 1984. They had a son and a daughter. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Scandinavia, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula. ... The Lighthouse, Charles Mackintoshs Glasgow Herald building The Herald is a broadsheet newspaper published Monday to Saturday in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Close examination of the Penny Red, left, reveals a 148 in the margin, indicating that it was printed with plate #148. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...