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Mamie Magnusson
Mamie Ian Magnusson (''née'' Baird; 24 October 1925 – 12 April 2012) was a pioneering Scottish newspaper journalist and author. Early life Baird and her twin sister Anna were born to a working class household in Rutherglen in 1925. Baird's middle name, Ian, was on account of the fact that her father, John (a janitor at Bankhead Primary School) had been expecting a boy. Her brother, Archie Baird, was a noted footballer for Aberdeen and Scotland in addition to being an escapee from a German prisoner-of-war camp. The two sisters attended Rutherglen Academy where Baird's desire to become a journalist was well known. Her Latin teacher mentioned the fact to a senior member of staff at ''The Sunday Post'' newspaper during a chance meeting. Baird was invited to submit a piece of writing which she submitted in a journalistic style and was rewarded with her first job in journalism as a result. Career Baird began her career as a journalist aged seventeen working for ''The Sunda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Magnusson
Magnus Magnusson, (born Magnús Sigursteinsson; 12 October 1929 – 7 January 2007) was an Icelandic-born British-based journalist, translator, writer and television presenter. Born in Reykjavík, he lived in Scotland for almost all his life, although he never took British citizenship. He came to prominence as a BBC television journalist and was the presenter of the BBC television quiz programme ''Mastermind'' for 25 years. His catchphrase "I've started so I'll finish" was said whenever the time ran out while he was reading a question on the show. Early life Magnús Sigursteinsson was born in Reykjavík on 12 October 1929, but grew up in Edinburgh, where his father, Sigursteinn Magnússon, was the Icelandic consul. In Scotland his family adopted a British naming convention, and from childhood Magnus used his father's patronymic as a surname. Magnusson lived with his family in John Street, Joppa, an eastern suburb of Edinburgh. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutherglen
Rutherglen (, sco, Ruglen, gd, An Ruadh-Ghleann) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, immediately south-east of the city of Glasgow, from its centre and directly south of the River Clyde. Having existed as a Lanarkshire burgh in its own right for more than 800 years, in 1975 Rutherglen lost its own local council and administratively became a component of the City of Glasgow (1975–1996), City of Glasgow District within the Strathclyde Local government areas of Scotland 1973–96, region (along with neighbouring Cambuslang). In 1996 the towns were reallocated to the South Lanarkshire Subdivisions of Scotland, council area.From a pawnbrokers to Parliament - Tommy McAvoy looks back on a career that too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Mutual Assurance
Scottish Mutual Assurance was formed in 1883 as The Scottish Temperance Life Assurance Society, intended as the only life assurance company serving exclusively abstainers. It was renamed Scottish Mutual Assurance in 1951 and acquired by Abbey National in 1991. History Formation The Scottish Temperance Life Assurance was founded in 1883 in Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ... as Scotland’s first insurance company, intended exclusively for total abstainers. Ironically, the founder, Adam Keir Rodger, was a brewer’s son. Rodger, self-taught, became a partner in a local accountancy firm at the age of 21. With his brothers, Rodger was an enthusiastic evangelist and his belief in the value of thrift led him to research the provision of insurance with the same dil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
