| The History of |
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| MATT
McGINN |
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First Communion,1935 |
Matt McGinn was born on January 17th 1928. He was one of a family of 9 having 5 sisters and 3 brothers. He lived in Gallowgate in the Calton district of Glasgow. |
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Nuffield College, Oxford, 1957 |
His formal schooling ended when he was 12, after which he went to an approved school for two years. At the age of 31, while doing shift work for Guest Keen and Nettlefold in Hillington, he won a Trade Union Scholarship which he accepted, and went to Ruskin College in Oxford. There he achieved his Diploma in Economics and Political Science and continued on to the Teachers’ Training College in Huddersfield.
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Teacher at Budhill School, Springboig, c, 1963 |
While in Huddersfield, he won a Sunday Newspaper competition, which led to the publication of his outrageous traditional folk song ‘Foreman O’Rourke’. Which depicts the murder by drowning of a ‘gaffer’. He was so unpopular a factory worker pulled the lavatory plug on him. the worker was eventually hung for the crime.
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His Musical Career.
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On the completion of his studies he returned to teach
in a variety of schools in Rutherglen. Three years later he worked
as organiser for Scotlands first Gorbals Adventure Playground. After
which he became a full-time singer, comedian, actor and writer. |
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Matt and His Weans
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Matt and his wife Janette had four children, Anna, Matt, Eleanor and Shonagh. He was an adored and adoring father and some of this, along with his fun and happiness, can be gleamed from songs like ‘Morning Eleanora’ and ‘Tell Me What the Tea Leaves Tell Me’. | ||
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