Angus Bradley, better known as Angy, is a popular character in Lochgilphead. Born and brought up in the town, Angy shares some memories with Argyllshire Advertiser readers, and recalls his mother and father’s reaction when he returned from national service in 1955 as a teddy boy. When I went for my interview at the Post Office the first thing I asked was if you got a half-day off on a Tuesday because everything in Lochgilphead closed then. I very nearly never got the job for asking that, but ended up working there for 42 years. I had a retirement party in the Argyll Hotel in Ardrishaig and was wished a long and happy retirement by the bosses, but I was back working there two weeks later because they were short staffed. I was called out of retirement 38 times on and off. I joined the Air Training Core when I went on national...
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