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Article: How East End shaped me TV legend Archie tells of his roots
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- Evening Times
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- April 27, 2009
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TODAY the Evening Times kicks off a major new series examining
the past, present and future of Glasgow's East End.
Last year a World Health Organisation report revealed that men
born in East End areas such as Calton and Shettleston have a lower
life expectancy than people from Iraq, the Gaza Strip and India.
But despite these problems many who grew up in the area remember
their childhood with fondness and there is a fierce pride associated
with an East End upbringing.
Most importantly there was work - Beardmore's Parkhead Forge
employed more than 20,000 in its heyday. When it closed in the 1970s
the effect was devastating.
But a wind of change is now blowing through the area. Millions of ...