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oh sorry to hear that , hope you have some luck with this , regards
he's on the mend, thank goodness but gave me a few scarey moments. Have a good christmas and a great new year!
you should be able to get copy of newspaper from greenock telegraph archives , hope this helps
Aghadowey is right the index only covers up to the early 1900's
to find a story in the Greenock telegraph you would need to go through
the back issues to try find it (James Watt Library) have copies of back issues
which could take some time as the paper is printed daily 6 day's a week
without a rough date of when the accident happened you would be looking at reading through
a lot of tele's I'm afraid,
have you tried contacting the telegraph office (email address on aghadowey's post)
to see if they would maybe run a story to see if anyone remembers the accident,
Elaine
This is the online Watt Library Newspaper Index but didn't think it would cover as recent event as 1980s-
www.inverclyde.gov.uk/tourism-and-visitor-attractions/local-history-and-heritage/watt-library-newspaper-index
Here's the Greenock Telegraph website- www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk
Much obliged.
Sorry if my sense of humour confused you, I was trying to work out how the the cemetery gates could have knocked down the pensioner and concluded that they must have been automatic gates.
sorry about that, my fault for being a bit dim 
and tired. Not sure though whether it was a bus or a car that hit him but he survived that one, poor man. I agree with you, though, that sometimes those automatic gates can be a danger, especially to the old and infirm.
I think there should be a law banning the installation of these automatic gates in public places.
bleary, I think there's a searchable index at the Watt Library BMD Index online ,Greenock. Skoosh.