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Pensioner knocked down by Greenock Cemetery Gates
« on: Saturday 03 July 10 18:36 BST (UK) »
I'm trying to find a newspaper report from the 1980's.  It was reported in the Greenock local newspapers etc., and was concerning a piece possibly entitled 'Pensioner knocked down next to Cemetery gates!'

The pensioner was named Mr Donald Ross of Greenock.  I'm trying to get hold of a copy of the newspaper article for family history purposes.

Can anybody please advise me where I can obtain a copy of the page containing the story.  Kind regards
REID, BRAWN, DELANEY, ROBERTS, STAINES, TURNER, HARDY, WILLIAMS, GRIFFITHS, JONES, SMITH, LUCAS, McCAUGHAN, NOLAN, BRENNAN

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Re: Pensioner knocked down by Greenock Cemetery Gates
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 12 October 10 18:57 BST (UK) »
Try contacting the local newspaper   editorial[at][/blue]greenocktelegraph.co.uk (Replace [at] with @)

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Re: Pensioner knocked down by Greenock Cemetery Gates
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 13 October 10 11:40 BST (UK) »

Hi JPMAC, thank you for the email address, I'll do that.  regards  :)
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Re: Pensioner knocked down by Greenock Cemetery Gates
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 13 October 10 15:49 BST (UK) »
bleary, I think there's a searchable index at the Watt Library BMD Index online ,Greenock.  Skoosh.

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Re: Pensioner knocked down by Greenock Cemetery Gates
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 13 October 10 16:03 BST (UK) »
I think there should be a law banning the installation of these automatic gates in public places.
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Re: Pensioner knocked down by Greenock Cemetery Gates
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 17 October 10 09:50 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Skoosh on Wednesday 13 October 10 15:49 BST (UK)
bleary, I think there's a searchable index at the Watt Library BMD Index online ,Greenock.  Skoosh. 

Hi Skoosh, is it available online, only I live in Norfolk, England so I can't get there.
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Re: Pensioner knocked down by Greenock Cemetery Gates
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 17 October 10 09:51 BST (UK) »

Hi again JPMAC, I sent them an email the other day but it's just come back via mailordemon saying they could not deliver it.

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Re: Pensioner knocked down by Greenock Cemetery Gates
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 17 October 10 09:58 BST (UK) »
Quote from: behindthefrogs on Wednesday 13 October 10 16:03 BST (UK)
I think there should be a law banning the installation of these automatic gates in public places.

Hi behindthefrogs, which automatic gates do you mean? I don't know Greenock at all so I don't know the cemetery either.  Have you read the piece in the papers? It was long before I met my partner (it's his own father mentioned in the paper) and my partner was abroad in the services for some time and only got told about it himself.  As an avid family history addict I've been working on my own family for many years now but when he mentioned both accidents involving his father (i.e. the Cemetery gates accident where he was knocked down and the fall in Tesco) I thought I'd do a bit of digging.
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Re: Pensioner knocked down by Greenock Cemetery Gates
« Reply #8 on: Monday 18 October 10 11:28 BST (UK) »
The Watt Library Index is searchable online. Cheers.
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