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footnote: John Tait,
or Jackie as he was known, was born
on a Sunday, the 27th March 1938,
in Bellshill hospital he passed away at home
in Ayr, on the 29th March
2011. Jackie was two days past his 73rd
birthday. Jackie’s earliest
days were in Newton, and he was always a
proud Newton man. He was the son of
Agnes and Matha and the older brother of
Elizabeth and Matthew.The family home was in 36 Dunlop Street in
Newton, and Jackie attended Hallside and
Gateside schools.
The bulk of Jackie’s working life was as a
steelman in Redpath’s, where for most of the
time he was a foreman plater. He was
well respected by all the workers and made
sure that they got good deals when leaving the
steelworks and although a foreman, he was
foremost a working man, and someone all the
men trusted and looked up to all his days.
It  was at Gateside
school that Jackie met Marion Hardie,
they
were married in the Manse in Cambuslang, near
the railway station on the 1st
December 1956. Originally Marion and
Jackie lived with Marion’s Mum in Rosebank
Drive, and it was to that house that Eileen
was born in 1958.
The Tait family were completed in 1963 with
the arrival of Angela.
Jackie is
remembered as simply a smashing man, as
someone who was plainspoken – who would take
it upon himself to help family members and
indeed he was always there to help anyone in
need.
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