On Behalf Of Bert And Graham

[trixie_dar]

we are looking for 2 long lost friends to meet up again after 30 plus years.

Jim Wiggins Ex Royal Marine from Viewpark Near Glasgow

Alex Wotherspoon Ardencraig Rd Glasgow.

If anyone knows of their whereabouts we would be very grateful to know so we can arrange to meet up.

Thannks one and all and thanks also to everyone who answered my previous request. All were helpful .

[Buenchico]

There appears to be a Scot (originally from Irvine, just down the road from Glasgow) called Alex Wotherspoon living in Carlisle. Unfortunately his Facebook profile isn't available:
https://www.facebook.com/public/Alexander-Wotherspoon

Neither the BT Phone Book nor 192.com lists him but that might well mean that his phone number is ex-directory (as the majority of residential numbers now are) and that he's ticked the box to be excluded from the edited roll on his electoral registration form.

Draft letter:
"Dear Sir,
We are trying to contact an old friend, Alex Wotherspoon, who lived on Ardencraig Road, Glasgow over thirty years ago. We believe that he may now be living in the Carlisle area. If he (or anyone who knows him) would be kind enough to get in touch with us, we would be extremely grateful.

Yours in hope

Bert Smith and Graham Bloggs
(23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam)"

Where to send it:
Letters,
News & Star,
Newspaper House,
Dalston Road,
Carlisle,
CA2 5UA.

[yinyang]

Do you know what age Jim Wiggins would be or if he had any family that may still be in Viewpark?

[trixie_dar]

jim and alex would be mid to late 60's. can no longer find family. jim had a sister who would be 60.

[janbee]

Good luck. I hope you find your friends xx

[yinyang]

Thanks for the extra info. I know some people in Viewpark that I'll be speaking to over the next few days so ill ask them if they know Jim. It's a long shot but worth a go.

[yinyang]

Hi again Trixie , I've spoken to my uncle and he did know Jim Wiggins but hasn't seen him for a long while. He thinks he might be staying in Bellshill now - it's only a couple of miles from Viewpark and said Jim was very active in the Uddingston Masonic Lodge.

The contact details for the Lodge are :- Lodge St Bryde
4 Gardenside St
Uddingston
Glasgow, G71
Tel:[phone]
www.stbryde.co.uk

That gives you some new leads to work on anyway and hopefully if you contact the Lodge they will be able to give you information on your friend.
Good luck with it.