Happy 100th Birthday to the remarkable Robert 'Bobby' Burns Garrow 🎂
A whisky-loving great-grandfather who shares a birthday with his namesake Robert Burns has celebrated his 100th birthday.on Wednesday at home in Rutherglen.He was named after the poet Robert Burns and"has always been a keen Burns man and likes to read his poems", his daughter Anne Weir, 72, told the Glasgow Times.As a young man, Bobby left school to work alongside the local pharmacist where he helped prepare prescriptions.
Bobby joined the Black Watch Regiment in 1941 and during his time he served in Africa, Italy and Greece.War II veteran, Jack Snowden, once shared a story with a local magazine about meeting up with Bobby while they both served in Italy. "The war years took their toll on him and he saw a lot of things in the war that you can't forget, but he doesn't talk about it.On leave from the war and back home in Creiff, Bobby was introduced to Annie Kilpatrick by her brother Jimmy.They had their first daughter Isobel in 1949 and moved to Annie's hometown of Rutherglen shortly after.Anne was born in 1950, followed by Janice who was born in 1955.Annie Barrow sadly passed away in 2002 at the age of 78.
He also has seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, who are 'used to hearing his stories from over the years' while enjoying Bobby's 'well-stocked supply of biscuits and cakes'.He was also an avid golf player well into his seventies and a long-serving member of Blairbeth Golf Club, which he joined in 1958.
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