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Originally Posted by garinda
Gordon Birtwistle (b. Oswaldtwistle, 6 September 1943)
Gordon started as a craft engineering apprentice in 1958 with Howard & Bullough who were textile machinery manufacturers in Accrington. He studied engineering at Accrington College on one day release and two nights a week and achieved two higher nationals, one in mechanical engineering and one in production engineering.
At the age of 21 Gordon became a jig and tool draftsman with the same company and stayed there until 1968 when he went to work for Lucas Aerospace in Burnley as a machine shop methods engineer.
Gordon Birtwistle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prior to entering Parliament he had been Burnley Council leader since 2006, having been a local councillor since 1982. He originally entered politics as a Labour councillor in the 1970s. Outside of politics he was previously the owner of Oswaldtwistle based Stuart Engineering, which collapsed in 2002.
Gordon Birtwistle - eNotes.com Reference
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I knew Gordon quite well, never knew he was a labour councillor though know he was a labour party member, remember talking to him at the 1964 general election count, he lived in Ossy at the time, I know he defected to the SDP with the gang of 4 in 82 and was a councillor in Burnley for many years and was Leader and Mayor, before becoming MP