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Tom Johnston Place New Build

 

 

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Being built on the footprint of the former local East Dunbartonshire Council HQ 'TJ House' on Lenzie Road/Civic Way in Kirkintilloch apartment blocks or Flats are being erected in 2021

 

THE POLITICIAN

Tom Johnston MP was a massive figure in Scottish & Labour Party politics born in Kirkintilloch in 1881. He will always be associated with the Red Clydesiders James Maxton & Manny Shinwell.

 

In Churchill's National Wartime Government he was appointed the Commissioner of Civil Defence for Scotland then going on to become Secretary of State for Scotland 1941-1945. After his political life he implimented Hydro Power in Scotland "water from the mountains" , some say he way away before his time.

 

He passed away in the same year as the iconic Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill in 1965

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