Stunning karate story
Thursday, September 7th, 2006. Filed under - South Side, Gorbals.Phil McCusker, who featured in the 100th edition of the LOCAL NEWS because he gained his Karate Black Belt at the age of 77 got two nice surprises as a result of the publicity.
‘I received a letter a few days after the paper had been published from a lady who had read the article. It turns out that she is related to me,’ said a delighted Phil. ‘Her mother was my father’s sister. I got in touch with her and a meeting has been arranged.’
The second surprise for Phil shows how far the LOCAL NEWS can travel. His success at Karate was read by a lady in Bearsden. She posted a copy to her brother in Salisbury who turned out to be an old army buddy of Phil’s and contacted him. So another meeting might be arranged!