Rigger, hairdresser, toll worker. . now I'm a nurse 50-year-old's career move after Erskine Bridge job axed

From: Evening Times | Date: March 21, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

FOR YEARS the closest Keith Lothian got to the health service was opening the toll barriers on the Erskine Bridge for an ambulance on its way to casualty.

But the former shipyard worker, North Sea roughneck and ladies' hairdresser always dreamed of following his friends and family in a job helping others.

And this autumn Keith will prove you're never too old to follow your dreams when he will begin studying a degree in nursing - at the age of 50.

Keith had a hard time last year when, as a toll operator and shop steward, he and his colleagues faced redundancy with the axing of tolls on the ...

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