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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Andrea Lambrou

East Kilbride at 75: Apprentice engineer Sam Burke was at the heart of iconic Rolls-Royce plant

In its heyday, Rolls-Royce was very much the beating heart of the East Kilbride community.

As well as offering young city dwellers the chance of a richer suburban life, the Rolly quickly became a social haven for the first settlers of the new town.

Sam Burke was one of RR’s first, and youngest, apprentices to pull on the overalls as a teenager.

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