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Glasgow Live
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Catherine Hunter

Glasgow's long-serving cleansing workers retire after 84 years of service

Two long-serving members of Glasgow’s cleansing department have been praised for their “inspirational” service after working a combined 84 years cleaning the city’s streets.

Wullie Nixon retired after 43 years working for the city council as a street cleaner while John Martin is retiring after 41 years as a HGV driver.

Despite this they were not given an award ceremony in the city chambers, a practice that was stopped during the covid pandemic and has yet to restart.

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