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Paxman invited to Sally Army’s birthday bash
A Salvation Army hall in Glasgow where BBC inquisitor Jeremy Paxman learned his ancestors had lived in abject poverty has its 100th anniversary this weekend. The tough Newsnight presenter was famously moved to tears when told his great-granny Mabel McKay brought up 11 children in a slum in Ardenlea Street, Dalmarnock, in the early 1900s.As the centenary celebrations at the Salvation Army on Tollcross Road in Parkhead kicked off, leader Captain Mike Warner revealed he had invited Mr Paxman back for a visit.
Full story at the Evening Times, Glasgow.
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