Willie Shields
William Buchanan Shields was born in Scotland in 1926.
He was an activist and then President of the draughtsmen’s union, which became TASS.
He is surely the W B Shields who is listed as the Kilmarnock branch secretary of the AESD, living at 26 Cochrane Street, Irvine, Ayrshire in 1959
He was appointed a full-time official of the union and served, firstly, in Glasgow, and then, in Stafford. For a time, he was a member of the Scotttish
Willie was often dubbed a Spike Milligan look-a-like! Perhaps it was more that Willie’s impish sense of humour marked him out than that he truly physically resembled the great comedian. Certainly, Willie’s humour was a positive asset to him as an educator with TASS.
Willie died on 1st April 2010, aged 84 years, Ayr, where he had lived in retirement for many years.
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