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| | Guardian | Jimmy Hamilton |
 | | These deviations were exceptional for a working-class Scot who had embarked on Labour politics after the second world war. |
 | | Born in Ballieston, Lanarkshire, the son of a miner, Hamilton was educated locally at Catholic schools; St Bridget's, Ballieston, and St Mary's, High Whifflet. |
 | | From 1946 to 1964, he worked as a construction engineer, becoming president of the Constructional Engineering Union (1966-68), which was absorbed into the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (AUEW). |
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