i m retracing steps i first took over 20 years ago. how you doing, boys? back then, the shipyard was in decline. this wasjohn brown, a welder, on the day he lost his job. i m no a number. i m a man, i m a human being and they will never, ever take my dignity fae me. i ve come back to govan to discover what happened tojohn. 0h, fer.sake! how are you? good to see you! an unstable world means warships are in demand and john brown is back at work in the bae systems yard, except now he s a full time union convenor. no more welding, john. naw, no more welding. there is a god! here in 2000, he was fighting for a job. nowjohn s facing a harder challenge.
except now he s a full time union convenor. no more welding, john. naw, no more welding. there is a god! here in 2000, he was fighting for a job. nowjohn s facing a harder challenge. you don t actually understand it. he s been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis ms a disease of the central nervous system. absolutely. it s robbed me of my vigour. it s has robbed me of my strength. it s.robbed me, ifeel, although others don t notice it, of my words, right? i can t often find words. that s very distressing for me. my memory started to go at times. i promised i d come back later in the year to see how he was doing. 20 years ago, in the hard world