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He had a key role under Editor Sir David English when the Mail was relaunched as a compact newspaper in 1971 and later was sent secretly to America to study modern printing techniques.
At the height of the IRA terror campaign in London, Mr Cowan and other executives once removed a parked car near the Mail s Fleet Street offices after printers refused to work, fearing it contained a bomb.
It didn t but his actions meant the presses could roll.
After he retired, father-of-four Mr Cowan and his wife Dilys settled in a flat overlooking the sea in Devon.
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Expat Next Door: Gordon From Scotland
Let’s discover, how many wonderful and creative foreigners live in the Czech Republic!
Gordon Cowan first came to Prague in 1990 and now runs the oldest Irish bar in the city.
He is a foreigner who might live next door.
1. Why did you decide to move, and how long have you been living in Prague?
I first came to Prague in 1990 as part of a four-man team to fit out offices for a company called United Distillers. It was a nine-week contract, but to fulfill this we had to work seven days a week.