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Frank Beattie Author & Editor

Frank Beattie was born in Kilmarnock in 1952 and brought up in the town. He was educated at Kilmarnock Academy. In 1972 he joined the editorial team at the Kilmarnock Standard. Today he is one of a team of production editors based at the Scottish and Universal Newspaper plant at Irvine. He writes a Memories page for the Kilmarnock Standard. He lives in the village of Waterside with his family.