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Bannockburn News
Issue 19: October 2007
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Jamie Coyle 2
Local Poet 3
Community News 4
Police Report 5
Business Guide 6
Since Last Issue 6
Dalguise 7
Prize Competition 8
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Burn Power:
Micro hydro electric scheme in Bannockburn?
B Y JOE SMITH
B
annockburn
could soon be
generating power for the national
grid by harnessing the
power of the Bannock burn.
For centuries the burn has been the
centre of historical battles, land divides,
power for mills and has provided,
not only a name for our village,
but given life to the area. Now using
modern technology the burn will once
again be a focal point.
Councillor Alasdair MacPherson recently commissioned
a feasibility study to see if a community
owned micro hydro-electric scheme could work.
We are pleased to say that initial report says that
the burn does have the potential The proposal is
to fit a micro hydro turbine along at the Falls.
The proposed scheme is very much in its infancy
and there’s potentially as much as 2-years work
ahead. For example the natural river can’t be altered
in ways that affect the environment, or indeed
the famous Bannock fishing.
As the scheme will be connected to the National
Grid there is the potential for the Bannockburn and
Hillpark communities to share any revenues that it
generated.
Initial feasibility studies indicate that there are
three opportunities for installing renewable energy
‘micro’ hydro schemes in Bannockburn. Two are
simply domestic scale, however the third, at ‘the
Falls’ existing weir, provides an opportunity for
slightly larger scale maximum generation of
70,000kWh. Theoretically this is enough electricity
to supply some 16 homes.
Part of the next steps will be to work out if it’s actually
going to be worth it plus exploring the issues of
planning permissions and connections to the national
grid. "It is also worthwhile noting that SEPA
have a Measuring Station which has measured
the flow of the Bannock Burn on a daily basis
since 1986. The report has been calculated on
the average flow, based on the data from the
Measuring Station.”
Micro-hydro systems operate by diverting part of
the river flow through a penstock (or pipe) and a
turbine, which inturn drives a generator to produce
electricity. The water then flows back into
the river. Micro-hydro systems are mostly "run
of the river" systems, which allow the river flow
to continue. This is preferable from an environmental
point of view as seasonal river flow patterns
downstream are not affected and there is
no flooding of valleys upstream of the system.
A further implication is that the power output of
the system is not determined by controlling the
flow of the river, but instead the turbine operates
when there is water flow and at an output governed
by the flow. This means that we’d not
need a complex mechanical governor system,
which reduces costs and maintenance requirements.
We could build the systems locally at
low cost, and the simplicity gives rise to better
long-term reliability.
However, the disadvantage is that water is not
carried over from rainy to dry season. In addition,
the excess power generated is wasted
unless we install an electrical storage system,
Continued on page 2
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Jamie Coyle
B Y S TEVIE HUGHES
O
ur
local character
this time
is Jamie
Coyle, who
for over 15 years has
been one of Scotland’s
finest boxers.
Now 31, Jamie has had 16
professional fights (won 12,
lost 3, drawn 1) at welterweight
(10 ½ stone). At 6ft tall Jamie
keeps opponents at bay with
his long reach and people described
him as a typical stand
up boxer, who is more of a
technician than a puncher.
Jamie first attended Bannockburn
Amateur Boxing Club 21
years ago, aged 10. It was
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coaching of Jack Dormer. Jamie
started boxing two years later and
at 16, won the Junior Scottish
Lightweight Title. Within a few
months he represented Scotland
for the first time when he stopped
the English Champion. He followed
this up by winning the
Gaelic Championships.
On turning senior, Jamie was
Scottish Champion five out of
seven years. This record could
have been higher had one of the
tournaments not clashed with the
Olympic trials. Jamie represented
Scotland regularly against
England, Northern Ireland and
Wales. Representing Scotland
also gave him the opportunity to
fight in Germany, France, Austria,
Italy, Spain and at the European
Championships in Denmark.
Jamie has also boxed in South
Africa, America and at the Commonwealth
Games in Victoria,
Canada. Jamie feels his last fight
in June was his best so far when
he stopped Liverpool's Graham
Delehedy in the fourth round of
Telford’s 250
S TIRLING COUNCIL PRESS RELEASE
THOUSANDS cross the New
Bannockburn Bridge everyday
but few can appreciate the
beautiful circular masonry
bridge below designed by Thomas
Telford – one of Scotland’s
greatest civil engineers.
The legendary engineer was renowned
in his day as “Colossus
of Roads” the greatest road, canal
and bridge builder of his age.
This year to mark the 250 th anniversary
of Telford’s birth (August
9, 1757) Hillpark & Milton Community
Council together with
Bannockburn Community Council
made sure people got a clear
view of Stirling’s only Telford
bridge built in 1819.
Bannockburn News
their contest.
Jamie’s training programme
consists of three sessions per
week – two in the gym and a 5-
mile run. He still trains at Bannockburn
with Jack Dormer on
a Monday and Friday night. In
the lead up to a contest he pline at boxing and it stops
trains every day which includes them hanging about the
travelling to Blantyre to train streets getting into trouble.
with John McDermott. Jamie Boxing training is also a
has fought many good opponents
in his boxing career, but
healthy pastime”.
says: “Like many boxers, I Jamie wanted to thank everyone
who had helped him
find discipline my toughest
opponent, the discipline to throughout his career with special
mention to Jack Dormer,
keep training and avoid the
temptations of every day Jimmy Pearson & Jazz Scott at
life”.
Bannockburn ABC, as well as
Billy Davies Coaches for helping
out with sponsorship over
Favourite boxers include Sugar
Ray Leonard and Bernard Hopkins.
Of the many he has met,
the years.
the nicest was Nigel Benn: “He Anyone interested in attending
was always interested in Bannockburn ABC should contact
what other people were saying
and asked lots of questions,
other fighters only
Jack Dormer
on 01786 471 407.
wanted to talk about themselves
and their achievements”
High School on Mondays and
The club meets at St. Modan’s
Fridays from 7 – 9 pm.
Jamie feels that boxing teaches
discipline and respect: “Some Donations or offers of support
young people who rebel in towards equipment also welcome.
their youth discover disci-
The 250 th anniversary of the
birth of Thomas Telford is being
celebrated throughout the
UK with events organised by
the Institute of Chartered Civil
Engineers. Telford was the
first President of the Institute of
Civil Engineers in 1820 and on
his death in 1834 Telford left
his records to the Institute.
From Telford’s humble beginnings
the Dumfries-shire born
apprentice stonemason went
on to become one of the
worlds most renowned civil
engineers designing and building
a number of significant
canals, roads, bridges, harbours,
piers and churches
across Great Britain.
Bannockburn Ward Councillor
Margaret Brisley , Councillor Ian
Brown, Cathy McRorie Hillpark
& Milton CC, Terry Barlow Bannockburn
CC, Carol McDonald
Hillpark & Milton CC and Kirk
McInnes Bannockburn CC
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Sat 9am to 5pm
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Continued from page 1
or find a suitable ‘off-peak’ use.
Micro-hydro systems are particularly
suitable as remote area
power supplies for rural and isolated
communities, as an economic
alternative to extending the
electricity grid. The systems provide
a source of cheap, independent
and continuous power,
without degrading the environment.
As a cheap, renewable
source of energy with negligible
environmental impacts,
micro-hydro power has an important
role to play in future
energy supply scenarios, particularly
in developing countries.
It is an attractive alternative
to diesel systems in rural
and remote areas as a means of
achieving rural electrification.
It could be interesting to see
how this potential use of “green”
power returns to the Bannock.
Comments? Email the editor.

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Robert Crawford: Poet 1877 - 1931
B Y ROBERT AITKEN
F
ollowing
our June issue
story of the 1922
disaster at No 4 pit,
East Plean, a Mrs Charlotte
Gibson wrote to us. Her
story is of a Plean miner who
triumphed over disaster - her
grandfather Robert Crawford
of whom she is rightfully
proud.
Robert was born in Dalry in Ayrshire
in 1877. His family moved
to Haywood in Lanarkshire when
he was nine. At the age of thirteen
he worked in a colliery and
then on the railway. From 1906
until 1919 he worked as a collier
at Plean until a roof fell in on him,
injuring him so badly that he
could no longer do the heavy
manual labour required of a
miner. During the years of enforced
idleness a latent talent as
a poet bloomed.
Robert was a member of The
Scottish Centre Pen, founded in
1927 by Hugh MacDairmid, an
organisation dedicated to freedom
of expression. Robert is
listed as a member in 1928 along
with Neil M. Gunn, Edwin and
Willa Muir, W.D. Cocker of the
Daily Record, John Cockburn of
the Evening Times, Professor
W. McNeile Dixon of Glasgow
University, Professor W.J.
Entwhistle of Glasgow University,
Compton Mackenzie and
David Cleghorn Thomson of the
BBC along with dozens more.
As a measure of his character he
was asked by a Captain Thorneycroft
to speak out against the
growing trade union movement,
this he refused to consider. He
was acknowledged as a great
speaker he was in much demand
at Burns suppers. As a guest
speaker at the Scots Vernacular
Association of Edinburgh along
with The Hon. Lord Sands he
was billed as one of the finest
living Scottish poets.
Here are some lines from “The
Scottish Emigrant”
“Ring up the past, Bring pictures
old and sweet,
Names more than music,
round our being wound,
Old storied Scotland crystallised
in sound,
Her temple hills where atheists
might pray,
When amber gloaming drops
on Rothesay bay
And o’er the misty Cumbraes,
rising red,
The moon , great with romance,
rears up its head,
Ye hills, Ye moors, ye pockets
of dark fir,
Where the blue nights come
up with little stir,
And touch the cord that
reaches on past Death
That hour when breathless
nature take a breath,
Grey wardens o’er the far
atlantic flood,
Core-deep ye thrill the tartan
in the blood!
Though exiled far by Fate’s
compelling arm
For you in death, I think my
heart would warm,
For you I mourn when some
true Scot is sped,
Who leaves this land that will
not give him bread,”
Walter de la Mere said of his
poems entitled In Quiet Fields,
“These poems prove once
more how amazingly a real gift
can triumph over circumstance”
Robert died four days after his
granddaughter Charlotte’s birth.
Two months later a letter was
sent to his widow in Plean from
the Golden Syndicate Publishing
Company from Los Angles
California. They wanted to get
his permission to include him in
a publication called The Who’s
Who of Living Authors of Older
Nations.
Here is the last of five poems
from “Coalscapes” giving a
glimpse of what was endured.
THE EXPLOSION
“The fiery blast has swept the
pit, - yet men
Come forward as against a
spirit wind
That blows all littleness far
behind,
And fans the strong blood up
to dare again
Earth’s crumbling bowelsthe
tremendous pen
That hides their mates, if living,
fast confined
By dislodged mountainsrocks
that, undermined,
Follow the fire-fiend’s roar
with dull Amen
A thousand feet below the
Carbrook meadows
Intrepid hands unbar those
fate-loud gates,
Where placid death in yet
warm awful shadows
With blackened trunks and
shock-sealed stare
awaits.
Mutely they gather these, -
unless God hears,
Ploughing each grimy face,
Messiah-tears.”
Robert Crawford is buried in
Bannockburn Cemetery; his
headstone was erected by his
fellow poets and bears the inscription
“In Quiet Fields”
Editors Note:
This famous poet shows us
again that there are plenty of
local heroes many of us know
nothing about. In Bannockburn
News we’ve uncovered the
famous Boss Gardner and now
Robert Crawford. How many
more are there? Less us know.
King Robert Hotel
The King Robert Hotel is your local
hotel and invites everyone in the
surrounding area to pop in and
take a look at the refurbishment
going on.
Owned by the Anderson family for
over 10 years, now the hotel has
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headed by Marshall Dallas
from le Bravara.
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5th November - Due to the success
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Sue Roberts Show £8
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December . . .
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8.30pm - 2am
Tickets £33
Dear Daphne . . .
T ONGUE AND VERY CHEEKY
B ANNOCKBURN’ S AGONY AUNT
Daphne is here to provide advice
on a range of subjects.
Q Daphne, I think I speak
for all men when I ask
for help with perhaps the greatest
dilemma facing relationships.
When your wife asks if her bum
looks big in something it seems
that it’s the classic no win situation.
What peals of wisdom can
you offer the males of the village,
and indeed the planet?
A
I’m glad you asked. I
have often uttered
those words myself when getting
my glad rags on for a night out
on the town and has occasionally
led to a falling out before we’ve
even left the house! Fact is
women ask questions like these
because they’re insecure, and if
you just tell them what they want
to here then you’re just pandering
to them and generally feeding
their paranoia.
I would suggest to all men that
they should make a stand and
be brutally honest from now on.
If she has a backside that looks
like it could get wedged in the
door on the way out – tell her!
She’ll thank you for your honesty
but will never ask you
again. If you lack the courage
for this however, try something
subtle like sitting your pint on
her backside when you’re getting
the drinks in – that’ll get the
message across.
Q I work in a small team
and an issue is driving
us crazy. One of our co-workers
has a personal hygiene issue
(BO). Everyone seems to be
avoiding the issue but the trouble
is our noses can’t. How can
we approach such a sensitive
issue?
A
First of all you need
to be sure of all the
facts – does the stinker in question
have some medical condition?
If they do, it would be
best to be as sensitive as possible
in this delicate situation.
However, if the midden just
can’t be bothered washing, let
them know in no uncertain
terms that it just won’t do. Why
should you, and everyone else
have to tolerate someone
smelling like a sweating pig on
a hot day? Maybe your boss
could deduct the money for air
freshener from the honker’s
wages – that might do the trick.
Need Daphne’s help:
get in touch.
Bannockburn Primary
Pis : Teacher (Left) is
Miss Jenny Shineton.
Also in pic (2R) Mrs Sandra
Morrison, Early
Childhood Educator and
Mrs. Sheila Robb (Rt)
Support for Learning Assistant.
812256/812056
Bannockburn Primary
Class PiD:Teacher is
Mrs. Theresa Dandie
(missing from photo)
Class pictured with Depute
Head Miss Rosemary
McAulay .

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Community Officer Report
B Y PC ALEX HATRICK
I
Churches Get Closer
B Y JOHN CROSS
would firstly like to
begin with an update
from the Summer
Activity Week which
was held from Monday
6 to Friday 10 August.
I am pleased to report
there was a good turnout
of young people from all
areas and everyone had
a good time. This also
gave the opportunity for
the Police and young
people to build relationships
and get to know
their own community
officers.
6-month Crime Report
Since April 2007 there
have been 381 crimes
committed (including
road traffic offences).
This gives a detection
rate of 73.2%. That’s
above the force average.
The same period last
year had 351 crimes
committed (including
road traffic offences) with
a 79.7% detection rate.
Although this year’s detection
rate is slightly lower,
there are still crimes for
which we have a positive line
of enquiry and we are actively
tracing the person’s
responsible.
Youth Disorder
I am pleased to let you know
that youth disorder within
Stein Square Park, which
appeared to be a rising problem
earlier this year, is no
longer a current issue. There
have been no reports of antisocial
behaviour within the
park since the start of July.
There has been a marginal
increase of 3 vandalisms
over the summer months
compared to last year. However
this can be partially contributed
to the summer holidays
as vandalism is a seasonal
issue.
In September there has been
just 2 vandalism reports.
Bike Theft
Since the start of the year
there have been 6 reports of
bikes having been stolen
within Bannockburn.
Security marking offer
Therefore any person who
wishes their bike to be security
marked or indeed their child’s
bike, please pop along to Bannockburn
Police Office.
I will also be liaising with Bannockburn
Primary School to try
and arrange a day to do this
within the School.
Thank you
Alex Hatrick 230
Community Officer
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Email:
alex.hatrick@centralscotland.p
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Churches: the Allan
Church of Scotland and
the Murrayfield United
Free Church held their
third Morning Service together.
The idea behind these services
is to draw Churches
into a closer working relationship
and this particular one
was different as it had as a
theme ‘Prayers for those who
serve the Community’ . Rev.
Graham Blount led the service
and he gave an insight
into his role as the minister to
the Scottish Parliament. Also
speaking about their role
within the community were
Bruce Crawford , the MSP
for the area and Provost of
Stirling and Bannockburn
resident Margaret Brisley.
L to R : Rev. Jim Landels
(Allan Church) Rev.Graham
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Since Our Last Issue
B Y DEREK ROBERTSON
Quakerfield Shops Sale
(Show me the money)
We hear that the funds
raised by the sale of Bannockburn’s
Quakerfield
shops may not in fact be
spent on much needed improvements.
The sale of the shops at Quakerfield
is generating cash receipts
of £900,000.
Brilliant, because the road at
Greenacre Place and the car
park behind the shops needs
in the region of £200,000 spent
on it to bring it up to an
“adoptable” standard, according
to Council Officer, Tony
Cain.
However we understand that
the Council administration
have ear marked the £900,000
cash receipts for Cultenhove,
so not one penny is to be spent
in Bannockburn.
To fund our roads adoption
works, the Council administration
are asking us to consider
adding a block of 6 flats
next to the Empire Bar or add
them on to the side of John
Leary's shop.
They also say that any excess
funding from any development
site would pay to re-landscape
the Quakerfield precinct.
Maybe you think it’s right that
the council raise money and
spend it in the areas of greatest
need across the council area.
Maybe you believe that the
money from selling Bannockburn
shops should stay in Bannockburn.
Who can smell a public meeting
brewing?
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Bannockburn News Page 7
Young People
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Bannockburn Primary left for a residential
excursion to Dalguise (an educational outdoor
centre). On the way to Dalguise P7 stopped
at Stirling University, for fun sessions of tennis,
ultimate frisbee and aerobics.
Following their arrival in Dalguise P7 settled
in quickly and took part in many exciting activities
such as Giant Swing, Sequoia Scramble,
Trapeze and many more. P7 had a fabulous,
action packed weekend.
Miss McClements, Deputy headteacher, who
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Prize Competition
Sponsored by: SPEED PROPERTY
Well done do the August competition winner, J Carroll from Firs Crescent.
It was one of our biggest ever entries with Barry Traynor of Bannockburn
Amateur FC Committee picking the winner. This time our crafty conundrums
are all Scottish towns.
To enter for the £25 prize, send your answers, by 15 November 2007, to
The Editor, (address on page 1). Good luck.
Entry
Name:
Address:
Tel:
Bannockburn News
What’s On
Taekwon-Do
Monday Riverside Primary
Tuesday Borestone Primary
Thursday Bannockburn Primary
6.00pm-7.00pm juniors
7.00pm - 8.00pm seniors
1 DUMB UR CLEAN
2 FAIR CENTRE T
3 MOLE IS SOUTH
4 BE SLEEP
5 CUE ON STAIR
6 HON ON JETS
7 THE NON SAVE
8 RIGHT BRICK KUD
9 LE MINER FUND
10 LOST C DREAM
11 BIDE STAR LIKE (2-words)
12 NAN STOPPERS
13 LOCK MAN RIK
14 ERE A DEPTH
15 LAND AREA XI
16 AI LOWER BRIG
17 WHEN BRICK ROT (2-words)
18 WEST PRICK
19 RARE RANTS
20 GI HILL TOWN
Bannockburn High Coffee Morning
Congrats to the
folks at Bannockburn
High,
whose recent
coffee morning,
with all its activities,
raised
£500 and more
for Macmillan
cancer relief.
Carpet Bowls
Community Centre
Every Wednesday 2-4pm £1
inc drink
Every Thursday 8-10pm £1.50
inc drink
Family Fitness
Community Centre
Every Tuesday
6-6.45pm £2 adult £1 child
second child free
Every Thursday
6.30-7.15pm £2 adult £1 child
second child free
Youth Church
Allan Church
Every Wednesday
6.30 – 8 pm
(Ages 5 upwards)
Everyone welcome
Boys’ Brigade
Allan Church
Thursdays
Anchor Boys (P2 & P3)
6.30 - 7.30pm
Junior Section (P4-P6)
7.30 - 9.00pm
Fridays
Company Section
P7 upwards 7 - 9.30pm
Bannockburn
Bowling Club
Speakers’ Do
Featuring:
• Joe Camay
• John Gahagan
• Willie Young
Friday
9 November 2007
Tickets £30 (including 3-
course meal) are available
from Willie Gibb.
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