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added value.Just like the slim book you are readingnow. It may surprise you to know that abook can consist of just one page ofwriting. One of my uncles was apublisher and among his many bookswere some beautifully bound singlepage messages of appreciationpresented to him by the Sitwell familyall wrapped in their favourite outercovers he had commissioned.Alan Lovegreenthey will sing songs and monologues byFlanders and Swann, Noel Coward,Joyce Grenfell among others, and playlight instrumental music which we willno doubt join in. Altogether a veryhappy way to end an extremelysuccessful season!This concert will be held, as ever, inBeith Community Centre at 2.30 p.m.,and prices are £8/£6 for adults and £1for students and children (pay at thedoor). All are very welcome.Do take a look at our website -beitharts.org - for details of our ArtExhibition to be held in the first week ofJune - more on this in the nextChatterbox. Also we will soon beposting details of next year`s concertprogramme - our 49th season,beginning in September.FASHION SHOWby ToggeryLochwinnoch Parish ChurchFriday 12th AprilDoors open 7pm from 7.30pmGoods available for purchase on thenightCredit/Debit cards acceptable10% of all purchases go to the church£6 ticket includes a glass of wine &nibbles.You may bring your own bottle if youwish.Phone Catrina 842365 to book tickets,or pay at the door on the nightthe system and then the Ashdown book.However that one book was thedownfall of the Kindle for me. LordAshdown makes lots of notes andwhereas with a real book I can flippages to find them, doing the samething electronically was much moredifficult and then of course I had to getback to my place. I didn't use the Kindleagain and eventually it became holidaypackage within my family. Just beforeChristmas one of my internet suppliersrang up to offer an e-Book at a giveawayprice. There was snow all aroundand the Library was just out of reachbut the Postman got through with thenew device. I am very impressed withwhat the unit can do: nearly all of it waybeyond me and my one e-book has nowlasted several months.Discussing eBooks with Margaret theother day I was not surprised to findthat they have not dented the turnoverof books at the library. These machineshave become must-haves for some andthey are useful when circumstances areright, but nothing beats the feel of a realbook, the expectation on turning a pageand the ease of reference or the carethat goes into every word, all thecontributing effort to bring it frompencil on paper, pen with ink,typewriters, keyboards and speechrecognition systems. Real books are notone man productions. They are teamefforts. All the people involved will havetaken time to think and each will haveGrave Robbers!I lived in Johnstone as a girl and duringthe early 1940's a crypt in the old chapelwas broken into and lead stolen fromthe coffins leaving the disturbed bodiesall over the tomb.Needless to say as young children wetook ourselves up there to see the sight.There was much protest to the councilat the time which took ages to seal theplace up again. I have tried to find somenews reports about this, in vain. I live inAustralia and would appreciate anyhistorical information available.Anne Peachey (née Crozier)Email: apdenmark@hotmail.comLochwinnoch SWRIThe April Meeting of the LochwinnochSWRI will be on Monday 1st at 7.30 inthe McKillop Hall.Winner of the 'plate of 4 hashbrownies'Mrs M Pease-DalyThe competitions are1. New uses for an old thong (anycraft)2. Best decorated garden gnomeWe look forward to welcoming allmembers and friends. Toyboyswelcome. Please remember to bring acup/mug for a cuppa!Real Books and eBooksTwice now I have looked into thesubject of eBooks. The first one waswhen having sold some electronics gearI decided to invest in a Kindle . The ideaat the time was to download PaddyAshdown’s biography. First of all Idownloaded a free book in order to test19