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<strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong> No.<strong>269</strong><br />
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• Bishopton<br />
• Bridge of Weir<br />
• Brookfield<br />
• Elderslie<br />
• Houston<br />
• Howwood<br />
• Kilbarchan<br />
• Kilmacolm<br />
• Langbank<br />
• Lochwinnoch<br />
• Quarriers<br />
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EXPERT JET-WASHING<br />
With Spring fast approaching, this is the time of year for cleaning driveways,<br />
patios etc., ready for the Summer. If you are thinking of having your driveway<br />
cleaned then it is crucial it’s done correctly to prevent problems in future.<br />
If there are a lot of weeds these should be treated before jet-washing and<br />
after a high-pressure industrial clean that removes dirt, moss and a little<br />
sand, it is critical to re-sand with kiln-dried sand, a Biocidal treatment will<br />
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contents<br />
local news....................8-13<br />
optical blog .......................9<br />
dental blog.........................11<br />
nutrition blog ......................13<br />
what’s on........................14-20<br />
business news.................22-28<br />
financial blog.........................22<br />
legal blog .......................27<br />
it blog .......................22<br />
on the road......................31<br />
local history.....................28<br />
village news....................32-41<br />
pet news.....................42-43<br />
pet blog ............................42<br />
outdoors........................44-47<br />
school news.................48-53<br />
photography blog..............50<br />
sport news....................54-55<br />
sporting blog.....................55<br />
business classified..............56<br />
church listings....................57<br />
deadlines dates...................57<br />
property classified.................56<br />
sales & wants......................58<br />
advertizer directory................59<br />
It’s good to give<br />
Like many other people nowadays I have opted not to send Christmas cards<br />
to our friend and family group, but instead use social media etc to keep in<br />
touch. And like everyone else, this is not a money-saving exercise as I make a<br />
Christmas donation to a charity. Because of my family’s connection to sailing<br />
on the Clyde, my chosen cause this year was the RNLI Lifeboats. Nonetheless,<br />
many thanks to those who did send cards to us at home and the offi ce.<br />
Parking Mad<br />
Well, it seems like people power really can pay off! I talked about the parking<br />
problems in Kilmacolm last month - this month I’m reporting that there have<br />
been discussions at Inverclyde Council with proposals for a public consultation<br />
on the removal of parking discs. Well done to the Kilmacolm shop keepers who<br />
have lobbied long and hard over this. Here’s hoping for a positive result!<br />
Planning Ahead<br />
There is a planning proposal for up to 100 houses to be built in designated<br />
greenbelt land at the top of Johnshill, Lochwinnoch, directly adjoining Parkhill<br />
Woods and the Semple Trail.<br />
If you want to object to this development, now is the time to do so as formal<br />
written objections need to be registered with Renfrewshire Council by 20th<br />
<strong>February</strong>. You can also object online at the Renfrewshire.gov.uk website, Ref.<br />
16/0806/PP. Please contact savetheviewpoint@gmail.com if you want more<br />
information now.<br />
Just before we went to press we saw signs at the Deafhillock Roundabout that<br />
roadworks would be starting on Monday 20th <strong>February</strong> for 14 weeks. We have<br />
no more detail just now, but please follow our <strong>Gryffe</strong> Roadwatch on Facebook<br />
where we will post details when we get them. It might be worth re-thinking your<br />
journey during that period to avoid long queues.<br />
Needing to mooooove<br />
I often think I’ve seen and heard pretty much everything, but last month I got<br />
a request on facebook to help fi nd a fi eld for a real “lucky cow” who was saved<br />
from the abbatoir! Local Lynn Jolly, creator of the UK’s only fully independent<br />
and inclusive networking site for vegans, saved “Prince the cow” and found<br />
him a safe place at an animal sanctuary in Ayrshire. Prince now has his own<br />
social media feeds which are proving a big hit with animal lovers from across<br />
the globe! However, Lynn is keen to get him closer to home and is currently<br />
fundraising to open central Scotland’s fi rst ever fully vegan animal sanctuary.<br />
Meantime, if you have a spare fi eld and need your grass cut, please get in touch<br />
with her! Details on page 37.<br />
Rethinking recycling<br />
It’s only taken me 2 years, but I’ve just worked out you’re supposed to tie the<br />
blue cover to your black bottle recycling bucket. I’ve seen so many of these blue<br />
bags fl ying off in high winds, so glad I’ve now worked out how to keep mine.<br />
https://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/environment/recycling-and-waste-services/<br />
kerbside-glass-recycling-collection-service<br />
Next Issue: Deadline:<br />
No.270 Friday 10<br />
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Consultation Deadline Looms<br />
for Children’s Ward Proposals<br />
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is consulting on their proposal to move the<br />
paediatric Ward 15 at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley to the Royal<br />
Hospital for Children in Glasgow. This move would mean that children requiring<br />
inpatient care, day surgery, and short stay medical assessment would be<br />
treated in the new Royal Hospital for Children instead of the RAH in Paisley.<br />
The formal consultation on this<br />
proposal is currently taking place<br />
and will continue until Monday 6th<br />
<strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
To have your say on these proposals or<br />
for more information on the proposal<br />
itself, please visit the website:<br />
www.nhsggc.org.uk/get-in-touch-getinvolved/inform-engage-and-consult/<br />
review-of-paediatric-inpatientservices-at-royal-alexandra-hospital<br />
This website has more information about<br />
what is being proposed and why, and how<br />
you can have your say on the proposal.<br />
PUBLIC MEETING -<br />
THURS 2 FEBRUARY 2016<br />
Local group, Kids Need Our Ward,<br />
will be holding a public meeting<br />
on 2 <strong>February</strong> at 7.30pm at the<br />
Central Baptist Church, Lady<br />
Lane, Paisley, PA1 2LJ. The group<br />
are keen for anyone concerned<br />
to attend as the fi nal date for<br />
objections is Monday 6 <strong>February</strong>.<br />
The group can be contacted at<br />
kidsneedourward@yahoo.co.uk.<br />
The engagement has built on earlier extensive engagement about the future<br />
of these services, including an option appraisal, which concluded that the<br />
preferred option was to transfer Ward 15 when the new Royal Hospital for<br />
Children opened on the new Queen Elizabeth University Hospitals Campus.<br />
The Board considered the outcome of the pre consultation, and decided in<br />
October 2016 that they should proceed to formal public consultation on the<br />
proposed move of these services from Ward 15 in the Royal Alexandra Hospital<br />
in Paisley, to the new Royal Hospital for Children in Govan. Outpatient services,<br />
the specialist Community Paediatric service (PANDA), and emergency care for<br />
those who self-refer at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, would not change.<br />
To submit a response to the consultation please contact Rachel Killick, Patient<br />
Experience Public Involvement Manager, by:<br />
T: 0300 123 9987 (Free phone) E: Public.Involvement@ggc.scot.nhs.uk<br />
Write: Patient Experience Public Involvement and Quality, 4th Floor,<br />
West Glasgow ACH, Dalnair Street, Glasgow, G3 8SJ
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Why not make your <strong>2017</strong> resolution to<br />
become a volunteer with us here at St<br />
Vincent’s Hospice?<br />
The Barn Tea Room at St Vincent’s Hospice<br />
offers valuable space for our visitors and<br />
families, providing members of the public<br />
and patient visitors with refreshments,<br />
snacks and delicious home baking. The<br />
Tea Room is supported by our wonderful<br />
volunteer team, of which Julie is a part of.<br />
We are looking for help in the Barn Tea Room, driving volunteers and support in<br />
our charity shops in Lochwinnoch and Bridge of Weir.<br />
If you would like more information, please call Christine or Elaine on 01505<br />
705635 or email volunteering@svh.co.uk – we’d love to hear from you.<br />
‘Step Up for St Vincent’s’ Sponsored Walk<br />
Join us on Sunday 19th March at 11am, for our first ever sponsored walk at<br />
Castle Semple, Lochwinnoch.<br />
Bring your friends and family and join fellow<br />
supporters on this leisurely 10k walk or our<br />
shorter family friendly 5k route which is<br />
suitable for all abilities.<br />
The walk will start at 11am after a fun warmup<br />
and will be a great chance to catch up<br />
with friends, spend the day with the family<br />
or even just get out for a bit of exercise … all<br />
while supporting a great cause!<br />
St Vincent’s Hospice is a charitable<br />
organisation at the heart of the community,<br />
offering specialist care and services to all<br />
those affected by life-limiting illness.<br />
There is no minimum sponsorship for this<br />
event so we would encourage you to set a<br />
personal target and do your best to raise as<br />
much as you can to support the work of St<br />
Vincent’s Hospice.<br />
To register please follow the link below to complete a registration form http://<br />
bit.ly/2izZvuC or go to www.svh.co.uk<br />
Linwood Farm Pledges Support<br />
for Hospice Care<br />
Kind hearted staff at Linwood Farm<br />
Restaurant have pledged their support<br />
for local hospice care by announcing<br />
a year-long partnership with St<br />
Vincent’s Hospice in Howwood.<br />
Over the next<br />
12 months this popular eatery<br />
plans a series of fundraising<br />
events that will tantalise the taste<br />
buds and lighten the wallets of<br />
their customers - all in aid of St<br />
Vincent’s Hospice.<br />
The popular family restaurant will<br />
endeavour to raise as much as<br />
possible by organising family fun<br />
days, afternoon teas and staff<br />
will also be braving new heights<br />
in our zip slide challenge.<br />
Linwood Farm General Manager,<br />
Pamela McLachlan “We are<br />
delighted to have this opportunity<br />
to get involved in the community<br />
and to support St Vincent’s<br />
Hospice. We hope our customers<br />
will give generously and help us<br />
support this deserving charity”.<br />
The partnership will run from Friday 16th December and customers can find<br />
out more in-store or from St Vincent’s Hospice facebook page.<br />
Photo: Louise Strachan St Vincent’s Hospice, Paula McGee Linwood Farm, Jacqueline Steele<br />
Linwood Farm, Lauren Purdie Linwood Farm.<br />
Connections for Life is looking for<br />
new board members!<br />
Roar is an award winning innovative social enterprise which is providing<br />
services to hundreds of older people across Renfrewshire. We run Otago<br />
classes, Befriending, “Come dine with me” cooking clubs, Film screenings,<br />
Craft sessions, Tablet classes, Men’s groups and lots more ... And we need new<br />
Board Members to help us develop and grow.<br />
If you have skills in finance, retail or business and want to be part of this award<br />
winning charity we would be delighted to arrange an informal introduction to<br />
our work. For more information please visit our website www.roarforlife.org,<br />
email nicola@roarforlife.org or call us on 0141 889 7481.
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Marie Curie Daffodil Appeal<br />
Every March, thousands of people across the country join together and pull out<br />
all the stops to get behind the Great Daffodil Appeal.<br />
Why not join us for just two hours to collect donations and give out daffodil<br />
pins? Every £20 pays for an hour<br />
of nursing care – giving peace<br />
of mind to people living with<br />
terminal illness and a chance for<br />
their family to rest.<br />
You’ll see daffodils everywhere<br />
in March – from your local high<br />
street to national TV – and we<br />
want you to be part of it.<br />
Sign up with a friend if you like at<br />
https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/<br />
get-involved/daffodil-appeal and<br />
get involved!<br />
Optical Blog<br />
by Kerry Taher, New Vision Opticians<br />
Driving in the Dark<br />
Struggling when driving in the dark is one<br />
of the more common problems experienced<br />
by drivers. Glare and reflections from<br />
streetlights and car headlights, especially<br />
the ultra-bright xenon bulbs, can reduce<br />
your ability to see the road markings and<br />
this (as well as being dangerous) can result<br />
in quite a significant loss of confidence. The<br />
problem is that our eyes are designed to work<br />
in brighter conditions, so when it gets dark<br />
our pupils become larger to let more light<br />
into the eyes, making it easier for us to see. This works well until a light<br />
suddenly shines out of the darkness (e.g., oncoming headlights). The eyes<br />
are in “dark mode” and the enlarged pupils scatter the light, making it seem<br />
extra-bright and dazzling - this is what we call glare. Added to this, as we get<br />
older the lenses inside our eyes gradually become less clear, also scattering<br />
the light and making the glare worse. Dirt and scratches on your windscreen<br />
(or spectacles) exaggerate the glare even more. Good advice is to keep your<br />
windscreen clean. Ensure your spectacles are in good condition, up to date<br />
(sometimes a small change can make quite a difference in the dark) and<br />
clean. Anti-glare coatings on your glasses are recommended because they<br />
allow more light into the eye and minimise reflections. Finally, try not to look<br />
directly at the lights! The DVLA instructor checks your eyesight when you first<br />
sit your driving test and then never again! Even the self-certification renewal<br />
forms at age 70 don’t ask for a vision report. Cars are lethal weapons in the<br />
wrong hands, so we must all take responsibility every time we get behind the<br />
wheel. This obviously means meeting the minimum requirements, but also a<br />
genuine self-assessment as to how safe we are as drivers.<br />
If you have any questions or want to book an eye-MOT, please contact us at the practice:<br />
01505 614700.
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Beat the Freeze<br />
Renfrewshire Slimming World<br />
Consultants<br />
A group of Slimming World<br />
Consultants from Renfrewshire<br />
have got the magic touch when<br />
it comes to weight loss this New<br />
Year, according to TV presenter<br />
Stephen Mulhern.<br />
The team, who run Slimming<br />
World groups in Renfrewshire,<br />
were delighted to get a chance to cuddle up to Stephen<br />
when he presented the annual Slimming World Awards. He co-hosted the event<br />
with the organisation’s founder and chair Margaret Miles-Bramwell OBE.<br />
Renfrewshire Council has a web page with information on how to protect your<br />
home from the cold and minimise any damage during the winter months. Their<br />
Beat the Freeze advice leaflet can be downloaded from the link at the foot of<br />
the article.<br />
If you would like more information about how to protect your home from winter<br />
weather, or to report a repair, including an emergency repair, please contact<br />
your Neighbourhood Housing Services noted below.<br />
Neighbourhood Services Contacts:<br />
Johnstone - t: 0300 300 0222 e: johnstone.hps@renfrewshire.gov.uk<br />
Paisley - t: 0300 300 0222 e: paisley.hps@renfrewshire.gov.uk<br />
Renfrew - t: 0300 300 0222 e: renfrew.hps@renfrewshire.gov.uk<br />
Housing repairs - t: 0300 300 0300 e: repairs@renfrewshire.gov.uk<br />
http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/media/1338/Beat-the-Freeze/pdf/Beat_the_<br />
Freeze_2014.pdf<br />
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free download from the Adobe website.<br />
Projects in Argyll and Clyde<br />
Would you know what to do in an Emergency?<br />
Every week in Scotland, 70 people suffer cardiac arrest.<br />
More than 3500 people per year in Scotland are treated by the Ambulance<br />
Service following a cardiac arrest.<br />
Only one in 20 people will survive.<br />
Without resuscitation, cardiac arrest is always fatal<br />
But, performing CPR could double that person’s chance of survival<br />
Heartstart courses are free of charge and it only takes two<br />
hours to learn the skills which may someday save a life:<br />
Recovery position<br />
CPR and using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)<br />
Heart Attack<br />
Choking<br />
Serious bleeding<br />
To learn the simple skills that save lives, contact Morag Thow on 07868 752814 to<br />
book onto one of our courses:<br />
Tues January 17 th <strong>2017</strong> 7- 9 pm Railway Inn Howwood<br />
Weds <strong>February</strong> 15 th <strong>2017</strong> 7- 9 pm Masonic Hall Lochwinnoch<br />
Tues March 14 th <strong>2017</strong> 7- 9 pm Railway Inn Howwood<br />
Weds April 12 th <strong>2017</strong> 7- 9 pm Masonic Hall Lochwinnoch<br />
Slimming World Consultants meet TV presenter Stephen Mulhern: L-R Kirsty Horne, Louise<br />
O’Neill, Carolyn Brown, Stephanie Caira<br />
Tues May 9 th <strong>2017</strong> 7- 9 pm Railway Inn Howwood<br />
Weds June 14 th <strong>2017</strong> 7- 9 pm Masonic Hall Lochwinnoch
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Dental Blog<br />
by Sheila Macintyre, Practice Owner,<br />
Kilbarchan Dental Practice<br />
Love Your Smile<br />
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Love is always in the air on Valentine’s Day, so I thought it would be a good time<br />
to remind you to show how much you care about your teeth too!<br />
The best way to love your smile is to brush your teeth properly twice a day with<br />
a fluoride toothpaste and a good quality toothbrush. We always recommend<br />
electric toothbrushes, so if you haven’t got one (or have one that is a bit out of<br />
date) why not consider treating yourself to a wee gift – and remember brush<br />
heads and manual toothbrushes need replacing every 3 - 4 months!<br />
The bacteria in your mouth works most efficiently while you sleep, so it is best<br />
to clean it all away before you go to bed. Overnight a film of plaque will develop<br />
so a good clean in the morning is key to having a healthy mouth and teeth for<br />
the rest of the day. Remember to leave an hour after meals or snacks before<br />
brushing your teeth as the enamel is soft for a while after eating. Also “spit<br />
don’t rinse” as rinsing washes away the protective fluoride left by brushing.<br />
A tongue scraper is a great way to fight bad breath and make sure that there<br />
is no hiding place for germs and bacteria. Brushing your tongue with your<br />
toothbrush can also help, but a tongue scraper does a much better job.<br />
Watching what you eat also shows that you care. Try and<br />
stay away from high sugar and acidic foods and drinks<br />
as well as those that stain your teeth. Fibrous raw<br />
veg (especially carrots and celery) and fruit (apples<br />
of course!) and plain popcorn are matches made in<br />
heaven as they act as natural toothbrushes. Avoid<br />
sugary drinks, sweets, dried fruit, coffee and red wine<br />
and try not to snack between meals – drink lots of<br />
water instead.<br />
If you would like any more advice on how to care for, or improve<br />
the look of your teeth visit us at Kilbarchan Dental Practice,<br />
call 01505 704969 or click www.kilbarchandental.co.uk<br />
where you’ll find lots more free tips.
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Having recently relocated to<br />
Kilmacolm I’d like to introduce<br />
Wellcentred, offering a<br />
holistic approach towards<br />
health and wellbeing through<br />
complementary therapies:<br />
Biodynamic Craniosacral<br />
Craniosacral Therapy<br />
Remedial &<br />
Sports Massage<br />
Reflexology<br />
Therapy supports the existing<br />
health and vitality within the<br />
body to encourage natural<br />
healing and self-repair, effectively treating pain and symptoms arising<br />
from physical and emotional injuries, stress or trauma.<br />
Remedial and Sports Massage is proven for treatment of<br />
musculoskeletal conditions by<br />
restoring structural alignment and<br />
increasing range of movement.<br />
Reflexology stimulates energy flow<br />
through pressure points on the feet,<br />
targeting areas of tension and pain,<br />
inducing relaxation and rebalancing<br />
the whole system.<br />
For appointments please contact:<br />
Nicki King<br />
07958 566596<br />
wellcentred@gmail.com<br />
@nickiking18<br />
WellcentredUK<br />
Local Home-Start celebrates<br />
15 years of supporting families<br />
Home-Start in Renfrewshire enters it’s 16th year & Happy<br />
1st Birthday to the Inverclyde section. Looking for a new<br />
challenge … we are a local charity that trains volunteers<br />
to work alongside parents in their own homes, to help<br />
them cope with the stresses and strains of life and make<br />
sure they have the skills, confidence and strength they<br />
need to nurture children.<br />
Families are<br />
mostly referred<br />
by healthcare<br />
professionals for<br />
various reasons<br />
including isolation,<br />
addiction, domestic<br />
abuse, mental health<br />
issues, disability,<br />
illness and postnatal<br />
depression.<br />
Feedback received<br />
from one of the<br />
families: “When you<br />
are so low, you don’t even know you are broken. I had a serious operation and<br />
if I didn’t have my volunteer then it would have been my breaking point.”<br />
Whilst the benefits to the<br />
family are clear and well<br />
documented, we should not<br />
underestimate the benefits<br />
to the volunteers too.<br />
“Volunteering with Home-<br />
Start Renfrewshire has given<br />
me the opportunity to help<br />
families who, for whatever<br />
reason, don’t have the<br />
support network that I was<br />
fortunate enough to have<br />
when my children were small.<br />
Developing a relationship with a family, seeing them progress and knowing that<br />
I have played a part in that is incredibly rewarding”<br />
Home-Start Renfrewshire and Inverclyde is always looking for new volunteers<br />
and trustees. More information about how to become involved can be found<br />
at www.home-start-renfrewshire.org.uk, by telephone on 0141 889 5272 or<br />
01475 603441 or email theteam@home-start-renfrewshire.org.uk<br />
Are you ready to take on a<br />
challenge in <strong>2017</strong> for RAMH?<br />
Push those comfort zone boundaries,<br />
achieve something you never<br />
expected you could, meet a great bunch of new people, all while supporting<br />
local mental health services.<br />
Join us for the <strong>2017</strong> Canyoning Challenge on the River Tay! You’ll be jumping,<br />
swimming, and even abseiling through a beautiful gorge, and seeing sights you<br />
can only see from the river. It’s on Saturday 26th August and includes return<br />
transport from Paisley or Barrhead, half day’s canyoning, pub dinner to finish<br />
and home before sunset.<br />
A fantastic, unique experience for only £15 registration fee + £75 sponsorship,<br />
all going directly to local mental health services. Book now! enquiries@ramh.<br />
org or 0141 847 8900.<br />
Extraordinary mental health supporters have literally walked over hot coals<br />
to support local wellbeing charity RAMH. Almost 40 people have raised an<br />
astonishing £9,500 by completing a Firewalk over coals exceeding temperatures<br />
of over 800 o C.<br />
The Firewalk took place at ProLife Fitness Centre in Paisley in partnership<br />
with Renfrewshire Sports Charity and Active Communities, and was hosted by<br />
Headstrong’s Brian Costello.<br />
During the afternoon people heard about overcoming fear and channelling<br />
confidence into every part of their lives. In an incredible display of bravery,<br />
participants even snapped an arrow using their throats. And then as darkness<br />
fell, the walkers began their preparation for walking 15 feet over glowing coals,<br />
all in aid of local mental health services.<br />
RAMH would like to thank all the inspirational walkers who demonstrated the<br />
utmost courage and commitment to supporting mental health by completing<br />
the firewalk. They have raised, including Gift Aid, an incredible £9,500 for<br />
RAMH services, supporting local people recovering from mental ill health.<br />
For information about forthcoming events, or RAMH services, please visit ramh.<br />
org or call 0141 847 8900.<br />
Cllr Iain McMillan officially opened RAMH’s new town centre<br />
premises<br />
RAMH Renfrewshire Community Service incorporates counselling, employability,<br />
financial literacy, and a range of therapeutic, social, educational and creative<br />
groups.<br />
Community Service Team Manager Paul B Henderson said “being based in St<br />
James Street means RAMH services are even more visible and accessible to<br />
local people. It’s such a pleasant environment to welcome people into, plus<br />
we hope that having a town centre presence will help us overcome some of the<br />
misconceptions around.”<br />
RAMH provides 250,000 hours of face to face support, helping over 4,000<br />
people every year. Since 1990 the charity has provided professional care<br />
and services to those experiencing conditions such as depression, self harm,<br />
bipolar disorder and anxiety, as well as promoting community wide mental and<br />
physical wellbeing.<br />
For more information visit www.ramh.org and to contact Renfrewshire<br />
Community Services call 0141 404 7788 or email enquiries@ramh.org.<br />
If you wish to donate £2 per month to help RAMH maintain and develop services<br />
in <strong>2017</strong> please visit www.ramh.org/fundraising and use the link provided to set<br />
up a direct debit.<br />
Photo shows Cllr McMillan opening the new Renfrewshire Day Service in St<br />
James Street, Paisley.
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<strong>February</strong><br />
events<br />
Until Sat 28 January<br />
Art in the Park<br />
Castle Semple Visitor Centre, Lochlip<br />
Road, Lochwinnoch 10am to 4pm<br />
The annual exhibition by the Lochwinnoch Art<br />
Group, works to view and purchase. Call for<br />
further information: 01505 842882.<br />
Sat 28 January<br />
Birds for Beginners<br />
RSPB, Largs Road, Lochwinnoch<br />
11am to 1.30pm<br />
Learn more about common garden birds and pick<br />
up tips and advice on wildlife watching techniques.<br />
After this, we’ll head out onto the reserve to put<br />
these new skills into practise and then top it all off<br />
with a hot drink back at the centre. Please book,<br />
as places are limited. Cost: Adults: £5; Children:<br />
£3 (RSPB members: £3/£2).<br />
Peter’s Railway Picnic<br />
Kilmacolm Community Centre,<br />
Lochwinnoch Road, Kilmacolm<br />
1pm to 3pm<br />
Join author Chris Vine in reliving the journey in<br />
one of his most loved stories, Peter’s Railway, The<br />
Picnic. You will get to build and operate your own<br />
model railway. A light snack will be provided. Ages<br />
4 - 9. To reserve a free place please email Victoria<br />
Finnigan: vfinnigan@st-columbas.org Creative<br />
Communities is a charitable outreach programme<br />
of St Columba’s School, Kilmacolm.<br />
Sun 29 January<br />
Come and Sing Haydn’s Creation<br />
Paisley Abbey, Abbey Close, Paisley<br />
6.30pm<br />
Directed by George McPhee, with Orchestra.<br />
Performance: 6.30pm – Tickets £5. All singer<br />
applications are welcomed but places will be<br />
allocated on a first come basis to enable the<br />
conductor to achieve as balanced a choir as<br />
possible. No formal dress code. Call 0141 848<br />
1392 or email proutley@talktalk.net for further<br />
information.<br />
Healing Service<br />
Freeland Church, Main Street, Bridge of<br />
Weir 7pm<br />
Those suffering from illness, sadness, worry and/<br />
or depression can appreciate the opportunity for<br />
supportive prayer. After the service, for those<br />
wishing more confidential support, provision will<br />
be made for written requests for a home visit.<br />
Alternatively just phone our minister Rev Kenneth<br />
Gray (01505 690918), who will be delighted to<br />
arrange a visit.<br />
Thu 2 <strong>February</strong><br />
Outlook<br />
Kidston Hall, High Street, Kilmacolm<br />
2pm to 4pm<br />
An afternoon of personal poetry with Marlene,<br />
plus music at the piano with the highly talented<br />
David Leigh.<br />
Fri 3 <strong>February</strong><br />
Fundraising Scottish Country<br />
Dance<br />
Kilbarchan Guide Centre, Barn Green,<br />
Kilbarchan 7.30pm to 10.30pm<br />
Music by Ian Muir for <strong>Gryffe</strong> High School’s project<br />
which aims to give pupils overseas experience in<br />
developing countries. Information, programme<br />
details, or tickets @ £8 available from Ann Harper<br />
01505 613753 or Les Lambert 01505 704398<br />
or any member of our club.<br />
Kilbarchan Agricultural Show<br />
Whist Drive<br />
Carrick Centre, Main Street, Houston<br />
7.30pm<br />
Price £3, includes refreshments. Contact Aileen<br />
on 07766 221369 for further information.<br />
Everyone welcome.<br />
RSPB - Birding in the Three<br />
Towns<br />
McMaster Centre, Donaldson Drive,<br />
Renfrew 7.30 pm<br />
The next meeting will be an illustrated talk by Tom<br />
Byars. All welcome.<br />
Sat 4 <strong>February</strong><br />
BB & LEAP Bike Swap<br />
Kilbarchan Parish Church Hall, Steeple<br />
Street 12noon to 2pm<br />
Swap unused or outgrown bikes for another,<br />
or donate, so someone else can start cycling<br />
this spring.<br />
Sun 5 <strong>February</strong><br />
Night Kirk<br />
Kilmacolm Old Kirk, High Street,<br />
Kilmacolm 6pm<br />
A reflective service.<br />
Lochwinnoch Cultural Heritage<br />
and Art Event<br />
Castle Semple Visitor Centre, Lochlip<br />
Road, Lochwinnoch 1pm to 3pm<br />
Join the Lochwinnoch Art’s Festival crew for an<br />
event at Castle Semple to celebrate the village<br />
history. For further information call 01505<br />
842882.
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Mon 6 <strong>February</strong><br />
Stargazing Evening<br />
Muirshiel Visitor Centre, Calder Glen<br />
Road near Lochwinnoch 7pm to 9pm<br />
Join us for an evening of galactic exploration at<br />
Renfrewshire’s darkest sky. Special deal £2.50<br />
drink & cake! Call 01505 842882 for further<br />
information or to book.<br />
Thu 9 <strong>February</strong><br />
Sòlas Bereavement Group<br />
Kidston Hall, High Street, Kilmacolm<br />
6.30pm to 8.30pm<br />
Sòlas Bereavement Group.<br />
Thu 9 - Sat 11 Feb<br />
Hunting For The Road To Rio<br />
Port Glasgow Town Hall, Scarlow Street,<br />
Port Glasgow - Curtains at 7.30pm<br />
Presented by West Renfrewshire Young Farmers.<br />
Thursday - £6 adults, £5 children, FREE OAP;<br />
Friday & Saturday - £7 adult, £7 child, £7 OAP;<br />
Friday night family ticket - 2 adults and 2 children<br />
for only £20! To book your tickets contact<br />
Roderick Danabie on 07749 928033.<br />
Fri 10 <strong>February</strong><br />
Burns Supper<br />
Kidston Hall, High Street, Kilmacolm<br />
6.45pm<br />
Tickets £15 per person, bring your own drinks.<br />
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If you would like anything published in our March<br />
issue, please email info@advertizer.co.uk or call<br />
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Coffee Morning<br />
Cargill Centre, Kilmacolm 10 - 11.30am<br />
Come for a chat and a free 45 minute talk every<br />
Scot over 50 should attend. Call Kingsley Wood &<br />
Co for further details on 01505 874114.<br />
Fri 10 - Wed 15 Feb<br />
Explorer Challenge: Adventure!<br />
RSPB, Largs Road, Lochwinnoch<br />
10am to 4pm drop in<br />
You do this event with your own family in your own<br />
time!! (Allow approx. 1hr) Visit different stations<br />
along our main trail to go on an adventure! Cost:<br />
£3 per child (RSPB members £1) [Normal trail<br />
fees apply] Tel: 01505 842 663.<br />
Sat 11 <strong>February</strong><br />
Valentine’s Bistro Night<br />
Bernie’s Cafe Deli, Neva Place, Bridge of<br />
Weir 6pm to 11pm<br />
3 courses £19.95, 2 courses £15.95. Free glass of<br />
Prosecco on arrival. Call 01505 614333 to book.<br />
Sun 12 <strong>February</strong><br />
Woodland Crafts - Valentine<br />
Willow Work<br />
The Cut Visitor Centre, Cornalees Bridge,<br />
Greenock 1pm to 3pm<br />
Love is in the air - use willow to create your<br />
very own heart wreaths. Call 01475 521458<br />
to book.<br />
Kilbarchan Gateway Garden Dropin<br />
Session<br />
Cartside Terrace, Kilbarchan 1pm - 3pm<br />
Meet volunteers and find out how you can get<br />
involved in the community garden. Bring the<br />
family and help with dead heading, weeding<br />
or make a bird feeder, plant bulbs or create<br />
your very own vegetable patch. Please note all<br />
children must be accompanied and there are no<br />
toilet facilities.<br />
Wed 15 <strong>February</strong><br />
Kilmacolm Horticultural Society<br />
Winter Lecture<br />
Kilmacolm Community Centre,<br />
Lochwinnoch Road, Kilmacolm 7.30pm<br />
We are privileged to welcome Mrs Sue Thornley,<br />
owner of the Glenarn Estate at Rhu. ‘Re-inventing<br />
the Rock Garden at Glenarn’. Over the years<br />
Sue and Mike have transformed the gardens,<br />
filled with original species of rhododendrons,<br />
magnolias, camellias etc. Telling the story of<br />
the Rock Garden will be Sue’s final lecture to<br />
the public, as she celebrates her 70th birthday<br />
this month. Refreshments at end of the lecture,<br />
everyone welcome.<br />
Thu 16 <strong>February</strong><br />
Outlook<br />
Kidston Hall, High Street, Kilmacolm<br />
2pm to 4pm<br />
Travels through Ethiopia, seen through the award<br />
winning camera of Janice. 7.30pm Kirk Session<br />
in the Session House.<br />
Fri 17 <strong>February</strong><br />
Kilmacolm and Port Glasgow<br />
Agricultural Society Whist Drive<br />
Kilmacolm Community Centre,<br />
Lochwinnoch Road, Kilmacolm 7.30pm<br />
Includes a light supper £3.<br />
Sat 18 <strong>February</strong><br />
Swan Chat<br />
Castle Semple Visitor Centre, Lochlip<br />
Road, Lochwinnoch<br />
1pm to 2pm drop in<br />
Swans are fascinating when they’re not stealing<br />
your chips and pinching bread! Come and<br />
find out why. Call 01505 842882 for further<br />
information.<br />
A Sketch, A Sandwich & A Swally<br />
Kilbarchan Performing Arts Centre, 8<br />
Steeple Square, Kilbarchan 1pm<br />
The Carrick Players invite you to a performance<br />
of ‘Waste Management’ by Nancy McPherson.<br />
Tickets £10 includes a drink and a sandwich and<br />
a drink - available from Bobbins or search Carrick<br />
Players on Facebook.<br />
Kilbarchan Parish Church Messy<br />
Church<br />
Kilbarchan Parish Church Hall, Steeple<br />
Street 4pm to 6pm<br />
Children must be accompanied by an adult.<br />
Build a Bird a Home<br />
RSPB, Largs Road, Lochwinnoch<br />
11am to 4pm<br />
Help us celebrate National Nest Box Week and<br />
give birds a home this Spring! Build and decorate<br />
your very own nest box to help provide a pair of<br />
love birds with a home in time for the breeding<br />
season. Who knows, if you put it up in your garden,<br />
you may even see some baby birds in a few months<br />
time ... Cost: £10 (RSPB members £6) per box<br />
made. Tel: 01505 842 663.<br />
Sun 19 <strong>February</strong><br />
Bird Ringing<br />
Muirshiel Visitor Centre, Calder Glen<br />
Road near Lochwinnoch PA12 4LB<br />
10am to 3.30pm drop in<br />
Get up close with blue tits, chaffinches, great tits<br />
and occasionally woodpeckers, as they are given<br />
their identifying ‘bling’! Call 01505 842882 for<br />
further information.
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Sat 25 <strong>February</strong><br />
The Clydebank Citadel Band<br />
St Machar’s Church, Kilbarchan Road,<br />
Bridge of Weir 3pm<br />
Music for all tastes. Tickets available at church or<br />
from Morven 612286. £5 Incl. Refreshments.<br />
Tue 21 <strong>February</strong><br />
Strathgryffe Medical Practice -<br />
Carers Meeting<br />
Cargill Hall, Lintwhite Crescent, Bridge<br />
of Weir 10am<br />
All carers who are patients at the practice are<br />
invited to this meeting - come along and meet<br />
other carers who may have similar experiences<br />
to your own. A member of the team from<br />
Renfrewshire Carers Centre will be there, as well<br />
as a speaker who will discuss power of attorney.<br />
Please contact Anne Findlay, practice manager,<br />
on 01505 613240, for further information and<br />
to advise if you wish to attend.<br />
Wed 22 <strong>February</strong><br />
Tartan Walk<br />
Castle Semple Visitor Centre, Lochlip<br />
Road, Lochwinnoch 11am (2 hours)<br />
Don some tartan and gather for a walk and a<br />
traditional singsong!. Call 01505 842882 for<br />
further information.<br />
Sat 25 - Sun 26 Feb<br />
RYA Powerboat Level 2 Course<br />
Castle Semple Visitor Centre, Lochlip<br />
Road, Lochwinnoch<br />
9.30am to 4pm both days<br />
This course teaches you to drive a powerboat<br />
safely in any environment. Call 01505 842882 for<br />
further information and to book. £150.<br />
Sat 25 <strong>February</strong><br />
Lochwinnoch Explorers:<br />
Madagascar!<br />
RSPB, Largs Road, Lochwinnoch<br />
10am to 12noon<br />
Swishing Event/Ladies Night<br />
Brookfield Village Hall, Woodside Road,<br />
Brookfield 7.30pm<br />
Bring along your new or nearly new items you no<br />
longer wear and exchange them for something<br />
new-to-you! Make the most of what you’ve got<br />
hanging in your wardrobe, drawers or in boxes.<br />
You can sample beauty treatments, a raffle, bar<br />
and refreshments. Tickets available by e-mailing<br />
brookfieldvpa@gmail.com Come along and join<br />
in the fun! In conjunction with LEAP Bridge of<br />
Weir. £5.<br />
Sun 26 <strong>February</strong><br />
Wetland Guided Walk<br />
RSPB, Largs Road, Lochwinnoch<br />
12noon to 2pm<br />
Whether you have a general interest in wildlife,<br />
or would like to hone your bird watching skills,<br />
then this is the walk for you! At the end, come<br />
back to the centre for a warm drink and a biccie!<br />
Stout footwear and clothing suitable for the<br />
Scottish outdoors are strongly recommended.<br />
Please book, as places are limited. Cost: Adults:<br />
£5; Children: £3 (RSPB members: £3/£2). Tel:<br />
01505 842 663.<br />
Wed 1 March<br />
Evening Talk: The African<br />
Experience by Joe Knapman<br />
RSPB, Largs Road, Lochwinnoch<br />
7.30pm to 9pm<br />
As a frequent traveller to the continent, Joe has<br />
much experience of Africa’s wildlife, from Ethiopia<br />
and Kenya in the east to South Africa and Namibia<br />
in the south. Along with tales of his exciting<br />
travels, he will also showcase some of his fantastic<br />
photographs of Africa’s varied and spectacular<br />
wildlife. Please pay when booking as places are<br />
limited (refunds available if cancelled over 48hrs<br />
before). Cost: Adults: £5; Children: £3 (RSPB<br />
members: £3/£2). Tel: 01505 842 663.<br />
Thu 2 March<br />
St Columba’s Creative<br />
Communities Event<br />
every Monday<br />
Lochwinnoch Community Walk<br />
The Cross, Lochwinnoch 10.30am<br />
This event will not take place on public<br />
holidays.<br />
every Tuesday<br />
Bishopton Belles Line Dancing<br />
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Hall 6.30 - 8.30pm<br />
Beginner/Improver class. All welcome. Call David<br />
or Mair 07886 034037.<br />
Postnatal Support Group<br />
Paisley Abbey 10.30am - 12noon<br />
Crèche facilities available along with access to<br />
free counselling services if required.<br />
every Wednesday<br />
Knitting Group<br />
Three Sisters Bake, Quarriers 10am - 12noon<br />
Knitters of all levels welcome!<br />
Skinny Minnies<br />
Cargill Hall, Bridge of Weir 7pm - 8pm<br />
For a healthier, slimmer, more energetic you!<br />
every Thursday<br />
Weekly Volunteer Group<br />
Castle Semple, Lochwinnoch 12.30pm - 3.30pm<br />
Conservation Volunteers - adult group.<br />
Newcomers always welcome.<br />
every Saturday<br />
Weekly Volunteer Group<br />
Greenock Cut Visitor Centre 10.30am - 2.30pm<br />
Conservation Volunteers, adult group. Newcomers<br />
always welcome.<br />
every Sunday<br />
Weekly Volunteer Group<br />
Castle Semple, Lochwinnoch 10am - 12noon<br />
Youth volunteer Group - age 12 - 18 years.<br />
Newcomers always welcome.<br />
Houston Litter Crew<br />
Co-op car park 10am – 11.45am<br />
All volunteers welcome and all equipment<br />
supplied.<br />
Thu 2 March<br />
An Evening of Acoustic Music<br />
and Blues<br />
2nd & 4th Wednesday<br />
BoW Senior Citizens Club<br />
Cargill Hall 7 - 9pm<br />
Tea, biscuits & a raffle each meeting along with<br />
entertainment. Contact Sheila Patterson for<br />
further information on 01505 690521.<br />
1st & 3rd Thurs monthly<br />
‘Outlook’<br />
Kidston Hall, Kilmacolm 2pm - 4pm<br />
Social activities group for the community in<br />
Kilmacolm. Guest speakers, afternoon tea, local<br />
issues of interest. Everyone welcome.<br />
Crafty Hobbies<br />
Carrick Centre, Main Street, Houston 7.30pm<br />
No previous craft experience necessary. Call<br />
Lorna on 01505 612844 for further details.<br />
2nd Wednesday monthly<br />
Inverclyde Carers Outreach<br />
Cargill Centre, Kilmacolm 11am - 2pm<br />
Email enquiries@inverclydecarerscentre.org.uk<br />
or call: 01475 735180.<br />
2nd Thursday monthly<br />
Sòlas Bereavement Support Group<br />
The group meets in the Kidston Hall. 6.30pm -<br />
8.30pm. Everyone welcome.<br />
3rd Friday monthly<br />
Hearing Aid Clinic<br />
The Bridge, Bridge of Weir 1 - 2pm<br />
Personnel are at The Bridge for the issue of<br />
hearing aid batteries and hearing aid checks.<br />
2nd Saturday monthly<br />
‘Brunch & Browse’<br />
St Fillan’s Hall, Kilmacolm 10am - 2pm<br />
Home made soups, home baking, tea, coffee,<br />
books & lots of stalls. Great value! Disabled<br />
access. £4.<br />
last Friday monthly<br />
TheTerrace<br />
St Machar’s Ranfurly Church Hall<br />
Homemade soups, sandwiches, tea/coffee,<br />
biscuits. £4. Good food and company.<br />
last Saturday monthly<br />
Table Top Sale<br />
Linwood Parish Church, Blackwood Ave 11am - 1pm<br />
This is a free event. Call 01505 328802 for<br />
details.<br />
Calling all children! Come along and learn about<br />
nature, but most importantly, get dirty and<br />
have fun doing it! We’ll be learning all about<br />
Madagascar – need we say more?! Please wear<br />
suitable clothing for being outdoors. Ages: 5 to<br />
14 years. Please note that all children aged 8 and<br />
under must be accompanied by an adult. Booking<br />
essential. Cost: £5 (£3 RSPB members) (adults<br />
go free). Tel: 01505 842 663.<br />
St Columba’s School, Duchal Road,<br />
Kilmacolm 7.30pm to 8.30pm<br />
Glasgow: Mapping the City Venue: The Library,<br />
The Girdwood Building, St Columba’s School,<br />
<strong>Gryffe</strong> Road, Kilmacolm (please use <strong>Gryffe</strong> Road<br />
entrance). Cost: Free. Join author John Moore<br />
as he takes us on a unique and fascinating tour<br />
of Glasgow from its pre-industrial beginnings to<br />
the modern day via its old maps. He will also<br />
talk about the maps of old Renfrewshire. Email<br />
vfinnigan@st-columbas.org to reserve a place.<br />
Kilbarchan Old Library, 9 High Barholm,<br />
Kilbarchan, Johnstone 7.30 pm<br />
Port Glasgow singer/songwriter John Morgan and<br />
local acoustic band Tin Biscuit perform a selection<br />
of acoustic & blues. To book phone the Old Library<br />
on 01505 706070 or Robert Wilson, Tin Biscuit<br />
Band - 07415 119754. £5.<br />
Sat 4 March<br />
MND Coffee Morning<br />
Kilmacolm Community Centre,<br />
Lochwinnoch Road, Kilmacolm<br />
10am to 12noon<br />
Please come to our coffee morning to raise funds<br />
for MND (Motor Neurone Disease). Ticket £3.<br />
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Pre Festival Events <strong>2017</strong><br />
Sunday 5th <strong>February</strong><br />
Mapping Lochwinnoch<br />
Castle Semple Visitor Centre<br />
1pm to 3pm - Free entry<br />
Sponsor Renfrewshire Council Culture,<br />
Events and Heritage Fund<br />
Glasgow University’s map historian<br />
John Moore and geographer, writer<br />
and TV presenter Vanessa Collingridge<br />
will present the social history of the<br />
Lochwinnoch area through maps and<br />
help you make one of your own. (This<br />
relates to the theme of the Betty McKellar<br />
Poetry Competition <strong>2017</strong>)<br />
Sunday 19th <strong>February</strong><br />
Crafts from the Past<br />
McKillop Hall<br />
1pm to 3pm - Free entry<br />
Sponsor Renfrewshire Council Culture,<br />
Events and Heritage Fund<br />
This hands-on afternoon will reflect on<br />
the trades, crafts and many industries<br />
that were part of Lochwinnoch’s<br />
heritage including;<br />
Weaving, ‘Museums in a box’, Making<br />
a cask/barrel, Furniture making, Rail<br />
transport and a Film and picture<br />
show.<br />
(This is related to the theme of the Betty<br />
McKellar poetry competition <strong>2017</strong>).<br />
Wednesday 1st till Friday 10th March<br />
Willie Owens and Corseford School Art<br />
Exhibition<br />
Library hours - Free entry.<br />
Sunday 5th March<br />
Betty McKellar Family Poetry<br />
Workshop Spirit of Lochwinnoch<br />
Lochbarr Leisure Centre<br />
1pm to 3pm - Free entry<br />
Sponsor Renfrewshire Council<br />
This year’s theme is a chance to reflect<br />
on our rich industrial and cultural<br />
heritage. The competition is for<br />
families, with two age groups - 5 to 7<br />
and 8 to 11.<br />
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Come and Try<br />
No previous experience required - go on -<br />
come and have a go!!<br />
Sunday 12th March Lindy Hopping,<br />
Dancing with the family, Drawing and<br />
Poetry<br />
Saturday 18th March Mono printing<br />
and Crafts<br />
Sunday 19th March Great Lochwinnoch<br />
Pottery Throwdown and Felting<br />
Sunday 26th March Penny Whistle<br />
Exhibitions in Lochwinnoch Library -<br />
open Library hours.<br />
Wednesday 1st March till Friday 10th<br />
March Willie Owens and Corseford<br />
School Art<br />
Wednesday 15th March till 25th<br />
March Art Exhibition<br />
Wednesday 29th March till 22nd April<br />
Photography<br />
Pub Nights - free music by local<br />
musicians<br />
Brown Bull - Friday 17th March<br />
Corner Bar - Saturday 18th March<br />
Corner Bar - Sunday 19th March<br />
Three Churches - Friday 24th March<br />
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Saturday 11th March<br />
A Buddy A Good Laugh Comedy Night<br />
(a collaboration with Paisley Arts Centre)<br />
This is a first for the festival.<br />
McKillop Hall<br />
7.30pm £10/£8 https://boxoffice.<br />
renfrewshire.gov.uk/ (and in<br />
Lochwinnoch outlets) (Bar)<br />
Sponsor Renfrewshire Council<br />
MC: Jamie Dalgleish<br />
Opening Act: Neil Dougan is one of the<br />
strongest established acts on the Irish<br />
comedy circuit today.<br />
A finalist of Channel 4’s So You<br />
Think You’re Funny at The Edinburgh<br />
Festival.<br />
Second Act: Martin James Walmsley,<br />
writer and comedian from Glasgow.<br />
Third Act: David Callan<br />
Headline Act: Chris Forbes Star of<br />
BBC Scotland’s hit comedy ‘Scot<br />
Squad’ and award winning stand up<br />
comedian. Chris Forbes has gigged<br />
all over the world and supported Kevin<br />
Bridges on tour.<br />
Sunday 12th March<br />
Four Come and Try Events!<br />
1 Lindy Hopping<br />
Come and practice lindy hopping<br />
(Practice to dance with the Rose Room<br />
on Friday 17th) 10am to 12noon<br />
Lochbarr Leisure Centre £3.<br />
This is a favourite event and the third<br />
visit.<br />
2 Dancing with the family with<br />
JOIMOVE<br />
1pm to 1.40pm Lochbarr Leisure<br />
Centre £3 (per person).<br />
JOIMOVE is an award winning family<br />
class that helps mothers, fathers,<br />
grandparents and children socialise<br />
by dancing together. No dance or<br />
fitness experience required. www.<br />
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3 Drawing<br />
Get back to your art! We all can draw!<br />
Tutor Christine Brown. 2pm to 4pm<br />
Parish Church £3.<br />
4 Poetry<br />
There is poetry in all of us!! Tutor<br />
George Walker. 2pm to 4pm Parish<br />
Church £3.<br />
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Tickets available from<br />
The Junction Café<br />
Now and Then<br />
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Workshops<br />
Sunday 19th March Singing, Fiddle<br />
and Accordion<br />
Sunday 26th March Mixed instruments<br />
and Bodran<br />
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All 5 Workshops and 9 Come and Try<br />
events should be booked in advance<br />
via the website or by telephone - 07868<br />
752814<br />
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Music and Food<br />
Thursday 23rd March Jamming at the<br />
Junction<br />
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Festival Starts<br />
Wednesday 15th March<br />
Arts Festival Art Exhibition Official<br />
Opening by Rev Archie Ford<br />
7pm Library (invite only)<br />
Wednesday 15th till 25th March<br />
Art Exhibition<br />
Library hours - Free entry<br />
Thursday 16th March<br />
Tannahill International Poetry<br />
Competition<br />
Music by Witches Brew<br />
7.30pm McKillop £5.50/£3<br />
Friday 17th March<br />
Rose Room and Factory Street Quartet<br />
(Jazz)<br />
7.30pm McKillop £10/£8 Bar<br />
Performance of ‘Pilgrims Progress’<br />
7.30pm Calder Church<br />
Donation to charity<br />
Clamjamfrie in Brown Bull<br />
9pm - Free<br />
Saturday 18th March<br />
Author Event<br />
With Sir Kenneth Calman Chaired by<br />
Prof Rowena Murray<br />
10.30am McKillop Hall £5.50/£3<br />
Craft Fair McKillop Hall<br />
1pm to 4pm. Free entry. Free teas and<br />
coffees<br />
Come and Try<br />
Trace mono printing<br />
1pm to 3pm McKillop £3<br />
Crafts<br />
1pm to 3pm McKillop £3<br />
Susie Lamonts Pupil Concert<br />
4pm to 6pm Parish Church<br />
Donation to charity<br />
Karine Polwart and Fara<br />
McKillop Hall 7.30pm £10<br />
Sean Middleton<br />
Hosts Fiddle and Accordion session<br />
8pm Corner Bar - Free<br />
Sunday 19th March<br />
Come and Try<br />
The Great Lochwinnoch Pottery<br />
Throwdown<br />
10am to 4pm McKillop £3<br />
Singing Workshop Karine Polwart<br />
10.30am to 11.30am McKillop £5<br />
Felting<br />
10am to 12noon McKillop £3<br />
Fiddle Workshop Alastair McCulloch<br />
12noon to 2pm McKillop £5<br />
Accordion Workshop Iain Muir<br />
12noon to 2pm McKillop Hall £5<br />
Classical Celtic<br />
7.30pm Parish Church £5.50 /£3<br />
Billy Hamson Bluegrass Session<br />
8pm Corner Bar - Free<br />
Monday 20th March<br />
Author Event<br />
Lochwinnoch writers and Louise Turner<br />
Chaired by Prof Rowena Murray<br />
7.30pm McKillop Hall £5.50/ £3<br />
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Tuesday 21st March<br />
Drop in Tea Bar<br />
Witches’ Brew - All welcome<br />
McKillop Hall 11am - Free<br />
Glasgow Theatre Guild<br />
7.30pm Parish Church £5.50 /£3<br />
Wednesday 22nd March<br />
Songs and Music<br />
From Scottish Islands Alastair<br />
McCulloch, Fara and Witches Brew<br />
7.30pm Parish Church £5.50/£3<br />
Thursday 23rd March<br />
Calder Drama Society Production<br />
7.30pm McKillop Hall £6 / £4<br />
Jamming at The Junction<br />
Claude Bourbon<br />
7.30pm - £20.95 for 2 courses,<br />
£24.95 for 3 courses, BYOB<br />
Friday 24th March<br />
Calder Drama Society Production<br />
7.30pm McKillop Hall £6 / £4<br />
“Rewired”<br />
Visual Artist Dominic Snyder and<br />
Contact Improviser Nina Ravnholdt<br />
Enemark<br />
7.30pm Masonic Hall £5.50 / £3<br />
Willie Gamble and Friends<br />
Three Churches Inn 9pm - Free<br />
Saturday 25th March<br />
Author Event<br />
With Tony Roper Chaired by Prof<br />
Rowena Murray<br />
10.30am McKillop Hall £5.50/£3<br />
Krafty Kids<br />
1pm to 4pm McKillop £2<br />
LEAP<br />
McKillop 1pm to 4pm<br />
Craft Fair<br />
McKillop 1pm to 4pm - Free entry<br />
and teas and coffees<br />
The Caledonian Strathspey and Reel<br />
Orchestra and Govan Gaelic Choir<br />
7.30pm McKillop £5.50/£3<br />
Sunday 26th March<br />
Come and Try<br />
Penny Whistle<br />
10am to 12noon McKillop £3<br />
Mixed Instrument Workshop Nigel<br />
Gatherer<br />
1pm to 3pm McKillop £5<br />
Bodran Workshop Chris Wait<br />
1pm to 3pm McKillop £5<br />
Festival Finale Concert<br />
Betty McKellar Family Poetry<br />
Competition results and Lochwinnoch<br />
Choral Society, Fran Shoppler, ‘Folk it’,<br />
and ‘Heritage Soundz’<br />
7.30pm Parish Church £6/£4<br />
29th March till 22nd April<br />
Photography Exhibition<br />
Official opening Wed 29th March 7pm<br />
(invite only)<br />
Library hours - Free
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The End Of Things<br />
Infused with joy, pain and breathtaking beauty, this is a journey to<br />
the heart of letting go.<br />
Thursday 2nd <strong>February</strong> - 7.30 pm From £8 to £10<br />
Black Beauty<br />
From the cosy horsebox they call home, Andy and Andy take the bit<br />
firmly between their teeth and tell the classic tale of Black Beauty<br />
as you’ve never seen it before.<br />
Saturday 4th <strong>February</strong> - 2.30pm From £10 to £12<br />
Glasgow Girls<br />
Circus of Horrors<br />
the<br />
This spectacular show features an amazing amalgamation<br />
of bizarre, brave and beautiful acts all woven into an Alice in<br />
Horrorland type story driven by a mainly original soundscape<br />
and performed with a forked tongue firmly in each cheek!<br />
Wednesday 8th <strong>February</strong> - 7.30pm £20<br />
A potent political drama about children of asylum-seekers<br />
uses uplifting songs, music, dance and humour to tell the<br />
Glasgow Girls’ tale.<br />
Saturday 11th <strong>February</strong> - 7.30pm From £18 to £20<br />
Swan Lake<br />
A Night of Broadway<br />
Ballet West tell the story of the love of a young man for the<br />
cursed Odette, who is destined to spend her life as a swan,<br />
unless true love can release her from the spell of the evil<br />
Von Rothbart.<br />
Sunday 12th <strong>February</strong> - 7.30pm From £14 to £17.50<br />
This 2-hour cabaret performance features all the favourite<br />
musical theatre songs from Les Miserables, Grease, Wicked<br />
and much more.<br />
Friday 17th <strong>February</strong> - 7.30pm £15<br />
Polar Bears Go Up!<br />
They’ve lost their balloon and they need to get it back. It’s<br />
time to get up, step up, climb up, jump up. One thing’s for<br />
sure, the only way is up! These two lovable Polar Bears are<br />
intrepid explorers, famous for their wild expeditions.<br />
Saturday 18th <strong>February</strong> - 2pm £5<br />
West Renfrewshire Young<br />
Farmers present: Hunting For<br />
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Menopause: The Musical<br />
Packed full of one-liners about night sweats, hot flushes<br />
and memory loss and backed by an instantly recognisable<br />
soundtrack of innuendo laden versions of 60s, 70s and 80s<br />
pop classics.<br />
Saturday 18th <strong>February</strong> - 5pm & 8pm £23<br />
Siobhan Miller<br />
Twice winner of the prestigious Scots ‘Singer of the Year’ title<br />
at the Scots Trad Music Awards, Siobhan Miller has carved<br />
out a reputation as ‘one of the finest voices on the Scottish<br />
folk scene’<br />
Saturday 25th <strong>February</strong> - 7.30pm From £10 to £12<br />
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Quarriers Ladies Lunch<br />
Kilmacolm Dramatic Society<br />
We are thrilled to announce our Spring Production <strong>2017</strong> will be<br />
‘QUARTET’ by Ronald Harwood.<br />
This play is about three ageing opera singers Cissy, Reginald and<br />
Wilfred who often worked together during their active careers, but<br />
are now in a retirement home for musicians. Their peace is soon<br />
to be shattered by the arrival of Jean. Jean was a huge star in her<br />
time and was once unhappily married to Reginald. Is there any chance that<br />
the four will ever sing together again? Do they even want to? Can they do it?<br />
This is a lovely play, warm, witty, very funny and not without some “tough”<br />
moments as it looks at the ageing process in general. It was made into a film<br />
starring Pauline Collins, Billy Connolly, Maggie Smith and Tom Courtenay which<br />
you may be familiar with and we are sure you will all enjoy the KDS production<br />
starring John Gilchrist, Jean Simpson, John Watson, Claire McClatchie and<br />
directed by Alison Holliman.<br />
‘Quartet’ will be performed on 27th, 28th & 29th April in the Kidston Hall,<br />
Kilmacolm. Please put the dates in your diary.<br />
Growing Old is Compulsory, but Growing Up is Optional. Perhaps this might give<br />
us an insight as to what really goes in those lounges in our local Retirement<br />
Homes!<br />
Sunday 23rd April, 12noon - 4.30pm<br />
The Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow - £40pp<br />
If you are a lady who lunches, then we’d love you to join us for a sparkling<br />
Champagne Reception in the Grand Central Hotel’s stunning Grand Ballroom.<br />
Great food, shopping, goody bags, special guest speaker and live music from The<br />
Jerseytones. It really is an event not to be missed.<br />
You can purchase tickets at https://quarriers.org.uk/get-involved/ladies-lunch-<br />
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IT Blog<br />
with Colin Fyfe of Colcom<br />
It is the time of year that I look at my email and see what I can unsubscribe<br />
from. We all know that every online purchase these days comes with a<br />
recurring charge – junk mail, but it is no less annoying when we are left<br />
to pick through our inbox for the emails that matter. I know Gmail has a<br />
handy ‘promotions’ fi lter but even so, unwanted junk is a nuisance.<br />
On the back of the massive Yahoo! Security leak that was revealed<br />
recently I have gone a step further than my usual new year routine.<br />
Usually, I will pick an email from last year and diligently follow through with<br />
the ‘Unsubscribe’ instructions but now I am actively closing my accounts<br />
with suppliers and services that I no longer use, furthermore I am stopping<br />
my usual action of opting to ‘create account’ whenever I buy something<br />
from a new online supplier. I am doing this to prevent my details getting<br />
leaked at some point in the future.<br />
Corporate level Internet hacking has gotten to the point in the last few<br />
years that I question the safety of any password I create – no matter how<br />
convoluted and awkward to type that password may be. All our efforts<br />
to make our passwords super secure have been completely undermined<br />
by the security of the companies telling us to ‘create a secure account<br />
password’, prompting us to insert an upper-case letter and a number or<br />
whatever else.<br />
It is the companies we deal with online that have become the target for<br />
hackers. From these sources, they can harvest our user data in quantities<br />
that people will pay big money for. 1 billion Yahoo accounts were hacked<br />
three years ago, they told us about it a couple of months ago, in that time<br />
there is every chance there has been a politician, movie star or sports star<br />
or two exploited on the back of the leak. More importantly, as the hacked<br />
content goes through the mill, once the cream has been skimmed off the<br />
top, ultimately, we will all be het for more bloody spam!<br />
Financial Blog<br />
by Carl Melvin, Affluent Financial Planning Ltd<br />
Final salary pensions –<br />
should you transfer?<br />
The recent collapse of BHS and the implications for its pension scheme<br />
members has focussed attention on final salary pension schemes. The<br />
introduction of Pension Freedoms and low interest rates have created<br />
an opportunity to consider whether a transfer from a final salary pension<br />
scheme may be a good financial decision. While retaining final salary<br />
benefi ts is likely to be suitable for the majority of people, an increasing<br />
number are looking to transfer to a personal pension plan. Now could be<br />
a great time to consider your transfer options.<br />
The following issues are relevant;<br />
1. Financial Advice is essential – if your benefits are valued at more<br />
than £30,000 you must obtain advice from an authorised Pension<br />
Transfer Specialist (PTS) as the issues are complex.<br />
2. Transfer Values are Huge – currently the transfer values offered are<br />
big and now could be a great time to capitalise on this, as values may<br />
decline if interest rates rise.<br />
3. Improved death benefits – compared to scheme pension, the death<br />
benefi ts from a transfer can be much better. This is especially appealing<br />
if you are unmarried or in poor health. Your family can inherit all your<br />
pension fund.<br />
4. Control your income – You can choose how much income you take<br />
from a transfer pension to prevent you from paying more income tax<br />
than is necessary.<br />
5. More tax-free cash - A transfer may offer a bigger tax free lump sum.<br />
6. Retire early – A transfer can allow you to retire early from age 55,<br />
rather than wait until the scheme retirement age.<br />
This type of advice is complex and you should take advice from an<br />
authorised specialist, before making a decision on whether to transfer<br />
your final salary pension benefits (Carl Melvin is an authorised Pension<br />
Transfer Specialist)<br />
This information is not financial advice. If you require advice you should<br />
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Paisley Colour Photographic Club<br />
Kilmacolm Camera Club<br />
Our last night before the Christmas break was another internal league<br />
competition,<br />
the topic being<br />
“Bridges.”<br />
The judge on<br />
this occasion<br />
was Duncan<br />
MacDonald.<br />
In true, pre-<br />
Christmas<br />
Camera Club<br />
tradition,<br />
the images<br />
looked even<br />
better, when<br />
accompanied<br />
with wine and<br />
mince pies!<br />
In the Print<br />
class, John<br />
Watson was<br />
first, with “The<br />
19th and 20th<br />
Century,” Bill<br />
Ham came<br />
second, with<br />
“Bell’s Bridge”<br />
( s h o w n<br />
above) and<br />
Bill and Janice<br />
Stevenson<br />
were third<br />
equal, with<br />
“Forth Rail Bridge” and “Packhorse Bridge,” respectively.<br />
In the Digital class, Janice came<br />
first, with “Rannoch Woods<br />
Bridge,” (shown above) David<br />
Addison was second, with “Falls<br />
of Bruar” (shown right) and Bill<br />
Ham came third, with “Bridge at<br />
Dumbarton.”<br />
Our fi rst evening of <strong>2017</strong> was<br />
a slide show by David Walker.<br />
This was a series of photo slides<br />
(none of your new-fangled digital<br />
gizmos!) of “Glasgow’s Hidden<br />
Treasures,” showing images of<br />
Glasgow’s wonderful architecture.<br />
He admitted that some of the<br />
slides were over 25 years old, but<br />
his audience were fairly sure that<br />
some of his jokes were at least<br />
twice that age!<br />
Please come along and see what our Syllabus has to offer.<br />
Venue: Kilmacolm New Community Centre, Room 1.01; Tuesday evening, time<br />
7.30. Contacts: Billy Blair, Tel: 873383; Janice Stevenson, Tel 873595.<br />
Website: clikpic.com/kilcamclub/<br />
The Borbasket Trophy 2016/17<br />
Last month at the McMaster Centre in Renfrew, Paisley Colour Photographic<br />
Club held its annual competition for the Borbasket Memorial Trophy.<br />
In this competition entry consists of three digital images judged as a set with<br />
the fi rst image in each set either a table top, a portrait or a still life photograph.<br />
Judging the competition were last year’s winner of the trophy, Ken McArthur<br />
and the winner of last season’s Henderson Trophy, Richard Bennett.<br />
The judges in turn gave a very clear and considered critique of each of the<br />
eighty one images entered. They pointed out what they enjoyed about each<br />
image and also gave ideas as to how improvements could be made to some<br />
images.<br />
This year the award for the top set of images by a non-advanced member<br />
was made to Leonard Esacowitz for his set including “Misty Vinius at Dawn”.<br />
The top still life image was “Japanese Style” by Norma McDowall.<br />
For the Borbasket Trophy, Ken and Richard awarded fourth place to Jim<br />
Black for his set which included the image they judged to be the best overall<br />
image in the competition “Southern White Admiral”.<br />
This year the Borbasket Trophy was awarded to<br />
Charles Hamilton for his set of three street portraits<br />
“July, Glasgow Cross”, “Romanian Accordion Lady”<br />
and “Colour Me Happy”.<br />
For further details about PCPC and updated members<br />
galleries please view: www.paisleycolour.co.uk<br />
In joint second place were Alison<br />
Smart and Mike Cruise. Alison’s set<br />
of images included “Morning Light,<br />
Plockton”, “Evening Sail on the Clyde”<br />
and the image judged to be the best<br />
portrait in the competition “Tobacco<br />
Farmer”. Mike’s set included “Old<br />
Gypsy Lady”, “Hitting the Bend” and<br />
“Morning Mist”.
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Diaporama<br />
Langbank Camera Club<br />
January’s print competition, “Rain”, proved to be a bit of a challenge for<br />
members this month. First place was awarded to James Goodall for his<br />
image, “Bird Bath”, capturing a single rain drop in a moment of time. John<br />
Davis was awarded second place with his festive image “Christmas Day -<br />
Window Rain Drops”. Third place was also awarded to James Goodall for<br />
his “Duck Pond” image, on a day that was most suitable for the birds.<br />
This month’s<br />
educational topic<br />
featured a lecture on<br />
High Dynamic Range<br />
(HDR) photography<br />
given by Derrick<br />
McPherson. We were<br />
taken through the<br />
various techniques<br />
and tools available<br />
to achieve the<br />
desired effects of this<br />
process. Photo HDR<br />
can create images<br />
that cannot be captured with a single image taken on most modern camera<br />
sensors. The fi nal images can look very cool or very unnatural depending<br />
on the photographer’s fancy. Do a search on-line and you will see many<br />
examples of both.<br />
The Projected<br />
Digital Image<br />
evenings continue<br />
to showcase<br />
members’ images<br />
on the big screen.<br />
The informal nature<br />
of these meetings<br />
enables members<br />
to discuss their<br />
selected images<br />
and share hints and<br />
tips, as well as to<br />
discuss what’s new<br />
in photography.<br />
The main <strong>February</strong> meeting will be held as usual on the second Monday of<br />
the month, 13th <strong>February</strong> at 7.30pm. At this meeting we will be featuring a<br />
slide show by Phil O’Brien of her travels in Ethiopia. The print competition<br />
topic for <strong>February</strong> is “Shadows”.<br />
The next PDI<br />
meeting will<br />
be held on<br />
Monday 27th<br />
<strong>February</strong> at<br />
7.30pm, where<br />
the theme of<br />
the evening is<br />
“Lines”.<br />
Club meetings<br />
are held in<br />
Langbank<br />
Church Halls,<br />
Langbank.<br />
Visitors are<br />
always very welcome at any of our evenings.<br />
If you wish to fi nd out more about Langbank Camera Club please contact<br />
Derrick McPherson at langbankcc1@gmail.com with your enquiries or visit<br />
our website: www.langbankcameraclub.weebly.com. Club membership is<br />
only £10 for the fi rst year.<br />
January’s meeting was to be hosted by the ‘Three Yorkshire Amigos’ -<br />
Colin, Adrian and Sue but, unfortunately, Colin was not well. To make sure<br />
it would be a full<br />
evening Adrian and<br />
Sue looked back<br />
at their collection<br />
of shows and took<br />
us on a journey<br />
from the first ones<br />
they made, through<br />
early digital into the<br />
latest one finished<br />
at the end of 2016.<br />
They started with<br />
an image of their<br />
logo where the<br />
background subtly<br />
changes colour. This ran during the introductions etc. - much better to look<br />
at than a busy desktop. We visited Ben Laws for ‘Flowers of the Mountain’<br />
- this was one of the first AV shows made and used slides which had to be<br />
scanned and a new<br />
sound track made<br />
from a tape recording.<br />
It was followed by a<br />
sequence about rain<br />
called ‘April Showers’<br />
that was made by<br />
a small AV group<br />
from <strong>Gryffe</strong> Camera<br />
Club. We went<br />
down to England<br />
for ‘Bressingham<br />
Gardens’ which was<br />
made in 2009 and<br />
was one of the early digital shows. It is a garden attached to a nursery in<br />
Suffolk and gives ideas of how to plan/plant up a garden. As Yorkshire came<br />
into the title we went ‘Up North’ to Huddersfield. All the images were taken<br />
looking up at the<br />
beautiful carvings<br />
and engravings on<br />
the buildings. We<br />
had our tea/coffee<br />
break at this point<br />
but we had lots of<br />
different sweeties<br />
to eat - Liquorice<br />
from Pontefract,<br />
Yorkshire mixture<br />
and Liquorice all<br />
sorts. After the<br />
break we had a<br />
sequence about the ‘Kibble Palace’ in Glasgow Botanical Gardens after<br />
its refurbishment with all its beautiful colours and shapes. We travelled<br />
to Greenland for the next show -<br />
‘Greenland’s National Dress’. This is a<br />
show in the making and it looked at all<br />
the beautiful embroidery and beading<br />
that goes into the costumes (each<br />
design being unique to each family).<br />
It also included some personal pieces<br />
of embroidery made by the family<br />
Sue visited. The evening fi nished<br />
with a visit to ‘Bois des Moutiers’ in<br />
Normandy, France. It started with the<br />
Viking invasion of Normandy, made the<br />
connection between Normandy and<br />
England. This was then reinforced by<br />
the building of the house by Lutyens<br />
and gardens by Jekyll. We looked<br />
at the ethos behind the designs and<br />
ended with its position in todays world.<br />
It is one of the top gardens to be visited<br />
in France.<br />
Next month we meet on Monday 13th <strong>February</strong>, 7.30pm at the Carrick<br />
Centre, Houston for ‘Bill’s Night’. Visitors are always welcome.
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Legal Blog<br />
by Isabella McKerrow, Affinity Family Law<br />
Powers of Attorneys and<br />
The Role of The Public Guardian<br />
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Having a Power of Attorney “POA” in place lets you plan what you want<br />
another person to do for you in the future should you become incapable<br />
of making decisions about your own affairs. I have previously explained<br />
the benefi ts of having a “POA” in place, no matter what age you are, and<br />
the different types of POA’s that are available.<br />
The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 gives the Public Guardian<br />
“OPG” the following duties and responsibilities relating to Powers of<br />
Attorney:<br />
• To register POA’s that meet the registration criteria.<br />
• To maintain a public register of continuing and welfare POA’s.<br />
• To provide advice and guidance to continuing attorneys on the exercise<br />
of their powers.<br />
• Certain powers to investigate concerns and take steps to safeguard<br />
financial matters of the adult where it appears they are at risk.<br />
For a POA to become effective it must be registered with the OPG. The<br />
fee for registration is currently £74. If you are in receipt of certain benefits<br />
you may qualify for a fee exemption. Most solicitors will recommend that<br />
LEAP<br />
LEAP - MAKING IT Happen – FREE PRACTICAL<br />
HELP FOR Households<br />
LEAP has launched ‘Making It Happen’ – a programme<br />
of free practical assistance for those struggling with fuel<br />
bills and comfort at home this winter. Supported through<br />
Renfrewshire Council’s Tackling Poverty Programme, the service aims to<br />
reach a minimum of 80 fuel poor and vulnerable persons, who are struggling<br />
with fuel bills, health conditions, or living in cold, damp, or draughty homes,<br />
across urban and rural Renfrewshire by 31st March <strong>2017</strong>. LEAP’s Energy<br />
team will carry out practical actions to help to improve warmth and save<br />
money in the long term.<br />
The types of FREE practical energy efficiency actions LEAP can provide<br />
may include fi tting draught strips, letterbox / keyhole seals, chimney<br />
balloons, minor repairs (structural draught proofing), pipe lagging, tank<br />
jackets, window seals, secondary glazing, loft insulation including coombed<br />
ceilings or tricky areas, loft hatches, and introducing the use of low energy/<br />
LED light bulbs, power down plugs, energy monitors and radiator panels to<br />
reduce the energy used for heating and lighting in the home.<br />
If you think you or someone you know could benefit from this programme,<br />
please contact LEAP in confi dence by email to energy@myleapproject.org,<br />
via our website http://www.myleapproject.org/contact-leap-staff-team/ or<br />
call 01505 612 034. We will consider and assess everyone who contacts<br />
us and if anyone is ineligible for this programme we may be able to provide<br />
other help, advice or referrals. We anticipate being oversubscribed, so<br />
don’t delay, get in touch.<br />
Free Lampshade Making and Recovering Workshops<br />
Left over fabric you don’t know what to do with? Lampshades in need of<br />
sprucing up? Come to our free workshop and learn how to make custom<br />
lampshades from left over materials. LEAP will be holding workshops in<br />
Lochwinnoch in <strong>February</strong>. If you are interested, get in touch by emailing<br />
susie@myleapproject.org to fi nd out more and to let us know whether and<br />
afternoon or evening workshop would suit you best.<br />
LEAP Energy help Local Charities Save Money on<br />
Gas and Electricity Bills<br />
Recently we managed to help local charities to make<br />
substantial savings on their electricity bills, which<br />
amount to hundreds of pounds per year less than<br />
what they would have paid if they had used the commercial broker they<br />
used until now. You could help us save more local charities, organisations<br />
and businesses money on their gas and electricity bills while also helping<br />
tackle poverty in Renfrewshire as our surplus income goes back into local<br />
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Please help us share the work we are doing and make a bigger impact<br />
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the POA is registered straight away. Some people may take the view not<br />
to register straight away as they may never need to use it, thereby saving<br />
£74. Before the OPG will register the POA, they carefully scrutinise it to<br />
ensure it complies with the criteria of the 2000 Act. If they reject it and the<br />
adult has already lost capacity it may not thereafter be possible to correct<br />
the error. Consequently the POA is ineffective and resort will have to be<br />
made to the lengthy and expensive process of applying to the court for a<br />
Guardianship Order.<br />
For more information on the role of the Public Guardian and about<br />
Powers of Attorneys visit the website: www.publicguardian-scotland.gov.<br />
uk- Telephone: 01324 678300.<br />
COFFEE MORNING<br />
SIX MUST DO’s FOR THE OVER 50’s<br />
Friday 10th <strong>February</strong> 10am-11.30am<br />
The Cargill Centre, Kilmacolm<br />
Come for a chat and a free 45 minute talk<br />
every Scot over 50 should attend<br />
• Wills<br />
• Power of Attorney<br />
• Advance Directive<br />
Please call Kingsley Wood and Company, Solicitors on 01505 874114<br />
to book a place or for further information.
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LOCAL<br />
history<br />
Johnstone History Society<br />
Our <strong>February</strong> meeting will be held Tuesday 14th in the Masonic Hall Collier<br />
Street at 7.30 pm. Our speaker this month will be our own secretary Valerie<br />
Reilly and appropriately her talk will be “For This Was Seynt Volantynys Day<br />
- Valentine Traditions” this should be a very interesting evening. Visitors<br />
and new members will always be made welcome. We had an excellent<br />
attendance at our fi rst meeting of <strong>2017</strong> and everyone enjoyed Sheina’s<br />
informative and entertaining talk on “Six Cord Thread”.<br />
The Museum has reopened after our festive break and continues to open<br />
on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10.30am till 4pm. We still have<br />
a few Calendars available which are now £3.50 with an envelope £4 . Our<br />
usual books and publications are also on sale.<br />
Kilbarchan - 4th <strong>February</strong> 1917<br />
George Anderson was born in Kilbarchan in 1884. The 1901 census<br />
records that he lived with his father, George 56, a self-employed dairyman,<br />
Mary aged 29, Julia 20, an assistant draper: George was then 17 and an<br />
apprentice bank clerk with the Clydesdale Bank in Kilbarchan. The family<br />
home was at 16 New Street.<br />
In 1911 he was a lodger at 42 Priory Road, Bedford Park, Chiswick. On<br />
the 2nd October 1912 he married Margaret Knott at the Parish Church in<br />
Barnes: they set up home at Boileau Road, Ealing. He was a month short<br />
of his 32nd birthday when he volunteered for the Royal Field Artillery on<br />
10th December 1915. In December 1916 he was recommended for officer<br />
training but he was soon after transferred to the infantry, the 1st Battalion<br />
Border Regiment, 87th Brigade, 29th Division. His record with the battalion<br />
lasts from 7th January 1917 to 4th <strong>February</strong> 1917, when he died of gun shot<br />
wounds to the back and left arm.<br />
George had moved to the National Bank of India in Bishopgate, London in<br />
1903 and had eventually become a manager. He left a widow and one son.<br />
He is buried at Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, near Albert, Somme.<br />
Black Cart Mills 6: Kilbarchan Burn<br />
Continuing our journey down the Black Cart<br />
Opposite the site of Johnstone Old Cotton<br />
Mill, is an arch in the high stone retaining wall<br />
supporting the former railway (now the cycle<br />
path). This marks the entry of the Kilbarchan<br />
Burn into the Cart.<br />
The burn rises in bogland on Marshall Moor.<br />
Above the village, it passes through Glentyan<br />
Estate, where it has been dammed to create<br />
a large pond and high level lade, passing<br />
over ornamental cascades. This pond was<br />
party to store water to drive Glentyan Mill. However it also seems to have<br />
been diverted south of Bank Brae to the bleachfields in the centre of the<br />
village (see below). Glentyan Mill was a traditional grain mill of which ruins<br />
survive.<br />
Although famed for its weaving industry, Kilbarchan is one of the only<br />
Renfrewshire villages not to have a big cotton mill. The nearest cotton mill<br />
to the village was at Cartside. A relatively late proposal to erect a large<br />
steam powered cotton mill nearer the village in 1825 never emerged.<br />
However Kilbarchan did make innovative use of its water resources. Just<br />
downstream from Glentyan Mill was a water powered thread mill in a<br />
converted house built over the burn by James Alexander in 1756. The<br />
previous year Alexander had invented a machine ‘to go by water for twining<br />
thread’ and received a grant of twenty pounds from The Board of Trustees<br />
for Manufacture. Alexander’s house is shown on Roy’s map of 1755,<br />
situated west of the kirkyard directly on the Kilbarchan Burn. This linen<br />
thread mill can lay claim to being the first water-powered thread mill in<br />
Scotland.<br />
In the heart of the village in the 1780s were at least six bleachfi elds which<br />
bleached the fine textiles which had been hand woven in the village. These<br />
bleachfields were located in the Bog Park, although only scant evidence<br />
remains today.<br />
Downstream of the village there is a tradition of another mill in the Victorian<br />
period. Beyond this, the lower parts of the burn pass through Milliken<br />
Estate, where the burn was straightened and passed over cascades<br />
supplying ponds, before entering the Black Cart at Johnstone.<br />
<strong>2017</strong>, Stuart Nisbet, Renfrewshire Local History Forum<br />
©<br />
RLHF next archaeology lecture will be held in the Shawl Gallery in Paisley<br />
Museum on 9th <strong>February</strong>, <strong>2017</strong>, when Colin Sparrow will speak on Excavation of<br />
a Viking Trading site in Gottland. Visitors are welcome at all our lecture meetings.
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Support for Small Business<br />
Small Business Bonus Scheme exempts 100,000 properties from<br />
business rates this year.<br />
More than half of all commercial properties will pay no business rates in<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-18, Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has announced.<br />
As a result of the Small Business Bonus Scheme (SBBS) an estimated<br />
100,000 small business premises in Scotland will pay no business rates in<br />
<strong>2017</strong>-18. The SBBS has already saved small businesses over £1.2 billion<br />
since the scheme was introduced in 2008.<br />
In the Draft Budget Mr Mackay announced that the SBBS will be expanded,<br />
raising the eligibility threshold for 100% relief to a rateable value of £15,000<br />
– lifting 100,000 properties out of rates altogether, and generating a saving<br />
of up to £6,990 per property.<br />
Visiting Mad Hatter’s Coffee House in Paisley, which will now qualify for<br />
100% relief through the SBBS, Mr Mackay said:<br />
“I was pleased to set out a range of further measures in the Draft Budget to<br />
confirm a highly competitive business rates regime for Scotland in <strong>2017</strong>-18,<br />
including expanding the Small Business Bonus Scheme.<br />
“Scotland’s small businesses are fundamental drivers in securing<br />
sustainable economic growth, which is why we are doing everything we<br />
can to support them. Scotland already offers the most competitive reliefs<br />
package for small businesses in the UK, and we intend to keep our promise<br />
that Scotland will be the best place to do business anywhere in the UK.”
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Support for Innovation Projects<br />
Rotary Club of <strong>Gryffe</strong> Valley<br />
Three pilot projects in Scotland will receive a total of £1 million to drive<br />
forward new approaches to innovation.<br />
Toshiba Medical Visualisations Systems, Highlands and Islands Enterprise<br />
and the NHS Innovation Partnership Board, will receive £400,000 to develop<br />
a health and wellbeing pilot that will focus on the rapid prototyping and<br />
adoption of solutions to infl ammatory bowel disease.<br />
CivTech, a digital accelerator which aims to harness innovation in Scotland’s<br />
small business and start up technology sector to create new and/or more<br />
efficient public services, will receive £200,000.<br />
£400,000 will be used to support work with Codebase on the development of<br />
a digital pilot in Edinburgh that will focus on scaling up digital entrepreneurs.<br />
Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy Paul Wheelhouse said: “We<br />
want to support business innovation and to help companies thrive. The £1<br />
million will make a real difference, such as the use of the public sector to<br />
catalyse innovation in projects such as CivTech, the world’s fi rst cross public<br />
sector technology accelerator.”<br />
Mr Wheelhouse announced the funding alongside a new Innovation Action<br />
Plan for Scotland, aimed at boosting Scotland’s innovation performance to<br />
match the levels of the best performing countries in the OECD.<br />
Early priorities will be to directly encourage more business innovation, use<br />
public sector needs and spend to catalyse innovation, to support innovation<br />
across different sectors, and to make best use of university research<br />
knowledge and talent to drive growth and equip Scotland’s people with the<br />
tools and skills needed to innovate.<br />
He added: “We want to create a culture in Scotland that supports ambitious<br />
businesses to use innovation to grow. Our long term ambition is to be in the<br />
top quartile of nations in the OECD for innovation active businesses."<br />
A TIME FOR NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS AND<br />
NEW PLANS<br />
The new year started promptly with our weekly meeting<br />
on 4th January which was a “business” meeting devoted<br />
to planning events and activities for the next six months, the<br />
second half of the 2016/17 Rotary year.<br />
The immediate priorities were to fi nalise the annual Burns Supper being held<br />
on 14th January at the River Inn. This is an important fund-raiser as well<br />
as a great social occasion and this year the funds raised from the raffle will<br />
be used to support our evenings out for Young Carers at The Experience at<br />
Hillington, 23rd to 31st of January. Approaching 100 deserving young people<br />
will get the chance to enjoy go-karts, laser shooting, slot racing and a good<br />
meal. Next in the calendar is our Valentine’s Dinner and then a celebration<br />
of the 100th Anniversary of Rotary Foundation, the movement’s own charity.<br />
In addition we have speakers ranging from Gillian Craig on “My year in<br />
Cambodia”, Ahmad Mourhad with “Tales of a Syrian Weegie” to Rev Donald<br />
Campbell, the recently retired minister of Houston and Killellan Kirk.<br />
NEW YEAR RESOLUTION – 1<br />
If you are aiming to get fi tter, lose weight or get out more why not include<br />
the <strong>Gryffe</strong> Valley 10K Run in your plans. A little later this year, the event<br />
will be on Sunday 7th May. It is suitable for serious runners and for novices<br />
and joggers. The funds raised will go to the DEBRA charity which supports<br />
children and young people with the skin disease Epidermolysis Bullosa.<br />
The club were motivated to give to this charity by a speaker from DEBRA<br />
last summer who demonstrated the important work of the charity including<br />
essential research being carried out in Scottish universities into the causes<br />
and possible cures. You can enter as an individual or form a team with your<br />
friends, school, club or company and seek sponsorship in aid of DEBRA or<br />
your own charity. There is more information about DEBRA on the charity’s<br />
website www.debra.org.uk .<br />
NEW YEAR RESOLUTION – 2<br />
If, like some of our recent recruits to membership, you are recently retired or<br />
are coming up to retirement why not include Rotary in your plans? We need<br />
people who have recent business or professional experience, who want to<br />
“give something back to the community” and who will enjoy dinner/speaker<br />
meetings with Rotary colleagues and friends. Our membership comes from
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the whole <strong>Gryffe</strong> Valley and adjacent villages, including Lochwinnoch and<br />
Kilbarchan. Meetings are weekly on Wednesday night at the River Inn with a<br />
meal at 7.30pm. There is no obligation to attend every week, though many of<br />
the members enjoy doing so. If you are interested please speak to a member<br />
or get in touch via the contact facility on the website www.gryffevalley-rotary.<br />
org.uk/ where you can also fi nd out more about our activities and future<br />
speakers.<br />
SPEAKER<br />
The speaker at the meeting<br />
on 11th January was<br />
Mark Robertson of Kibble<br />
School. In September, last<br />
year, he led an expedition<br />
of staff and school<br />
students to Chilingola in Malawi to construct two classrooms to extend a<br />
greatly overcrowded school. Working with local people they overcame many<br />
issues on the project and, in addition, renovated three existing classrooms.<br />
The school has classes of 90-100 very poor children, and minimal facilities<br />
and resources. The roll has grown partly through the Mary’s Meals project<br />
which encourages attendance. President Peter Dickie gave a vote-of-thanks<br />
and recognised the importance of the project. As an aside Mark told us that<br />
Kibble has an ongoing project to collect bicycles from the Recycling Centres<br />
around Renfrewshire, renovate them and ship them to Africa. He encouraged<br />
the club to continue our support for Mary’s Meals, Bagpacks for Africa, etc.,<br />
having seen the value of such projects fi rst hand whilst in Africa.<br />
THANK YOU<br />
Many thanks to the residents of Houston (Locher, <strong>Gryffe</strong>bank, Cunningham<br />
Gardens and Crawford Rd) and Brookfi eld who contributed very generously<br />
to our Santa’s Sleigh collections in December, in aid of the Young Carers<br />
project. Thanks also to Santa and other club members for their time and the<br />
Bridge of Weir Gala Committee.<br />
ANNUAL BURNS SUPPER<br />
The <strong>2017</strong> <strong>Gryffe</strong> Valley Rotary celebration of Robert Burns was held on<br />
Saturday 14th January at the River Inn with 185 guests present, despite the<br />
weather forecasts.<br />
There was a welcome drink and a traditional meal, including haggis, neeps<br />
and tatties, excellently served, after the haggis had been piped in by club<br />
member Ron Aitchison and addressed in fi ne style by Past President Ian<br />
Jackson.<br />
The headline speech at a Burns Supper is the Immortal Memory and this<br />
year the audience was treated to a superb debut performance by Geoff<br />
Urie, Headmaster of the Hermitage School at Helensburgh and a lifelong<br />
supporter of St Mirren. We had a surprise intervention by Holy Willie (aka Jim<br />
Ferguson). Another Past President, Alan Bowie, Proposed the Toast to the<br />
Lassies in his very amusing way and Jean Irvine replied on behalf of the fairer<br />
sex, matching Alan’s humorous jibes in fi ne style. All three speakers had<br />
impressive CVs, but none mentioned their prowess at Burns Suppers. They<br />
should! Between speeches Alan Macdougall and Amy Lewis entertained the<br />
company with their music.<br />
The Interval raffle raised an impressive sum towards the cost of the Young<br />
Carers project. President Peter Dickie chaired the event in his inimitable<br />
and efficient style and Past President Angus Mathieson thanked - in rhyme<br />
- the speakers, entertainers, the River Inn, his organising committee and all<br />
present for their generosity.
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Pothole Alert!<br />
Progress in A737 improvements<br />
With the frost comes the potholes and we’ve been<br />
sent a few photos by readers of the worst offenders<br />
in a couple of the villages.<br />
Jennifer Cowan sent in photos of the potholes at the<br />
Co-op car park in Houston, right on the roundabout,<br />
so very difficult to avoid. She has reported these to<br />
the Council.<br />
And many thanks to Nova Mercan who sent us<br />
images of pot holes at the entrance to Bridge of Weir<br />
Primary School. Pretty rough I think you’ll agree -<br />
watch out there!<br />
To report a pothole, please call 0300 300 0300 or<br />
visit the website to report online at www.renfrewshire.<br />
gov.uk/article/3134/Road-and-street-lighting<br />
• Houston car park<br />
Parking in Kilmacolm<br />
• Bridge of Weir<br />
Primary School<br />
Kilmacolm shop keepers have been campaigning<br />
to abolish the regulations demanding the display<br />
of parking discs in the village. Now following a<br />
heated meeting of the Council’s environment<br />
and regeneration committee, Inverclyde Council<br />
has announced that a formal report will now be<br />
drawn up for councillors to be asked to approve<br />
a full public consultation on the matter.<br />
Councillor David Wilson told The <strong>Advertizer</strong>,<br />
“Parking tickets have increased by 1200%<br />
since their introduction. This is not acceptable.”<br />
He added, “With the support of Councillors McCabe and McLeod who<br />
sit on the committee a decision was made to commence the process of<br />
disbanding parking discs. The traders petition organised by James Kelly of<br />
Bin 13 was great ammunition.”<br />
It is proposed that the two-hour time limit would remain but drivers would<br />
no longer need to display a disc. This rule is already in place in some other<br />
areas of Inverclyde including the car park in Princes Street, Port Glasgow.<br />
Traders in the village have reported that there has been a significant impact<br />
on footfall since the disc system was brought in.<br />
Illuminating? Maybe not....<br />
Councillors have been lobbying the Scottish Government to make funds<br />
available to improve the A737, particularly dualling the route between<br />
Kilbarchan and Dalry, as well as the creation of an additional slip road lane<br />
at the Johnstone exit and a new slip road at the Howwood exit.<br />
The A737 is one of the busiest stretches of road in Scotland and has also<br />
suffered from many accidents, including fatalities, in its 25 year history.<br />
Renfrewshire Council Leader Mark Macmillan said: “The A737 is a key<br />
route for west Renfrewshire and it is time the Scottish Government fi nally<br />
stepped-up to deliver these much-needed improvements. People using<br />
this road face heavy congestion so extending the dual carriageway would<br />
make a real difference by reducing journey times. This and the other<br />
upgrades we have called for would strengthen links between communities<br />
in Renfrewshire and Ayrshire, making travelling much easier for residents<br />
and supporting the local economy by giving businesses better access to<br />
their customers.”<br />
He added: “Renfrewshire Council’s commitment to delivering major<br />
infrastructure projects is clear, but we need the Scottish Government to<br />
play its part. Under the City Deal we have taken forward infrastructure<br />
projects that better connect Renfrewshire with the rest of the Glasgow City<br />
Region, but as the A737 primarily links to Ayrshire it falls to the Scottish<br />
Government to deliver theses upgrades. It is high-time they followed our<br />
lead and delivered the transport improvements the people of Renfrewshire<br />
deserve.”<br />
Transport Minister, Humza Yousaf said: “The Scottish Government is<br />
working hard to improve the trunk road network in North Ayrshire and<br />
also right across the country. This road improvement scheme at Beith,<br />
underlines our commitment to communities in North Ayrshire and the<br />
surrounding areas.”<br />
“At the same time, we are currently progressing the nearby Dalry Bypass<br />
scheme with works expected to begin by the end of March <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
“When completed, the A737 Improvements at Beith scheme will provide<br />
new junctions at Beith to help improve the road system around the town,<br />
will also improve traffic flow and bring additional road safety benefi ts.”<br />
A public exhibition was held in Beith Community Centre in November to<br />
let local residents and road users view and comment on the plans for the<br />
route. The exhibition material is available to view at:<br />
www.transport.gov.scot/project/a737-improvements-beith<br />
Roadworks at Brookfield<br />
Roadworks are planned to start on 20th <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong>, possibly for a<br />
period of 14 weeks, to accommodate services and infrastructure associated<br />
with housing development, “Weirs Wynd”, at Deafhillock roundabout at<br />
Brookfield. We don’t have any further details at this time but will keep you<br />
posted as and when we know anything further.<br />
Throughout Inverclyde and Renfrewshire, street lighting is being converted<br />
over to new LED lighting and not everyone is impressed.<br />
Councillor James MacLaren reports in his article that so far he has received<br />
a mixed response and sheds some light (forgive the pun) on the thinking<br />
behind the changeover.<br />
The need for change has been brought about by the introduction of<br />
legislation which will make it impossible for council’s to maintain the old<br />
orange lighting. The LED technology claims to reduce energy consumption,<br />
reducing bills by around 60%, and helping councils achieve their carbon<br />
reduction targets.<br />
However, for the person on the street there has been a marked difference<br />
in the spread of light from the new bulbs. While the light is very bright, it<br />
is a very direct beam to the ground, where the old orange bulbs gave off a<br />
more subtle but broader beam.<br />
It is claimed that the new white light improves nighttime visibility, and with a<br />
longer life of more than 20 years, there should be fewer incidences of dark<br />
streets when the lights go out.
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LEAP Car Club<br />
Join LEAP Car Club Now and<br />
receive £25 worth of free<br />
driving.<br />
LEAP Car Club offers<br />
convenient, 24/7, not-forprofit<br />
community car hire and<br />
can help you cut the costs of<br />
driving. Cars can be hired for as little as an<br />
hour or for as long as you want. The Car Club<br />
has helped members by allowing them to sell<br />
additional cars or to not have to buy one.<br />
What our members say:<br />
- “Reliable cars there when I need them.”<br />
- “For someone who does not own a car it is very useful to have access to<br />
a car at any time for short periods.”<br />
- “It is so easy to book online. Great value for money too.”<br />
To find out more contact Car Club Coordinator Mike Callaghan T: 01505<br />
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Roadworks are due to<br />
start on Barochan Road at<br />
Deafhillock roundabout on<br />
Monday 20th <strong>February</strong> for 14<br />
weeks.<br />
Please check<br />
@gryfferoadwatch for<br />
updates<br />
SEE A POTHOLE<br />
REPORT IT!<br />
Call 01475 717171<br />
Report online at<br />
https://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/<br />
environment/roads-lighting/rep<br />
ort-a-fault<br />
You can also write to:<br />
Inverclyde Council<br />
Municipal Buildings<br />
Clyde Square<br />
GREENOCK<br />
PA15 1LY<br />
Call 0300 3000 300<br />
Online fault report at<br />
https://selfservice.renfrewshir<br />
e.gov.uk/Ef3/General.jsp?for<br />
m=SS_RoadAndLightFault&p<br />
age=pg_locatestreet<br />
You can also write to:<br />
Community Resources<br />
Renfrewshire House<br />
Cotton Street<br />
Paisley, PA1 1BR
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TH E CL Y D E B A N K CI T A D E L BA N D<br />
St Machar’s Ranfurly Church<br />
on Sunday 19th <strong>February</strong> at 3pm<br />
Tickets £5<br />
including refreshments<br />
Music for all tastes<br />
Tickets available at church<br />
or from Morven 612286<br />
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Bridge of Weir Festival Committee –<br />
Santa Sleigh Update<br />
The Santa Sleigh 2016 proved to be highly popular with 1,592 kids over 15 nights<br />
coming out to meet Santa and receive sweets from him, as it followed its normal<br />
routes around Bridge of Weir, Brookfi eld, Houston, Kilmacolm and Quarriers.<br />
£6,931.63 was collected in donations with half going to the local organisations<br />
who helped out on the Santa Sleigh nights, with the remainder going towards the<br />
cost of vehicle hire, fuel, sweets, etc.<br />
The Festival Committee would like to thank all the local organisations who took<br />
part over the various nights, Houston United Football Club, Hope Hall, Houston<br />
Explorers, Rotary Club of <strong>Gryffe</strong> Valley, 2nd Houston Guides, Kilmacolm Guides,<br />
Riverview Quarriers, B.o.W. Tenants and Residents Association, 1st B.o.W. Guides,<br />
Brighter Bridge of Weir and B.o.W. Scouts for their help and support.<br />
Santa also made two collections at the Co-op Bridge of Weir which made £195.01<br />
for their chosen charity Spina Bifi da Hydrocephalus Scotland.<br />
The Festival Committee would like to say a big thank<br />
you to all the volunteer Santas, Drivers and Collectors,<br />
and Linda the Elf, who had all the kids hyper! For their<br />
time and effort, without whom we would not be able<br />
to run this venture. A big thank you also to everyone<br />
who kindly supported us with donations, they are all<br />
very much appreciated. Special thanks to the ‘Lego<br />
Man’ in Brierie Hill for his generous donation and to<br />
the kind gentleman who came to Brenda Lethorn’s<br />
rescue in the Co-op Houston on the night of the 3rd<br />
December. The Santa Sleigh had run out of sweets<br />
and the gentleman in question donated £20 so that<br />
Brenda could buy sweets to fulfi l that night’s run.<br />
FOOTNOTES:<br />
The Festival Committee are currently fi nalising details for this year’s Blackpool<br />
Trip which will be from Friday 20th October to Monday 23rd October at Tiffany’s<br />
Hotel.<br />
The Festival Committee AGM will be held in the Cargill Hall on Tuesday 14th<br />
<strong>February</strong> at 7.30pm.<br />
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A BIG Thank You to Our Nameless<br />
Rescuers!<br />
On Saturday 14th January we managed to end up in a ditch near Lawmarnock<br />
Farm and Firehouse Road at the back of Bridge of Weir around late afternoon.<br />
Sheet ice didn’t help my pretty poor reversing! I would like to thank the brave<br />
Father and Son rescuers and also the Lady rescuer who came to our aid. Alas<br />
after much huffi ng and puffi ng we were well and truly stuck. Then along came the<br />
Knight in Shining Tractor and managed to get us out of the ditch and back on the<br />
road. A big well deserved thank you is due to our nameless rescuers!<br />
Graeme & Jenny Curtis, Houston<br />
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Strathgryffe Medical Practice -<br />
Carers Meeting<br />
Tuesday 21st <strong>February</strong>, 10am - Cargill Hall, Bridge of Weir<br />
All carers who are patients at the practice are invited to a meeting on Tuesday<br />
21st <strong>February</strong> at 10am at Cargill Hall, Bridge of Weir. Come along and meet<br />
other carers who may have similar experiences to your own. A member of the<br />
team from Renfrewshire Carers Centre will be there, as well as a speaker who will<br />
discuss power of attorney. Please contact Anne Findlay, practice manager, on<br />
01505 613240, for further information and to advise if you wish to attend.<br />
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Langbank SWI<br />
Thursday 16th <strong>February</strong><br />
The Village Centre,<br />
Middlepenny Road<br />
Glickman’s Sweets<br />
Competitions will be:<br />
• Lemon Drizzle Cake<br />
• Knitted Baby Jacket (pattern provided)<br />
• Bon Bon dish<br />
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Bridge of Weir<br />
Lace Group<br />
Bridge of Weir Lace Group meets<br />
fortnightly on Tuesday mornings<br />
(10am - 12noon) during the winter<br />
months. If you’d like to try lacemaking<br />
we can provide materials & tuition.<br />
For further details phone (01505)<br />
613967.<br />
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Bridge of Weir Tenants and Residents<br />
Association<br />
The fi rst meeting of <strong>2017</strong> was well attended and our thanks go to Councillors<br />
Maria Brown and James MacLaren, Police Sergeant Frank Williams, Community<br />
Wardens Aideen Dempsey and Alan Robb, and Housing Offi cer Joanne Devan for<br />
their attendance.<br />
The Police report for the last month showed a total of fi ve crimes committed<br />
around the village over the past month, these ranged from theft to vandalism.<br />
The Community Wardens have been busy once again around the village dealing<br />
with dog fouling and fl y tipping issues. The recycling bins at Livery walk car<br />
park are still being used incorrectly, these bins are not for building materials or<br />
household goods. The wardens recently recovered boxed toys from one of the<br />
bins that they handed into the charity shop. There have also been a number of<br />
complaints regarding dog fouling at the shops at Livery Walk and the wardens will<br />
be monitoring this area closely.<br />
There were a number of issues discussed with Councillors Brown and MacLaren<br />
and they will be looking into these issues raised. Amongst those issues raised<br />
was the lack of street cleaning in the village, especially along the Main Street<br />
opposite Windsor Place where the drains are covered over with leaves. Another<br />
issue was the new LED street lighting being installed in the village by Renfrewshire<br />
Council. The council are projecting that the installation of this type of lighting will<br />
cut their lighting bill by about 60%, however the lack of coverage, with dark areas<br />
between light posts and the poor strength of the lighting are causing a concern in<br />
residential areas in particular.<br />
The next meeting of Bridge of Weir TARA will be held in the Pirie Centre, Freeland<br />
Church on Tuesday 21st <strong>February</strong> at 7.30pm. All are welcome, so why not come<br />
along and air any views you have regarding the village.<br />
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RagBag Recycle Bin -<br />
Langbank<br />
There is a RagBag Recycle bin sited in the school<br />
car park of Langbank Primary School for any of your<br />
unwanted textiles (no duvets or pillows). Any money<br />
raised from this will go to Langbank Playgroup. If<br />
anyone has any items and is unable to get to the<br />
recycle bin please call Jacqueline on 01475 540728.
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The Bridge, 63 Main Street, Bridge of Weir<br />
Spring is awakening. Get ahead - renew your stocks of stationery and prepare for<br />
all the birthdays and celebrations expected in <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
POST OFFICE STAFF - Best Wishes to Pat who has left us. Welcome to Margaret<br />
our new Post Offi ce assistant.<br />
POST OFFICE – all types of Insurance, Savings products and<br />
Mortgages are available through the Post Offi ce. Please ask<br />
Donald, Anne or Margaret for an information leafl et. Our unique<br />
identifi cation code is provided on all leafl ets. Use of this code<br />
allows The Bridge to earn income on all completed transactions.<br />
STATIONERY–we stock a comprehensive range of stationery items. We are<br />
delighted customers are using The Bridge as a “one stop shop” bringing items<br />
for posting, purchasing the necessary packaging, wrapping on site and posting<br />
all in one go.<br />
GREETING CARDS – we are continually replenishing our stock to cover life’s<br />
events. For those with milestone birthdays the range of cards covers from ages<br />
1 to 10 and 18 to 100. A small stock of Valentine cards are on sale – send your<br />
love in <strong>2017</strong>!<br />
COMMUNITY CENTRE - please remember The Bridge is a central point in the<br />
village where you can meet others or enjoy a chat with our volunteers. It is a<br />
bright, warm, welcoming place where hopefully you will feel at home. We look<br />
forward to catching up soon.<br />
(Opening Hours: Mon – 9am to 5pm (PO closed 12 noon to 12.30pm);<br />
Tues & Fri – 1pm to 5pm; Wed & Thu – 10am to 2pm; Sat – 9am to 1pm)<br />
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Exercise Class<br />
The Wednesday afternoon exercise class held in Freeland Church Hall at 1.30pm<br />
consists of a mixture of dance/exercise routines and some of these can be done<br />
by the less mobile while sitting on a chair. It is a pay on the day system so feel<br />
free to come along and give it a try - the regulars enjoy it tremendously. If you<br />
require any further information, please contact either Janet Birch on 613506 or<br />
Irene Macfarlane on 614443.<br />
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As I write this note we are going through a wee cold snap with<br />
ice and snow. I hope none of you come a cropper because<br />
of it. I have helped push a car out of the ditch today on the<br />
narrow road up to Muirshiel Country Park. One of my favourite<br />
walking haunts.<br />
The villages are seeing a change to the street lighting and<br />
it is not meeting everyone’s approval. Renfrewshire Council<br />
is looking to convert all of our conventional street lighting<br />
lanterns to LED lanterns. Legislation will be introduced this<br />
year that will make the maintenance of the old style orange<br />
lighting untenable.<br />
LED technology will reduce energy bills by around 60% and<br />
make a substantial contribution towards the Council’s carbon reduction targets.<br />
The new White lighting enables colours to be identifi ed and many people fi nd this<br />
improves visibility at night. A further benefi t is that LEDs have a very long life,<br />
potentially in excess of 20 years and this will reduce incidences of dark lamps.<br />
The new lighting units produce less lighting “backwash” than conventional<br />
units and, in consequence, although there is less light spill from the street onto<br />
gardens and the frontages of houses, missing lamps or faulty lamps are far more<br />
obvious. The lighting scheme is designed for the relevant road class (residential,<br />
distributor road, etc.). It is then a case of selecting a lantern type and wattage<br />
that gives the required lighting level for the particular class of road. Therefore,<br />
there is no set wattage for lanterns as road class, geometry and existing column<br />
positions will have an effect on the design and ultimately the lantern choice.<br />
Accordingly every street in Renfrewshire has been designed individually and we<br />
have a number of lantern types and wattages throughout our road network.<br />
Surgeries: Bishopton Community Library - 1st Monday of every month (6.30pm), Cargill Hall<br />
- 2nd Monday of every month (6.30pm), Langbank Parish Church Hall - 3rd Monday of every<br />
month (6.30pm). Contact: 0300-300-1291 or email cllr.james.maclaren@renfrewshire.gov.<br />
uk. Also on Facebook: www.facebook.com/councillormaclaren<br />
“Working with you and improving our local area”. Please feel free to contact me with any of<br />
your concerns, and I am happy to meet with you at a mutually convenient time.<br />
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Bridge of Weir Community Council<br />
Appeals have been lodged by the developers against the refusal by Renfrewshire<br />
Council for planning permission at Kilmacolm Road for the erection of a residential<br />
development (in principle) on land lying to the North East of Strathgryffe Crescent,<br />
Bridge of Weir and for the erection of a residential development (in principle) at<br />
Whitelint Gate, Johnstone Road, Bridge of Weir. Both these applications were<br />
subject to a large number of objections from the Community Council and Village<br />
residents. The appeals will be considered by the Scottish Government’s Planning<br />
and Environmental Appeals Division.<br />
Our request to have the 30mph speed limit extended at St. Mary’s Church,<br />
Johnstone Road has been rejected by Renfrewshire Council and in a letter<br />
received from their Community Resources Development Manager he states,<br />
‘this road is an A Class rural road which like all the others in Renfrewshire and<br />
Scotland, is governed by the national speed limit of 60 mph. To deviate from<br />
this national approach of assigning speed limits to rural roads there must be<br />
suffi cient justifi cation in the form of the number of recorded injury accidents<br />
on the road in the last three years. In this case there have been no recorded<br />
injury accidents on the road in this period, and therefore there is no justifi cation<br />
for changing the speed limit. However, drivers are of course expected to drive<br />
safely to the prevailing road conditions whatever the speed limit’. The Community<br />
Council is of the opinion that introducing an extended limit will prevent accidents<br />
occurring and will continue to pursue this matter.<br />
The Community Council were extremely disappointed that Renfrewshire Council<br />
could not keep the Festive Lights on at Livery Walk during the Festive period.<br />
Numerous hours have been spent on obtaining funding for new features and<br />
providing the switch on celebration. We will speak to Renfrewshire Council<br />
offi cials to have this issue rectifi ed for the <strong>2017</strong> festive season or fi nd other<br />
options for the display.<br />
Over the festive period the recycle bin area at Livery Walk was often in a disgraceful<br />
condition with bins overfl owing and rubbish dumped in the surrounding area<br />
and even thrown over the fence. The<br />
Community Council will once again raise<br />
the matter with Council Offi cials.<br />
The next meeting of the Community<br />
Council will be on Tuesday 7th <strong>February</strong><br />
at 7pm in the Cargill Hall.<br />
Keep up to date with developments by<br />
following us on facebook: www.facebook.<br />
com/Bridge-of-Weir-community-council-<br />
1611282405760032 or on our website:<br />
www.bridgeofweir.org<br />
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Bridge of Weir SWI<br />
The next meeting of the<br />
SWI will take the form<br />
of a beauty evening with<br />
“About You” from Paisley.<br />
We will meet at 7.15pm for 7.30pm on<br />
Thursday 2nd <strong>February</strong> in the British<br />
Legion. Visitors as well as members<br />
will be made very welcome.<br />
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BoW Senior Citizens Club<br />
We meet at Cargill Hall every 2nd and 4th Wednesday 7 - 9pm. Subscriptions are<br />
only £6 per year and £1 each week pays for your tea and biscuits. Entertainment<br />
provided. Previous entertainers include a male voice choir & live music. Contact<br />
Sheila Patterson for further information on 01505 690521.<br />
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St Columba Church<br />
Following Morning Worship on Sunday 18th December 2016, seventy-two<br />
members and friends of the congregation gathered in the large hall for a Pre-<br />
Christmas Fellowship Lunch. Mrs Agnes McGarva and members of her family<br />
were largely responsible for organising and hosting this event. They provided the<br />
main course of turkey, ham and all the trimmings, while other members provided<br />
a variety of soups and desserts. Tea, coffee and confectioneries concluded a<br />
splendid meal. The whole event was rounded off with some carol singing.<br />
Jim Holmes, our Session Clerk, together with three young people, produced some<br />
Christmas-related artwork to adorn the main<br />
wall of the hall. (Jim would like to develop a<br />
Bible-inspired art group in St Columba: if this<br />
idea appeals to you please get in touch.)<br />
Our Sunday morning Service, conducted<br />
by Rev Bill Armstrong, is from 11.00am<br />
to noon. The atmosphere is friendly and<br />
welcoming. You will fi nd the service has a<br />
variety of ingredients, from the traditional to<br />
the unexpected, from the light-hearted to the<br />
serious and challenging, but with our focus<br />
consistently on Worship. So if you are new to<br />
the village and looking for a place to worship,<br />
please come along to St Columba Church.<br />
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Save the Children: Kilmacolm<br />
Collecting Cans<br />
As a member of Community Fundraising, West of Scotland, I am responsible for<br />
the collecting cans in Kilmacolm village shops.<br />
When I called at one of the shops in Kilmacolm on December 8th to collect a Save<br />
the Children can, I was told that an ‘Older Man‘ had collected it recently. I am<br />
the sole authorised collector in Kilmacolm, so it appears that an unauthorised<br />
person has taken the can.<br />
This is not the fault or responsibility of the staff in the shop concerned. However<br />
this alerts me to the fact that more vigilance is required regarding these cans.<br />
Accordingly,<br />
I<br />
now show my ID<br />
whenever I collect<br />
a can and have<br />
highlighted<br />
this<br />
incident to all other<br />
shops<br />
concerned<br />
in the village. The<br />
incident has been<br />
reported to the<br />
Police, who are<br />
investigating.<br />
Charities in your<br />
area are a potential<br />
risk.<br />
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Fundraising<br />
for Macmillan<br />
Nurses<br />
Local artist Phyllis Mulligan (Bridge<br />
of Weir) raffl ed her painting<br />
‘Cottages by the Sea’ and raised<br />
£675 (locally) in aid of Macmillan<br />
nurses. The lucky winner, pictured<br />
here is Elaine Dickie (pictured),<br />
who won the prize while on holiday from London. Not only was she delighted with<br />
the painting but the colours were perfect for her home design.<br />
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Dates for your diary<br />
Thursday 9th <strong>February</strong> Sòlas Bereavement Group meets in the Kidston Hall from<br />
6.30pm – 8.30pm.<br />
Our Annual Burns Supper will be held on Friday 10th <strong>February</strong> in the Kidston Hall<br />
at 6.45pm for 7pm. Tickets £15 per person and bring your own drinks.<br />
OUTLOOK<br />
Don’t forget our regular Outlook group which reaches out to<br />
the whole community in fellowship. The format is the same<br />
for most weeks – invited speakers offering topics of interest,<br />
community issues for discussion, shared activities, music fi lms<br />
etc. Afternoon tea gives us all the chance to enjoy time with friends<br />
and to make new friends too. The team provide a wonderful variety of home<br />
baking. A voluntary donation is collected, to be sent to the OUTLOOK monthly<br />
nominated charity. The spring programme is:<br />
Thursday 2nd <strong>February</strong> – An afternoon of personal poetry with Marlene, plus<br />
music at the piano with highly talented David Leigh.<br />
Thursday 16th <strong>February</strong> – Travels through Ethiopia, seen through the award<br />
winning camera of Janice.<br />
Thursday 2nd March – Keep fi t with David, plus popular songs at the piano.<br />
Every afternoon: Community Issues, Dates for your Diary and Afternoon Tea.<br />
OUTLOOK is for the whole community; it’s an open invitation to everyone. Please<br />
come along and you can be sure of a warm welcome from the Old Kirk Community<br />
Issues Team.<br />
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World Day of Prayer<br />
Written by the Christian Women of the<br />
Philippines<br />
Theme: Jesus said ‘Am I being fair to you?’<br />
Local Service in St Columba Church Hall,<br />
Bridge of Weir Road, Kilmacolm at 1.30pm on<br />
Friday 3rd March.<br />
The local WDP group of representatives from<br />
the local Churches warmly invites you to share worship and<br />
fellowship with people around the world who will be participating in the World<br />
Day of Prayer. We are delighted that the children from Kilmacolm Primary School<br />
will be able to join us with their singing and music. There will be refreshments<br />
after the Service.<br />
Everyone welcome! If you want to<br />
know more about the event, please<br />
give me a call. Maureen Russell,<br />
Convenor (telephone 872905).<br />
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Coffee Morning<br />
on Saturday 4th March in New<br />
Community Centre Kilmacolm from<br />
10am - 12noon. Ticket £3.<br />
Kilmacolm and<br />
Port Glasgow<br />
Agricultural Society<br />
Whist Drive<br />
on<br />
Friday 17th <strong>February</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
at 7.30pm<br />
in<br />
the New Community Centre<br />
Tickets £3<br />
including light supper
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Kilmacolm Heritage Centre Company<br />
Secures Charitable Status<br />
The Offi ce of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) is satisfi ed that Kilmacolm<br />
Heritage Centre Company meets the Charity Test and have now registered the<br />
Company in the Scottish Charity Register No. SCO47027.<br />
This means the Company now has charitable status under the Charities Trustees<br />
Investments (Scotland ACT) 2005.<br />
The Company is at present in the course of securing premises for the Centre and<br />
hopes to make an announcement in the near future.<br />
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Councillor McCabe was delighted to<br />
perform the offi cial opening of Kilmacolm<br />
Primary School and Nursery Class on<br />
13th January. The invited guests were<br />
all very impressed by the quality of the<br />
refurbishment and by the warm welcome<br />
they received from the school community.<br />
The pupils in particular were a credit to<br />
Kilmacolm and Quarriers Village.<br />
The Council will meet on 16th <strong>February</strong> to<br />
agree our budget for next fi nancial year,<br />
<strong>2017</strong>/18. This has been made more challenging by the £6.8m cut to our funding<br />
announced by local MSP and Finance Secretary Derek Mackay in December.<br />
As reported previously, Scottish Government reforms to Council Tax band<br />
multipliers will see households in bands E, F, G and H across Scotland face<br />
increases of 7.5%, 12.5%, 17.5% and 22.5% respectively from 1st April <strong>2017</strong>. In<br />
addition Councils are being ‘encouraged’ by the Government to increase Council<br />
Tax across the board by a further 3%, which means some households could face<br />
a 25.5% increase in one year. Inverclyde Council will decide on 16th <strong>February</strong> if<br />
we will implement the additional 3% increase.<br />
The Council’s Environment and Regeneration Committee agreed on 12th January<br />
to Councillor McCabe’s request for a report on the implications of retaining<br />
the two hour on-street parking restriction in Kilmacolm but removing the need<br />
for motorists to display a parking disc. The majority of the Committee were<br />
sympathetic to this request, which originated from representations made by<br />
local traders. However the Leader of the SNP Group Councillor McEleny voiced<br />
strong objections to the proposal, so there is no guarantee that it will ultimately<br />
be approved.<br />
We have received representations from a number of constituents about the future<br />
of Birkmyre Cafe. After contacting Inverclyde Leisure we have been advised that<br />
future opportunities at the gym are being considered. The cafe is a well-used and<br />
important part of the village and we would be very concerned about any proposal<br />
leading to its closure. Before a decision is taken about its future we will be asking<br />
Kilmacolm Community Council to place this issue on the agenda for its meeting<br />
and invite a representative from Inverclyde Leisure along to ensure that the views<br />
of the village are heard.<br />
Councillor McCabe has been selected as Labour’s candidate for the new Ward 1,<br />
which incorporates Kilmacolm and Quarriers, for May’s Council elections. Due to<br />
work commitments Councillor McColgan has decided not to seek re-election.<br />
Councillor McColgan - My surgeries this<br />
month are on Tuesday 7th <strong>February</strong>, 6.30<br />
– 7.30pm in Boglestone Community Centre<br />
and Tuesday 21st <strong>February</strong>, 6.30 – 7.30pm<br />
in Kilmacolm Community Centre.<br />
You can reach me on 01475 712727<br />
(during offi ce hours) and 07881 280016<br />
(anytime) or by emailing me at james.<br />
mccolgan@inverclyde.gov.uk. Alternatively<br />
you can write to me at Inverclyde Council,<br />
Municipal Buildings, Greenock PA15 1LY.<br />
You can keep up to date with my work as<br />
a Councillor by visiting my website: http://<br />
jamesmccolgan.com. You can also follow<br />
me on Twitter @jamesmccolgan.<br />
Councillor McCabe - My surgeries this<br />
month are on Tuesday 14th <strong>February</strong>, 6.30<br />
- 7.30pm in Boglestone Community Centre<br />
and Tuesday 28th <strong>February</strong>, 6.30 – 7.30pm,<br />
in Kilmacolm Community Centre.<br />
You can also contact me directly to discuss<br />
any matters that are of concern to you<br />
by telephone on 01475 712020 (during<br />
offi ce hours) and 871368 (home) or by<br />
email to Stephen.McCabe@inverclyde.gov.<br />
uk. Alternatively you can write to me at 10<br />
Victoria Gardens, Kilmacolm PA13 4HL.<br />
You can keep up to date with my work as<br />
a Councillor by visiting my blog: http://<br />
councillorstephenmccabe.blogspot.com/<br />
and follow me on Twitter @CllrSMcCabe.<br />
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Christmas was a busy and happy time. I attended in my offi cial<br />
roles twelve services including KPS Nursery and Primary<br />
Nativities and the school carol concert in St Columba's<br />
Church. St Columba's Junior and Senior Schools had their<br />
services on the same day with the latter’s presentation being<br />
a most professional Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols,<br />
which displayed the musical breadth of the school. The<br />
similar service at St Fillan's draws together contributors from<br />
a wide range of village activities and again we were cheerily<br />
entertained by the ever growing Angel Voices.<br />
I had the pleasure at the Golf Club AGM of seconding Mrs<br />
Jane McDonald as Vice- Captain. Jane will be the fi rst Lady as<br />
Captain in our 127 year history. In my speech at the celebration dinner in 1998<br />
for the Centenary of the Ladies section of the club, I did predict a female Club<br />
Captain at some stage, and I congratulate Jane on taking on what is a busy but<br />
very rewarding year. Colin McGinn has seen us through our 125th anniversary<br />
year as Captain, and he was quite rightly congratulated on his handling of matters<br />
in general.<br />
I addressed the relevant committee with regard to the use of parking discs in the<br />
village. Parking tickets have increased by 1200% since their introduction. This<br />
is not acceptable. With the support of Councillors McCabe and McLeod who sit<br />
on the committee a decision was made to commence the process of disbanding<br />
parking discs. The traders petition organised by James Kelly of VINo13 was great<br />
ammunition.<br />
Further work on carriageways and pavements have been fi nished. The pavement<br />
in Port Glasgow Road has been completed, but I am afraid the Scottish gas works<br />
in Bridge of Weir Road have left problems. It is really frustrating when the Council<br />
does a good job for it to be undone by Utilities.<br />
I continue to receive complaints about the housebuilding in Leperstone Avenue.<br />
Everybody knew this was a quarry, except it seems from the developers, the<br />
continued noise of rock breaking is very disruptive.<br />
The X7A service from Kilmacolm via Quarriers Village to Johnstone Station<br />
and the Kilmacolm to Greenock 530 service are being renewed from the 17th<br />
July <strong>2017</strong> for 5 years until the 16th July 2022. The 530 provides an hourly,<br />
Monday to Saturday evening service and Sunday service from Kilmacolm to<br />
Greenock. Both these services have no alternative public transport and are<br />
important for the villages of Kilmacolm and Quarriers. The subsidy over the 5<br />
years is £205,175, the contract being awarded to McGills Buses, and having<br />
lobbied for these services 5 years ago am delighted that they will be extended.<br />
I am Inverclyde’s representative on the Board of SPT and Chair the Audit and<br />
Standards Committee.<br />
My surgery is <strong>February</strong> 18th 10 - 11am at the Cargill. I can be contacted on david.wilson@<br />
inverclyde.gov.uk and 01475 712727 and 741969 and 07766 992294<br />
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Hall to Hire - Kilmacolm Guide Hut<br />
A great venue with easy access near to the village centre. Newly refurbished main<br />
hall, with additional kitchen facilities and outdoor area. Perfect for children’s<br />
parties, weekly classes and one off special occasions. Anyone wanting to hire<br />
the Guide Hut please contact Roz on 07584 359007.<br />
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Last month I was delighted to attend the offi cial opening of<br />
Kilmacolm Primary School and Nursery. It is hard to believe<br />
that KPS and Nursery underwent a refurbishment. It looks and<br />
feels like a brand new school and nursery. The refurbished<br />
building has a great teaching environment. At the opening the<br />
children put on three fantastic performances for the invited<br />
guests. The pupils are a great credit to their parents, Head<br />
Teacher Mrs McCredie and her staff.<br />
At the recent council Environment & Regeneration Committee<br />
we considered an appeal from Kilmacolm traders to scrap<br />
the use of parking discs in the village. Since the new<br />
Inverclyde parking scheme was introduced I have received a<br />
number of complaints from Kilmacolm residents about the system, the latest<br />
issues regarding the signage and the need for parking discs. Many drivers from<br />
outwith Kilmacolm are unaware of the need for discs and have been fi ned for not<br />
having them displayed. Thankfully, the committee have agreed to progress the<br />
traders request to remove the discs for Kilmacolm, though the two hour parking<br />
restriction will still remain. A report will be brought before the next committee.<br />
As I have said in the past a one hat fi ts all parking policy was not going to work<br />
for all of Inverclyde.<br />
I was pleased to see more work has recently been carried out by council roads<br />
services on pavements on Port Glasgow Road in Kilmacolm. Over the last few<br />
years we have seen millions of pounds invested on our roads, pavements and<br />
street lighting in Kilmacolm, Quarriers Village and other parts of Inverclyde. The<br />
work had been badly needed. Thankfully, a lot of work has now been carried out<br />
but much more still requires to be done in the future.<br />
My surgeries in <strong>February</strong> will be advertised in the local newspaper, on the Inverclyde Council<br />
website and on my surgery posters. Anyone wanting to contact me in between surgeries<br />
can do so by phoning me through my offi ce on 01475 712727 or my mobile number 07747<br />
765 839 or by emailing me at jim.macleod@inverclyde.gov.uk or writing to me at Inverclyde<br />
Council, Municipal Buildings, Greenock, PA15 1LY.<br />
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Brookfield Residents Reminder<br />
Grit Bins: Residents are reminded that during the icy weather, there are grit bins<br />
at various locations around the village: Victoria Road (near No 17), Albert Road<br />
(near No 4) and Sandholes Road at the top of Chuckie Lane.<br />
Facebook: brookfi eldvillage.org Twitter: @Brookfi eldVPA<br />
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H.O.S.T. The Carrick Centre, Houston<br />
(Houston Old School Trust)<br />
Monday to Friday, Woodlands Out of<br />
School 01505 615438<br />
MONDAY<br />
Sewing Group (Weekly) ~ 10am -<br />
12noon<br />
Yoga (Weekly) ~ 1pm - Mary Laidlaw<br />
01505 229112<br />
Diaporama 13th ~ 7.30pm<br />
Young Farmers 20th ~ 7.30pm<br />
Houston Show A.G.M. 6th ~ 7.30pm<br />
Handiwives 20th ~ 7.30pm<br />
TUESDAY<br />
Paint Pot Tots (Weekly) ~ 10am - Dawn<br />
Campbell 07789 262350<br />
Musical Theatre (Weekly) ~ 4pm - 5pm<br />
Yoga (Weekly) ~ 7pm - M/s Lawson<br />
01505 613690<br />
Agric Discussion Society 7th ~ 7.30pm<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
Big Kids Little Learners ~ 10am –<br />
11am Janine Neil 07870 697010<br />
Councillors Surgeries 15th ~ 6.30pm<br />
<strong>Gryffe</strong> Melody Makers 1st & 15th ~<br />
7pm<br />
Camera Club (Weekly) ~ 7.30pm<br />
Community Council 15th ~ 7.30pm<br />
Cricketfi eld Residents 15th ~ 7.30pm<br />
THURSDAY<br />
<strong>Gryffe</strong> Quilting Group (2nd, 9th, 16th,<br />
21st) ~ 1.15pm - 3.15pm (16th -<br />
10am)<br />
Primary Colours (Weekly) ~ 3.30pm -<br />
Dawn Campbell 07789 262350<br />
Crafty Friends 2nd, 16th ~ 7.30pm<br />
Folk Club (Weekly) 8pm - iaintdawson@<br />
gmail.com 07786 078952<br />
BurleX Fitness (Weekly) ~ 9.15 -<br />
10.15am. Kelly, 07944 815298<br />
FRIDAY<br />
Yoga (Weekly) ~ 10.30am - M/s<br />
Lawson 01505 613690<br />
Big Kids Little Learners ~ 1pm – 2pm<br />
Janine Neil 07870 697010<br />
Galaxy Dancing (Weekly) ~ 3.30pm -<br />
5.30pm<br />
MP Surgery 9th ~ 12.30pm – 1.30pm<br />
SATURDAY<br />
Galaxy Dancing (Weekly) ~ 9.30am -<br />
12noon<br />
Carrick Concert (Opera Alba) ~ 8pm<br />
SUNDAY<br />
Baptist Church (Weekly) ~ 11am and<br />
6pm<br />
Booking enquiries to Ian Simpson, 01505 612203 Sandy Young 01505 331488<br />
Bill Haddow 01505 690693<br />
hostbooking@outlook.com or The Coffee Shop<br />
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Houston & Crosslee SWI<br />
We continue our very enjoyable year with a meal at the River Inn on<br />
Wednesday 8th <strong>February</strong>, 7pm for 7.30pm. On March 8th we welcome<br />
Louise Bustard to talk to us<br />
about The Botanic Gardens.<br />
All our meetings are held in<br />
The Compass Centre, South<br />
Street, Houston at 7.30pm.<br />
Come along and join us, you<br />
will be made very welcome.<br />
For further information<br />
please contact, Arlene<br />
MacKay on 07932 459994.<br />
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Brookfield<br />
Country<br />
Dancing club<br />
Thursday evenings from<br />
7.30pm - 9.30pm run<br />
by Aileen Craig (01505-<br />
322684). New members<br />
are most welcome and as an<br />
introduction, the fi rst class is<br />
free.<br />
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Houston and Killellan Kirk<br />
Carnival<br />
Hollywood here we come! The date for this years<br />
Carnival is Saturday 13th May and the theme is<br />
Hollywood. Glitzy, glamorous, humorous, villainous<br />
... the choice is yours, time for the thinking caps to<br />
go on ... More details next month.<br />
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Carrick Nights - Winter Concert Series<br />
Promoted by HOUSTON OLD SCHOOL TRUST<br />
All concerts will be held in the Carrick Centre, Main Street, Houston commencing<br />
at 8pm.<br />
After a successful opening concert in November the remaining concerts in the<br />
series are :-<br />
Saturday 25th <strong>February</strong> - OPERA ALBA<br />
Formed in 2004, with a view to presenting an entertaining programme of Opera<br />
by experienced professional singers. Current members are soprano Daisy<br />
Henderson, mezzo Julie Martin-Carter, tenor Adam Magee, baritone Steven<br />
Faughey and accompanied by Derek Clark. They have performed at a variety of<br />
venues throughout Scotland presenting an extensive repertoire from the fi elds of<br />
opera, operetta, Gilbert and Sullivan, songs from the shows and well loved songs<br />
from around the World.<br />
Saturday 25th March - PAUL LIVINGSTON (violin/viola) & IAN WATT (guitar).<br />
A well respected duo, they perform a wide ranging repertoire from Baroque to<br />
Modern, German to Argentinean including works by Bach, Corelli, Schubert,<br />
Paganini and Piazzola.<br />
Friday 28th April - BAROCHAN QUARTET + PAULA BARRON<br />
A welcome return after performing at our pilot concert in March 2016. [BQ] A<br />
string quartet of local talent, all professional musicians and members of the BBC<br />
Symphony Orchestra. [PB] A semi-professional mezzo soprano who hails from<br />
Paisley and her accompanist Jim Drennan with a programme of light classical<br />
repertoire/songs from the shows.<br />
Ticket prices: Adults - £12 Children/Students - £5<br />
Have a meal in our Café at 6pm prior to the concert. Early booking a must as<br />
space is limited.<br />
(2 courses £15 - BYOB )<br />
Call 01505 229597 or e mail thecarrickcentre@gmail.com for further<br />
information.<br />
We are grateful to Enterprise Music Scotland, through funding provided by Creative<br />
Scotland, for their award of a grant to help make these Concerts a reality.
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If there is one thing which is unpredictable it is the Scottish<br />
weather, and the early months of the year can be the most<br />
unpredictable of all. At times of heavy snow and sleet my<br />
thoughts always go out to the most vulnerable members<br />
of our communities, many of whom may be isolated and if<br />
elderly and without private transport, may be afraid to venture<br />
out. Yes, we all lead busy lives but I know that Houston and<br />
Brookfi eld residents are very community minded, so please<br />
do all you can to help housebound neighbours in the event of<br />
inclement weather.<br />
In what seems like another era, my late grandfather had a<br />
coal business which my father also worked in, and from them<br />
both I learned the importance of a strong work ethic, and<br />
of serving the public. Small businesses are the very rock-bed of communities<br />
like Houston and Brookfi eld, so I am pleased that the Scottish Government<br />
has, at the end of 2016, announced a review of the Business Rates structure<br />
in Scotland. The Small Business Bonus Scheme, which provides rates relief for<br />
small businesses, has been a great success and I am sure this will be retained. I<br />
also hope that a new structure of business rates is agreed which will encourage<br />
more new businesses to be created. In Houston village the restaurant and<br />
licensed sector is particularly vibrant and I would like to see a climate where<br />
more entrepreneurs emerge.<br />
My advice surgery in Linwood is on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month, at 6pm, in<br />
Linwood High School. I am also always available to constituents who can call me on 07768<br />
130935, or e-mail me at cllr.audrey.doig@renfrewshire.gov.uk.<br />
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Houston and Killellan Church<br />
This year was a fi rst for our Kirk calendar and what a success it was. The amount<br />
raised was £575 from this fi rst time venture, we hope to repeat this year and are<br />
already looking at different ideas. Thank you to all who purchased the calendar.<br />
The Kirk Postie also excelled realizing the fantastic amount of £965 which has<br />
gone to Quarriers Countryview Service again a massive thank you to all who used<br />
the service.<br />
CAMEO CLUB<br />
The Cameo Club are back into the swing of things getting organized for their Bring<br />
and Buy Sale on Wednesday 8th <strong>February</strong> which is an all important fundraiser for<br />
the club. The 22nd of <strong>February</strong> welcomes Robert Nimmo who will give a talk on<br />
the Great Wall of China. All meetings begin at 2pm in the West Halls.<br />
THE GUILD<br />
On <strong>February</strong> the 14th we welcome the Rev. Ian Miller from HABBIE TO JEALY<br />
EARS, who will entertain us with a talk on the Life of a Parish Minister, this is<br />
not to be missed. The Daffodil Tea will be held on Saturday 25th <strong>February</strong> in the<br />
West Halls - this is a fundraiser for the Guild so please support us. There will be<br />
a variety of stalls and tea, coffee etc. tickets available from committee members<br />
or pay at the door. There will be a guest evening on Tuesday 28th <strong>February</strong> when<br />
Mr Donaldson and the Comrie Singers will be entertaining us.<br />
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Swishing Event/Ladies Night<br />
A Swishing Event/Ladies Night in conjunction with LEAP from Bridge of Weir<br />
will take place in Brookfi eld Village Hall on Saturday 25th <strong>February</strong> at 7.30pm.<br />
Admission £5.<br />
What is Swishing? Swishing works like a giant clothes swap: you bring items<br />
you no longer wear and exchange them for something new-to-you! It’s a fun and<br />
social way of encouraging people to make the most of what they’ve got hanging<br />
in their wardrobe, sitting in a drawer or packed away in a box – and it’s good for<br />
the environment. The items to be swapped should be of good quality and new or<br />
nearly new. Even if you don’t have any items to swap, you can still enjoy sampling<br />
some beauty treatments and there will also be a raffle, bar and refreshments.<br />
Tickets available by e-mailing brookfi eldvpa@gmail.com<br />
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Crafty Friends<br />
We meet the 1st and 3rd Thursdays in the month at 7.30pm in the Carrick Centre,<br />
Houston. No craft experience necessary. Telephone - Lorna Cairns 612844 or<br />
Shirley White 610721.<br />
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Road and pavement repairs have been, and will continue to<br />
be a priority for me in my dealings with the council.<br />
Based on recommendations from constituents over recent<br />
weeks, I have been compiling a list of roads and pavements<br />
in Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch, and I will be submitting this<br />
for inclusion in the new resurfacing programme commencing<br />
in April. My timescale for this is mid <strong>February</strong>, and so there is<br />
time to give me any suggestions on areas and locations that<br />
should be included; please get in touch.<br />
It is to be hoped that the SNP Government, and Transport<br />
Scotland will respond positively to the call from local folk for<br />
improvements on the stretch of the A737 through Kilbarchan, Howwood, and<br />
Lochwinnoch.<br />
A meeting of representatives from Transport Scotland, attended by councillors<br />
and representations from village community councils, took place in December<br />
where safety concerns and the need for improvements on one of the busiest<br />
stretches of roads in Scotland were raised and discussed. There is no doubt that<br />
fi nancial investment to improve the road is necessary and I await with interest the<br />
response to these representations.<br />
At the last meeting of Renfrewshire Council, I asked for a report to be provided to<br />
a future council meeting regarding the installation of the new LED street lighting.<br />
The new lighting saves both money and energy, and while I have received some<br />
positive feedback, there have also been some concerns raised with me, and I<br />
want all the comments and feedback considered. The council agreed to this<br />
request.<br />
As well as working on crucial matters such as road repairs and street lighting,<br />
I continue to be committed to other improvements to our villages and am<br />
keen to hear suggestions, ideas or proposals from residents of Kilbarchan and<br />
Lochwinnoch. To this end I intend to hold councillor coffee mornings in both<br />
Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch over the coming weeks. The fi rst will be on Saturday<br />
11th <strong>February</strong> at 10am in the Old Library Kilbarchan, so if you have a few minutes<br />
to spare please come along.<br />
Meantime please contact me on any matter at cllr.derek.bibby@renfrewshire.gov.uk or<br />
phone 0300 300 1274 or 07534 156007.<br />
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Old Library Centre Kilbarchan<br />
The folks at the Old Library Centre hope you have had a good holiday and are now<br />
thinking about an interesting activity for your spare time. You may wish to take<br />
part in one or more of the list below. In the Centre you can sit and talk, read a<br />
magazine or book, have a cup of tea or coffee or you can take part in one of the<br />
classes listed below. The Centre is open Monday to Friday from 10am till 12 noon<br />
and from 2pm till 4pm. You pay nothing unless you use a computer, get printing<br />
done or have a cup of coffee or tea. All our prices are very keen. A cuppa will cost<br />
you 70p with which you will be given a biscuit. Our classes for Yoga and Pilates<br />
cost £40 for 8 weeks or £6.50 per class. Groups set their own fees.<br />
Our classes and interest groups are as follows.<br />
Mondays: Pilates 10am - 11.15am - Tutor: Sheena Gallagher<br />
Tuesdays: Craft Group 2pm – 4pm (Every 2nd Tuesday)<br />
Book Group 7.15pm - Leader: Brian Berry (monthly)<br />
Wednesdays: Yoga 10am - 11.15 am - Tutor: Janis Green (cost as above)<br />
Pilates 2pm – 3.15 pm - Tutor: Sheen Gallagher<br />
Yoga 7.30 pm - 9pm - Tutor: Elizabeth Hughes<br />
Thursday: First Love Music 10.45am - 11.30am - A class for toddlers (age 1 to 3)<br />
Teacher: Fiona<br />
Friday: Bridge Group 2pm – 4om - Leader: Hamish Thomson<br />
MP’ Surgeries:<br />
Mhairi Black MP has a surgery here on the 2nd Friday of the month from 10.30am<br />
– 11.15am<br />
Tom Arthur MSP has a surgery on the 3rd Friday of the month from 10am<br />
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Fundraising Scottish Country Dance<br />
A fundraising dance will be held in Kilbarchan Guide Centre,<br />
Friday 3rd <strong>February</strong> 7.30pm to 10.30pm. Music by Ian Muir. Tickets £8.00<br />
Programme:-<br />
Machine Without Horses Westminster Reel Tribute to the Borders<br />
Braes of Tullieme Knotwork Pollharrow Burn Mairi’s Wedding<br />
Scott Meikle St Columba’s Strathspey Miss Gibson’s Strathspey<br />
Joie de Vivre Piper & The Penguin Jennifer’s Jig<br />
Joe MacDiarmid’s Jig Lochalsh Reel Mrs Milne of Kineff<br />
Contact Ann Harper<br />
01505 613753 or Les Lambert 01505 704398<br />
kilbarchan & lochwinnoch<br />
Lochwinnoch & Howwood<br />
BHF Heart Start<br />
Do you want the skills to<br />
help save a life?<br />
We have the dates for the next two FREE two hour<br />
courses in <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
Wednesday 15th <strong>February</strong> Masonic Lodge Lochwinnoch 7-9pm<br />
If you are interested in attending contact Morag on morag.Thow@gcu.ac.uk<br />
or 01505 843183. The course is practical and deals with:<br />
• An unconscious casualty • Cardiac arrest<br />
• How to use an AED • Suspected heart attack<br />
• Choking<br />
• Serious bleeding<br />
Morag and Liz<br />
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Lochwinnoch SWI<br />
The <strong>February</strong> meeting<br />
is on Wednesday, 15th,<br />
in the McKillop Hall at<br />
7.30pm. This month<br />
Denise Winton from House of Colour<br />
will be showing us just how to colour<br />
co-ordinate our wardrobes to suit our<br />
skin tones! We might just have to<br />
spring clean our wardrobes, Ladies !<br />
We look forward to welcoming<br />
members and do bring along a friend.<br />
For more info contact Elma Richmond<br />
843193 or richmond32@tiscali.co.uk<br />
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Kilbarchan<br />
During the month of <strong>February</strong>, the<br />
group will have a speaker from<br />
Glasgow Museums Resource Centre<br />
and enjoy an evening discussing<br />
“-isms” e.g., Favouritism. The group<br />
would welcome new members, we<br />
meet on Wednesday evenings in each<br />
other’s homes and enjoy speakers and<br />
discussions on a wide variety of topics.<br />
If you are interested in fi nding out<br />
more about NWR and the Kilbarchan<br />
group, please phone 703786 or see<br />
the website: www.nwr.org.uk.<br />
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Kilbarchan Parish Church Midweek<br />
Fellowship<br />
From 10.30am for coffee, followed by a short service of worship, on Wednesdays<br />
in the small hall.<br />
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The last full meeting of Renfrewshire Council discussed the<br />
upgrade of the A737, following a series of meetings with<br />
Transport Scotland, Lochwinnoch, Kilbarchan, and Howwood<br />
Community Councils, and all seven Councillors who represent<br />
Johnstone and the Villages were involved. A consensus was<br />
reached that action was required particularly on dualling<br />
the single carriageway section, and on making the notorious<br />
Howwood junction safer.<br />
The A737 is a vital economic spine that straddles Renfrewshire,<br />
and it is on economic and regeneration grounds as well as on<br />
public safety grounds that action should be taken. I deeply<br />
regret the fact that, unlike Paisley and Renfrew, who both<br />
have dedicated City Deal projects, Johnstone and the Villages did not get the<br />
upgrade of the A737 that is required. Despite the fact that Renfrewshire Council<br />
did propose this to the City Deal Cabinet on 3rd July 2013, but the Glasgowdominated<br />
City Deal Cabinet vetoed it.<br />
The City Deal Projects have the fi nancial support from both the Scottish and<br />
UK Governments, each contributing £500 million for local projects. Transport<br />
Scotland has confi rmed that “It is for relevant local authorities to propose projects<br />
to be included in their City Deals, however, we are working hard to improve the<br />
A737”. Only the City Deal framework offers village residents guarantees on<br />
timescale for delivery and value for money, it is time for the City Deal Cabinet to<br />
listen to the voice of the Villages and act now.<br />
My advice surgery in Kilbarchan is on the 2nd Wednesday of the month in the Steeple Hall<br />
at 7.45pm, and my advice surgery in Lochwinnoch is on the 4th Wednesday of the month in<br />
the McKillop at 7.30pm, excluding July. But I am also always available to constituents who<br />
can call me on 07534 148224, tweet me on CllrAndy4Ward8 or e-mail me at cllr.andy.doig@<br />
renfrewshire.gov.uk.<br />
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Kilbarchan Parish<br />
Church Messy Church<br />
Our next Messy Church takes place on Saturday<br />
18th <strong>February</strong> from 4pm – 6pm in the church<br />
halls.<br />
All children, accompanied by an adult, will be made<br />
most welcome. So come along and join us for a couple of hours of crafts,<br />
stories and song. We end by sitting down to eat together and enjoying the<br />
fellowship of other families.<br />
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Killin’ in The Glen<br />
Calder Drama’s Lochwinnoch Arts Festival Production.<br />
The Laird’s Glendower Estate is in a poor state of repair<br />
and much needed money is needed to infuse life back into it.<br />
To this remote and desolate area come a number of guests who<br />
turn out to be not what they fi rst appear to be. A Comedy thriller written by Felix<br />
Lando that incorporates mystery and murder with its many twists and turns until<br />
its violent and bloody conclusion. A pair of decrepit housekeepers, an Estate<br />
Manager, An Ex-Governess, a French Student, an American and a Business<br />
Tycoon complete with private secretary make up the cast. Added to the action is<br />
the Annual Shoot on the Moors and a Burns Supper with its Fu-As-A-Wulk Quaich<br />
competition. The pace never slackens and we would especially advise asthma<br />
suffers to remember to bring along their inhalers as a precaution.<br />
Staged in the McKillop Hall on Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th March. Doors Open 7pm.<br />
Curtain Up 7.30 pm. Bar & Refreshments Available. (£6/£4 Arts festival outlets)
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Looking Forward to Lilias Day <strong>2017</strong><br />
Preparations are well underway for this years Lilias Day which takes place on<br />
Saturday 3rd June. After such a fantastic day last year we are keen to capture the<br />
enthusiasm and commitment of the local community. Getting involved is easy<br />
and a great way to raise funds or just have some fun.<br />
The fi rst date on the Lilias Day calendar is the Stall Holders Evening on Tuesday<br />
14th March, 7pm, at The Old Library Centre, Kilbarchan. If you wish to have a<br />
stall to raise funds for your local organisation or charity appeal come along and<br />
secure a pitch. A 10% discount on stall prices is given to those who book on the<br />
night.<br />
The historic parade lies is at the heart of Lilias Day, celebrating the history of the<br />
village and bringing together the ‘collective creativeness’ of our community. Local<br />
organisations and individual streets can get involved by theming and decorating<br />
a fl oat and individuals can volunteer for a role in the historic parade. Demand<br />
for fl oats and costumes is always high so get in touch by emailing the committee<br />
on info@liliasday.co.uk.<br />
We are also looking for this years Miss Lilias. If you would like to play a key role in<br />
the Lilias Day celebrations or know of someone who would be perfect for the role<br />
please send us an email with your contact details, name of nominated person<br />
and the reasons why you/they would be ideal. Candidates should be 16 years or<br />
older and live or work in the village.<br />
After the success of last years Lilifest we will once again be putting together a<br />
programme of events / entertainment in the lead up to Lilias Day. Details will be<br />
announced on the Lilias Day website liliasday.co.uk and in the local press. If you<br />
would like to put on an event during this week please contact us to ensure that it<br />
is included in the programme.<br />
Chair Graeme Stockton said “after such a brilliant day last year we are really<br />
looking forward to this years event. We always try to bring something new to the<br />
day and make sure we have plenty of entertainment that everyone can enjoy.<br />
Community support and involvement is key to the success of the event and we<br />
would like to thank the organisations and groups, businesses, volunteers and<br />
individuals who all help make it happen.”<br />
For more information visit our website at www.liliasday.co.uk or email info@<br />
liliasday.co.uk . We are also on Facebook at “Kilbarchan Lilias Day” or follow us<br />
@LiliasDay on Twitter.<br />
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Theft of Thwaites Dumper Truck in<br />
Howwood<br />
Between Sunday 8th January and Tuesday 10th January <strong>2017</strong> a Thwaites Dumper<br />
Truck was stolen from Auchengreoch Road, Howwood.<br />
Renfrewshire & Inverclyde Police Division have advised that if any member of the<br />
public has any information in relation to this theft and/or the whereabouts of the<br />
truck please call Johnstone Police on 101.<br />
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Howwood Village News<br />
A737 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND<br />
Bill David, Millar Leon and Bill Binks represented Howwood Community Council at<br />
a meeting arranged by Renfrewshire Council and Transport Scotland, to discuss<br />
accident and safety issues on the A737. Other Local Community Councils were<br />
represented that have also raised similar concerns. Bill David advised that the<br />
statistics recorded by Transport Scotland are not giving the full picture of the<br />
number of accidents that occur along this stretch of road. Renfrewshire Council<br />
have now moved a motion calling for action on the A737 and they will now<br />
progress this with the Scottish Government.<br />
HOWWOOD WOODLANDS AND WILDLIFE:<br />
We are in desperate need of help in the form of assistance to clear the Rhombus<br />
Garden of weeds (the garden just opposite The Boarding House). If you have any<br />
spare time at all and would be willing to help with the clearance and development<br />
of this area, we would be most grateful. Please contact Bill David on 07802<br />
57590 or email at bill@billdavid.co.uk or contact any member of HWW who will<br />
be able to give you more information – thank you!<br />
HOWWOOD PARISH CHURCH GUILD:<br />
The Guild meets in the church hall every second Monday at 7.30pm. The meetings<br />
are open to all and anyone can come along, on any evening and be assured of a<br />
warm welcome. We look forward to seeing you there.<br />
HOWWOOD WOMENS INSTITUTE:<br />
Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month from September to April.<br />
A warm welcome awaits all our members, especially new ones. The next meeting<br />
will be held on Tuesday 21st <strong>February</strong>. There will be a Sales Table each month<br />
except November, December and April, proceeds will be donated to St. Vincents<br />
Hospice and members are reminded to please bring their own cup for tea. For<br />
more information please contact Mrs Irene MacTaggart on 01505 704800.<br />
HOWWOOD COMMUNITY COUNCIL:<br />
Meetings of the Community Council are held on the second Tuesday of each<br />
month at 7.30pm in Howwood Village Hall. The next meeting will be on Tuesday<br />
14th <strong>February</strong>. Please feel free to come along - all welcome.<br />
howwood & elderslie<br />
Hi there - I missed the New Year issue so all the best to you<br />
and your family for <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
The issue of local peoples concerns about the A737 still<br />
continue. The council in December passed a motion calling<br />
on the Scottish government to listen and take action on what<br />
are safety issues on a road which is carrying more and more<br />
traffi c on it. So along with meetings with the Local Community<br />
Councils to discuss the issue pressure is starting to mount on<br />
the decision makers to take appropriate action .<br />
On the 19th January the Education Policy Board of the Council<br />
will hopefully agree to a major investment in St Anthony's<br />
School. I will update you on this issue.<br />
The Scottish government announced their budget in December and as I write<br />
this it is still to be agreed. In their<br />
proposals some monies were allocated<br />
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to increasing Broadband speeds<br />
Howwood SWI<br />
in areas where the service is not<br />
great. Although there has been some<br />
Tuesday 21st <strong>February</strong> -<br />
improvements in Howwood more needs<br />
"The day I met the Queen"<br />
to be done and again I will update you<br />
by Nan Robertson.<br />
on any progress .<br />
Competition - Royal Souvenir.<br />
My surgeries are held on the fourth<br />
Hostesses - Nana Glen & Agnes McKay. Thursday of every month between 6pm<br />
Meetings in Howwood Village Hall and 7pm.<br />
at 7.30pm. A warm welcome to all. Until next month .. all the best!<br />
Contact Irene on 01505 704800 for<br />
further details.<br />
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A vibrant community and animal<br />
welfare project located in Erskine,<br />
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wide variety of animals, including<br />
ducks, hens, horses and goats. We<br />
also have a reptile room with some<br />
special reptiles for you to come and<br />
meet! We try our best to rescue<br />
and rehome as many animals<br />
as we can. If we cannot find a<br />
suitable forever home for our furry<br />
friends they will continue to live with<br />
us, therefore there’s always new<br />
furries for you to meet. We actively<br />
promote animal welfare and advise<br />
and educate people, where we can,<br />
in animal care and husbandry.<br />
Visit our website at https://<br />
lamontfarm.org.uk/<br />
Johnstone Cat<br />
Rescue<br />
If you can help us with any<br />
fundraising or donations<br />
of either food or bedding,<br />
please call Sheena on 01505<br />
337321. Thank you.<br />
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Situated near Beith in North Ayrshire - We occupy a 20 acre<br />
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have the facilities and experience to treat all species of Scottish wildlife.<br />
Resources at the Centre include an intensive care unit, a swan/seal<br />
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JOIN US! - Support Hessilhead by becoming a member and get 2<br />
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With so many hedgehogs in<br />
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saving them up and drop them off<br />
at the centre.<br />
Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue has<br />
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Facilities at the Centre include<br />
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Re-homing Pets<br />
Can you offer a home to any of our featured pets?<br />
Twix - Male 6 year old<br />
domestic cat<br />
Twix is a lovely, friendly boy<br />
who would prefer a home<br />
with no young children, but<br />
might be ok with other cats &<br />
dogs. He would like a garden please, not near<br />
a busy road, so that he can go out & stretch<br />
his paws.<br />
Scootaloo - 6 mnth old male domestic cat<br />
Scootaloo needs<br />
a home with older, teenage children only. It’s<br />
very important that you don’t allow him to play<br />
with your hands so please stock up on lots of<br />
toys for him. He’s never lived with other pets<br />
before so we not sure how he would find them.<br />
He would like a garden please, not near a busy<br />
road, so that he can go out & burn off some<br />
energy once he’s old enough which probably<br />
won’t be until springtime.<br />
Cardyke Farm, Langmuirhead Road, Auchinloch,<br />
Glasgow G66 5LD - Telephone 0141 779 3341<br />
Billy - a 1-2 year old male Budgerigar<br />
B i l l y ’ s<br />
personality is as colourful as his<br />
markings. He is a lively boy who would<br />
thrive in a home with someone who has<br />
experience with birds or is willing to<br />
research the breed. Billy would benefit<br />
being in a home where he can see and/<br />
or socialise with other birds.<br />
Millie - 5 yrs - Female domestic cat<br />
Millie is a nervous girl who arrived in our<br />
care through no fault of her own and is<br />
now desperately looking for a new home<br />
to call her own. She would suit a home<br />
without young children. Millie is a house<br />
cat and she enjoys time to herself to<br />
potter around and will need to time to<br />
adjust and settle in a new home.<br />
To contact the centre about any animals,<br />
please call 03000 999 999 or visit www.<br />
scottishspca.org/rehoming<br />
Tara - Female Lab Cross<br />
Age: 8+ Years<br />
Tara is the most adorable<br />
older lady. She is just<br />
so sweet and loves the quiet life. She<br />
would just love a wee retirement home<br />
to snooze in front of a fire! Tara can<br />
live with children who are 12 years old<br />
or over and needs a secure garden to<br />
potter in and chill out in. She needs a<br />
calm, quiet home that has the time to<br />
give her the TLC she needs and loves.<br />
Heidi - Female Staffordshire Cross Age: 2 to 5 Years<br />
Heidi is a super wee girl who loves to be on the go learning new things!<br />
Heidi can live with children who are 14<br />
years old or over and needs her own<br />
secure garden to practice her training<br />
in. A calm, quiet home with someone<br />
who is around all day would benefit her<br />
as she struggles to be left on her own.<br />
Someone who has owned dogs like her<br />
before would also help her come out her<br />
shell.<br />
Dogs Trust Rehoming Centre, 315 Hamilton<br />
Road, Uddingston, Glasgow, G71 7SL. Open:<br />
12noon - 4pm (inc weekends); 12noon-<br />
7.30pm on Tuesdays; closed: Wednesdays<br />
Rescue Centres<br />
Dogs Trust Glasgow:<br />
0141 773 5130<br />
www.dogstrust.org.uk<br />
Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue:<br />
01505 502415<br />
www.hessilhead.org.uk<br />
Johnstone Cat Rescue:<br />
01505 337321<br />
Cat Protection:<br />
0141 779 3341<br />
www.cats.org.uk/glasgowac/adopta-cat<br />
Scottish SPCA:<br />
0141 882 1688<br />
www.scottishspca.org<br />
These centres are always on<br />
the lookout for donations and<br />
fundraising. If you can help,<br />
please get in touch with any of<br />
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- Year Stane Project<br />
Eadha are excited to announce the launch of our Yearn Stane Project with the<br />
completion of our first tree planting event held at the Barytes Mine at Muirshiel<br />
on Saturday 7th January. We would like to thank the volunteers who came<br />
along to help us plant 100 native trees and shrubs including aspen, juniper,<br />
birch, oak and gorse, all propagated by Eadha in our wee tree nursery. We<br />
also employed the novel “Greenlees Method” of seed dispersal by throwing<br />
ice-cubes containing birch and juniper seed into inaccessible areas of the<br />
mine. Special thanks also goes to Liz Parsons for on-site catering and Graham<br />
McIver who brought his drone and has created a fantastic promotional film (see<br />
link below). We are also grateful for the help of Alan Brown from the Regional<br />
Park and the permission of Mr Lamont, tenant farmer.<br />
On our way to the mine, we were treated to the rare sight of a beautiful Fog Bow<br />
over the hills, perhaps a good omen for the project.<br />
Many local people with an interest in natural history may be unaware of the<br />
Yearn Stane, a feature to be found near Irish Law which derives its name from<br />
the old word for Golden Eagle “earn”. This was a perch for golden eagles and<br />
hints at our ambition to improve the ecology of the Renfrewshire Hills.<br />
As with large tracts of upland Scotland,<br />
the ecology of our local hills has been<br />
impacted from intensive land uses since<br />
historical times. The Duchal Moor for<br />
example was one of the most productive grouse moors in the country. Black<br />
grouse have become extinct in the park in recent times along with Mountain<br />
Hare, Adder, Red Squirrel, Water Vole, and Bog Myrtle, to name a few. Hen<br />
Harriers have not bred successfully for a number of years now. In terms of<br />
trees there were less than 10 juniper and aspen left. The regional park have<br />
been successful in bringing the juniper back from the brink and Eadha have<br />
focused on the aspen.<br />
We now think its time to step up a gear. We are concerned that the Regional Park has lost its IUCN designation which<br />
provided some protection against inappropriate/industrial developments such as windfarms. This is partly due to the<br />
low priority of ecological issues.<br />
The management of the land has a bearing on the wider communities. The flash flooding in Lochwinnoch and the<br />
silting of Castle Semple Loch, threatening the sustainability of watersports can be linked to the intensive drainage<br />
ditches across the moorland. These fragile peatland areas are therefore losing carbon<br />
rather than locking it up.<br />
Eadha is seeking to work with the Regional Park and local landowners to expand native<br />
woodland, work with farmers to establish wood pasture in grazed areas, create areas of<br />
scrub and implement peatland restoration.<br />
The potential social and economic as well as environmental benefits could be enormous in<br />
terms of eco-tourism, environmental education, volunteering and employment training etc.<br />
We are looking for local people to come forward to help make our ambitions a reality. We<br />
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The humble house sparrow is one of the best known British birds. You<br />
may spot them in fields in the countryside, at your garden feeders, or<br />
even in the centre of cities - they can sometimes even be seen hopping<br />
along the platforms in Glasgow Central train station! Sparrows are very<br />
social birds and flocks can often be heard chattering loudly in garden<br />
hedges. Although they are well-known, did you know that house<br />
sparrows are now red-listed because of declines in their populations<br />
over the past few decades? Studies have shown that their numbers<br />
have fallen by over 70% since the 1970s! If you would like to give<br />
house sparrows a helping hand then why not put up a nest box in your garden, or on the side<br />
of your house, to give them a cosy place to build their nest. Sparrows often build nests very<br />
close to each other, so why not get your neighbours involved too and set up a “sparrow street”?<br />
With lots of nest boxes set up on neighbouring houses, you could provide a perfect place for a<br />
friendly flock of sparrows to set up home.<br />
If you’d like to learn how to make and decorate your very own nest box, why not come along to<br />
our Build a Bird a Home day on Saturday 18th <strong>February</strong>? Staff will be on hand to give advice<br />
about how and where to put up your box, and what sort of species you may attract to it. Who<br />
knows – when summer arrives, you may even see young sparrows fly the nest, knowing that<br />
you helped them along the way! Lots of other birds, such as blue tits, might be looking for a<br />
home near you too, so providing a nesting box is a great way to help give nature a home!<br />
For more information about RSPB Lochwinnoch reserve or any of our events, please call 01505<br />
842663 or email lochwinnoch@rspb.org.uk.<br />
Brighter BoW<br />
SOMETHING IN THE AIR<br />
It must be something in the air or<br />
in the water, but barely two weeks<br />
in to the new year we saw these<br />
daffodils poking through the snow<br />
in the barrier baskets. Otherwise,<br />
it was fairly quiet for our volunteers<br />
last month, but things will definitely be picking up<br />
very soon. We’ve got an AGM coming up, then<br />
planning for the coming seasons.<br />
As regular readers will have seen in the last issue,<br />
we’ve been short-listed in the Scottish Rural Awards<br />
this year, which is very nice. Having discovered<br />
how much it would cost us to attend the ceremony<br />
in March, we’ve decided that we’ll have to give it a<br />
miss. If we win, maybe they’ll let us do a video link<br />
like Sports Personality or the Oscars!<br />
Meantime, we’re away to sharpen our secateurs.<br />
Kilmacolm<br />
Horticultural Society<br />
Our winter lecture for <strong>February</strong> will be held on<br />
Wednesday 15th at 7.30pm in the New Community<br />
Centre, Kilmacolm. We are privileged to welcome<br />
Mrs Sue Thornley, owner of the Glenarn Estate at<br />
Rhu. ‘Re-inventing the Rock Garden at Glenarn’.<br />
Over the years Sue and Mike have transformed the<br />
gardens, filled with original species of rhododendrons,<br />
magnolias, camellias etc. Telling the story of the<br />
Rock Garden will be Sue’s final lecture to the public,<br />
as she celebrates her 70th birthday this month.<br />
Refreshments at<br />
end of the lecture -<br />
everyone welcome.<br />
The Spring Outing<br />
for the Society will be<br />
a visit to the lovely<br />
gardens of Glenarn<br />
on Wednesday 17th<br />
May. Come along<br />
to the lecture - book<br />
your seat for the<br />
Outings.
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BoW Horticultural Society<br />
Trish Telfer’s January presentation took<br />
place on the coldest night of the winter, so<br />
far. She took us around several Scottish<br />
Gardens. The first were Geilston and<br />
Greenbank - both NTS gardens near<br />
Glasgow. Geilston, outside Cardross, has<br />
a sheltered, spring woodland area filled<br />
with mature Rhododendrons, Bluebells,<br />
Azaleas and Irises. Greenbank, on the<br />
South Side, has a large walled garden<br />
divided into 12 tree-lined “rooms”.<br />
The July Garden was full of colourful<br />
herbaceous plants, Campanulas,<br />
Hemerocallis, Montbretia and Sidalcia<br />
and the greenhouse exhibited Begonias,<br />
Streptocarpus and an unusual Brazilian<br />
Plume Flower.<br />
Moving to<br />
Galloway, we visited Glenwhan; a 12 acre garden<br />
hewn and tilled out of marshy, rocky ground into<br />
lochans surrounded by trees and shrubs. In April<br />
the Rhododendrons, Azaleas and Magnolias were<br />
in full bloom. Here, a dark turquoise peacock<br />
emerged to give us (and the dog) the once over.<br />
Trish then took us to Logan Botanic Gardens<br />
in autumn; a garden renowned for its Southern<br />
Hemisphere plants. In addition to Eucalyptus,<br />
Palm and Tree Ferns we saw many colourful<br />
sun-loving plants; some of which we put into our<br />
hanging baskets.<br />
Homeward bound, Trish stopped off at the new<br />
Queen Elizabeth Walled Garden at Dumfries<br />
House. Here, late summer herbaceous - Phlox,<br />
Helenium, Kniphofia and Agapanthus - were in<br />
flower. This and the new arboretum are a must for<br />
gardeners. For comparison Trish showed ‘before’<br />
and ‘after’ shots of her own new garden; an empty<br />
expanse<br />
of gravel<br />
a n d<br />
lacklustre Pieris, transformed by<br />
a framework of trellis, patios and<br />
raised borders.<br />
There will be more Arctic conditions<br />
for us this month when Sue and<br />
Adrian Whitaker take us on an<br />
Arctic Odyssey on Thursday 9th<br />
<strong>February</strong> at 8pm at The Legion. As<br />
ever, all welcome!<br />
Kilbarchan & District Beekeepers<br />
January and <strong>February</strong> are the least ‘hands-on’ for<br />
time in the hive and for the beekeeper and most<br />
time is spent on planning for the year ahead,<br />
cleaning, maintaining and replenishing equipment.<br />
The honeybee does not hibernate, the colony is<br />
reduced to minimal numbers that are able to keep<br />
the small cluster of bees warm enough to survive<br />
the low temperatures, with the Queen kept at<br />
the centre of the cluster at all times. Weather<br />
permitting they will still venture out of the hive for<br />
water and to do other essential ‘business’, called<br />
cleansing flights. Snow does not cause issues for<br />
the Honeybee colony, as long as the entrance is<br />
not blocked, and it can actually help insulate the<br />
hive. It can be an anxious time for the beekeeper,<br />
waiting to see if the colony has survived the dark<br />
cold winter months and resisting the temptation<br />
to take a peek, as this can lower the hives sorely<br />
maintained temperature, to a dangerous level.<br />
There are ways of checking that the colony is<br />
active and has access to stores or food provided<br />
by the beekeeper, such as hefting the hives to<br />
check the weight or by quickly looking under the roof to see if the fondant<br />
most beekeepers use, is accessible and that there is enough left.<br />
Pictures above show a couple of members receiving Scottish Beekeeping<br />
Association certificates. The first picture is of Susie Kennedy who passed<br />
her Basic Beemaster practical exam with Distinction. Also pictured, Helena<br />
Jackson who passed a practical and written Microscopy exam last year.<br />
Interested?<br />
If you are interested in beekeeping for yourself or the whole family, anyone is<br />
welcome. Contact Helena Jackson, the Kilbarchan and District Beekeepers<br />
Association Secretary via e-mail Helena.Jackson72@sky.com if you would like<br />
to know more!<br />
KBA hold evening meetings during Autumn & Winter months in The Steeple Halls,<br />
Kilbarchan between 7.30pm – 10pm. You can come along and find out more about<br />
Honeybee husbandry and related topics, drop in to find out more at one of the<br />
remaining winter season meetings below.<br />
Evening Programme<br />
14th <strong>February</strong> - Honey Show - Judge Enid Brown<br />
14th March - Swarm Control & Queen Rearing - Ian Craig
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Welcome to Scotland’s largest Regional Park<br />
Tag-n-Track Wildlife Technology Arrives at CMRP<br />
A New Wildlife Project<br />
It’s a New Year and it’s time to<br />
introduce you all to the exciting new<br />
project starting in Clyde Muirshiel<br />
Regional Park. Tag-n-Track (TnT) is<br />
using the latest technology to track<br />
birds locally and globally. This project<br />
is funded by Heritage Lottery Fund,<br />
Greater Renfrewshire LEADER and<br />
Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park and<br />
started on 9th January. It will run for<br />
the next two years.<br />
One of the species we will be tagging<br />
and tracking is the lesser black-backed<br />
gull (below). They are a much maligned<br />
species, most people viewing them as<br />
chip-stealing pests. However, are you<br />
aware that some of these UK amber listed birds (due to fewer individuals<br />
over a limited range) actually migrate to Europe and Africa in the winter<br />
time and then back to the UK in the summer.<br />
The project will also be tagging juvenile barn owls (above) to investigate<br />
their dispersal after they leave the nest. The data collected will be used to<br />
gain a better understanding of how the birds use the Regional Park. It will<br />
also allow us to develop and deliver an extensive school project across the<br />
Park encompassing the three council areas. We will be offering numerous<br />
events, workshops and talks to various groups and other interested<br />
parties. We will start deploying tags this summer and there will be plenty<br />
of opportunities for people to get involved in volunteering with the project.<br />
Event News<br />
One of the first events<br />
for T-n-T will take place<br />
at Muirshiel Country<br />
Park on Sunday the<br />
19th <strong>February</strong>. We<br />
will be running a Bird<br />
Ringing Demonstration<br />
from 10.30am to 3pm<br />
so feel free to pop up<br />
at any time to discover<br />
why we ring birds and<br />
find out more about the<br />
project.<br />
More Info…<br />
Details can be found on the Park’s website www.clydemuirshiel.co.uk/tagn-track<br />
or by emailing TnT@clydemuirshiel.co.uk. Talks to groups can be<br />
arranged if you are interested in finding out more about the project and its<br />
findings as the project progresses.<br />
Lochwinnoch Arts Festival: We are hosting 2 events at Castle Semple<br />
for the festival, both run by local historians celebrating village culture.<br />
The first event is poetry themed and on 5th <strong>February</strong> see – www.<br />
lochwinnochartsfestival.co.uk.<br />
Volunteer for the local environment: Give back to your Park in <strong>2017</strong><br />
and get fit in a laid back social atmosphere by joining the Park’s volunteer<br />
groups. Castle Semple’s group meets every week on Thursdays 12.30pm<br />
– 3.30pm. Greenock Cut is weekly on a Saturday 10.30am - 2.30pm.<br />
Programme of tasks online.<br />
Resolve not to fail: Well done to you if you’re still keeping up any healthy<br />
lifestyle changes from New Year resolutions. If you’re not then it’s not too<br />
late to pick it up again - you only fall off the wagon if you don’t get back on.<br />
Use our trails and tracks to walk, run or cycle and just get outside more!<br />
Stargazing Returns for <strong>2017</strong>: These popular evenings are back at<br />
Renfrewshire’s darkest sky location – Muirshiel Country Park. Next date<br />
is Monday 6th <strong>February</strong>, 7pm-9pm - book now by calling 01505 842882.<br />
Special deal £2.50 for a hot drink & cake!<br />
Weave Willow for your Valentine! Always get your other half<br />
stereotypical valentines flowers/chocolates/perfumes?! Our Rangers will<br />
help you weave a heart wreath or make something to take home with you.<br />
It means more to spend your time together. Event at Greenock Cut Visitor<br />
Centre on Feb 14th, 1-3pm, book your place now, £5 per person.<br />
Easter & Summer Courses Online now: Planning ahead? We’ve just<br />
taken our first bookings for Spring and Summer courses through our new<br />
online booking system. Check the dates and learn a new skill for <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
Pedal the Park Road Sportive Sunday 23rd April: Online entry is now<br />
LIVE for this 100km sportive! Sign up now for just £15, this includes a £5<br />
donation to local charity CLIC Sargent in Scotland supporting their work<br />
with young people with cancer and their families.<br />
Ride 63 Community Cycle Club: The <strong>2017</strong> Ride Calendar will be out soon.<br />
Join our new ‘group style facebook page’ contact the secretary by email<br />
ridesixtythree@gmail.com for a membership form and ride info.<br />
Regular Events<br />
Mondays (but not public holidays)<br />
Lochwinnoch Community Walks<br />
meet 10.30am at The Cross,<br />
Lochwinnoch.<br />
Weekly Volunteer Groups -<br />
Newcomers always welcome!<br />
Thursdays<br />
Castle Semple Conservation<br />
Volunteers, Adult group, from<br />
12.30pm – 3.30pm.<br />
Saturdays<br />
Greenock Cut Conservation<br />
Volunteers, Adult group, 10.30am<br />
– 2.30pm.<br />
Sundays<br />
Castle Semple Young Volunteers,<br />
12 - 18 yr olds, 10am – 12noon<br />
Keep up to speed with events and activities taking place on the Park’s Facebook: facebook.com/ClydeMuirshielRegionalPark or<br />
Twitter @Clydemuirshiel pages and Instagram pages.
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Kilmacolm<br />
Playgroup &<br />
Toddlers<br />
Playgroup continues to be as busy<br />
as ever, with the children making<br />
new friends with all our new starts<br />
this term. We have explored the<br />
story of ‘The Tiger Who Came to<br />
Tea’ and ‘Valentine’s Day’, as well<br />
as beginning to learn the days of<br />
the week, seasons, weather and<br />
months through our registration time<br />
at the beginning of each session.<br />
The children are also involved in<br />
following a simple recipe to make<br />
our play dough while at playgroup and love getting messy helping to add the ingredients and mix it all together. We<br />
are also looking forward to booking some sessions of gymnastics or football with Morton to help keep us healthy<br />
and active!<br />
Playgroup runs on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings. For more information contact Playgroup Secretary<br />
Claire at kilmacolmplaygroupandtoddlers@gmail.com. Our Toddlers group is on Wednesday mornings from 10am<br />
- 11.30am and gives 0-3 year olds a chance to play with lots of different toys, make friends, and share a snack,<br />
while the grown-ups catch up over a cup of tea. Drop in to find out more, or contact Frances at kilmacolmtoddlers@<br />
outlook.com. Our website is http://kilmacolmplaygroupandtoddlers@jimdo.com.<br />
Houston Baby & Toddlers<br />
St Fillan’s Primary School<br />
At the beginning of January the Primary 4 and Primary 5 children<br />
took part in a Digital Scotland mobile showcase event. They<br />
learned about broadband and its importance in our lives and<br />
discussed possible digital plans for the future.<br />
Our Primary 6 pupils are looking forward to taking part in a STEM<br />
(Science Technology Engineering and Maths) workshop at Paisley<br />
University at the end of January. This will allow them to take<br />
forward the STEM skills they have been developing in school.<br />
This term Primary 3 are going to be learning about life during the<br />
reign of Queen Victoria while our Primary 7 are studying what it<br />
means to be a refugee.<br />
In Primary 1 and Primary 2 our pupils are learning about Scotland.<br />
In the picture you can see Primary 1 enjoying some fresh air and<br />
exercise whilst taking part in their ‘Daily Mile’.<br />
We are all looking forward to a visit from Zoolab later in January.<br />
We’ve had a lovely start to our new term at Baby<br />
& Toddlers with pupils from Houston Primary<br />
leading us in song. A number of us have<br />
attended a British Red Cross First Aid Course<br />
for Baby and Child - hugely relevant and very<br />
engaging, and hoping to organise another one<br />
soon. We have Spring crafts and a grown-ups<br />
night out planned.<br />
Why not come along and join us at Houston<br />
Baby & Toddler group? Children from 0-4 years<br />
old, together with their parents/grandparent/<br />
carer, will receive a warm welcome. The<br />
children can have fun playing with our many<br />
toys while the adults chat over a cuppa! We<br />
meet every Thursday 9.30am - 11.30am (term<br />
time only) in the West Hall, Main Street, Houston, PA6 7EL (next door to the Carrick Centre) – welcome anytime.<br />
We look forward to meeting you. Sharon, Lesley & Fiona. (lesleyannjackson@outlook.com)<br />
every Mo n d a y<br />
Lochwinnoch Baby & Toddlers<br />
McKillop Hall, 9.30am - 11.30am<br />
£2/family fee incl tea & children’s snacks.<br />
Kilmacolm Playgroup<br />
St Columba Church Hall, Kilmacolm,<br />
9.30am - 11.40am<br />
Howwood Baby & Toddler Group<br />
Howwood Parish Church, 10am - 12noon<br />
Kilbarchan Parish Church Tots’ Club<br />
Kilbarchan Parish Church Hall, 9.15am<br />
- 11.30am<br />
every Tuesday<br />
Bridge of Weir Toddlers<br />
Cargill Hall, Lintwhite Cres, BoW<br />
Pop along and see us from 9.30 - 11.30am<br />
Baby Social<br />
Three Sisters Bake, Quarriers Vill. 11 am<br />
Meet mums, drink coffee, eat cake.<br />
Kilmacolm Playgroup<br />
St Columba Church Hall, Kilmacolm,<br />
9.30am - 11.40am<br />
Howwood Playgroup<br />
Howwood Church Hall, 9.45am - 11.35am<br />
every Wednesday<br />
Kilmacolm Toddlers<br />
St Columba Church Hall, Kilmacolm,<br />
10am - 11.30am<br />
For children from birth to 3 years.<br />
Lochwinnoch Baby & Toddlers<br />
McKillop Hall. 9.30am - 11.30am<br />
£2/family fee incl tea and children’s snacks.<br />
Howwood Playgroup<br />
Howwood Church Hall 9.45am - 11.35am<br />
every Th u r s d a y<br />
Houston Toddlers<br />
Church Hall, Main Street, Houston<br />
Pop along and see us from 9.30 - 11.30am<br />
Kilmacolm Playgroup<br />
St Columba Church Hall, Kilmacolm,<br />
9.15am - 11.40am<br />
Howwood Playgroup<br />
Howwood Church Hall 9.45am - 11.35am<br />
every Fr i d a y<br />
Langbank Playgroup<br />
Langbank Village Hall 9.45 - 11.45am<br />
For 2.5 - 5yr olds.<br />
Contact Jen Burrows 07947 983025.<br />
Langbank Under 3’s<br />
Church Hall, Langbank 10am - 11.45am<br />
For children from birth to 3 years<br />
1st & 3rd Fr i d a y<br />
Renfrewshire Inverclyde Twins Club<br />
McKillop Hall, Lochwinnoch<br />
1pm-2.30pm<br />
£3. Bring a mug along for a cuppa.
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History Trip to the Mitchell Library<br />
Higher History<br />
pupils attended an<br />
exclusive event,<br />
held at the Mitchell<br />
Library in Glasgow,<br />
commemorating<br />
the role of woman<br />
in industry during<br />
the First World<br />
War. It was a<br />
fantastic opportunity<br />
to expand our<br />
knowledge and<br />
understanding<br />
of something<br />
so important to<br />
society, as well as<br />
something linked to<br />
our course.<br />
The day involved<br />
four workshops which we rotated round. The first workshop was a radical<br />
learning experience, transporting us back to 1915 – when Britain was forced<br />
to find alternative timber sources at home, after U-boats began to sink<br />
imports of timber. We were able to experience cutting a log for ourselves,<br />
which left some of us with sore arms. Some of us even tried on safety<br />
equipment from then and now ... It was incredible to think the average age<br />
of one of these woman was 53!<br />
In the next workshop, we were given artefacts to examine and study, before<br />
presenting them to a room full of mostly strangers with a prize for the best<br />
one. I am pleased to say that out of the four competitions held, <strong>Gryffe</strong> took<br />
home the gold for three!<br />
The other workshops, involved a presentation on the Gretna Girls. A group<br />
of women who moved to the New Town of Gretna to work at a munitions<br />
factory, which helped to turn the tides of the War. Finally, we were given a<br />
glimpse of the role of women in the Govan rent strikes. At this workshop<br />
were also given the opportunity to be do a source work question with an<br />
SQA verifier.<br />
Overall, it was an amazing opportunity and a great day out. Everyone<br />
certainly left with a more profound understanding and appreciation of the<br />
role of women in the First World War.<br />
Euan Huey S5<br />
<strong>Gryffe</strong> achieve a sportsscotland GOLD School Sport Award<br />
Following our application for a sportscotland School Sport Award at the end<br />
of last session, we were delighted to receive a GOLD School Sport Award.<br />
The application process involved pupils and staff forming a School Sport<br />
Committee and completing an evaluation and development process of<br />
various areas including:<br />
• Physical Education • School Sport • Pathways<br />
• Compete and Perform • Celebrating Sport • Leadership<br />
• Career Long Professional Learning • Recognition and Awards<br />
• Access to school facilities<br />
Following this process, sportscotland awarded the highest level of this<br />
award based on the programmes we have at the school. Following this<br />
award, we will be continuing to evaluate and develop our programmes<br />
further through discussions with pupils, parents, staff and external bodies.<br />
Houston Primary School<br />
Scotland Street School<br />
The pupils of Primary 6 have been learning about the Victorians and to<br />
enhance their learning, Mrs Conaghan and Mrs Campbell arranged a trip to<br />
Scotland Street School. The pupils made comparisons with the classrooms<br />
and the teachers, and are very glad to be attending Houston Primary in the<br />
present day. On return to school they continued with the Victorian theme<br />
and carried out experiments linked to Victorian medicine.<br />
Nursery Ambassadors<br />
Primary 6 pupils applied for the position of Nursery Ambassadors and the<br />
successful candidates will be taking up their posts in January. The nursery<br />
pupils look forward to getting to know Sarah Smillie, Abigail Nelson, Calum<br />
Johnson, Adam Gilmour, Murray Gray, Rory McAllister, Rachel Frew,<br />
Ellie Nayar, Adam Foy, Max Donaghey and Skye Mills. These pupil will<br />
follow the nursery pupils when they join Primary 1 in August as Primary 1<br />
Playleaders.<br />
Netball News<br />
Mrs Irvine’s netball team took part in a local tournament and finished with<br />
excellent scores. Five wins and two draws. Well done to the team.<br />
Houston or Hogwarts?<br />
Primary 5 pupils have transformed their class into Hogwarts, and have<br />
created a magical mood with their amazing artwork. They have also been<br />
busy designing a new broomstick for Harry Potter. Mrs Murray will have<br />
the very difficult job of choosing one winner, which will then be made into<br />
a 3D broomstick.<br />
Scottish Culture<br />
This month all pupils will be participating in a day of Scottish themed vertical<br />
learning sessions. There will be Scottish country dancing, food tasting,<br />
music making, poetry recitals and lots of ‘teuchter’ fun!
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Photography Blog<br />
by Lauren Russell, Owner, Little Studio Kilmacolm<br />
Are you in the picture?<br />
All too often parents will be the ones snapping pictures<br />
of their children but fail to put themselves in the shot,<br />
this could be for many reasons hair is a mess, I look<br />
tired, not in shape yet. As we enter <strong>2017</strong> and are making a new year<br />
of memories make the resolution to get in the picture yourself.<br />
When your kids are all grown they will never say ‘I love this photo of<br />
our family, but I wish Mum had waited until she’d lost the baby weight’.<br />
So please embrace the camera and get in the photos with your babies<br />
and little ones. You’ll be grateful you were in the photos in the future<br />
and so will your kids!<br />
And once you’ve taken all these lovely photos, please make sure you<br />
print them! Digital cameras and iPhones make it much easier for us<br />
to take more photos, but it doesn’t assist in their long-time survival.<br />
Think about your great-great-grandchildren in the year 2100. They<br />
may all be darting about on hoverboards like in Back to the Future II,<br />
but they probably won’t even know what a CD is, your old PC will be in<br />
the loft and Facebook & Instagram will be soo last century!<br />
And even if they can access your photos archive will the really they<br />
will want to sift through thousands of images including the out of<br />
focus ones! Please give your<br />
great-great-grandchildren a<br />
huge gift and spend a day<br />
organising, editing and printing<br />
your photos. It’s a big job, but<br />
really worthwhile, to know that<br />
our precious family memories<br />
will be passed down through<br />
the generations.<br />
I hope this has inspired you<br />
to get in the photos with your<br />
children and also to get them<br />
printed!<br />
Langbank Playgroup<br />
What an amazing and fun filled<br />
place to be! At playgroup, children<br />
have the opportunity to develop<br />
their social skills, independence,<br />
creativity, numeracy, literacy skills<br />
and many, many more….. What’s<br />
not to like, when all of this can be<br />
done through play!<br />
In playgroup, we have lots of<br />
activities on offer for the children<br />
such as imaginative house corner,<br />
painting and creating, storytelling<br />
and even some messy play too.<br />
We also have use of the local park<br />
which is right on our doorstep.<br />
We recently had a family day out to The Beacon Arts Centre, where<br />
we watched and took part in the Christmas Pantomime “Flora’s Fairy<br />
Challenge”. The day was finished off with a lovely lunch on the premises.<br />
Do you have a child aged<br />
between 2.5yrs to 5yrs old?<br />
Then why not let them come<br />
along and experience the<br />
fun! Everyone welcome from<br />
Langbank and surrounding<br />
areas.<br />
Playgroup is held on a<br />
Friday morning (term time)<br />
in Langbank Village Hall and<br />
we currently have spaces for<br />
children aged 2.5yrs to 5yrs. If you would like to join us on a Friday morning<br />
or for more information, please contact Jen Burrows on 07947 983025.<br />
Kilbarchan Community Nursery<br />
We are delighted to announce<br />
that we have recently received<br />
our third Green Flag Award<br />
for our continued work on eco<br />
school projects.<br />
This year the nursery is<br />
focusing on saving water,<br />
reducing food waste and<br />
recycling litter. The children<br />
on the eco committee enjoy<br />
taking on leadership roles as monitors to raise awareness within the<br />
nursery.<br />
The children and their families are also<br />
doing their bit for the local community<br />
by bringing in donations for the local<br />
foodbank. The children were made<br />
very welcome when they visited the<br />
Johnstone foodbank with their donations<br />
before Christmas, that we have decided<br />
to continue with this support throughout<br />
the year and will be organising monthly<br />
visits.<br />
If your child is 2 by the end of <strong>February</strong> please ensure you submit an<br />
application form for their funded nursery place which they will be entitled to<br />
when they reach their 3rd birthday.<br />
St Columba’s School<br />
Entrance Assessments and Joining St Columba’s<br />
It’s been a busy start to the New Year with entrance assessments for next<br />
session well underway. However, you are welcome to visit St Columba’s<br />
at any time and if spaces are available your child may be able to join a<br />
year group part way through the year.<br />
We welcome children from 3-18 years of age and offer wrap-around care<br />
from age 3. Our staff and pupils would love to show you what we can<br />
offer your child - please make an appointment to pop in and see our Early<br />
Years, Junior School and Senior School at work and play.<br />
Community Bookbug Sessions<br />
We are delighted that Miss<br />
Victoria Jones, from our Early<br />
Years department, is in the throes<br />
of Scottish Book Trust training<br />
to become a Bookbug Session<br />
Leader. Bookbug sessions are<br />
free, fun and friendly events for<br />
babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers<br />
and their families to enjoy<br />
together. Each session lasts<br />
around 30 minutes and includes songs, stories and rhymes. We hope to<br />
be able to offer community Bookbug sessions in our Junior School from<br />
March, so look out for updates on our website and facebook page.<br />
Wild Woodies<br />
Our Early Years children, aged 3-5 years,<br />
enjoy lots of outdoor learning and play<br />
on a daily basis in their very own private<br />
garden. Twice a week they venture out to<br />
our Wild Woods come rain or shine! The<br />
children play in the woods and experience<br />
nature and the turning seasons first<br />
hand.<br />
Ski Trip to Austria<br />
In January a group of 27<br />
pupils from Transitus to Senior<br />
II and four members of staff<br />
departed for Austria. During<br />
their five days in Alpendorf<br />
pupils enjoyed the wonderful<br />
skiing conditions on the slopes<br />
and the various evening<br />
entertainments such as<br />
swimming, bowling, karaoke,
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quizzes, games and<br />
sightseeing in Salzburg.<br />
The blue skies, ideal<br />
skiing conditions and<br />
hospitality of everyone<br />
at the resort combined<br />
to make this a truly<br />
memorable trip.<br />
Senior VI Pupils Get<br />
Motivated<br />
The annual Senior<br />
VI trip to Drymen for<br />
a motivational weekend was a huge success. In a workshop Tree of<br />
Knowledge inspired pupils to embrace opportunities with a positive<br />
mindset through a series of practical challenges. A session called<br />
‘Preparing for the Future’ was<br />
led by recent former pupils who<br />
shared their experiences of<br />
university, summer employment<br />
and applying for and starting work.<br />
Hilary Roberts of HR Consultancy<br />
also challenged the students with<br />
a practice Assessment Centre<br />
task. A Murder Mystery Dinner on<br />
the Saturday evening ended with<br />
karaoke and yet again the staff<br />
took their turn at the microphone!<br />
Successful Music Auditions<br />
Music plays an important role in life at St<br />
Columba’s and several of our pupils have<br />
been chosen to represent the various National<br />
Youth Choirs of Scotland. After successful<br />
auditions, Gavin Findlay (pictured right) was<br />
selected to be part Main Choir (for singers<br />
aged 16-25 years old). This is an amazing<br />
achievement for a Senior V pupil. Gavin will<br />
sing 2nd Bass. Lucy Blair, Emily Capell and<br />
Stephanie Bell were selected for the Training<br />
Choir (16-19 years old). Stephanie was<br />
also chosen alongside Emily Phillips and Sarah<br />
Sandground for the National Youth Girls’ Choir<br />
of Scotland (10-16 years old), whilst Jonathan<br />
Blair and Archie Sandground were selected for<br />
the National Youth Boys’ Choir of Scotland (12-16<br />
years old).<br />
The School is represented in the National Youth<br />
Orchestra of Scotland Senior Orchestra, which<br />
brings together the best young musicians in<br />
Scotland over 13 year of age. Rory McLean<br />
(cello) has successfully auditioned and Lauren<br />
Baker (trumpet) has been selected as a reserve.<br />
Again, the School is represented in the NYOS<br />
Junior Orchestra for pupils aged 8 and over by Poppy Pitts (cello).<br />
West of Scotland Schools’ Orchestra and Concert Band have selected<br />
Lauren Baker (trumpet), Hannah Findlater (saxophone), Rory McLean<br />
(cello) and Poppy Pitts (cello).<br />
Creative Communities Event - Glasgow: Mapping the City<br />
Join author John Moore as he takes us on a unique and fascinating tour<br />
of Glasgow from its pre-industrial beginnings to the modern day via its old<br />
maps. He will also talk about the maps of old Renfrewshire.<br />
This is a FREE event, open to all, and will be held on Thursday 2nd<br />
March from 7.30pm-8.30pm at The Library, The Girdwood Building, St<br />
Columba’s School, <strong>Gryffe</strong> Road, Kilmacolm (please use <strong>Gryffe</strong> Road<br />
entrance). Email vfinnigan@st-columbas.org to reserve a place.<br />
To find out more or to arrange a visit to St Columba’s please contact<br />
Junior School on 01505 872768, Senior School on 01505 872238 or<br />
visit www.st-columbas.org.
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Abbey Nursery<br />
Duchal Nursery School<br />
There is something<br />
exciting about starting<br />
a new year and our<br />
practitioners are full<br />
of wonderful ideas<br />
for activities and new<br />
experiences they want<br />
to organise for <strong>2017</strong> for<br />
the children to enjoy.<br />
We are also delighted<br />
to welcome back Sherie<br />
following her recent<br />
teaching role in Dubai.<br />
To celebrate the<br />
wonderful world<br />
we live in the<br />
Grasshoppers early<br />
years playroom will<br />
be exploring Our<br />
Planet as their<br />
chosen topic and<br />
along with looking<br />
at space and the<br />
planets we will see<br />
where the children<br />
lead this learning - That is always the exciting part and they never<br />
disappoint!<br />
New term plans for the<br />
Busy Bunnies has a big<br />
focus on Science and<br />
our Eco Schools project.<br />
Within science we will be<br />
looking at the weather,<br />
and making a rain gauge<br />
to measure how much<br />
rain falls over time<br />
(never a lot in Scotland<br />
of course!). The children<br />
will also be talking about the wind, adding wind chimes to our outdoor<br />
area and listening to the different sounds they make. Light and<br />
shadows will be explored with our lightbox and we will attempt to<br />
build a volcano and make it erupt (fingers crossed). We will also be<br />
creating a herb garden in our outdoor area over the coming months.<br />
Chinese New Year will<br />
be celebrated across<br />
the nursery – the<br />
year of the Rooster –<br />
and this will bring in<br />
opportunities for lots<br />
of creative activities;<br />
Dragons, new food<br />
experiences and lots of<br />
fireworks.<br />
Activities for the Little<br />
Ladybirds will continue<br />
with lots of singing,<br />
rhyme and stories, interspersed with cuddles and laughter. However<br />
we appreciate that our Rising 2’s are looking for more challenges and<br />
we will be following their interests in animals and working on colours<br />
and extended language. We will also be continuing with our regular<br />
visits to the Scout Hall where the children will further develop their<br />
physical and listening skills during games and activities.<br />
Kilbarchan Parish Church<br />
Tots’ Club<br />
The club takes place on Monday mornings from 9.15am - 11.30am in<br />
the church hall, where there is a large variety of toys and a bouncy<br />
castle for the tots - from birth - 3 years - and coffee and friendly chat<br />
for the accompanying adults, cost £1 for each adult. The club will be<br />
on holiday on Monday 13th <strong>February</strong> and continues until 3rd April.<br />
We’ve had a great start to the year beginning our Winter and Winter Sports project<br />
– especially as we’ve experienced rather a lot of winter weather in the last few<br />
weeks – snow, rain, and wind!!! We’ve created a fantastic frieze that is on the wall<br />
depicting all that Winter entails!<br />
New Entries to Duchal:<br />
We are now beginning to offer places for the new intake for August <strong>2017</strong>. If your<br />
child will be of nursery age after the summer and you are looking at your pre school<br />
options, please do get in touch to have an informal look around. With our new<br />
extended hours offering greater flexibility of care and our purpose built facilities,<br />
Duchal nursery, now in it’s 50th year, is a fantastic place to begin your child’s preschool<br />
education. Please take a look at our website for more information – www.<br />
duchal.com and find us on Facebook. If you would like to come and visit the<br />
Nursery and meet the teachers please contact Head Teacher Jean McCarthy on:<br />
Tel: 874358.<br />
We are looking forward to celebrating Chinese New Year at the beginning of the<br />
month – which usually involves lots of messy fun with chopsticks – wish us luck!!<br />
Bridge of Weir Primary<br />
Our <strong>2017</strong> term got off to a great start when local<br />
author Lindsay Littleson came to visit P4-7 on<br />
our first day back in January. Lindsay spoke<br />
about writing her children’s novel ‘The Mixed<br />
Up Summer of Lily McLean’ and how exciting<br />
it was to see her work published. She spoke<br />
about the importance of<br />
perseverance and hard<br />
work if you want to achieve<br />
something worthwhile,<br />
whatever that may be.<br />
You have to be resilient<br />
and keep going even<br />
when things don’t go<br />
your way. Never give<br />
up, instead ask yourself<br />
what did I learn and<br />
what could I do better? Pupils thoroughly enjoyed this<br />
opportunity to learn more about what’s involved in the writing process<br />
and had lots of questions to ask Lindsay at the end of her presentation. Perhaps<br />
some of those listening might be our authors of the future?<br />
This month our P7 pupils are organising their annual ‘Bring and Buy’ sale. Children<br />
will be encouraged to bring in unwanted toys and will be able to purchase different<br />
toys on 3rd <strong>February</strong>. All funds will be donated to our school charity Phantasanja,<br />
which supports underprivileged, abused and neglected children in Thailand.<br />
16 of our P5 pupils who took part in a squash tournament last term at Strathgryffe<br />
Tennis & Squash Club did tremendously well when they managed to win the<br />
competition. The run of good luck continued with P5 pupil Abigail Fleming coming<br />
first in the Paisley Arts Competition and winning £50 for herself and also £50 for<br />
the school. Great achievements!<br />
Once again the audience at our Christmas Celebrations were blown away by<br />
the quality of the children’s performances. Nursery pupils entranced everyone<br />
with their seasonal poem and songs, and everyone in Primary 1-3 shared the<br />
story of the first Christmas in this year’s nativity play “It’s A Baby!”. The theme for<br />
Primary 4-7 was “A Christmas Carol” which was dedicated to our Head Teacher<br />
Mrs (Carol) Vallance and included all of her favourite Christmas songs. Keeping<br />
this a secret from her during the weeks of practice prior to the concert was no<br />
mean feat, but we managed it and “surprised” is perhaps an understatement for<br />
how Mrs V felt when she realised what had been going on!<br />
Now that the tinsel is packed away we are preparing for our annual Scottish<br />
Concert which will take place on Thursday 9th <strong>February</strong>. This is a special event<br />
which is free for grandparents and senior citizens of the village. In addition to<br />
singing, dancing and recitations there is the promise of Janice in the Kitchen’s<br />
famous shortbread and a cup of tea for all attendees.
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Zombie Apocalypse<br />
S3 and S4 pupils had lots of fun taking part in a spoof lecture<br />
on the real science behind the Zombie Brain. Delivered by the<br />
enthusiastic Dr Howe from the University of Glasgow, pupils<br />
learned about probable causes of a zombie outbreak and how<br />
to survive a “Zombie Apocalypse”. Pupils were entertained and<br />
educated about the science of the human brain during the highly<br />
interactive and hilarious experience.<br />
Lessons from Auschwitz<br />
S6 Pupils, Connor Hair and Jessica McKechnie travelled to<br />
Poland as part of the Lessons from Auschwitz Programme. Both<br />
pupils visited Auschwitz 1 and Auschwitz-Birkenau camps and<br />
were deeply moved and humbled by the experience. Connor<br />
and Jessica plan to share their experience of the trip by writing a<br />
drama performance to coincide with Holocaust Memorial Week.<br />
Sports Leaders deliver Heartstart programme<br />
Fresh from their training as Heartstart Instructors, S5<br />
and S6 Sports Leaders attended an all-day CPR event<br />
at Hampden Park. After participating in a 300-strong<br />
conga, PGHS pupils helped to train over 300 primary<br />
school pupils in the lifesaving skills of recognising<br />
cardiac arrest, performing CPR and dealing with serious<br />
bleeding and choking.<br />
Reading Champions<br />
Author Cathy McPhail joined S1 pupils to share her<br />
experiences on writing her recent novel ‘Another me’.<br />
The inspiring author shared advice and strategies<br />
with pupils on how to find inspiration for their stories.<br />
Pupils responded well to the challenge and used the<br />
inspirational setting of the assembly hall to create a<br />
story there and then! Ms McPhail let the pupils into a<br />
little secret – the setting for her next book was inspired<br />
by the Port Glasgow Community Campus, her many visits to the school provided a spark for her story!<br />
Higher Human Biology Trip<br />
Students attended West<br />
College Scotland to carry<br />
out an investigation in<br />
which they had to amplify<br />
and then identify lengths<br />
of DNA. During these<br />
activities, they used<br />
both Polymerase Chain<br />
Reaction (PCR) and Gel<br />
Electrophoresis. They<br />
were then given a brief<br />
lecture on these techniques<br />
and their impact on the<br />
modern world. Students<br />
also had a question and<br />
answer session with<br />
college students and<br />
staff regarding further<br />
education and careers.<br />
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every Mo n d a y<br />
Adult Jazz Class<br />
Bridge of Weir 10am<br />
Tel: 01505 690757 for further information.<br />
Adult Beginners Ballet Class<br />
Bridge of Weir 11.30am<br />
Tel: 01505 690757 for further information.<br />
Kilbarchan Athletic Club<br />
On-X, Linwood, 7pm<br />
All abilities welcome. Tel: 07941 686990.<br />
5-a-side Football<br />
Powerleague Paisley, 6pm<br />
Tel: Jim on 01505 874215; or jimbretherton@aol.com<br />
Bridge of Weir Ladies Badminton<br />
Cargill Hall, Lintwhite Cres, 7.30pm<br />
Callanetics<br />
Brookfield Village Hall, 7.15pm<br />
Strathgryffe Motorcycle Club<br />
The Trust Inn, Kilbarchan, 9pm - 10.30pm<br />
Visit www.strathgryffe.org for details.<br />
The Shotokan Karate Club<br />
Woodlands Primary, Linwood, 7-8pm/8-9pm<br />
www.linwoodkarate.co.uk<br />
every Tuesday<br />
Bridge of Weir Walking Group<br />
Outside the Co-op, BoW 10.30am<br />
1 hour walks. Call Senga on 0141 842 3000.<br />
<strong>Gryffe</strong> Badminton<br />
Strathgryffe Tennis Club, 8pm<br />
Football Training<br />
Johnstone High School, 6pm - 9pm<br />
Call Ali on 07775 578795 for details.<br />
every Wednesday<br />
Greenock Hockey Club<br />
Inverclyde Academy, Greenock, 6.30 - 8pm<br />
Contact Liz Baldwin, mobile 07944 607005.<br />
Callanetics<br />
Brookfield Village Hall 5.15, 6.15 & 7.30pm<br />
every Th u r s d a y<br />
Kilbarchan Athletic Club<br />
On-X, Linwood, 7pm<br />
All abilities welcome. Tel: 07941 686990.<br />
Kilmacolm Walkers<br />
Birkmyre Park Pavilion, Kilmacolm, 10am<br />
David 01505 874192<br />
kilmacolmwalkers@talktalk.net<br />
Callanetics<br />
Brookfield Village Hall, 9.15am & 10.30am<br />
The Shotokan Karate Club<br />
Woodlands Primary. Linwood,<br />
7pm - 8pm & 8pm - 9pm<br />
www.linwoodkarate.co.uk<br />
Football Training<br />
Johnstone High School, 6pm - 9pm<br />
Call Ali on 07775 578795 for details<br />
every Fr i d a y<br />
Callanetics<br />
Brookfield Village Hall, 9.15am &<br />
10.30am<br />
18 Movement (Tai Chi) Chi Kung<br />
St Fillans Church Hall, Moss Rd,<br />
Kilmacolm 10.15am - 11.15am<br />
Gentle, relaxing exercise class. 0141 954 2456.<br />
every Sa t u r d a y<br />
Adult Tap Lessons<br />
Cargill Centre, Kilmacolm. Lunchtime.<br />
Call Gail Ashley on 01475 531336 for details<br />
every Su n d a y<br />
Birkmyre Rugby Club, Kilmacolm<br />
Youth Rugby Section 11am - 1pm<br />
www.pitchero.com/clubs/birkmyre
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Howwood Curling Club -<br />
Come & Try on 8th March<br />
Howwood Curling Club are always looking for<br />
new members to join our friendly curling club<br />
which meets at Greenacres, near Howwood.<br />
It is a great way to keep fit and socialise with<br />
people in a friendly atmosphere. Current club<br />
members come from Renfrewshire, Glasgow<br />
and North Ayrshire. We are now looking for<br />
new players to play for the <strong>2017</strong>/18 season.<br />
We have organised a Come & Try session on Wednesday 8th<br />
March at 8.30pm at Greenacres Curling Club. Anyone who is<br />
interested is welcome to come along and try out curling. No<br />
experience is necessary. Everyone is welcome, whatever your<br />
age or ability. We will provide a qualified coach to give you<br />
the tuition you need to try out curling. You will also meet with<br />
our club members and get to play. We will invite you to our<br />
closing bonspiel for the 2016/17 season on the 29th March if<br />
you continue to be interested following the Come & Try.<br />
All the equipment you need will be provided. The cost on the<br />
night for ice is £6. Please contact Lachie Carmichael (see<br />
below) if you wish to attend - lachiedcarmichael@hotmail.com<br />
or 01294 823643.<br />
Boglestone Judo Club<br />
Taking part in their first competitions the<br />
Junior section of Boglestone Judo Club came<br />
away with fantastic results. This group of<br />
junior players have been training hard for the<br />
past year under the watchful eye of coaches<br />
Robert Sharp, James Turner and Jorge<br />
Cruz. The Junior players entered the red<br />
belt competitions at the Tryst sports Centre<br />
in Cumbernauld and did themselves and the<br />
club proud.<br />
The competitions are different from the club<br />
scene, the red belt rumbles are the first entry<br />
level competitions for 8 to 13 year olds who<br />
have just been recently graded, entering these competitions allows them to show the<br />
skills they have learned in the club training sessions and put them to practice in a<br />
competitive environment. The Boglestone juniors did well with medals for Luke Wolfend<br />
Bronze, Gary Thomas Bronze, Ben Tidswell Bronze and a Silver for Dylan Tolan.<br />
The best result was still to come with Harry Vine winning 2 Silver medals at the Saltire<br />
Judo Competition, winning silver in his own group he was then invited to fight in an open<br />
category where he won another silver medal.<br />
Boglestone junior players train on a Wednesday night from 7pm to 8pm at Boglestone<br />
Community Centre. A few places are still available if you are interested in coming along<br />
on a Wednesday, first taster session is free.
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We are looking for goalkeepers and outfield<br />
players interested in joining our 2007s football<br />
squad for the forthcoming season. Our squad<br />
currently comprises boys from the Houston,<br />
Bridge of Weir, Linwood and Bishopton villages.<br />
We operate two teams at the 2007 age group<br />
level in the Paisley, Johnstone & District Youth<br />
Football League with our focus at training and<br />
matches fully on player development. Our<br />
coaching is aimed at ensuring that all players<br />
in our squad can enjoy playing football and<br />
learn new skills and positions in a fun and well<br />
coached team environment. We currently train<br />
on Tuesday evenings between 7-8pm at On-X<br />
in Linwood and on a Friday night between 6.30-7.30pm at Ferguslie Astroturf. Matches during <strong>2017</strong><br />
will take place on Saturday mornings. If you are interested in joining our squad, please contact Paul<br />
Connolly on 07870 651829.<br />
Kilmacolm Golf Club Ladies<br />
On 13th December, 50 ladies<br />
enjoyed golf & festive fun at the<br />
final golfing event of 2016. 36<br />
played in a 10 hole competition<br />
& everyone enjoyed mulled wine<br />
& home baked delicacies in a<br />
beautifully festive clubhouse.<br />
The Club ran a successful Hogmanay party for<br />
70 members & guests to ring in the New Year.<br />
A Scottish Night is planned for Saturday 4th<br />
<strong>February</strong>.<br />
The Ladies Bridge afternoon, in aid of Erskine<br />
Hospital, is on Tuesday 7th Feb at 1.30pm. To<br />
book a table for this Bridge afternoon, please<br />
phone Norah Adams on 87<strong>269</strong>1.<br />
Lois Brown, Lady Captain<br />
PHOTOS: Prizewinners at the<br />
Christmas Cracker Competition<br />
Sporting Blog<br />
by Lesley Handley<br />
“Quitting when progress stalls is like slashing the other<br />
3 tyres when 1 tyre gets a puncture”<br />
New Year’s Resolutions were set; a lot of you (including me!!) probably woke<br />
up on the 1st January with new goals in mind and focused on a new mindset<br />
for <strong>2017</strong> ... you might have got up and made a healthier breakfast, you may<br />
have went out for a walk that you don’t normally do and you may have had<br />
extra vegetables on your plate at dinner time ... are you still waking up with<br />
those goals in mind?<br />
Everything generally goes great for the first few weeks and then towards the<br />
end of the month things start to slow down or even come to a halt. Hectic<br />
life may have resumed with work or kids and time restraints start affecting<br />
the earlier choices you were making, or you haven’t seen any results and get<br />
dis-heartened, or, as a lot of people do, the goals you set weren’t sustainable<br />
and you just couldn’t keep up with it.<br />
So what do you do?<br />
At this point, A LOT of people quit and give up ... but don’t!!<br />
Progress, whether it is weight loss, building strength, improving an aspect of<br />
fitness, whatever it may be, is never going to be linear. It will be an up and<br />
down journey before you finally get to where you had intended on reaching.<br />
It’s a slow and steady journey that you need to continue on and accept the<br />
knocks and set back’s as well as the highs and achievements.<br />
Instead of giving up and throwing your plans out of the window, assess what<br />
is causing the issues and try and make some changes, however big or small<br />
they may be, and get back on the path towards your goal. Ask for help, seek<br />
some guidance, find a solution and get on with your journey.<br />
Lets wake up on the 1st <strong>February</strong> as though it’s the 1st January and keep<br />
pushing on to achieve what you wanted in <strong>2017</strong>!<br />
Lesley<br />
For details on Personal Training, fitness or nutrition contact me on 0773 627 4925 or e-mail Lesley@fitsmartfitness.co.uk.
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BRIDGE OF WEIR<br />
Freeland Church: Rev KN Gray BA<br />
BD. Morning Service 10.30am.<br />
Crèche, Sunday School, Lynx<br />
and Cornerstone. Evening<br />
Service 7pm www.freeland.<br />
org.uk<br />
St Mary’s Episcopal Church,<br />
Johnston Rd, Bridge of Weir,<br />
PA11 3EE. Our Services are<br />
held every Sunday at 10am.<br />
On the first Sunday each month<br />
at 6pm we welcome all who<br />
enjoy the beauty of quietness<br />
and peace at “Sanctuary” our<br />
Contemplative Service. All who<br />
seek God in mindful enquiry,<br />
in beauty, in quietness and<br />
service to others, all who are<br />
tired of life or full of it, all who<br />
are confident or all who are<br />
afraid - indeed whoever you<br />
are - you are welcome here!<br />
http://www.heartlandsec.org/<br />
BoW/index.html Contact: Revd.<br />
Heller G.P 01505 872961.<br />
St Machar’s Ranfurly Church:<br />
Sunday services 10.30am,<br />
Junior Church & Youth Church,<br />
hearing aid loop system. For<br />
more information on activities<br />
and events find us online –<br />
stmacharsranfurlychurch.org.<br />
uk or Facebook. Come along<br />
– all welcome.<br />
Hope Hall: Sun 1pm Sunday<br />
School, 4.30pm Gospel Service;<br />
Mon 6.30pm Investigators for<br />
Kids, 8pm Bible Study and<br />
Prayer.<br />
ELDERSLIE<br />
Elderslie Kirk: Sunday service<br />
every week at 11am. Minister -<br />
Rev. Robin Allison. All welcome.<br />
Weekly meetings:- Monday<br />
Club every week from 12noon<br />
- 2.30pm. Light lunch and a<br />
varied activity programme.<br />
Midweek Fellowship will meet<br />
every Wed from 10.30am for<br />
Tea/Coffee followed by a short<br />
Service of Worship at 11am.<br />
HOWWOOD<br />
Howwood Parish Church. Minister<br />
Rev May Bell. Sunday Service<br />
and Sunday School. 10am each<br />
Sunday. Prayer meeting held at<br />
3 Bowfield Way, Howwood,<br />
7.30pm on Tuesdays.<br />
HOUSTON<br />
Houston and Killellan Kirk,<br />
Church of Scotland Scottish<br />
Charity no SC 012822.<br />
During the current Ministerial<br />
vacancy, the Rev. Ian Bell will<br />
conduct our services. Early<br />
Service (Holy Communion) -<br />
5th <strong>February</strong> - 9.45am Early<br />
Service (Holy Communion)<br />
- 11am Morning Worship<br />
12th, 19th, 26th - 11am<br />
Morning Worship.<br />
St Fillan’s, Main St, Houston: Sun<br />
Masses: Vigil (Sat) 5pm, 9.30am<br />
& 11am. Weekday Mass: Tues -<br />
Sat 9.30am except Thurs, 7pm.<br />
Reconciliation: Sat 10 - 10.30am<br />
and after Vigil Mass; Thurs 7.30 -<br />
8pm. Exposition: As announced.<br />
All are welcome. Baptisms: 1st<br />
& 3rd Sunday of the month by<br />
arrangement. Parish Priest:<br />
Rev. Daniel J McLoughlin, Dip.<br />
Th.,MA Pastoral Assistant: Sr<br />
Mary Frances Collett, RNDM (Tel<br />
01505 613514). “Abbotsfield”,<br />
St Fillan’s, Main St, Houston,<br />
PA6 7EL. T: 01505 612046,<br />
F: 01505 610556. E: parish@<br />
stfillan.org.uk. www.stfillan.<br />
org.uk<br />
Houston Baptist Church at Carrick<br />
Centre: 11am Family services<br />
with SS for children age 5 - 12;<br />
6pm Eve Service; Mid-week<br />
Home Bible Study; For more<br />
information contact; Rev. D<br />
Snelson 01505 612722.<br />
Church of the Nazarene: Village<br />
Hall, Main St, Houston PA6<br />
7EL. Rev. Benito S Coetzee.<br />
Family services at 10.30am<br />
with full toddler, children & youth<br />
activities running concurrently<br />
with the service. Youth meets<br />
at 6.30pm - 8pm on Sundays.<br />
Word and Table Quiet Service<br />
held from 9am - 9.30am every<br />
3rd Sunday. www.houston.<br />
nazarene.org.uk<br />
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churches<br />
KILBARCHAN<br />
Services continue at 11am each<br />
Sunday throughout <strong>February</strong>,<br />
conducted by Rev. Stephen<br />
Smith. The Sacrament of<br />
Holy Communion will be<br />
celebrated on Sunday 26th<br />
<strong>February</strong> at 11am and 2pm.<br />
Sunday School and the<br />
crèche meet in the large hall<br />
from 10.45am each week<br />
and refreshments will be<br />
served after the service as<br />
usual. All welcome to any or<br />
all of these services.<br />
Kilbarchan Parish Church<br />
Midweek Fellowship<br />
continues from 10.30am<br />
for coffee, followed by a<br />
short service of worship, on<br />
Wednesdays in the small<br />
hall.<br />
KILMACOLM<br />
St Columba Church of Scotland:<br />
(charity no. SC007992) Morning<br />
Worship Sundays at 11am. All<br />
welcome. Coffee/tea served in<br />
the hall after the service.<br />
Grace Church Kilmacolm: in<br />
association with Downavale<br />
Free Church of Scotland (Charity<br />
No: SCO38274) - Sunday Service<br />
at 10.30am in Kilmacolm Guide<br />
Hut, Woodrow Avenue, PA13 4QF<br />
- all welcome.<br />
Kilmacolm Old Kirk: Church of<br />
Scotland (Charity no. SC009291).<br />
www.kilmacolmoldkirk.org.uk.<br />
Minister Rev. Dr Peter McEnhill<br />
(01505 873174). Morning<br />
Worship – Sundays 11am, all<br />
welcome Sunday School and<br />
Crèche available. Night Kirk,<br />
a short reflective service 1st<br />
Sunday each month at 6pm.<br />
Sòlas Bereavement Group, 2nd<br />
Thursday each month at 6:30pm<br />
in Kidston Hall.<br />
St Colm’s Catholic Church, Smithy<br />
Brae Kilmacolm. Rev. Vincent<br />
Byrne. Family mass Sundays<br />
10am with children’s liturgy,<br />
followed by tea and coffee.<br />
Eucharistic service Thursdays<br />
11am. Rosar y Tuesdays<br />
6.30pm. Prayer group meets<br />
Thursdays 7.30pm. Further<br />
information and contact details<br />
www.stcolmsparish.co.uk. All<br />
welcome.<br />
Buddhist meetings: Buddhism<br />
of Nichiren Daishonin. Phone<br />
Margaret on 01505 871343.<br />
St Fillan’s Episcopal Church, Moss<br />
Road, Kilmacolm, PA13 4DL.<br />
Services on Sunday at 11.30am.<br />
Wednesday: 10.30am Holy<br />
Communion. On the last Sunday<br />
of the month at 11:30am we<br />
welcome families to come and<br />
join us for our monthly Family<br />
Service. We are united by our<br />
belief in Jesus, who sustains<br />
and encourages us in all the ups<br />
and downs of life. Everyone is<br />
welcome to join us ! http://www.<br />
heartlandsec.org/KLM/index.<br />
html Contacts: Revd. Heller<br />
G.P 01505 872961 / Maureen<br />
Russell (Pastoral Assistant)<br />
01505 872905.<br />
LANGBANK<br />
Langbank Parish Church: Rev. Dr.<br />
Ken Forrest. Sunday Services<br />
10am with Sunday School,<br />
Crèche and young people’s<br />
group, the Welcomers. Tea/<br />
coffee after the service. Church<br />
service starts at 10am. Come<br />
along and meet in the Hall<br />
from 9.50am. Charity No.<br />
SC015085.<br />
LOCHWINNOCH<br />
Parish Church: Rev. May Bell.<br />
11.30am Morning Service<br />
Sunday School and Crèche.<br />
Calder United Free Church:<br />
(Church Street, Lochwinnoch)<br />
Sunday: 11am Morning worship<br />
with Sunday School and Crèche.<br />
6.30pm Evening Fellowship<br />
group, 7.30pm ABC’s Teen<br />
group. Wed 6.30pm - 7.30pm.<br />
Spiritualist Church, Lochlip Rd. All<br />
services commence 7.30pm.<br />
QUARRIERS<br />
Mount Zion Church: Rev. Andy Lunn<br />
BSc, (01475 791282) Mount<br />
Zion Church, Law View Road,<br />
Quarriers Village, PA11 3FD.<br />
Sunday Worship: 10:30am,<br />
Bible Study and Prayer Meetings:<br />
Wednesday at 7pm and Friday<br />
at 10 am. “Mozzy” Youth Club<br />
Thursdays at 6:30 for young<br />
people of high school age. Half<br />
night of prayer: 7pm – midnight,<br />
4th Friday of each month. Feel<br />
free to come along at any of<br />
these times.<br />
‘The Gatherin’ is at 7pm on the<br />
fourth Sunday of each month, at<br />
Mount Zion Church in Quarriers<br />
Village. The Gatherin’ for people<br />
to come together who hunger<br />
for more of the presence of the<br />
Lord and to be fed from His word.<br />
Please come and invite others:<br />
all welcome!<br />
LOCAL INFORMATION<br />
community council<br />
Visitors are welcome at these monthly meetings.<br />
BISHOPTON: Primary School: 1st Thurs at 7.30pm<br />
www.bishoptoncouncil.com<br />
BRIDGE OF WEIR: Cargill Hall 1st Tuesday 7pm.<br />
(NB: no meetings July, August and January)<br />
www.bridgeofweir.org<br />
BROOKFIELD: Brookfield Village Hall: 7.30pm<br />
in <strong>February</strong>, April, June, August, October and<br />
December on 2nd Thursday of the month.<br />
HOUSTON: Carrick Centre: 3rd Wed at 7.30pm<br />
www.houstoncommcouncil@yahoo.co.uk<br />
HOWWOOD: Village Hall: 2nd Tues at 7.30pm.<br />
www.howwood.com/community-council.php<br />
KILBARCHAN: Steeple Hall: monthly at 7.30pm.<br />
www.kilbarchan.info/community_council.html<br />
KILMACOLM & QUARRIERS: Last Tues at 7.30pm,<br />
Kilmacolm Cargill Centre (NB: No meetings: July or<br />
Dec) www.kilmacolmcc.co.uk<br />
LANGBANK: Church Hall: 2nd Wed at 7.30pm<br />
LOCHWINNOCH: Bowling Club: 1st Tues at 7.30pm<br />
community halls to let<br />
Bridge of Weir, Freeland Church. Tel: 612245<br />
Brookfield, Village Hall. Tel: 335562<br />
Houston, Carrick Centre. Tel: 612203 / 331488<br />
Houston, Compass Centre. Tel: 615441 / 612617<br />
Kilbarchan, Guide Centre. Tel: 702758.<br />
Kilbarchan, Old Library Centre. Tel: 706070<br />
Kilmacolm, Cargill Centre. Tel: 873994<br />
Kilmacolm, Brownie/Guide Hut. Tel: 874428<br />
Kilmacolm, Masonic Hall. Tel: 873059<br />
Linwood Masonic Hall. Tel: 07825 222944<br />
Please add your community hall details to our list -<br />
email to info@advertizer.co.uk<br />
local councillors<br />
RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL: www.renfrewshire.gov.uk<br />
Ward 7 - Johnstone South, Elderslie & Howwood: Cllrs<br />
John Caldwell, John Hood, Stephen McGee and<br />
Iain McMillan<br />
Ward 8 - Johnstone (North), Kilbarchan & Lochwinnoch:<br />
Councillors Derek Bibby, Andy Doig and Christopher<br />
Gilmour<br />
Ward 9 - Houston, Crosslee, Brookfield & Linwood:<br />
Councillors Stuart Clark, Audrey Doig, Anne Hall<br />
and Allan Noon<br />
Ward 10 - Bishopton, Bridge of Weir & Langbank:<br />
Councillors Maria Brown, Mike Holmes and James<br />
Maclaren<br />
INVERCLYDE COUNCIL: www.inverclyde.gov.uk<br />
Ward 1 - Inverclyde East (P.Glasgow, Kilmacolm and<br />
Quarriers Village): Cllrs David Wilson, Jim MacLeod,<br />
Stephen McCabe and James McColgan<br />
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Britax Car Seat black forward<br />
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White rocking cradle with new<br />
mattress VGC. £40. Tel:<br />
07985 482211.<br />
Fisher price jumperoo. Good<br />
condition. £25. Tel: 07985<br />
482211.<br />
Fisher price baby and toddler<br />
chair (rainforest colour).<br />
Good condition. £8. Tel:<br />
07985 482211.<br />
Mamas and papas musical<br />
rocking baby swing. Good<br />
condition. £15. Tel: 07985<br />
482211.<br />
Toilet trainer seat, white. VGC.<br />
£5 (have two). Tel: 01505<br />
874870.<br />
Potty Chair Mothercare red/<br />
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Clothes & Shoes<br />
George wool blend coat black<br />
with faux fur collar ladies size<br />
M. £25. Tel: 07856 610671.<br />
Tap shoes pink junior size 10<br />
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Tel: 01505 874870.<br />
Kilt jacket 40-42 chest, Sporran,<br />
Skean Dhu, Shoes (8-9) &<br />
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Tel: 01505 337675.<br />
Household & Garden<br />
3 bales of Liberty fabric. Approx<br />
£20 per metre. Tel: 07814<br />
820684.<br />
JC & MP Smith Lambourne 2<br />
seater settee & chair. Excellent<br />
condition. £200. Tel:<br />
07440 063999.<br />
Edinburgh Crystal Decanter and<br />
four Whisky Glasses. £50.<br />
Bargain - never used. Tel:<br />
01505 702903.<br />
Dining Table with 4 Chairs and<br />
Dresser. Limed pine. 20 year<br />
old quality furniture. Perfect<br />
‘Shabby Chic’. £200 ono.<br />
Colin on 07748 944622.<br />
Brass Framed Mirror. Small<br />
‘dimpled’ pattern brass<br />
framed mirror. £25. House<br />
move forces sale. Tel: 07759<br />
024988.<br />
Pair M&S fully lined brand new<br />
(still in packed) curtains (90”<br />
drop x 53” width). Stone colour<br />
with red leaf pattern. £50<br />
ono. Tel: 07814 820684.<br />
2 seater bed-settee (bed never<br />
been used) in chintz fabric.<br />
All bedding included if desired.<br />
£100 ono. Tel: 07814<br />
820684.<br />
Rich red patterned Axminster<br />
stair or hall carpet. As new.<br />
27” wide. £50 ono. Tel:<br />
07814 820684.<br />
Heavy quality carpet roll 6’ wide.<br />
Natural colour. Would cover<br />
stairs or hall. Brand new. £50<br />
ono. Tel: 07814 820684.<br />
Yew Dining Table, 4 Chairs & 2<br />
Carvers with 2 tripod end legs<br />
with pull out centre. Beautiful<br />
condition with stunning teardrop<br />
markings. £200 ono.<br />
Tel: 01505 612881.<br />
Solid pine single guest beds<br />
and good quality mattresses<br />
(Kozee Sleep). Bought new<br />
£500, accept £100. Tel:<br />
01505 613110.<br />
Quality reproduction mahogany<br />
circular dining table (46 Inches<br />
diameter plus extending<br />
leaf) and 6 chairs. Excellent<br />
condition. House move forces<br />
sale. £350. Buyer collects.<br />
Tel: 07775 913334.<br />
Victorian chaise longue. Finished<br />
in dark green velvet.<br />
Offers considered. Tel: 01505<br />
872615.<br />
John Lewis butterfly folding dining<br />
table and four chairs. £50.<br />
Tel: 07748 587489.<br />
Dark wood Sideboard 4 door, 2<br />
internal drawers as new. L171<br />
x H82 x W45cms. Smoke<br />
Free House. Must uplift. £75<br />
ono Tel: 01475 54031.<br />
Beautiful 6’2” table & 6 chairs.<br />
Light oak. £125. Tel: 01505<br />
337675.<br />
Three Interior White Glass<br />
Panel (15) Doors - 197cm x<br />
76cm with chrome handles.<br />
£15 each (£40 for all three)<br />
- Good condition, would require<br />
collection. Tel: 01505<br />
391026.<br />
Adjustable electric bed. Electric<br />
handset, support mattress &<br />
headboard. New cost £695,<br />
selling for £175. Tel: 07986<br />
812483.<br />
Dark Wooden Dresser (small).<br />
Matches dining room suite.<br />
Width: 940 Height: 810 Depth:<br />
440mm. House move forces<br />
sale. £50. Tel: 07759<br />
024988.<br />
Hall Table. Half Octagonal dark<br />
wood, carved legs and side<br />
with glass top. Width: 710,<br />
Height: 740, Depth: 380mm,<br />
VGC. £30. House move forces<br />
sale. Tel: 07759 024988<br />
2 x 2 seater sofas. Brand new,<br />
still with labels on. Chocolate<br />
brown leather from Oak Furnitureland.<br />
Genuine reason for<br />
sale. Cost £1,600 selling for<br />
£800. Tel. 07876 644426.<br />
Cintique 3 seater settee. Wooden<br />
sides and back, cream floral<br />
‘tapestry.’ Good condition,<br />
cushions very firm, hardly sat<br />
on! Dimensions 1780mm<br />
long x 860mm wide x 950mm<br />
high (to top of cushion) seat<br />
height is 470mm. House<br />
move hence sale. £65. Tel:<br />
07759 024988.<br />
Bullnose smooth laminate kitchen<br />
worktop - Quartzstone<br />
white with light grey flecks.<br />
Cost £150, will sell for £50<br />
or nearest offer. Dalry. Tel:<br />
01294 834423.<br />
Pine table & 2 high back chairs.<br />
Brand new. £35. Tel: 01505<br />
612726.<br />
Modern standard lamp and<br />
matching table lamp. Brand<br />
new (still boxed). £20 for<br />
both. Tel: 01505 612726.<br />
Honda Izy HRG465C SDE<br />
petrol lawnmower, recently<br />
serviced, plus service kit plus<br />
spare blade. £195. Tel: 07748<br />
587489.<br />
Electrical & Gas<br />
DC Animal C50 Upright Vacuum.<br />
Excellent condition with<br />
accessories. £100 with warranty.<br />
Tel: 07882 984824.<br />
Remington Ceramic Hair<br />
Straighteners. New, unwanted<br />
gift. £25. Tel: 07759<br />
024988.<br />
Kenwood double oven/grill dual<br />
fuel stainless steel range<br />
cooker in excellent order.<br />
Selling due to new kitchen.<br />
New main oven element and<br />
fan fitted a year ago. 90cm<br />
wide. Must uplift. £295 Ono<br />
Tel: 07860 654418.<br />
Under counter Hotpoint Super<br />
Plus Dishwasher (seldom<br />
used). £60. Tel: 01505<br />
612042.<br />
Sports<br />
Figure skates white junior size<br />
10, good condition. £10. Tel:<br />
01505 874870.<br />
King Cobra II Oversize Iron Set<br />
plus Taylor Made driver & 3<br />
wood, two putters (Wilson<br />
& Fazer). Men’s right hand.<br />
Plus King Cobra golf bag and<br />
Turfglider trolley. £75. Tel:<br />
07748 587489.<br />
Almost new indoor bowling<br />
carpet and bowls. £175ono.<br />
Can be seen Tues or Thur<br />
from 12.30pm - 1.30pm at the<br />
Lunch Club, Elderslie Village<br />
Hall or email Margaret Fairley<br />
at marjohnfairley@aol.com.<br />
Boys bike, Apollo Outrage. Suit<br />
Age 5-7. Good condition.<br />
£60. Tel: 01505 690806.<br />
Powakaddy plus battery.<br />
£80ono. Tel: 01505 87<strong>269</strong>1.<br />
Toys/Games/DVD<br />
BMW S1000RR Motorcycle<br />
(battery power) for 3-8 year<br />
olds, brand new in packaging<br />
£110 (online £150). Tel:<br />
07856 610671.<br />
BMW i8 Ride-on Car (battery<br />
power) for 3-8 year olds,<br />
1.6 mph - New in packaging.<br />
£110 (online £150). Tel:<br />
07856 610671.<br />
Monsters Inc in box - Mike and<br />
sully talk, but maybe have<br />
loose wire. £10. Tel: 07932<br />
021183.<br />
Andrew Robson’s Bridge Flipper<br />
Guide - unused £5. Tel:<br />
01505 331982.<br />
Tomb Raider (Lara Croft). £10.<br />
Tel: 07932 021183.<br />
Little Tikes Evergreen Country<br />
Cottage with pretend<br />
sink and stove, age 2-6 yrs,<br />
127(l) x 104(w) x 131(h) cm,<br />
good condition. Cost new<br />
£300, sell for £55. Tel: 01505<br />
874870.<br />
Toddler Bicycle helmets (44-48<br />
cm) pink x 2, suits appr. 1-5<br />
yrs old, VGC. £5 each. Tel:<br />
01505 874870.<br />
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bikes, with and without<br />
stabilisers & girls scooters<br />
from £0 - £10. Tel: 01505<br />
874870.<br />
Other Items<br />
Bench Morticer, Axminster<br />
AW16BMST plus three mortice<br />
chisels. Unused items, in<br />
full working order. £125. Tel:<br />
01475 540714.<br />
Royal amber bracelet. £18. Tel:<br />
07856 610671.<br />
RT-AC 88U Wireless - AC 3100<br />
Dual - band gigabit Router<br />
PC - Pro excellence awards<br />
2014. 3 year warranty, best<br />
for gaming. Brand new in<br />
Package. £260 (online £290).<br />
Tel: 07856 610671.<br />
Mobility Scooter - range of 10<br />
miles. Folds into car boot.<br />
Excellent Condition. £350.<br />
Tel: 01505 862323.<br />
Noris Slide Projector. Good<br />
working order (bulb works) in<br />
leather case. £35. Tel: 07759<br />
024988.<br />
Yamaha 5 Octave Keyboard.<br />
Offers when seen. Tel: 07763<br />
665496.<br />
Trumpet. Beginners Jupiter<br />
trumpet with case. Both in<br />
excellent condition. (Requires<br />
own mouth piece for hygiene).<br />
£50. Tel: 01505 614377.<br />
36 Marvel comics pre 1998 -<br />
£40. 103 DC comics - £55.<br />
Tel: 07932 021183.<br />
‘You are what you eat’ Dr Gillian<br />
McKeith guide. Good<br />
condition. £7. Tel: 01505<br />
331982.<br />
Eumig P8 Novo Automatic in<br />
original box. Made in Austria<br />
1960’s cine projector in good<br />
working order, no scratches<br />
etc. Needs new bulb (available<br />
on Ebay from £6). Includes<br />
empty spool. £130.<br />
Tel: 07759 024988.<br />
Vintage amber necklace 80g<br />
cognac colour. £46. Tel:<br />
07856 610671.<br />
Vintage binoculars Telstar<br />
coated lenses in a black<br />
leather case. £25. Tel: 07856<br />
610671.<br />
Brand new steel car wheel<br />
6JX15H2 and new Jinyu tyre<br />
185/60 R15. Stored as spare<br />
wheel only. £80. Tel: 07736<br />
067169.<br />
Wanted Items<br />
Local lily grower requires the<br />
use of a greenhouse/polytunnel<br />
in Kilmacolm area in return<br />
for light gardening duties. Tel:<br />
Vince 01505 872082.<br />
Old records Wanted 45`s &<br />
LP`s CASH Paid. Tel: 07710<br />
777571.<br />
Cash paid for Music CDs ( a few<br />
or a lot ). Tel: 0141 882 5594<br />
or 07765 115347.<br />
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@ease Removals & Transport . . 6<br />
1on1 Double Glazing . . . . . . . . 3<br />
3D Garden Design . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />
A Gallagher Painter&Decorator . . 20<br />
A O’Hare - Building Services . . 5<br />
A Peebles Landscape Contractor . . 46<br />
A&G Driveways . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk<br />
A&J Plumbing Heating & Gas . . 14<br />
ABC Taxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />
Affinity Family Law Experts . . 27<br />
Affluent Financial Planning . . 22<br />
Affordable Luxuries . . . . . . . 7<br />
AK Vehicle Rental . . . . . . . . . 1<br />
AL Stewart - Driving Instruct . . 15<br />
Alexander Barr Coal Merchant . . 8<br />
Alvic Sliding Wardrobes Ltd . . 2<br />
Apple Tree Garden Design . . . 46<br />
ARC Fleet Services . . . . . . . . . Bk<br />
Arco Locksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
Arlene Mitchell Hair & Beauty . . 36<br />
Art Window & Doors . . . . . . . . . Bk<br />
Auldton Stoves . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />
B Hughes Builders - Houston . . 2<br />
Baytree Interiors . . . . . . . . . 5<br />
Beaton Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
Bernie’s Cafe Deli . . . . . . . . . 35<br />
Bluewater Dental . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />
Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />
Branch Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />
Bridge of Weir Dog Walking . . 43<br />
Bridge of Weir Roofing . . . . . 6<br />
Brookfield Alarms Ltd . . . . . . 2<br />
Bryan Slaven Slater & Plaster . . 11<br />
Burndale Workshop . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
C Hunter Plumbing Heating Gas . . 20<br />
Casa Homes & Gardens Architect . . 7<br />
Charlie Orr Plasterer . . . . . . 13<br />
Cheetham & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />
CKD Galbraith . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />
CLA Accountancy Services Ltd . . 14<br />
CleanDryCarpets . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />
CLH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
Clippens Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
Cloudy2Clear Windows Glasgow . . 5<br />
CM Carpentry & Flooring . . . . 31<br />
Cochran Dickie Estate Agents . . 23<br />
ColCom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />
Collins Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />
Come Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
Computer Repairs . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />
Confident Care Ltd . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
Corum Property . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
Craig Kennedy Gardening . . . . 44<br />
David Kennedy Decorator . . . . 3<br />
Decorus Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />
Delta Electrical Services . . 37<br />
Derek McBride Aerials . . . . . . 31<br />
DJD Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />
DJY Joinery Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
DMG Garden Services . . . . . . . . 46<br />
DS Cleaning (Windows) . . . . . . 20<br />
Eclipse deep clean . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
Elliott Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
Fastclean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
Fergusons CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />
Ferringtons Hypnotherapy . . . 28<br />
Fiona Christie Accounting Serv . . 15<br />
G Woods Bathrooms . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
Garden Services . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />
GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
Gibb Stuart Ironmongers . . . . 14,15,16<br />
Glenmoss Landscapes . . . . . . . . 46<br />
Gordon James Ceramic Tiler . . 15<br />
Grid Design Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />
<strong>Gryffe</strong> Garage Motor Engineers . . 33<br />
<strong>Gryffe</strong> Roofing Services . . . . 6<br />
Hames Estates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />
Harrods DryCleaners . . . . . . . . 5<br />
Healing Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />
Husse Pet Food . . . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />
I & J Building & Roofing Serv . . 2<br />
I D Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 4<br />
Accountants & Financial<br />
Affluent Financial Planning . . 22<br />
Cheetham & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />
CLA Accountancy Services Ltd . . 14<br />
Fergusons CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />
Fiona Christie Accounting Serv . . 15<br />
Stewart Independent Financial . . 1<br />
Architectural Services<br />
Casa Homes & Gardens Architect . . 7<br />
Grid Design Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />
Automotive Services<br />
AK Vehicle Rental . . . . . . . . . 1<br />
ARC Fleet Services . . . . . . . . . Bk<br />
Collins Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />
<strong>Gryffe</strong> Garage Motor Engineers . . 33<br />
Bathrooms<br />
Affordable Luxuries . . . . . . . 7<br />
G Woods Bathrooms . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
Instyle Kitchens & Bathrooms . . 17<br />
Bedrooms<br />
Burndale Workshop . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
Blacksmith & Metalwork<br />
McLaughlan Metal Fabrication . . 20<br />
Building Services<br />
A O’Hare - Building Services . . 5<br />
B Hughes Builders - Houston . . 2<br />
Bridge of Weir Roofing . . . . . 6<br />
Clippens Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
DJD Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />
I & J Building & Roofing Serv . . 2<br />
James Kerr Joiner . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
JBC Joiners and Builders . . . 6<br />
KC Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />
Kilellan Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
M Addison Joiners & Builders . . 3<br />
MBS Roofing & Building Contrac . . 30<br />
Old Mill Chimneys . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
RPH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />
SMG Roofing & Building Contrac . . 2<br />
Stewart Milne Homes . . . . . . . . 25<br />
SW Scott - Joiners & Builders . . 14<br />
Taylor Made Joinery . . . . . . . . 40<br />
Thomas McMaster & Son Ltd . . 49<br />
Business Services<br />
Laptop and PC Repairs . . . . . . 26<br />
Care Services & Homes<br />
Confident Care Ltd . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
Catering<br />
Karen Rankin Catering . . . . . . 15<br />
Cleaning & PowerWash<br />
CleanDryCarpets . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />
Come Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
DS Cleaning (Windows) . . . . . . 20<br />
Eclipse deep clean . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
Fastclean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
<strong>Gryffe</strong> Roofing Services . . . . 6<br />
KC Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />
MattVac Carpet & Upholstery Cl . . Bk<br />
Nutech Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />
Platinum Cleaning Services . . 5<br />
Coffee Shops<br />
Bernie’s Cafe Deli . . . . . . . . . 35<br />
Computer, IT & Web<br />
ColCom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />
Computer Repairs . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />
Laptop and PC Repairs . . . . . . 26<br />
Driveways<br />
A&G Driveways . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk<br />
Driving Instructors<br />
AL Stewart - Driving Instruct . . 15<br />
Paul Ferguson - Confidence . . 7<br />
Ian Livingston Decorating . . 15<br />
Ideal Flooring Service . . . . . 30<br />
Instyle Kitchens & Bathrooms . . 17<br />
Iron House Stoves Limited . . 5<br />
James Kerr Joiner . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
James Martin - Painter & Decor . . 3<br />
JayBee Double Glazing Repairs . . 6<br />
JBC Joiners and Builders . . . 6<br />
JBM Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 3<br />
JDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />
John H Barney . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />
John Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
John Roach Funeral Directors . . 13<br />
Johnstone TOA Taxi Co . . . . . . 33<br />
Karen Rankin Catering . . . . . . 15<br />
KC Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />
Kieran Turner Aerial&Satellite . . 3<br />
Kilbarchan Chiropodists . . . . 40<br />
Kilbarchan Dental Practice . . 11<br />
Kilellan Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
Kingsley Wood & Co Solicitors . . 1,27<br />
Lamont Electricians . . . . . . . . 3<br />
Laptop and PC Repairs . . . . . . 26<br />
LaserLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
Lind Letting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk<br />
Little Studio Kilmacolm . . . . 50<br />
LJX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />
Lose It and Love It . . . . . . . . 13<br />
M Addison Joiners & Builders . . 3<br />
M&E Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
M&M Garden Services . . . . . . . . 47<br />
MAS Electrical & Security . . 2<br />
Matthews Cleaning Services . . 15<br />
MattVac Carpet & Upholstery Cl . . Bk<br />
MBS Roofing & Building Contrac . . 30<br />
McGowan Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
McLaughlan Metal Fabrication . . 20<br />
Miller BioFuels Ltd . . . . . . . . 7<br />
Minicoach Tours Scotland Ltd . . 31<br />
MJ Lawnmowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45<br />
New Vision Opticians . . . . . . . 9<br />
Nix Hairdressing . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />
NLP Positive Changes . . . . . . . 19<br />
Nutech Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />
Old Mill Chimneys . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
Orchard Flooring . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />
P Thomson Upholstery . . . . . . . 39<br />
Paul Ferguson - Confidence . . 7<br />
PetVets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,42<br />
Phoenix Gas Services . . . . . . . 1<br />
Platinum Cleaning Services . . 5<br />
Powerdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk<br />
R Williams Tree Surgeon & Grou . . 44<br />
Ranfurly Castle Golf Club . . 54<br />
Ranfurly Decor . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />
RED Pest Control . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />
Rent A Bloke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />
RPH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />
Rugby Tots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
Shower Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />
Smart Dog Grooming . . . . . . . . . 43<br />
SMG Roofing & Building Contrac . . 2<br />
Sole Solutions Podiatry . . . . 37<br />
St Columba’s School . . . . . . . . 51<br />
Stewart Independent Financial . . 1<br />
Stewart Milne Homes . . . . . . . . 25<br />
Strathgryffe Tennis & Squash . . 55<br />
Suzanne’s Grooming Pad . . . . . 43<br />
SW Scott - Joiners & Builders . . 14<br />
Taylor Made Joinery . . . . . . . . 40<br />
TD Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />
The Furniture Barn . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
The Right Move . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />
Thomas McMaster & Son Ltd . . 49<br />
Travel Actually . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
Vanda’s Mobile Hairdressing . . 30<br />
W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />
Walkies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />
Wellcentred UK . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />
West of Scotland Landscape . . 46<br />
Woodburn & Beattie Joiners . . 15<br />
Education<br />
Rugby Tots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
St Columba’s School . . . . . . . . 51<br />
Electricians<br />
Delta Electrical Services . . 37<br />
GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
JDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />
Lamont Electricians . . . . . . . . 3<br />
MAS Electrical & Security . . 2<br />
Fencing<br />
Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />
McLaughlan Metal Fabrication . . 20<br />
Firewood & Logs<br />
Auldton Stoves . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />
LJX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />
Miller BioFuels Ltd . . . . . . . . 7<br />
Old Mill Chimneys . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />
Funeral Services<br />
Beaton Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
John Roach Funeral Directors . . 13<br />
Garage Doors & Gates<br />
Powerdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk<br />
Garden Service & Design<br />
3D Garden Design . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />
A Peebles Landscape Contractor . . 46<br />
Apple Tree Garden Design . . . 46<br />
Casa Homes & Gardens Architect . . 7<br />
Craig Kennedy Gardening . . . . 44<br />
DJD Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />
DMG Garden Services . . . . . . . . 46<br />
Garden Services . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />
Glenmoss Landscapes . . . . . . . . 46<br />
I & J Building & Roofing Serv . . 2<br />
M&M Garden Services . . . . . . . . 47<br />
MJ Lawnmowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45<br />
R Williams Tree Surgeon & Grou . . 44<br />
W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />
West of Scotland Landscape . . 46<br />
Gas & Heating Services<br />
A&J Plumbing Heating & Gas . . 14<br />
C Hunter Plumbing Heating Gas . . 20<br />
GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
I D Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 4<br />
JBM Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 3<br />
Phoenix Gas Services . . . . . . . 1<br />
Glazier<br />
1on1 Double Glazing . . . . . . . . 3<br />
Cloudy2Clear Windows Glasgow . . 5<br />
JayBee Double Glazing Repairs . . 6<br />
TD Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />
Hairdressers & Barbers<br />
Arlene Mitchell Hair & Beauty . . 36<br />
Nix Hairdressing . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />
Vanda’s Mobile Hairdressing . . 30<br />
Health, Beauty & Fitness<br />
Arlene Mitchell Hair & Beauty . . 36<br />
Bluewater Dental . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />
Decorus Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />
Ferringtons Hypnotherapy . . . 28<br />
Healing Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />
Kilbarchan Chiropodists . . . . 40<br />
Kilbarchan Dental Practice . . 11<br />
LaserLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
Lose It and Love It . . . . . . . . 13<br />
New Vision Opticians . . . . . . . 9<br />
NLP Positive Changes . . . . . . . 19<br />
Rugby Tots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
Sole Solutions Podiatry . . . . 37<br />
Wellcentred UK . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />
Home Hardware<br />
Gibb Stuart Ironmongers . . . . 14,15,16<br />
Home Improvements<br />
Alvic Sliding Wardrobes Ltd . . 2<br />
Casa Homes & Gardens Architect . . 7<br />
Ideal Flooring Service . . . . . 30<br />
Orchard Flooring . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />
Rent A Bloke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />
Home Interiors<br />
Baytree Interiors . . . . . . . . . 5<br />
Burndale Workshop . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
Old Mill Chimneys . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
The Furniture Barn . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
Home Security<br />
Brookfield Alarms Ltd . . . . . . 2<br />
Joiners<br />
A O’Hare - Building Services . . 5<br />
CLH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
CM Carpentry & Flooring . . . . 31<br />
DJY Joinery Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
James Kerr Joiner . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
JBC Joiners and Builders . . . 6<br />
JDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />
M Addison Joiners & Builders . . 3<br />
McGowan Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
RPH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />
SMG Roofing & Building Contrac . . 2<br />
SW Scott - Joiners & Builders . . 14<br />
Taylor Made Joinery . . . . . . . . 40<br />
TD Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />
Woodburn & Beattie Joiners . . 15<br />
Kitchens<br />
Affordable Luxuries . . . . . . . 7<br />
Burndale Workshop . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
G Woods Bathrooms . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
Instyle Kitchens & Bathrooms . . 17<br />
JBC Joiners and Builders . . . 6<br />
Taylor Made Joinery . . . . . . . . 40<br />
Laundry & Ironing<br />
Harrods DryCleaners . . . . . . . . 5<br />
Leisure & Recreation<br />
Ranfurly Castle Golf Club . . 54<br />
Strathgryffe Tennis & Squash . . 55<br />
Locksmiths<br />
Arco Locksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
Elliott Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
Painters & Decorators<br />
A Gallagher Painter&Decorator . . 20<br />
David Kennedy Decorator . . . . 3<br />
Ian Livingston Decorating . . 15<br />
James Martin - Painter & Decor . . 3<br />
John H Barney . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />
John Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
M&E Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
Ranfurly Decor . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />
Pest Control<br />
RED Pest Control . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />
Pet Services & Training<br />
Bridge of Weir Dog Walking . . 43<br />
Husse Pet Food . . . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />
PetVets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,42<br />
Smart Dog Grooming . . . . . . . . . 43<br />
Suzanne’s Grooming Pad . . . . . 43<br />
Walkies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />
Photographers<br />
Little Studio Kilmacolm . . . . 50<br />
Plasterers<br />
Bryan Slaven Slater & Plaster . . 11<br />
Charlie Orr Plasterer . . . . . . 13<br />
James Kerr Joiner . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
Kilellan Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
Plumbers<br />
A&J Plumbing Heating & Gas . . 14<br />
C Hunter Plumbing Heating Gas . . 20<br />
G Woods Bathrooms . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
I D Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 4<br />
JBM Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 3<br />
JDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />
Shower Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35<br />
Property, Sales & Let<br />
CKD Galbraith . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />
Cochran Dickie Estate Agents . . 23<br />
Corum Property . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
Hames Estates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />
Kingsley Wood & Co Solicitors . . 1,27<br />
Lind Letting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk<br />
Stewart Milne Homes . . . . . . . . 25<br />
Removals<br />
@ease Removals & Transport . . 6<br />
The Right Move . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />
Restaurant & Bars<br />
Bernie’s Cafe Deli . . . . . . . . . 35<br />
Retail<br />
Alexander Barr Coal Merchant . . 8<br />
Baytree Interiors . . . . . . . . . 5<br />
Gibb Stuart Ironmongers . . . . 14,15,16<br />
The Furniture Barn . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
Roofing<br />
Bridge of Weir Roofing . . . . . 6<br />
Bryan Slaven Slater & Plaster . . 11<br />
Clippens Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
<strong>Gryffe</strong> Roofing Services . . . . 6<br />
I & J Building & Roofing Serv . . 2<br />
KC Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />
Kilellan Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
MBS Roofing & Building Contrac . . 30<br />
RPH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />
SMG Roofing & Building Contrac . . 2<br />
SW Scott - Joiners & Builders . . 14<br />
Thomas McMaster & Son Ltd . . 49<br />
Solicitors<br />
Affinity Family Law Experts . . 27<br />
Kingsley Wood & Co Solicitors . . 1,27<br />
Special Occasions<br />
ABC Taxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />
Sports Clubs & Events<br />
Ranfurly Castle Golf Club . . 54<br />
Stoves<br />
Auldton Stoves . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />
Iron House Stoves Limited . . 5<br />
Old Mill Chimneys . . . . . . . . . 41<br />
Taxis & Minicoach hire<br />
ABC Taxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />
Johnstone TOA Taxi Co . . . . . . 33<br />
Minicoach Tours Scotland Ltd . . 31<br />
Tiling<br />
Gordon James Ceramic Tiler . . 15<br />
Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
Travel Agents<br />
Travel Actually . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
Tree Surgeon<br />
Branch Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />
Glenmoss Landscapes . . . . . . . . 46<br />
LJX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />
W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 47<br />
TV & Satellite<br />
Derek McBride Aerials . . . . . . 31<br />
Kieran Turner Aerial&Satellite . . 3<br />
Upholstery Services<br />
Baytree Interiors . . . . . . . . . 5<br />
Eclipse deep clean . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
Fastclean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
P Thomson Upholstery . . . . . . . 39<br />
Window Cleaners<br />
DS Cleaning (Windows) . . . . . . 20<br />
Fastclean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
<strong>Gryffe</strong> Roofing Services . . . . 6<br />
Matthews Cleaning Services . . 15<br />
Window, Consv & Repair<br />
1on1 Double Glazing . . . . . . . . 3<br />
Art Window & Doors . . . . . . . . . Bk<br />
JayBee Double Glazing Repairs . . 6<br />
TD Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />
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Erskine: Garden Centre, Library, Sports Centre,<br />
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Houston: Co-op, Carrick Centre, Post Office,<br />
Newsagent<br />
Howwood: Village Store, St Vincent’s Hospice<br />
Johnstone: Henderson Kilts, Papa Mac’s, Library<br />
Kilbarchan: Sheridan’s Store, Campbell’s,<br />
Newsagents, Bobbins, Old Library Centre<br />
Kilmacolm: Newsagent, Pieri’s, Cross Café,<br />
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