260 May 2016 - Gryffe Advertizer
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BoW Allotments and Gardens Society<br />
Last year we undertook a consultation with neighbours of Moss Road Park to find<br />
out how they would respond to a plan to create a community growing area in a<br />
corner of the park. The response was generally positive, especially when it was<br />
appreciated that a community garden would comprise of raised beds and would<br />
not be allotments. The idea of community growing is to include local people of<br />
all ages in growing food. It offers a chance to learn from each other and working<br />
together can be a great way to make new friends. We will discuss our ideas<br />
further at our AGM on <strong>May</strong> 24th at 7.30pm at the Bridge, so if you are interested<br />
please come along.<br />
We continue to work on the community<br />
garden behind the Bridge Post Office<br />
and Community Centre. We will put a<br />
diary in the Bridge so you can read<br />
about what we have planted over the<br />
growing season this year. A variety of<br />
herbs are already growing well and<br />
visitors are welcome to cut some for<br />
their cooking. Over the spring we will be<br />
planting vegetables. Do come to see how<br />
attractive a vegetable plot can look.<br />
Pirie Information Centre<br />
The Information Centre is now able to provide application forms for Free Bus<br />
Travel for Older People (60 and over). We also continue to hold Passport forms<br />
and we have a very wide selection of tourist information leaflets if you are having<br />
visitors over the summer and are looking for ideas as to where to take them.<br />
Please pop in for a browse - we are open Monday, Tuesday and Friday mornings<br />
from 10am to 12noon and you can find us in Freeland Church, Main Street,<br />
Bridge of Weir.<br />
Weir Networking<br />
Friday 27 <strong>May</strong> <strong>2016</strong> - Amaretto, Bridge of Weir<br />
The <strong>May</strong> Weir Networking Group will welcome Colin Halliday<br />
to talk about the in’s and out’s of Business Insurance which<br />
to us all is a very important issue.<br />
Colin Halliday is an independent general Insurance Broker<br />
who looks after the Business Insurance needs of a range<br />
of trades and professions and works with Businesses of<br />
all sizes. He can also help arrange Home and Travel Insurance. He is based in<br />
Glasgow and offers a traditional insurance broking service to all.<br />
Weir Networking is a Business Networking Group for local<br />
Business's to get together and make contact. Contact 0777<br />
55 94 132 or email mo-hypnotherapy-world@live.co.uk<br />
Come along on Friday morning, at 9.30am, to find out<br />
more and see what we can do to help you and<br />
your business. We meet for breakfast and a chat<br />
in Amaretto Ristorante, 60 Main Street, Bridge of<br />
Weir.<br />
All businesses welcome - just £5 per person!<br />
Bridge of Weir Tenants and<br />
Residents Association<br />
The latest meeting of Bridge of Weir TARA was also the AGM, and was very well<br />
attended. Our thanks go to local Councillors Maria Brown and James MacLaren,<br />
Police Sergeant Moir, Housing Officer Barry Scott, and Hugh Strain and members<br />
of the Renfrewshire Wardens Service for their attendance.<br />
The Police report showed that most of the crimes around the village over the past<br />
month concerned breaches of the peace or vandalism. The house up for sale on<br />
the main street next to the Freeland Church car park is proving to be a magnet<br />
for crime and has been broken into on a number of occasions. If you see any<br />
suspicious behaviour around this property, or around the village in general please<br />
inform the police by phoning them on 101.<br />
The Wardens service issued a number of tickets around the village for littering<br />
over the past month and hopefully people will take the hint and keep the village<br />
tidy. You are reminded once again that the fine for dog fouling as of the 1st April<br />
is £80, rising to £100 if not paid within 28 days. The Council’s dog fouling notices<br />
around the village will be updated by the Wardens when the new ones become<br />
available. As always please clean up after your dog “Bag It and Bin It”.<br />
Gladman Developments based in Livingston have stated their intention to submit<br />
a planning application for a major housing development, to the north of the<br />
Kilmacolm Road leaving Bridge of Weir. Bridge of Weir Tenants and Residents<br />
Association will be closely watching how this progresses, given the area earmarked<br />
is greenbelt, and also the possible impact on the village’s services and<br />
infrastructure.<br />
Houston Road Park was recently visited by tree surgeons and the trees parallel to<br />
the Houston Road have been trimmed. One of the trees which had been reported<br />
to the Council by TARA on safety grounds last year, was safely chopped down and<br />
removed. The proposed drainage works within the park are now underway and<br />
hopefully the park will be able to be used more fully in the not to distant future.<br />
The next meeting of Bridge of Weir Tenants and Residents Association will be<br />
on Tuesday 17th <strong>May</strong> in the Pirie Centre at Freeland Church at 7.30pm. All are<br />
welcome.
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