260 May 2016 - Gryffe Advertizer
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kilbarchan<br />
& lochwinnoch<br />
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4,800 hours at the Weaver’s Cottage,<br />
Kilbarchan<br />
Photographed are Joan MacKinnon (left) and Beryl Baillie, who were recently<br />
recognised by the National<br />
Trust for Scotland for<br />
volunteering for thirty years at<br />
the Weaver’s Cottage. A rough<br />
calculation suggests that, at<br />
four hours a week each, for<br />
approximately twenty weeks<br />
a year, they have together<br />
volunteered for a total of<br />
four thousand eight hundred<br />
hours. They are well informed<br />
and enthusiastic about the<br />
history of the cottage and of<br />
weaving in Kilbarchan, and their accumulated knowledge enhances the visitor<br />
experience. Come along and meet the staff and volunteers! The Weaver’s Cottage<br />
is open from 1 - 5 pm daily, except on Wednesdays and Thursdays.<br />
Annual Summer Concert<br />
Madrigals and Part Songs<br />
7:30pm - Friday 20th <strong>May</strong><br />
Holy Trinity and St Barnabas Church, Paisley<br />
With special guests St James Handbell Ringers. Tickets £8.50 and £5 for under<br />
18s - Refreshments after the concert. For tickets contact Malcolm MacAskill -<br />
01505 346749.<br />
Kilbarchan<br />
During the month of <strong>May</strong>, there are 2 meetings-the first a Murder/Mystery<br />
evening, followed by “The Seven Wonders of Your World”. For further information<br />
on how to join the group, please see the website: www.nwr.org.uk<br />
Kilbarchan Parish Church<br />
Services, conducted by Rev Stephen Smith, continue at 11am each Sunday<br />
morning, when the crèche and Sunday School also meet in the halls from<br />
10.45am. On Sunday 8th <strong>May</strong>, there will be a Soup Lunch for the congregation in<br />
the hall after the service.<br />
The midweek Fellowship is on Wednesday mornings in the small hall, with coffee<br />
at 10.30am, followed by a short service at 11am. All welcome at these services.<br />
Kilbarchan Parish Church Tots’ Club<br />
The club will be on holiday on Monday 2nd <strong>May</strong> ,but will resume from 9.15-<br />
11.30am on Monday 9th until 20th June when the Summer Party will take<br />
place.<br />
The Councillors Code of Conduct prohibits local Councillors<br />
from taking a position, either for or against, any given<br />
planning application as this would prevent us from both voting<br />
and speaking in the actual debate on the application itself,<br />
whether it goes to the Planning and Property Board alone, or<br />
in cases of significant applications, to all forty Renfrewshire<br />
Councillors at a full meeting of Renfrewshire Council.<br />
However, given that there are a number of significant<br />
planning applications, both live and prospective, around the<br />
Kilbarchan and Brookfield area at the moment, does mean<br />
that Councillors have a duty and responsibility to encourage<br />
all residents to make themselves aware of these applications<br />
so they can decide on the merits or de-merits of any application from a position of<br />
knowledge. If Kilbarchan residents wish to know what the wider community view<br />
is on any particular application they can e mail Kilbarchan Community Council, on<br />
kilbarchancommunitycouncil@yahoo.co.uk for information.<br />
I am extremely concerned that the Clyde Muirshiel Park Authority are considering<br />
a potential project with Newton Rigg College to develop an upland project for<br />
grouse shooting on a commercial basis. Certainly a century ago Clyde Muirshiel<br />
was the largest grouse moor in Europe, but I had thought we had moved on from<br />
the days of Downton Abbey, and I am frankly shocked that such a beautiful area<br />
should be taken away from the people of Renfrewshire, never mind Lochwinnoch,<br />
and used for blood sports by a small elite. Clyde Muirshiel rather than be a place<br />
of peace and tranquillity will be primarily commercial rather than educational. I<br />
will fight this short sighted idea tooth and nail.<br />
My advice surgery in Kilbarchan is on the 2nd Wednesday of the month in the<br />
Steeple Hall at 7:45pm, and my advice surgery in Lochwinnoch is on the 4th<br />
Wednesday of the month in the McKillop at 7:30pm, excluding July. But I am also<br />
always available to constituents who can call me on 07534 148224, tweet me on<br />
CllrAndy4Ward8 or e-mail me at cllr.andy.doig@renfrewshire.gov.uk.<br />
Kilbarchan Parish Church Plant Sale<br />
and Pancake Morning<br />
This popular event is on Saturday 21st <strong>May</strong> from 10am-12noon in<br />
the church halls.<br />
Entrance is £2:50, children £1, which includes freshly-made pancakes with<br />
cream and jam. To order plants in advance, please see any member of the church<br />
or phone Fulton Dunn on 704502. There will be plants for sale on 21st as well<br />
as pre-ordered plants.
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