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Legal Blog 

by Isabella McKerrow, 

Affinity Family Law 

Why every adult should have 

a Power of Attorney 

As we head towards old age and face the prospect of becoming mentally 

and physical infirm, it is sensible to have a Power of Attorney “POA” in place. 

However, an adult could become physically or mentally infirm at any age as a 

result of illness or trauma. Every adult should consider having a POA in place, 

given they are inexpensive and, unlike a will, do not have to be reviewed every 

few years. 

A POA can ensure that the financial affairs and personal welfare of the adult 

will be looked after by someone they trust. An adult who is mentally capable 

may grant a POA for various purposes and for however long. There are two 

types: Continuing, relating to property and assets or financial affairs of the 

granter. This can be used at any time for convenience and remains effective on 

subsequent incapacity: Welfare, relating to personal welfare decisions ensuring 

the family are involved and preventing the Local Authority making decisions if 

the granter becomes incapable. It can be stipulated that welfare powers are not 

granted unless a GP certifies the adult mentally incapable. A combined POA can 

be granted with both continuing and welfare powers. 

The advantages of having a POA are that it enables speedy and appropriate 

intervention. It avoids the adult’s family the problems that arise when an 

individual loses capacity such as it being impossible to manage their financial/ 

business affairs or deal with their property. The welfare POA prevents the Local 

Authority moving an incapable adult into a care home without the family’s 

consent. Granting a POA also avoids the lengthy, complicated and expensive 

process of applying to court for a Guardianship Order, which may only grant 

limited powers and may have to be renewed by further expensive court 

applications every three years.


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contents 

legal blog.............................3 

local news..........................8-12 

optical blog ...............................13 

dental blog.............................11 

what’s on.............................14-23 

business news...................25-28 

local history...........................24 

financial blog.........................25 

it blog..................................25 

village news....................30-40 

pets...............................42-43 

pet blog ............................42 

outdoors..........................44-49 

schools news.....................50-55 

sports & clubs news.............56-58 

sporting blog..........................59 

on the road...........................41 

advertiser directory................63 

business classified...........60-61 

church listings....................61 

deadlines dates...................61 

property classified.................61 

sales & wants......................62 

Preparations for this issue were tinged with great sadness following the 

loss of Gordon Lethorn at the end of April. Having suffered illness for some 

time, Gordon passed away leaving a huge gap in the lives of his family and 

friends. His legacy lives on though through the Festival Committee who run 

the annual Gala Week festivities and the Santa Sleigh in the weeks leading 

up to Christmas each year. 

We send our thoughts and condolences to Brenda and the family, and to 

everyone he worked with throughout his years in fundraising. 

Talking of the Gala event, Bridge of Weir’s Gala Day will be once again be held 

at the Houston Road park, but this year there will be limited vehicle access. 

Due to the ongoing works to prevent flooding, the grounds are not suitable 

for multiple vehicle access, so there will be no public parking available and 

limited spaces for the stallholders. 

And there are plenty more exciting events over the coming weeks. After being 

rained off last year, Lilias Day will be back bigger and better than ever. We’ve 

got a real high-octane adrenaline rush with the P1 Grand Prix of the Seas, St 

Vincent’s Carfest and the Erskine Classic Car Show. 

Bishopton Day, Lochwinnoch Gala Day, Houston Agricultural Show, the 

Gryffeside Charity Fun Show and the Hessilhead Open Day are all great fun 

and entertaining - lots of things for all the family to enjoy. If we’ve missed 

any we apologise - please make sure we get your details in time for our issue 

deadlines. 

As we went to print we were waiting to hear the latest on the roads budget. 

Kilmacolm will be suffering from ongoing works until December as Scottish 

Gas continue their upgrades. Strangely, following a lovely road surface being 

laid on West Glen Road, within a week there were workmen digging up 

the road again. With limited resources, it would seem that some joined up 

thinking wouldn’t go wrong. 

And as we hear of further planning proposals, it begs the question of whether 

there are sufficient resources in these villages for the additional housing 

this would bring. Already places at local schools are at a premium, and the 

roads which feed these villages are in some areas in need of upgrades and 

improvements. 

In Kilbarchan, almost 800 objections have been lodged against proposals to 

create a new housing estate in green belt land. Families in the village have 

compiled an extensive list of complaints to oppose the plans to build up to 

150 in the village. 

In Bridge of Weir, we already have the Shillingworth 

housing development in progress and there is a 

further proposal for development on greenbelt 

land lying to the north of Kilmacolm Road. The 

Community Council have objected to this. The 

closing date for objections is 1st June 2016 and details of this 

are in the Community Council’s report in the Village news and 

on their website at www.bridgeofweir.org 

And finally, we are always looking at the latest innovations 

at The Advertizer and have now embraced a new (to us) 

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Waverley Excursions 

We look forward to welcoming you onboard in 2016 when Waverley will celebrate 

70 years since her launch. 

You can step aboard Waverley to sail on the Clyde from now until August and 

there are a great variety of cruises that you can enjoy. Steam “Doon the Watter” 

– bring back magical memories or create new ones as you visit Rothesay, 

explore Islands: Arran, Bute and Cumbrae, relax in the sun on deck as you 

cruise amidst dramatic loch scenery or cruise through the world famous Kyles 

of Bute to visit the beautifully situated Highland village of Tighnabruaich. The 

Destination Guide lists all of the destinations that you can visit when she is 

sailing. 

Dine, relax with a drink in one of our restored period lounges, or simply watch 

the world slip by as you enjoy breath taking views. You can send a postcard or 

shop for a souvenir whilst on-board. 

Visit new places or simply bring friends and family – young and old – for a trip 

to remember! There is something to suit every taste and pocket. 

Visit the website for further information or to book your trip 

www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk/plan-your-trip/scotland 

Renfrewshire and Inverclyde 

Games Society (RIGS) 

We are a friendly group of board and card game enthusiasts who meet every 

fortnight on Wednesday evenings at the upstairs café bar of Amaretto in Bridge 

of Weir. The games we play offer a wide variety of themes and styles and can 

cover anything from developing your ancient civilisations, managing and racing 

your own NASCAR team or fishing in ancient Japan. Above all these are games 

where you are in control of your moves and your decisions are central to your 

game. 

Our meetings in June are on the 2nd, 16th and 30th 

at 8pm in the upstairs café bar at Amaretto in Bridge 

of Weir and if you have any questions or would like 

more information then please call Keith on 07789 

501605. If you intend to come along then please 

also let us know, using the same phone number, so 

that we can ensure that there is a good supply of games. 

More information can be found at http://rigs.scot 

Renfrewshire Constituency - 

Election Results 

Renfrewshire North and West Constituency 

Candidate Party Votes 

Derek Mackay Scottish National Party 14,718 

David Wilson 

Scottish Conservative & 

Unionist Party 7,345 

Mary Fee Scottish Labour Party 7,244 

Rod Ackland Scottish Liberal Democrats 888 

Jim Halfpenny 

Scottish Trade Unionist & 

Socialist Coalition 414 

Peter Morton 198 

Ballot papers rejected 63; Total votes cast 30,870; Electorate 50,555; Turnout 

61.1% 

Renfrewshire South constituency 

Candidate Party Votes 

Tom Arthur Scottish National Party 14,272 

Paul O’Kane Scottish Labour Party 9,864 

Ann Le Blond 

Scottish Conservative & 

Unionist Party 4,752 

Tristan Gray Scottish Liberal Democrats 793 

Ballot papers rejected 129; Total votes cast 29,810; Electorate 49,422; Turnout 

60.3% 

Last month I was given the great privilege of being reelected 

to serve as Member of the Scottish Parliament 

for Renfrewshire North & West, having received 14,718 

votes. 

I would like to firstly say thank you to everyone who 

put their trust in me. I will continue to serve as MSP 

representing the communities of Kilmacolm, Quarrier’s 

Village, Bridge of Weir, Houston, Crosslee Renfrew, 

Gallowhill, Langbank, Inchinnan, Bishopton and 

Erskine. I promise to serve my constituents in every 

way in which I can. 

My constituency office is open and my Monday 

morning telephone surgery has re-commenced - please call 0141 885 

2076 between 10am and 11am. Alternatively, if you require assistance 

with any matter, you can contact my office anytime on the same number, 

Monday-Friday 9am-5pm or e-mail Derek.Mackay.msp@parliament.scot. 

My constituency wide surgery programme will re-commence after the 

summer recess, during which I will be in every part of Renfrewshire North 

& West speaking with constituents about what local issues matter most 

to them. 

During the election campaign my team and I spoke to 9,007 residents. A 

number of local issues were raised with me, and I now intend to take these 

matters forward on behalf of my constituents. These issues included local 

road conditions, street cleaning, traffic management and street lighting, 

all of which are of course the responsibility of local authorities, however, 

I know just how strongly my constituents feel about these issues and it is 

my duty to stand up for them.


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RAMH News 

Renfrewshire Provost Anne Hall got on her bike for mental health to launch an 

exhilarating weekend challenge on Arran, all to support local people. 

RAMH are running the 2016 Arran Bike & Hike and Councillor Hall got on the 

charity’s smoothie bike to show her support for the event. 

The 2 day challenge takes place on Saturday 3rd - Sunday 4th September and 

kicks off with a good luck breakfast in Paisley, transfers to Ardrossan and the 

ferry to Brodick. The challenge then begins with a 42 mile cycle circumnavigating 

the island towards Lochranza, followed by a celebratory dinner and overnight in 

Lochranza. Sunday begins with a 13 mile cycle to the foot of Goatfell followed 

by a hike of Goatfell at 874m, fish supper and ferry home, returning to Paisley 

for sunset. 

All meals, transport and overnight accommodation are included and all you 

need is a bike, helmet and walking boots. RAMH ask for a £50 registration 

fee and £300 minimum sponsorship, with all money going directly towards 

services for those affected by depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and other 

conditions. 

Places are limited so register NOW at enquiries@ramh.org or 0141 847 8900 

Photo shows Provost Hall on the smoothie bike with RAMH staff at Paisley Town 

Hall 

RAMH News 

The RAMH Chair of the Board of Directors 

will cycle across the Atlantic this summer 

for local mental health services. 

Norrie Murray, 57, from Paisley will build up the 

miles he cycles over the next 12 months to reach 3,218 miles, the same 

distance as Paisley to New York. 

Chair Norrie said “RAMH services are extremely important to me, because 

for many local people they offer hope when otherwise things would look quite 

bleak. I’ve been supporting RAMH for over 12 years now and wanted to 

do something different to raise funds, and highlight 

the important work the charity is doing. I love 

cycling and wondered how long it would take 

to reach New York by bike, this is my way of 

achieving that - in small chunks!” 

RAMH promotes recovery from mental ill 

health, and empowers people to build 

independent, fulfilled lives. Services 

benefit over 4,000 local people every 

year. 

You can sponsor Norrie at www. 

virginmoneygiving.com and search for 

Norrie Murray. For more information 

about RAMH events visit www.ramh.org 

Photo shows Norrie Murray, Chair of the 

Board of Directors at RAMH 

Dinner & Dance 

Every Saturday night from 8pm - 11pm 

at Willow Bank Hotel, 96 Greenock Road, 

Largs. 

Booking essential. Call 01475 675435 for 

further information.


Dental Blog 

by Sheila Macintyre, Practice Owner, 

Kilbarchan Dental Practice 

Looking after your smile on the go! 

With the holiday season coming up I thought it would be a good time to write 

about looking after your teeth when you are away from home. 

Most of us brush our teeth twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste but the inevitable 

build-up of bacteria means that they are still under attack in-between times. 

If you are planning a holiday consider your family’s oral health before you go. 

Travel brushes might seem like a good space saving idea but generally they are 

not of a great quality. You can’t beat an electric toothbrush but if you are going 

abroad don’t forget an adapter, otherwise pack a good quality toothbrush, floss 

and some fluoride toothpaste – these can be expensive and hard to come by in 

tourist destinations. 

Our teeth are at risk of acid attack after we eat and drink anything. Whether 

contained in foods, or converted from sugars by your mouth’s bacteria, acid 

dissolves the tooth enamel and dentine leading to cavities and tooth decay. 

Evidence has shown that incorporating sugar-free gum into our busy lifestyles can 

improve our oral health. Saliva helps replace the minerals that the enamel has 

lost after eating. Chewing sugar free gum after eating or drinking helps you 

produce more saliva to significantly speed up this recovery 

process. 

Combined with a good oral health regime, chewing sugarfree 

gum after eating can quickly lower the amount of 

time that acid attacks the teeth. It is also a habit that 

is easy to get into when you are on the go on 

holiday, at work or elsewhere. 

If you would like to find out more visit 

us at Kilbarchan Dental Practice, 

call 01505 704969 or click www. 

kilbarchandental.co.uk where you’ll 

find lots more free tips and advice. 

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The Masqueraders 

Big THANKS from The Masqueraders to everyone 

who helped our performance be such fun. 

Special thanks to our amazing audience for the 

£650 raised for St Vincent’s Hospice. 

We are percolating ideas for next year so watch 

this space. 

Summer 

Neighbourhood 

Food Collection 

Renfrewshire Foodbank will be collecting at Tesco 

Renfrew, Tesco Linwood and Tesco Paisley on 

Thursday 30th of June, Friday 1st July and Saturday 

2nd of July. We are in all three stores, all three 

days. We ask shoppers if they would like to help 

the foodbank and give them a list of the items we 

collect. If they would like to help, they can purchase 

food/toiletries while they shop and donate it to the 

foodbank on their way out. 

Save the Children Week 2016 

On Saturday April 30th, a bucket collection was held in Kilmacolm. Thanks to the generosity of those who 

donated, a grand total of £261.79 was collected. Further, thanks to donations placed in cans situated in 

selected shops in the village over the past few months raised £84.68. May we 

take this opportunity to thank everyone concerned for their donations and their 

help in raising such amounts. The money will make an important contribution 

to Scotland’s fund-raising effort for Save the Children. Readers will be aware of 

the importance of these funds in improving the lives of children who have been 

dispossessed around the world.


Summer Concert Series 

Martyrs’ Sandyford Church presents a series of four summer concerts on 

Sunday afternoons. Please note that both church venues are being used, and 

also note that starting times vary. 

Sunday 5th June at 3pm at Montgomery Road, Paisley PA3 4LQ 

Participating in these concerts is a variety of talented performers, opening 

with a programme of Haydn, Mozart and Shostakovich quartets from St Mary’s 

School, Edinburgh. £5 at the door. 

Sunday 12th June at 2pm, Montgomery Road, Paisley PA3 4LQ 

A visit by Saints Fiddlers whose programme comprises a range of toe-tapping 

tunes. £5 at the door. 

Sunday 26th June at 2pm, King Street Paisley PA1 2LS 

The Chamber Pots present a lively programme of entertaining pieces including 

waltzes, a tango, Ashokan Farewell.... £5 at the door. 

Sunday 10th July at 2pm, King Street Paisley PA1 2LS 

The Meandering Minstrel presents a journey around the world discovering 

music from all four corners! Bring along your brain for a workout!! £5 entry. 

Edinburgh Night Ride 

Celebrate The Local Scenery 

At 25 Steeple Street, Kilbarchan, Bobbin’s coffee and craft shop is hosting an 

exhibition of original art from 2nd June. Alison Bannerman and Agnes Brand 

are a couple of the artists offering a great selection of oil, acrylic and water 

colours for sale. While you are browsing ‘Today’s Specials’, enjoying a real 

coffee with home baking at Bobbins you might discover ‘your house‘ or ‘Street‘ 

hanging on the wall. Artists have painted some of their favourite spots, mostly 

impressionistic with a few black and 

white drawings. Paintings of quaint 

little cottages, white washed walls, 

courtyards and churches, little 

windy roads leading to beautiful 

countryside and picturesque farms. 

Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 June - Edinburgh Registration Fee: £34. 

Cycle 50 miles with a throng of like-minded cyclists, along the 

twists and turns of the streets of Edinburgh on a Night Ride – lit 

by the moon and lights of the city. 

Taking in the iconic sights of this beautiful city – Arthur’s Seat, 

The Castle, The Forth Bridges – the route has stunning night 

views of the city. 

This is a rare chance to explore the nooks and crannies of the Scottish capital 

at a time when much of the traffic has abated – enjoy the tranquillity of the 

Georgian streets as you pass through in the moonlight. 

Jump on your bike, raise funds for Quarriers and let’s get cycling! 

For further information or to register please visit www.edinburgh-nightride.com 

Contact Details: 01505 616054 events@quarriers.org.uk. 

Art Exhibition is minutes from slipping 

off a busy motorway, (Bobbins next 

to the Steeple) Driving through these 

local villages it’s easy to see why 

artists would want to paint them. Open 

9am-4.30 Mon - Sat.


Optical Blog 

by Kerry Taher, 

New Vision Opticians 

Why try Contact Lenses? 

Some of you will be shuddering at the very thought of putting something 

on your eye. Believe it or not though, as long as your eyes are suitable and 

you can handle/take care of the contact lenses properly, anyone can wear 

contact lenses (CLs). 

The choice of CLs is now greater than ever. Lots of different materials and 

huge ranges of prescriptions mean that everyone has an option, even 

varifocal wearers. From the part-time wearers (once or twice a year) to the 

full-time wearers (1 month without removing the CLs) and everything inbetween, 

there are CLs for you. 

The average age to start CLs is 12-15 years of age, but fitting a child of 7 is 

not out of the question. As long as there is understanding of risks/hygiene 

and competence in handling then there is no minimum (or maximum!) age. 

CLs can even have a positive impact on a child’s social behaviour, helping 

them to feel more confident. 

Probably the best question to ask yourself is “are there any occasions where 

I wish I didn’t need glasses to see?”. This can be anything from glasses 

feeling uncomfortable, steaming up, sports, vanity etc. If the answer is yes, 

then you should give them a try. 

Most opticians offer free trials which involve an initial assessment and 

fitting based on a current eye examination, so just ask. You will then be 

taught all you need to know to safely handle and care for your CLs before 

the 1 - 2 week trial begins. After this, you have a check-up and this is when 

you decide if you wish to continue wearing CLs. All being well, different 

wearing schedules can then be discussed. 

For any contact lens related information, please call the practice on 01505 

614700. 

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June events 

Thu 26 - Mon 30 May 

Wild Challenge: Wheel of natural 

wonders! 

Wed 1 June 

Pound and Pace Fundraiser 

The Cut Visitor Centre, Cornalees Bridge, 

Greenock 10.15am 

Donate a pound to join the circular walk 

and remember your raffle money! 10.15am 

registration, walk starts 11am, allow 3 hours 

MORE INFO: tel 01475 521 458 

Thu 2 June 

Kilbarchan Pipe Band 

Performance 

RSPB, Largs Rd, Lochwinnoch 

10am to 4pm 

Any time! (centre open 7 days; 10am – 4pm) 

Spend some quality family time together at 

RSPB Lochwinnoch! This event is not your usual 

kind – you do it with your own family in your own 

time! Simply pop into the Visitor centre any time 

between Thursday 26th and Monday 30th May, 

where the friendly staff will give you a map and 

get you started. Then, visit different stations along 

our main trail. When you’ve finished, come back to 

the centre to complete the challenge and tell us all 

about it! Cost: £3 (RSPB members £1) 

Fri 27 May 

Village Voices & Kilbarchan 

Parish Junior Choir Summer 

Concert 

Kilbarchan Parish Church, Church 

Street, Kilbarchan 7pm 

Tickets: £5 / £12 family ticket (2 adults/2 

children). (tickets available on the door on the 

night). An entertaining evening of song and fun 

featuring a mixture of light classics and show 

songs. Directed by the wonderfully inspiring 

Moira Gray both choirs are open to join to 

anyone interested, no experience necessary 

01505 704948. Lilifest (part of the Lilias Day 

Celebrations) www.liliasday.co.uk 

Sat 28 May 

Medieval Fair 

Paisley Abbey, Abbey Close, Paisley 

11am to 4pm 

Living history camp, Knighting ceremony, Story 

telling, Birds of prey, Games, Children’s crafts, 

Stilt walker, food staffs, Wandering musicians 

and much more! 

Kilbarchan Smile’s Gateway 

Garden Party 

Cartside Terrace, Kilbarchan 

11am to 4pm 

Launch event for Kilbarchan Smile’s new 

community garden at the entrance to the village. 

All welcome to come and see the first phase of 

development, meet the volunteers and find out 

more about getting involved and enjoying this 

fantastic new resource. Free entertainment and 

BBQ throughout the day (while supplies last!). 

Join Kilbarchan Smile Group on Facebook. Free 

Event. Lilifest (part of the Lilias Day Celebrations) 

www.liliasday.co.uk 

The Glenleven Inn, New Street, 

Kilbarchan 8pm 

Outside at the Mary Barbour memorial followed by 

BBQ or Buffet FREE. Special Lilifest performance 

in the countdown to Lilias Day Celebrations. www. 

liliasday.co.uk 

Fri 3 June 

Habbie’s Hoolie - Ceilidh with 

Clamjamfrie 

Kilbarchan Performing Arts Centre, 

8 Steeple Square, Kilbarchan 7.30pm 

Tickets: £10 available from Bobbins, The Trust Inn, 

The Glenleven Inn or by contacting us via facebook 

or by email: hello@kilbarchansmile.co.uk. Bring 

Your Own Bottle. All proceeds go to Kilbarchan 

Smile to help continue with improvements to 

the village. Kilbarchan Smile present an evening 

of rousing ceilidh music and much dancing 

with popular local band, Clamjamfrie as part of 

Lilifest2016. 

Johnstone Band Summer Concert 

Johnstone Town Hall 7.30pm 

Free admission. Raffle draw. Get in the holiday 

mood. 

Sat 4 June 

Lilias Day Celebrations 

Kilbarchan Park, Park View, Kilbarchan 

12 noon 

Park open from 12 noon. Parade 1pm followed 

by events in the Park www.liliasday.co.uk 

Kilbarchan’s famous Lilias Day includes a historic 

parade followed through the village by decorated 

floats, bands, vintage vehicles and performers. 

The parade finishes in Kilbarchan Park where 

a host of stalls, activities and events take place 

throughout the day to raise thousands of pounds 

for good causes. 

Barchan Mad Comedy Night 



£10 BYOB. For more info / bookings email 

badhatcomedy@outlook.com. This popular 

comedy night returns on Lilias Day featuring a 

great line up of comedians in a great venue. With 

your host for the evening, Graham Barrie.


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Houston & Killellan Agricultural 

Show 

Sun 5 June 

Open Farm Sunday at Ardardan 

Houston Public Park, Four Windings, 

Houston 10am to 4pm 

As usual there will be a wide variety of stalls and 

the big event Houston’s Got Talent which is hugely 

popular with everyone. Schedules for the Craft and 

Baking Section are available from the Post Office 

and the Paper Shop, North Street, Houston. 

Honda Junior RIBs Event 

Castle Semple Visitor Centre, Lochlip 

Road, Lochwinnoch 10am to 3pm 

See the fast boats on the water and enjoy 

woodland walks or refreshments on dry land! 

MORE INFO: tel 01505 842 882 ex 20 

Race Night 

Kilmacolm Golf Club, Porterfield Road, 

Kilmacolm 8pm 

Kilmacolm Playgroup and Toddlers is holding a 

Race Night, a fun social event to raise funds for 

the group. Single tickets cost £20, or £30 for 

2 and includes a hot buffet, the chance to win 

prizes (including one for best hat!) and post-race 

dancing. For tickets and more information contact 

Heather at hsmailbox@hotmail.com 

Music For The Mind 

Garnock Community Social Centre, 

Loadingbank, Kilbirnie KA25 6JY 7pm 

A cabaret night to raise awareness of mental 

health issues, and to raise funds for Scottish 

Mental health charities. Come along to an evening 

of fantastic entertainment, then dance the 

night away with the DJ. Raffle - Some incredible 

prices have been kindly donated. Details will be 

announced nearer the time! Event tickets are £10, 

which includes a buffet. 

Wild Night 

Ardardan Estate - Cardross 

11am to 4pm 

As part of the national Open Farm Sunday enjoy 

learning a bit about our animals and our farm. This 

will also be the first day of our Tractor & Trailer 

Rides. No charge for entry for this event so just 

come down and enjoy! 

Millport Fun’raiser 

Garrison House, Millport 11am 

Join us for a 10 mile family cycle, a host of kids 

entertainment & activities, live bands, craft 

village, food and drink. The amazing and talented 

Big Kid Twister will be joining us to provide 

their wonderful balloon creations. Please note 

that a small charge applies for activities and 

entertainment with all profits kindly being donated 

to Finding Your Feet. A great range of craft and gift 

stalls will also be available on the day in our Craft 

Village. There will be live music from Glasgow band 

Mildred’s Dairy and the Garnock Valley Community 

Concert Band. 

Doggy Awards 

Finlaystone Country Estate - Langbank 

1pm to 3pm 

Bring your perfect pooch for some fun and games 

at the Finlaystone obstacle course. Prize for best 

and most obedient pooch. Free event, admission 

charges apply. Call 01475 540505 for further 

information 

Family volunteering 

Finlaystone Country Estate - Langbank 

5pm to 8am 

The Finlaystone overnight camp. Join the Rangers 

for fun and burgers and sing into the wee small 

hours. Kids will enjoy the bat walk and Den 

Build. Tent, warm clothes, waterproofs and 

food required. Adults £7.50 Children £5.00. Pre 

booking essential. 


1pm to 3.30pm 

Volunteer with your children or grandchildren... 

Who says volunteering is only for grown-ups? 

Definitely not us. Here’s an opportunity for 

grown-ups and children to do something practical 

together in the great outdoors, and to help us 

Give Nature a Home. It’s a chance to spend some 

quality time with the children in your life, and it’s 

free. Please book.



Test our Binoculars & Telescope 

in the Field! 


2pm to 4pm 

Guided walk & presentation. Test our telescopes 

and binoculars under field conditions! Go for a 

guided walk with our knowledgeable staff and 

try out a range of different optics out on the 

reserve! Enjoy the scenery and wildlife, whilst 

finding out what binoculars or telescope suits you 

best. Cost: £3 (refunded if you purchase a pair 

of binoculars, or a telescope, from the reserve 

shop on the day!) 

Mon 6 June 

Silver Tablet 2016 

St Columba’s Church, Duchal Rd, 

Kilmacolm 2pm to 3.30pm 

The annual Silver Tablet Concert celebrates the 

best of musical talent from the St Columba Senior 

School (guests to be seated by 1.45pm). Light 

refreshments will be served afterwards. The 2016 

performers are Matthew Chan and Olivia McNee. 

Please email nmkay@st-columbas.org if you would 

like to attend. 


Murder in the Library Creative 

Communities 

Kilmacolm Library, Lochwinnoch Road, 

Kilmacolm 7.30pm 

Invites you to spend an evening with international 

crime writer Sara Sheridan. She will discuss her 

Mirabelle Bevan mystery series, which has just 

been optioned by STV - so a great opportunity 

to hear about a future TV hit. Wine and cake will 

be served. All welcome. Tickets are FREE. Please 

email Victoria.finnigan@hotmail.com to book. 

Creative Communities is an outreach programme 

of St Columba’s School. 


Advertizer Deadline 

The Advertizer - Neva Place, Bridge of 

Weir 

If you want something placed in the July issue, 

either send an email to info@advertizer.co.uk 

or call the office on 01505 613340. Don’t 

miss out! 


Lochwinnoch Gala Day 

Lochwinnoch Cross 12noon 

Gala Day will start with the Parade bringing the 

Queen and her entourage to the Public Park 

which will assemble at Auld Simon at 12 noon, 

begin at 12.30pm, arriving at the Public Park at 

1pm for the opening ceremony and Crowning of 

the Queen. This year we have St Columba’s Pipe 

Band leading the parade, together with some of 

the well known Star Wars characters. The event 

will be opened by Lochwinnoch’s lovely Carmen 

Pieraccini of River City fame!! For more info see 

full article on page 

Annual Fete 

St Aidan’s Church House, Tower Rd, 

Johnstone, PA5 0AD 11am to 2pm 

All Welcome!!!! 

Des McLean 



Tickets Available: www.seetickets.com Billy 

Connolly has cited McLean as his favourite 

comedian, this is your chance to find out why the 

Big Yin rates Des so highly. 


Bistro @ Bernie’s 

Bernie’s Cafe Deli, Neva Place, Bridge of 

Weir 6pm to 11pm 

(& 25th JUNE) With a specially selected 3 course 

menu which changes every time, these evenings 

are not to be missed. Head chef Yvonne and her 

team, create some absolutely stunning dishes, 

using their creativity and culinary skills to deliver 

a fantastic dining experience. Our hand-selected 

wine list accompanies the menus beautifully! 

Keep an eye on this page for up and coming Bistro 

nights and menus and give us a call to book! 

Pop Art Afternoon Tea 

Kilmacolm Community Centre, 

Lochwinnoch Road, Kilmacolm 

1.30pm to 3pm 

Creative Communities invites you to spend an 

afternoon with award winning YA writer Victoria 

Gemmell. She will discuss her mystery novel 

Follow Me set in small town America where a 

young girl searching for her missing twin discovers 

a secret artists’ and musicians’ hangout based 

around Andy Warhol’s famous Factory. Tea, 

Cake and soft drinks will be served. Age approx. 

10 - 16. Tickets are FREE. Please email Victoria. 

finnigan@hotmail.com to book a place. Creative 

Communities is an outreach programme of St 

Columba’s School. 

Bridge of Weir Gala Day 

Houston Road Park, Houston Road, 

Bridge of Weir 12 noon to 5pm 

The first day of Gala Week kicks off with the Gala 

day Parade starting at Cargill Hall and concluding 

with our fun day at Houston Road Park. 

Largs Horse Show 2016 

Kip Marina, The Yacht Harbour, Inverkip, 

PA16 0AS 

Classes for horses & ponies, showing, M&M, 

Working Hunter, Showjumping. Rosettes 1st - 6th 

trophies for winners of each class. Championships 

with rosettes, trophies and sashes up for grabs. 


Bioblitz! 


All day 

Come along and see what fantastic wildlife can 

be found, if you know how to look! Have a go 

at recording (friendly advice on hand!), or join 

one of the team for a walk to see what you can 

find! We’ll also have representatives from other 

organizations to give lots of interesting info! 

Organisations attending in order to assist us 

include: The Butterfly Conservation Trust; Clyde 

Amphibian Group; The Scottish Wildlife Trust; 

TCV – The Conservation Volunteers; Field Studies 

Council & Field Studies Council Millport; The 

Glasgow Natural History Society; and OPAL will be 

sending two Community Scientists. Cost: FREE 


A Concert of Light Classical 

Music 

St Fillans Church, Kilmacolm 3.30pm 

The concert is to raise money for the charity 

Bloodwise for leukaemia research. Accompanied 

by piano and cello, we will be singing items from 

operas, musicals and a tango. The concert also 

includes some items from ‘Oliver’ sung by young 

singing pupils. There is tea and cake afterwards 

in the church hall! 

Gala Praise 

Freeland Church, Main Street, Bridge of 

Weir 7pm 

All welcome. 

Hessilhead Open Day 

Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Trust, 

Gateside, Beith 12noon to 4pm 

Tours around some of the enclosures, the chance 

to see fox cubs, badger cubs, cygnets, ducklings, 

owls and many nestling birds being hand reared. A 

variety of stalls including bric a brac, cakes, books, 

plants, tombola, bottle stall and many children’s 

activities. We look forward to seeing you there.


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Charity Fun Show 

Gryffeside Farm, Blackholm Road, Kilmacolm 

Fun ride and jumping, dog walk, showing and agility, bucking bronco, 

sumo wrestling, refreshments & lots of fun for everyone. All proceeds 

go to Cancer Research. 

Mon 13 June 

Dementia Friends Session 

Freeland Church, Main Street, Bridge of Weir 

10.30am to 11.30am 

The Pirie Information Centre is hosting a Dementia Friends session 

led by Iain Houston of Alzheimer Scotland. After this Iain will have 

an information stand and can answer individual queries. 

Tue 14 June 

Football Fiesta 

Moss Road Park - Bridge of Weir 6.30pm 

All welcome. 

Millport Fun’raiser 

Sunday 5th June starting from 11am at Garrison House, 

2 College Street, Millport KA28 0DJ 

Join us for a 10 mile family cycle, a host of kids entertainment & activities, 

live bands, craft village, food and drink. To give you a flavour of what’s in 

store we will have the following: 

• Inflatable slide and fun house • Laser quest 

• Sumo suits 

• Gladiator games • Water walkers • Kids’ assault course 

• Circus skills • Giant Games • Cupcake decorating 

• Photo Booth • Magician • Face painting 

• Sand art 

• Glitter tattoos and a kids’ tombola 

The amazing and talented Big Kid Twister will be joining us to provide their wonderful balloon creations. 

Please note that a small charge applies for activities and entertainment with all profits kindly being donated 

to Finding Your Feet. 

A great range of craft and gift stalls will also be available on the day in our Craft Village. There will be live 

music from Glasgow band Mildred’s Dairy and the Garnock Valley Community Concert Band. 

The California Feetwarmers 

Kilbarchan Performing Arts Centre, 8 Steeple Square, 

Kilbarchan 7.30pm 

Fun-lovin’ masters of ragtime, Dixieland blues and early swing, The 

California Feetwarmers have a depth of character that sets them 

apart from others who have followed that throwback path to New 

Orleans, Circa 1920. £12.50 


Angel Voices 

St Fillans Church, Kilmacolm 7.30pm 

Your are invited to come to Angel Voices Children’s Choir for the end 

of term Concert. There will be a programme of songs from the past 

year’s activities – including folk, sacred, ballads and fun rounds. 

A glass of wine, soft drinks and nibbles afterwards! Children free! 

Tickets £5. Contact is Maureen Russell (01505-872905) 

Family Fun Night 

Moss Road Park - Bridge of Weir 6.30pm to 8pm 

Hope Hall Family Fun Night {Relocated to Cargill Hall if weather 

bad} 


Senior Citizens ‘Whist’ & ‘Beetle Drive’ 

Royal British Legion, Livery Walk, Bridge of Weir 

2pm to 4pm 

Senior Citizens ‘Whist’ & ‘Beetle Drive’ {Venue to be confirmed, 

please check press for details} Entry £2 Tickets available from the 

Committee or at the door Festival ‘Prize & Money’ Bingo Royal British 

Legion Eyes down 7.30pm - Entry £2 at the door



Disco 

Cargill Hall, Lintwhite Crescent, Bridge 

of Weir 7pm to 9pm 

Disco {7-12 Years Old} Cargill Hall 7pm-9pm Tuck 

Shop Entry £1 Gryffe Voices “An Evening of Songs” 

Freeland Church - 8pm - Entry Free 

An Evening of Song 

Freeland Church, Main Street, Bridge of 

Weir 8pm 

With Gryffe Voices Community Choir. Entrance 

free - all welcome. 

Strawberry Afternoon Teas 

St Columba Church Hall. Kilmacolm 

2.30pm to 4.30pm 

Stalls include Handcrafts, Baking, Flowers. All 

welcome. Entry £3.50 


Bishopton Day 

Bishopton Primary School, Old Greenock 

Road, Bishopton 12 noon 

The parade will be led by St Columba’s pipe band 

leaving Bishopton Primary School at 12 noon. 

Also in the parade will be Brazilian samba band 

SambaYaBamba. Both will perform in the main 

arena. Attractions on the day include dancing 

displays, football and rugby displays, live music, 

magician, vintage fire engine, model railway, pony 

rides, inflatables and charity stalls. Entry is £2 per 

adult and kids go free. More information on the 

website or Facebook page. 

BeachWatch Survey 

Lunderston Bay, Cloch Road, near 

Gourock PA19 1BB 11am to 1pm 

Join us for the annual clean up and record sea 

debris for the national survey. MORE INFO: tel 

01475 521 458 & bookings 

Festival Ceilidh 

Cargill Hall, Lintwhite Crescent, Bridge 

of Weir 7.30pm to late 

Light Buffet & Late Bar Entry by ticket only £10 

Phone 01505 615992 or Mobile 0753 931 

5003 {Minimum age 13. Under-18s must be 

accompanied by adult} 

Yoga for Alzheimer’s - Kilmacolm 

fund raiser 


Lochwinnoch Road, Kilmacolm 10am 

Take part in a sponsored yogathon - 108 sun 

salutations - this can be done as a solo challenge, 

or you could make up a team! Classes will be held 

throughout the event and all monies raised will go 

directly to alzheimersresearchuk.org 

Sat 18 - Sun 19 June 

2016 P1 Scottish Grand Prix of 

the Sea 

Greenock Waterfront 

For the first time ever, the world’s largest marine 

motorsport heads to Scotland, for a one-two 

punch of powerboat and jetski racing. We’re 

talking about a weekend of non-stop speed and 

action! Tell all your friends about it! It’s going to 

be a cracking weekend! 


Food Fayre and Craft Corner 

Kilbarchan Guide Centre, Barn Green, 

Kilbarchan 11am to 3pm 

Come along and sample delicious local produce. 

There will be a great choice of sweet and savoury 

as well as the opportunity to browse around our 

mini craft corner. We hope to see you there. 

Fundraising Concert 

Kidston Hall, High Street, Kilmacolm 

2pm to 4pm 

A one-off fundraising concert for Quarriers 

promises two hours of musical entertainment 

with popular songs sung in four-part harmony by 

East Renfrewshire-based Sounds International 

Community Choir, and scintillating music from the 

four talented young musicians that make up the 

Williams Jazz Quartet. Tickets cost £5 available 

from Quarriers – call 01505 616054 to book or 

visit www.quarriers.org.uk/events - or at the door 

on the day and all proceeds from the concert will 

be donated to Quarriers. 

Sounds International Concert 

Sommerville Weir Hall, Quarriers Faith 

Avenue Quarriers Village 2pm to 4pm 

Come along and enjoy an afternoon of wonderful 

musical entertainment. All proceeds from the 

ticket sales are being generously donated to 

Quarriers by the choir. Tickets £5. Please call 

01505 616054 to book. www.quarriers.org. 

uk/events 

Tue 21 June 

Summer Solstice Walk 


7pm to 9pm 

Surround yourself with the beautiful sights, 

sounds and smells of Lochwinnoch Nature 

Reserve, on the longest day of the year. Led by 

one of the knowledgeable and friendly reserve 

team, this will be a gentle stroll on the trails. 

Please book, as places are limited. Cost: Adults: 

£5; Children: £3 (RSPB members: £3/£2). 


Seniors Open 


Kilmacolm 8am 

This is an 18 hole Stableford Competition which 

is open to members of all recognised Golf Clubs 

who have a current handicap. £15


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The Classic Jazz Orchestra 



Tickets Available: www.brookfield-knights.com 

Formed in 2004, the Classic Jazz Orchestra’s 

mission is to explore the fabulously varied backcatalogue 

of jazz in an informative, entertaining 

and professional way. Doors: 7.30pm. Tickets 

£12.50 from 01505 706346 info@brookfieldknights.com 


Carfest 2016 


Spinal Injuries Scotland Para 

Sport Day 

Castle Semple Visitor Centre, Lochlip 

Road, Lochwinnoch 10am to 4pm 

Lots of wheelchair users will be visiting today, 

limited parking available, take away service only 

in the café. 

Sat 2 July 

Erskine Classic Car Show 2016 

St Vincent’s Hospice, Midton Rd, 

Howwood 11.30am to 3.30pm 

St Vincent’s Hospice’s annual festival of wheels, 

CarFest, is now in its third year. The event is 

sponsored and run by MaxSafe Solutions. With 

a host of specialist, vintage and classic cars to 

enjoy as well as stalls and entertainment, it’s a 

wonderful day out for all the family. 

Family volunteering 

Ingliston Country Club, Old Greenock 

Road, Bishopton 11am to 4pm 

It’s back! Join us for a fantastic family fun day with 

over 300 vintage vehicles, children’s funfair, horse 

riding, food, stalls and plenty of entertainment. 

With thanks Tartan Tarmac! Entry £4; Children 

12 and under go free! 

Tony McManus 



A rare appearance on his home turf for worldrenowned 

guitarist now based in Canada. Tickets 

from 01505 706346 or info@brookfield-knights. 

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Open Farm Sunday at Ardardan 

Sunday 5th June, 11am – 4pm 

Ardardan Estate, Cardross G82 5HD 

As part of the national Open Farm Sunday enjoy learning 

a bit about our animals and our farm. This will also be the 

first day of our Tractor & Trailer Rides. No charge for entry 

for this event so just come down and enjoy! 

SAY to Stay in Paisley 

The Scottish Album of the Year Awards (SAY) announced it will hold its 

prestigious 2016 award ceremony in Paisley, Scotland, a town synonymous 

with musical talent. 

The SAY Award, established in 2012, will be held in Paisley in 2016 and 2017. 

Paisley will be drawing on its broad musical roots, with internationally acclaimed 

musicians hailing from the town including; Gerry Rafferty, Paolo Nutini, Joe 

Egan, Nicholas Currie aka Momus, David Sneddon (Fame Academy), Kelly 

Marie (Feels Like I’m in Love), Stealers Wheel, and Chris Glen to name a few. 

The SAY Award ceremony is coming to Paisley Town Hall on Wednesday 29 

June 2016 as part of the build-up to Paisley’s bid for UK City of Culture 2021, 

focussing on culture and heritage to transform the area’s future. 

Jean Cameron, director of Paisley’s bid for UK City of Culture 2021, said: “We 

are all very excited that Paisley will be home to one of the most prestigious 

events in the Scottish musical calendar. The SAY Award and Paisley are a great 

fit - the town has a wonderful musical heritage and continues to be a cultural 

hotspot for creative talent to this day. 

“It is fantastic that Renfrewshire Council recognise the value of this important 

cultural event and support Scottish songwriters.” 

2015 SAY awards winner, Kathryn Joseph hasn’t stopped since winning the 

prestigious award, when she beat off strong competition from and including; 

SLAM; Belle And Sebastian and Paisley-born musician, Paolo Nutini, with her 

album entitled bones you have thrown me and blood I’ve spilled. 

Kathryn is no stranger to Paisley, having performed at the town’s annual Spree 

Festival in 2015. Speaking of the awards coming to Paisley, Kathryn Joseph 

commented: “Paisley has always been a place I’ve loved to be in. It has a warm 

and great feeling and it is also a very beautiful town - the equally beautiful SAY 

award will fit right in here.” 

Dance Fusion 

the 

beacon 

arts centre 

Fri 3 June - 7:30pm - From £12.00 

West College Scotland are at the forefront of Scottish Dance training in Further 

Education. Their showcase event, Fusion, is an exciting programme of a variety of 

dance styles including jazz, commercial and contemporary. 

Graffiti Dance Troupe 

Sat 4 & Sun 5 June - 6pm - £12.00 

Cute ballerinas, fierce and energetic Hip Hoppers, unstoppable freestyles and baton 

throwers are all amongst the incredible acts you can expect to witness on stage. With 

terrific music and lots of surprise extras you don’t want to miss this. 

James Grant 

Thu 9 June - 7:30pm - £16.00 

James has performed or toured with artists as diverse as U2, Nanci Griffiths, Tina 

Turner, and BB King and appeared on TV shows such as Top of the Pops, The Tube, 

The Transatlantic Sessions and even Wogan! He continues to live in Glasgow, support 

Celtic, write and perform. 

Elite Academy of Dance Summer Show 

Fri 10 & Sat 11 June - 7:30 pm 

Elite Academy of Dance will be joined on the night by their Associate School - Alba 

Ballet and their new SQA Partner - New College Lanarkshire, who will showcase work 

from their HND and HNC students. A fantastic showcase of Classical Ballet and 

Dance awaits this year’s audience. Tickets available direct from the Dance School 

Dance Date - Elma Whyte School of Dance 

Sat 25 & Sun 26 June - 7pm - From £12.00 

Elma Whyte School of Dance are proud to present their 50th show, a showcase of 

talent and performance from one of one Scotland’s best independent dance schools 

featuring stars of tomorrow! 

Glasgow Girls 

Fri 29 & Sat 30 July - 7:30pm (also 2.30pm Sun) - £10 

The young women are galvanised to take a stand and fight for the life of their friend, 

her family, and, ultimately, for the rights of all children of asylum-seekers in Scotland. 

They take on the government and succeed where others have failed, capturing 

the imagination of the media and inspiring a whole community to unite behind its 

residents. Smash hit in 2012. 

BEACON ARTS CENTRE, CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY, GREENOCK, PA15 1HJ 

INFO@BEACONARTSCENTRE.CO.UK TELEPHONE: 01475 723723 

Heroes Breakfast 2016 

Are you up for a ‘Heroes Breakfast’? 

Help for Heroes (H4H) are asking the nation to start the day in the best 

possible way; with a good deed! Their latest fundraising initiative is a great way 

to fundraise with friends and family or with work colleagues. 

Everyone says that breakfast is the most important part of the day, and in this 

case, it is! Whether you go for a healthy option, a good fry up or try something 

new, a ‘Heroes Breakfast’ is one of the easiest way to raise funds for our 

heroes. 

A free fundraising pack is available to everyone who registers and includes 

collection boxes, a sweepstake game, balloons and Heroes Breakfast banner. 

The ‘Heroes Breakfast’ campaign is from 13 – 26 June 2016, however if this 

isn’t convenient please feel free to choose a date that is. To register or for more 

information visit www.heroesbreakfast.org.uk or call 01980 846459. 

Emma Parry, CEO & co-founder, Help for Heroes: “H4H is all about ‘doing your 

bit’ and this event is a wonderful example of people rallying support and having 

a great deal of fun while they raise money. The money you raise is needed, it is 

being used and it is hugely appreciated.” 

H4H offers comprehensive support to those who have suffered life-changing 

injuries and illnesses in the line of duty. This is provided through grants to 

individuals, other charities and organisations, capital build projects and four 

Recovery Centres across the UK which offer support for life. The money raised 

by the hugely generous public has been used to support the wounded, but there 

is still so much more to do. Soldiers, sailors and airmen who are injured today 

will still need our support tomorrow and in the days that follow, for the rest of 

their lives. They are still battling and H4H will not let them battle alone.


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every Monday 

Lochwinnoch Community Walk 

The Cross, Lochwinnoch 10.30am 

This event will not take place on public 

holidays. 

every Tuesday 

Bishopton Belles Line Dancing 

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Hall 6.30 - 8.30pm 

Beginner/Improver class. All welcome. Call David 

or Mair 07886 034037. 

Postnatal Support Group 

Paisley Abbey 10.30am - 12noon 

Crèche facilities available along with access to 

free counselling services if required. 

every Wednesday 

Knitting Group 

Three Sisters Bake, Quarriers 10am - 12noon 

Knitters of all levels welcome! 

Skinny Minnies 

Cargill Hall, Bridge of Weir 7pm-8pm 

For a healthier, slimmer, more energetic you! 

every Thursday 

Weekly Volunteer Group 

Castle Semple, Lochwinnoch 12.30pm - 3.30pm 

Conservation Volunteers - adult group. 

Newcomers always welcome. 

every Saturday 


Greenock Cut Visitor Centre 10.30am - 2.30pm 

Conservation Volunteers, adult group. Newcomers 

always welcome. 

every Sunday 


Castle Semple, Lochwinnoch 10am - 12noon 

Youth volunteer Group - age 12 - 18 years. 

Newcomers always welcome. 

1st & 3rd Thurs monthly 

‘Outlook’ 

Kidston Hall, Kilmacolm 2pm - 4pm 

Social activities group for the community in 

Kilmacolm. Guest speakers, afternoon tea, local 

issues of interest. Everyone welcome. 

Crafty Hobbies 

Carrick Centre, Main Street, Houston 7.30pm 

No previous craft experience necessary. Call 

Lorna on 01505 612844 for further details. 

2nd Wednesday monthly 

Inverclyde Carers Outreach 

Cargill Centre, Kilmacolm 11am - 2pm 

Email enquiries@inverclydecarerscentre.org.uk 

or call: 01475 735180. 

2nd Thursday monthly 

Solas Bereavement Support Group 

The group meets in the Kidston Hall. 

6.30pm to 8.30pm. Everyone welcome. 

3rd Friday monthly 

Hearing Aid Clinic 

The Bridge, Bridge of Weir 1-2pm 

Personnel are at The Bridge for the issue of 

hearing aid batteries and hearing aid checks. 

2nd Saturday monthly 

‘Brunch & Browse’ 

St Fillan’s Hall, Kilmacolm 10am - 2pm 

Home made soups, home baking, tea, coffee, 

books & lots of stalls. Great value! Disabled 

access. £4. 

last Saturday monthly 

Table Top Sale 

Linwood Parish Church, Blackwood Ave 11am - 1pm 

This is a free event. Call 01505 328802 for 

details. 

1st SAT 

Cargill Centre, 

Kilmacolm 

10am - 2pm 

3rd SAT 

Erskine Garden 

Centre 

10am - 2pm Tel: 

0141 814 4626 

1st & 3rd 

SUN 

Loch Lomond 

Shores 


07977 179 861 

2nd THU & 

last SAT 

Paisley Cross 


01655 770217 

2nd SUN 

Kip Marina, 

Inverkip 

11am - 4pm 

www.kipmarina. 

co.uk 

regular 

updates @ 


Music For The Mind 

On Saturday 4th June at 7pm 

Garnock Community Social Club, Kilbirnie KA25 6JY 

A cabaret night to raise awareness of mental health issues, and to raise funds 

for Scottish Mental health charities. 

Performers include: 

Sara Goold, Jennifer Scott, April Luke, Mark Hyslop, Adam Hyslop, Sarah 

Carruthers, Lewis Kerr, The Kids of St Pauls Drama, Danielle Wallace, Joanne 

Young , Lauren Hearty + others to be announced soon! 

Come along to an evening of fantastic entertainment, then dance the night 

away with the DJ. 

Raffle - Some incredible prices have been kindly donated including: 

Ibrox Tour for 6 People, Bottle of Arran Whisky 10 Year Malt, Next Goodies, 

Animal Rucksack, Purse & Water Bottle, Signed Ballet 

Shoes from Scottish Ballet, 2 nights Bed and breakfast 

for 2 at the Clonyard Hotel. 

Event tickets are £10, which includes a 

buffet.


Actors without Backstage Crew are naked people 

standing in the dark trying to emote. Backstage 

Crew without Actors are usually in the pub and 

that is where you will find them along with the 

Actors the last Thursday of every month! If you are 

interested in joining KDS whether it is to be on stage, behind 

the scenes or even just to meet new people and generally help 

out we would be delighted to see you in the Pullman the last Thursday of each 

month. 

We are now planning our Pantomime and open auditions will be held very shortly. 

Check out our Facebook 

page for production details, 

audition times and dates 

as well as who to contact. 

A notice with all these 

details will also be posted 

on the Noticeboard in the 

Cargill Centre, Kilmacolm. 

So if you fancy taking part 

Kilbarchan Performing Arts Centre 

please come along where you will be met 

with a very warm welcome. 

The support of our Audience is vital to 

us and thank you to all of you who came 

along to our Spring Production. I do hope 

you all bring your children, grandchildren 

or even great grandchildren along to our 

Pantomime which promises to be a fun 

family night out for all to enjoy. 

I shall give you a progress report each 

month on our Panto and introduce you to 

our cast once we have one! 

Thanks again for your continuing support 

and should anyone have any favourite 

plays they would like to see us do or 

indeed repeat please let us know. We 

would love to hear from you. 

In the meantime Take Care and Stay Safe... 

Kate 

Des McLean 

Saturday 11th June at 7.30pm. Tickets Available: www.seetickets.com 

Billy Connolly has cited McLean as his favourite comedian, this is your chance to find 

out why the Big Yin rates Des so highly. 

Des McLean is a multi-award winning stand-up comedian, TV & 

Radio presenter, event host and actor. Based in Glasgow Des is 

in demand both throughout the UK and across the world and has 

recently toured America, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. 

For TV Des regularly presents on programmes for both BBC & STV. 

For radio Des co-hosted the Clyde 1 Breakfast Show for 5 years, 

winning three prestigious Sony Radio Awards for the creativity of the content. 

On stage Des has appeared in a number of productions, including in 2013 Iain Pattison’s 

critically acclaimed play ‘I Tommy’, about the life of politician Tommy Sheridan. In 2014 

Des created ‘Des McLean’s A to Z of Scotland’ which he performed to audiences in a 

major nationwide tour. The accompanying DVD to the tour is the latest addition to the 

series of his best selling catalogue of DVD’s & CD’s. 

The California Feetwarmers 

Tuesday 14th June at 7:30pm. Tickets available: www.brookfield-knights.com 

Fun-lovin’ masters of ragtime, Dixieland blues and early swing, The California 

Feetwarmers have a depth of character that sets them apart from others who have 

followed that throwback path to New Orleans, Circa 1920. 

Their hugely-entertaining and boisterous on-stage antics are solidly underpinned by 

playing that is as close to the source as it can be. 

This is the band that Grammy Award-winning Keb’ Mo’ 

sought out to provide an air of authenticity when he 

recorded his 2014 - issued album, BluesAmericana. 

On their recording debut, captured on their home patch 

in Los Angeles, they dusted down crusty old classics 

from the ‘20s and ‘30s, re-visiting material from the likes of The Blue Ridge Playboys, 

Scott Joplin, The Memphis Jugband and Emile Grimshaw’s Rag Pickers. 

The eight-piece got together to play the music that they each felt so strongly drawn 

towards and, as can magically happen when true kindred spirits connect, suddenly 

discovered that it was a very meant-to-be happening. 

Soon as word began to spread, they were gigging – at first for music lovers, and then for 

dancers, as the Lindy Hop set fell in love with their appealing “from back then” sound. 

The band now has a strong league of devoted followers all over USA from appearances 

at big swing dance revivals. 

The album was recorded in 2013 when the band decided to recapture the energy of 

their ‘live’ show in the studio. The self-titled release showcases their full armoury to 

deliver a blast of good-time trad jazz, blues and rags that features guest appearances 

from Phil Alvin (The Blasters) and Andy Bean (Two Man Gentleman Band) both of whom 

are big fans of all they do. 

When Keb’ Mo’ grabbed the band to provide the right feel for the track “The Old Me 

Better,” he did so as he wanted it to be “a joyous thing – a party,” he told The Wall 

Street Journal in a recent interview …Now couldn’t we all do with a bit of that in our 

lives right now! 

Doors: 7.30pm. Tickets £12.50 from 01505 706346 info@brookfield-knights.com 

Tony McManus 

Saturday 2nd July at 7.30pm. Tickets Available: www.brookfield-knights.com 

A rare appearance on his home turf for world-renowned guitarist now based in Canada. 

To find a unique voice on so ubiquitous an instrument as the acoustic guitar is quite an 

achievement: to do so within a centuries old idiom where the 

instrument has no real history is truly remarkable. 

Tony McManus has come to be recognised throughout the world 

as the leading guitarist in Celtic Music. From early childhood his 

twin obsessions of traditional music and acoustic guitar have 

worked together to produce a startlingly original approach to 

this ancient art. In Tony’s hands the complex ornamentation 

normally associated with fiddles and pipes are accurately 

transferred to guitar in a way that preserves the integrity and 

emotional impact of the music. 

Self taught from childhood, initially through listening to the 

family record collection, McManus abandoned academia in 

his twenties to pursue music full time. The session scene in Glasgow and Edinburgh 

provided the springboard for gigs around Scotland and a studio set for BBC Radio, 

frequently rebroadcast, began to spread the word. 

Doors: 7.30pm. Tickets from 01505 706346 or info@brookfield-knights.com 

The Classic Jazz Orchestra 

Friday 24th June at 7:30pm. Tickets Available: www.brookfield-knights.com 

Formed in 2004, the Classic Jazz Orchestra’s mission is to explore the fabulously 

varied back-catalogue of jazz in an informative, entertaining and professional way. Its 

remit, however, is to re-interpret, not replicate, jazz styles covering the period from the 

early 1900s to about 1970. In other words, up to the point where rock rhythms began 

to supplant swinging jazz feel, and John Coltrane’s innovations changed the basis 

of improvisation. Up to that point, jazz had evolved organically out of what had gone 

before: Horace Silver could not have played as he did without Jelly Roll Morton having 

played as he did decades before. Over that time span it was effectively the one music 

at different stages of development, but recognisably the one timeless music. 

Doors: 7.30pm. Tickets £12.50 from 01505 706346 info@brookfield-knights.com


Gryffe Valley Rotary Club - Running For Toys 

Annual Fete 

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The 4th running of Gryffe Valley Rotary’s 10K run around Houston 

and Bridge of Weir was held in ideal running conditions with sunshine 

and a cooling breeze. There was a record entry of some 90 runners 

from as far afield as London, Edinburgh, Dundee and Troon, with 

ages ranging from 17 up to 77 years young. 

It only took the Men’s winner, Paul Monaghan, 36 minutes to get 

round and the Ladies winner, Ruth Fraser Moore, completed the 

challenging course in a record 40 minutes and 8 seconds! A team 

representing the River Inn in Houston won the inaugural team prize. 

Other runners took a little longer, with a few nudging 

just over the hour, but of course for them it was all 

about raising money for the Gryffe Valley Therapeutic 

Toy project. Contributions from the entry monies, with 

sponsorship raised by individual runners, all helped to 

raise some £2000 for the project which is now well on 

Ladies Winner 

its way to finalising the procurement of the specialist 

resources needed by the library at Corseford School. 

Event organiser, Ian Jackson, paid tribute to the 

hard work put in by his team who were supported by 

Kilbarchan Harriers, the local venture scouts, the St 

Johns Ambulance, and others who all helped to make it 

an enjoyable and successful event. 

Men’s Winner 

Team Winner 

He made special reference to the Rotary Ladies who provided everyone with a splendid array of sandwiches, cakes and 

drinks after the run, hopefully helping to cement the event as a fixture in the local calendar. 

Accord Hospice Rainbow Ramble 

Saturday 11th June at St Aidan’s 

Church, Tower Road, Johnstone, 

from 11am -2pm 

St Aidan’s Parish in Johnstone would 

like to welcome you all to our annual 

fete!!!! 

Paisley Abbey 

Summer 

Recitals 

Sunday 5th June - 

2.30pm 

Alexander Anderson (Organ) 

Sunday 19th June - 2.30pm 

David Gerrard (Organ) 

Sunday 26th June - 2.30pm 

Margo Smith (Violin), George 

McPhee (Organ) 

Admission £10 

Paisley Abbey (Church of Scotland) – 

Registered Charity No. SC007633 

Sunday 12th June 

Registration fee £10 per person 

A colour walk for all the family. Registration £10 + minimum £50 sponsorship. You will start the event in a pristine white 

t-shirt which will gradually take on the colours of the rainbow as you are showered in a kaleidoscope of powdered paints as 

you pass each colour station. The ramble begins at the Hospice and then heads along Hawkhead road where you will do a 

loop of Barshaw park before heading back to the finish line at ACCORD - a distance of approximately 5K. 

Visit the website to register at http://www.accordhospice.org.uk/Event/&e=4


LOCAL 

history 

The History Spot 

Robert II the first Stewart King 

When writing the article for the Advertizer last 

month about the Stewart 700 Conference in 

Paisley Abbey on Saturday 10 September 2016, I 

realised that I knew practically nothing about King 

Robert II, the first of the Stewart dynasty, apart 

from the fact that he was the son of Marjorie Bruce (only child of Robert the 

Bruce and his first wife, Isabella of Mar) and Walter, the 6th High Steward of 

Scotland. So, on the perhaps fanciful grounds that the Stewards/Stewarts 

could be called Renfrewshire’s local royal dynasty, I thought I’d write 

another article, this time mainly about Robert himself. 

Robert II was born in 1216 in or near Paisley Abbey where his mother 

died, possibly after a riding accident. At birth, Robert was not in line to the 

Scottish throne as his mother’s right of succession had been extinguished 

by entail by the Scottish Parliament in April 1315 in favour of her uncle, 

Edward Bruce, brother to her father, King Robert the Bruce. (Marjorie had 

apparently agreed to this.) When Edward, who had been crowned king of 

Ireland in1316, was killed at the battle of Dundalk in October 1318, another 

entail by the Scottish Parliament provided that Robert would become king if 

Robert the Bruce, his grandfather, died without male heirs. 

However, when in 1324 Robert the Bruce and his second wife Elizabeth 

de Burgh, produced a male heir, David, the Bruce line was secured. After 

Robert the Bruce died in 1329, Robert the 7th Steward was one of the 

noblemen who was involved in the regency during the minority of his (half) 

uncle, who had become David II, and also during David’s imprisonment in 

England after being captured at the battle of Neville’s Cross in 1346. Robert 

finally became king, the first Stewart king, in 1371 when he was in his fifties 

and reigned until his death in 1390 at Dundonald Castle in Ayrshire. 

Leaving aside his activities both as hereditary Steward/Stewart and as king, 

what I find remarkable about Robert II is the number of children he had, both 

legitimate and illegitimate. With his first wife, Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan, 

he had 4 sons and 5 daughters. By his second wife, Euphemia Ross, he 

had 2 sons and 2 daughters. All together he is said to have fathered 21 

children, including 8 illegitimate sons. Some regard his 4 children with 

Euphemia as his only legitimate children as several of his children with 

Elizabeth were born before their marriage in 1347. These children were 

legitimised by Papal dispensation but there was still the issue that he and 

Elizabeth were considered to be too closely related. However, Robert II was 

succeeded by his eldest son by Elizabeth, John, Earl of Carrick, who took 

the regnal name of Robert III. 

Application forms for the conference are available from www.paisleyabbey. 

org.uk or www.rlhf.info. 

© 2016 Gina Fisher, Renfrewshire Local History Forum 

APOLOGY: Please note that the article in last month’s Advertizer had the wrong 

date for the conference, due to my error not the author’s. H. Calcluth. 

Kilbarchan June 1916 

Private William H. Scobie served in the 18th Canadian Infantry (Western 

Ontario Regiment). He had emigrated to the USA in 1911, to join his 

brother Robert in Newark, New Jersey. On 12th January 1915 he joined the 

Canadian Army in Windsor, Ontario. He was a plumber, who had served his 

apprenticeship with John Crawford in Bridge of Weir: he was 5ft 5 inches 

tall, with hazel eyes and brown hair. He died of wounds sustained near 

Ypres. The chaplain at the 3rd Canadian Casualty Station wrote ‘Dear Miss 

Scobie, Your brother, Private W Scobie, was 

brought into this hospital the other evening, 

badly wounded in his left lung. I am the 

chaplain here and was at his bedside from 

the first. The surgeon soon saw his wound 

was very serious and did all he could for 

him, but without saving his life.... I laid him 

to rest in the beautiful little cemetery lying 

Johnstone History Society 

On Tuesday 10th May we had our last meeting of this year this was a 

very interesting talk from our secretary Valerie Reilly about The Original 

Olympics and was enjoyed by all who were there Our meeting which will 

be held in the Masonic Hall in Collier Street on the second Tuesday of the 

month will restart in September and next years syllabus will be available on 

our website at johnstonehistory.org 

The Museum however will continue to open over the summer on Wednesday 

Friday and Saturday from 10.30am till 4pm as usual. 

Supreme Sacrifice - Bridge of 

Weir and the First World War 

100 years ago this month – June 1916 

Peter Higgins, 7th Royal Scots Fusiliers 

William John McKenzie, 9th Black Watch 

The Battle of Loos in September 1915 had taken a huge toll on Scottish 

soldiers. Two Bridge of Weir men survived that battle, but not the war. 

Peter Higgins was born in the village on 16th April 1886, to Peter Higgins, 

a mason’s labourer from Ireland, and Ellen Murray a printfield worker. In 

1914, Peter was working in the Gryffe Tannery. William McKenzie was born 

in Monkton, Ayrshire to John McKenzie a jobbing gardener from Inverness, 

and his wife Margaret, also McKenzie, from Lochalsh. By 1911, eleven 

McKenzie family members were living in Windsor Place, Bridge of Weir, and 

William was a postman. He married Margaret Cowan, a domestic servant 

in one of the Ranfurly villas in 1912 (did romance bloom on the doorstep?) 

and they had a son, John, in 1913. 

Peter and William were early volunteers and found themselves in the same 

brigade (44th) and division (15th) that embarked for France in July 1915 

and fought with distinction at Loos in September. 

They both returned to Bridge of Weir in January 1916 on seven days’ 

leave. 

On the night of 12th May 1916, the 7th Royal Scots Fusiliers counterattacked 

the enemy at night in an attempt to regain ground in “The Kink” in 

the Loos sector that had been lost that day, an action which had cost the 

life of our John McInnes. Peter was wounded by shrapnel, hospitalised, 

reported as improving and repatriated. But a piece of shrapnel had lodged 

in his back, and he didn’t survive the operation to remove it on 5th June. 

News of his death probably reached his friend William when he was in 

Bethune training for a new strategic initiative that the 9th Black Watch had 

been chosen to lead – the large scale (approx 250 men) night-raid. The first 

of those was carried out by D company on 27th June against the enemy 

trenches east of the Quarries, half a mile from “The Kink”. Unfortunately, 

most of the raiders lost direction, only one officer and two men being able 

to enter enemy trenches. The party suffered 17 casualties, all wounded and 

brought in, but three died soon after, including William McKenzie. 

The village was now 

mourning eighteen of its 

young men, three of them 

having died in the previous 

six weeks. 

Peter is commemorated on 

a stained glass window in 

St. Fillan’s Church. 

Read more about Peter and 

William’s life and untimely 

death at http://www.bridgeofweirmemorial.co.uk 

Gordon Masterton 

amongst green fields (Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery), in which so many 

of our boys rest.’ William died on 6th June 1916. He had visited his mother 

and sister at 23 High Barholm five weeks before his death. 

Private Robert Donald Hunter, 6th Cameron Highlanders (15th Scottish) 

Division was killed on 30th June 1916 near Loos. He was the son of the 

Rev William Hunter of MacDuff, Banffshire. Robert was an engineer and 

his next of kin was his sister, Elizabeth/Lizzie Hunter at Fairholme, Milliken 

Park, Kilbarchan. Robert trained as a soldier in Inverness and Tain before 

being sent to join A Company 6th Camerons in France on 29th September 

1915. He would have been part of a draft to replace the 370 casualties 

suffered by the battalion at the Battle of Loos. He is buried at Vermelles 

British Cemetery, west of Loos.


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with Colin Fyfe of Colcom 

Windows 10 has been here nearly a year now, on the 29th of 

July Microsoft are stopping the free upgrade option for Windows 

7 and 8 users. The small but annoying window icon next to the 

clock that has been hounding users that don’t want the update 

will presumably either fizzle out at this point or will start with a 

sales pitch. 

I have been using GWX Control Panel by Ultimate Outsider to 

remove the annoying window icon and upgrade prompts. If you 

Google search you will find the tool free on their site, this may 

completely negate the chance of a free upgrade to 10 so proceed 

with caution if you think you will take it up before the end of July. 

Some Windows 10 quirks 

that have been bothering me 

are easy enough to explain 

here, if you have more 

than one printer you may 

notice that – annoyingly – 

10 automatically changes 

the last printer used to 

the new ‘default printer’. 

To turn off this, go to 

Settings, Devices and 

then find the switch for ‘Let Windows 

manage my default printer’. Select off. What Silliness 

was that idea? 

The other thing, presumably to make Windows 10 look really sleek 

they removed all but one desktop icon, Recycle bin. I like my User 

directory listed there on my desktop as well as ‘My Computer’ 

or just ‘Computer’ in 10. To have these back, Right click on the 

desktop, select ‘Personalize’, then ‘Themes’ on the left and then 

‘Desktop Icon Settings’. Select whatever you want displayed on 

your desktop and select apply. 

Financial Blog 

by Carl Melvin, 

Affluent Financial Planning Ltd 

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Kilmacolm Camera Club 

The Camera Club reached the end of another instructive season. This was 

concluded by our usual evening of food and chat, this time at the River Inn, 

Crosslee. 

Just before breaking up for the hols, we had our Annual Competition, 

where members can submit the best of the seasons’ images (the “creme 

de la creme,” as Miss Jean Brodie would have put it). The results were as 

follows:- 

Best Print Portfolio – Billy Blair 

Best Print – Billy Blair 

Best Digital Portfolio – Bill Ham 

Best Digital Image – Bill Ham 

Best Monochrome Image – Bill Ham 

During the summer (!) months we intend to get out and about with our 

cameras. Our May outing took us to Castle Semple Loch, at Lochwinnoch. 

Snapping windsurfers from a shoogly pontoon appears to be a photographic 

technique that some of us have still to master! 

This month’s outing may take to the Forth Bridges on 14 June. You’ll be 

most welcome to join us. Contact us at the numbers below. 

Venue: Kilmacolm New Community Centre, Room 1.01; Tuesday evening, 

time 7.30. 

Contacts: Billy Blair, Tel: 873383; Janice Stevenson, Tel 873595. 

Website: clikpic.com/kilcamclub/ 

Langbank Camera Club 

This month’s print competition topic was “Travel Photography - let your 

photo tell a story”. It was an opportunity for members to submit single or 

multiple images and then provide the story behind the image(s). We had 

the moving, the serious and the not so serious stories and images from 

Africa, India, Europe and the UK. 

There were no placing 

awards this month as 

everyone was a winner! 

Here are a couple of 

selections from the 

evening. “The Launch”, 

just minutes before the 

launch of the Catriona at 

Ferguson’s yard last year, 

was one of three images 

submitted by John Davies. 

The “No MOOOvement” 

image was submitted by 

Deborah Galloway, telling a tale about cattle creating havoc on a road on 

Mull. 

As mentioned last month 

we are now in our summer 

break. The club meetings 

will recommence on 

Monday, 12th September 

to kick start the 2016/17 

session. The club 

newsletter will continue 

in the Advertizer during 

the summer months, with 

information as well as a 

selection of images from 

our PDI evenings this session. 

Enjoy your summer break and keep taking those photos. If you would like to 

know more about photography and/or safeguarding your precious images 

taken with the digital camera, smart phone or tablet, please join us to get 

help and support. 

Club meetings are held in Langbank Church Halls, Langbank. Visitors are 

always welcome at any of our evenings. 

Club membership is only £10 for the first year. If you wish to find out 

more about Langbank Camera Club please visit our website: www. 

langbankcameraclub.weebly.com or contact Derrick McPherson at 

langbankcc1@gmail.com with your enquiries. 

Hearing the Past Project 

To mark ‘Year of Innovation, 

Architecture and Design’, 

Kirstin Zhang, the Writer 

in Residence to Creative 

Communities, an arts project 

hosted by St Columba’s 

School, worked in association 

with the Kilmacolm Civic Trust, 

to encourage local children 

to imagine the impact the 

opening of a train station had 

on Kilmacolm, in particular its 

built heritage. 

On 23 December 1869 a railway station opened in Kilmacolm, transforming 

this small, agricultural village into a popular spa destination for well-todo 

people wanting to ‘take the air’. Many successful business men also 

relocated their families from grimy Glasgow to the village, commissioning 

homes from some of the most famous architects of the day, including 

Charles Rennie MacIntosh, who designed the iconic Windyhill, for the 

Glasgow merchant, William Davidson. 

Inspired by old images 

of the village from 

1869 - 1901, pupils 

from Kilmacolm 

Primary School and 

St Columba’s Junior 

School learned how 

to create dramatic 

monologues to 

animate this past. 

Five monologues were 

chosen, together with 

one by local writer, 

Cross school and St James tower 

Fiona Dorchester, to be recorded. As her contribution, Kirstin Zhang, 

produced a monologue called ‘Guessing Game’ in which Charles Rennie 

MacIntosh tries to guess Davidson’s middle son’s favourite part of the new 

house. 

The monologues were recorded by local children, members of the Kilmacolm 

amateur dramatic group and actor Andy Paterson, who lent his voice to the 

role of MacIntosh. 

The Civic Trust said, “As custodians of the history of the area, Kilmacolm 

Civic Trust are pleased to have helped Kirstin Zhang, the Writer in Residence 

at St Columba’s School in a recent storytelling project. This project is a 

great example of the Kilmacolm Civic Trust engaging in local initiatives for 

all age groups, to educate and bring about change.” 

Kirstin Zhang said, 

“I’m very grateful to 

the Kilmacolm Civic 

Trust for supporting 

this project, not only 

by providing us with 

wonderful images, but 

by coming along to the 

recordings. In fact, one 

member of the Trust 

went well beyond the 

call of duty by agreeing 

Kilmacolm Hydro 

on the day to perform 

one of the monologues when the original actor couldn’t make it.” 

You can listen to the monologues at: https://soundcloud.com/user- 

680565888


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Paisley Colour’s Anderson 

Quaich Competition 

Recently at the McMaster Centre in Renfrew, Paisley Colour Photographic 

Club held the competition for the Anderson Quaich. The set theme for this 

year’s competition was “Iconic Scotland” and the competition was judged 

by three club members Alison Smart, Duncan McEwan and Richard 

Bennett. The judges used scoring machines with each of the thirty entries 

being scored independently by each judge out of five. After several rounds 

images below a certain score were eliminated and the judges were then left 

together to work out the ranking of the top four images. 

Top landscape photographer David Dalziel did exceptionally well in the 

competition. David’s three entries “Kelpies Reflected”, “City Lights”, and 

“Buachaille” were all selected in the top four, in 4th, 3rd and 2nd positions 

respectively but it was another long standing club member Bill Spence who 

won the competition with his very striking and “Iconic Scottish” image of the 

Forth Rail Bridge “Storm Clouds 

and Rainbows”. 

For further details about PCPC and updated members galleries please view: 

www.paisleycolour.co.uk. The club is now on a break over the summer but 

meetings resume in September. 

Poll says Scottish Government 

should help self-employed 

and micros thrive 

The new Scottish Government must reaffirm its commitment to the 

339,000 firms with fewer than 10 employees, according to a poll of 440 

business owners based north of the border. 

The survey, conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) 

since the Scottish Parliament election, found that most business owners 

want a stronger focus on micro businesses and the self-employed from 

this administration. 

The research also identified better broadband and mobile coverage and 

reform of business rates as issues smaller businesses want at the top of 

new Ministers’ agenda. 

The survey also reveals that a majority of small firms feel strongly that the 

country shouldn’t hold a second independence referendum in the next five 

years. 57 per cent of business owners identified another referendum as 

the top policy they don’t want the government to pursue. 

However Scottish entrepreneurs do believe that issues important to 

Diaporama 

The May meeting started off with the AGM 

and continued with shows from seven of our 

members. Ronnie’s sequence called ‘Up the 

Watter’ was a photographic journey up the 

Clyde. His second was a funny little show 

called ‘Spike’s Dream’ about the life and 

growth of a Grass Head. 

Kate’s show was ‘The Glenfinnan Railway’. A 

fascinating look at her day out at Glenfinnan, 

afternoon tea on the Jacobite, pictures of the train, passengers, viaduct and 

the station itself. 

Colin introduced us to ‘The Toy 

Train’ a 2ft. Narrow gauge railway 

which runs on the Himalayan line 

from New Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling. 

‘Sound of Silence’ was a beautifully 

shot and lit sequence of dancers 

and he finished with a one minute 

show called ‘The Stripper’. 

Hugh’s ‘Ships Big and Small’ was 

homage to ships and boats from 

massive cruise ships to kayaks, 

photographed on the Clyde or 

round some of the western islands. 

His second sequence was shot 

in Tasmania and showcased the 

beautiful scenery, Hobart, and some 

of the many Penal Colonies. 

David’s first sequence ‘Matchstick 

Men’ was inspired by old Bryant and 

May matchbox labels. His second 

sequence was set to Nymphs and 

Shepherds by Purcell and showed 

appropriate paintings of nymphs 

and shepherds by the Old Masters. 

Liz’s sequence ‘Peace of Iona’ 

was of one of her favourite places, 

Iona, and explored the historic and 

peaceful abbey and views of the village and surrounding beaches. 

Fiona’s show was of ‘The Italian 

Chapel’ on Orkney, a beautiful little 

chapel built by Italian prisoners of 

war. Her second show was called 

‘Swan Lake’ sequences of swans in 

courtship display. 

Our next meeting will be in 

September, in the Carrick Centre 

Houston, and we hope you will feel 

inspired to join us. 

them will be taken seriously by this administration. 46 per cent of survey 

respondents said that small business issues will be important to the new 

Scottish Government. That said, 48 per cent think the overall economy 

won’t be the top priority for the Scottish Government. 

38 per cent of business owners thought that the economy would be the 

top priority for the new Scottish Government. More women in business 

thought the economy was top of this administration’s agenda, but more 

than a quarter (27%) did not express an opinion. 

As experts in business, the Federation of Small Businesses offers our 

members a wide range of vital business services including advice, financial 

expertise, support and a powerful voice in government. Our aim is to help 

smaller businesses achieve their ambitions. Visit www.fsb.org.uk


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bishopton, langbank & bridge of weir 


Bridge of Weir Festival Week Events 

SATURDAY 11 11 TH TH JUNE JUNE 

Bridge Bridge of of Weir Weir Gala Gala Day Day 

Houston Houston Road Road Park Park From From Noon Noon 

TUESDAY 14 14 TH TH JUNE JUNE 

Football Football Fiesta Fiesta 

Moss Moss Road Road Park Park 6.30pm 6.30pm 

THURSDAY 16 16 TH TH JUNE JUNE 

Senior Senior Citizens Citizens ‘Whist’ ‘Whist’& ‘Beetle ‘Beetle 

Drive’ Drive’ 

2pm-4pm Entry Entry £2 £2 Tickets Tickets 

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Royal Royal British British Legion Legion Eyes down down 

7.30pm 7.30pm Entry Entry £2 at £2 the at door the door 

Please Note Renfrewshire Council 

have informed Bridge of Weir Festival 

Committee that there will be no public 

car parking allowed within Houston 

Road Park on Gala Day, furthermore 

stall holders will be restricted to one 

car per stall. 

SUNDAY SUNDAY 12 12 TH TH JUNE JUNE 

Gala Gala Praise Praise 

Freeland Freeland Church Church 7pm 7pm 

WEDNESDAY 15 15 TH TH JUNE JUNE 

Hope Hope Hall Hall Family Family Fun Fun Night Night 

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Cargill Cargill Hall Hall 7pm-9pm 

Tuck Tuck Shop Shop Entry Entry £1 £1 

Gryffe Gryffe Voices Voices “An “An Evening Evening of of 

Songs” Songs” 

Freeland Freeland Church Church 8pm 8pm Entry Entry Free Free 

SATURDAY 18 18 TH TH JUNE JUNE 

Festival Festival Ceilidh Ceilidh 

Cargill Cargill Hall Hall 7.30pm 7.30pm until until late late 

Light Light Buffet Buffet & Late Late Bar Bar – Entry Entry by by 

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Gordon Lethorn 

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the sad loss of local fundraising stalwart 

Gordon Lethorn. Born and bred in Bridge of Weir, Gordon, who would have been 

63 in September, had been an active member of the community for many years. 

He was passionate about these causes and immersed himself in charity work 

and local community projects. 

As a part of the local tenants and residents association (TARA) in Bridge of Weir 

for more than 20 years, Gordon had been the chair for more than 10 years and 

under his stewardship it has developed into a vibrant, challenging and supportive 

organisation, which does a great deal for tenants and residents. 

His other great legacy is the Festival Committee. He and his wife Brenda and the 

team of volunteers organise the event each year, including the selection of the 

Gala Queen and her assistants. The annual parade out to the park for Gala Day is 

always an extravaganza, with pipe bands and bunting to direct the large crowds 

who join in the parade. 

The Festival Committee also organises the fabulous Santa Sleigh each year. 

How many of our children have excitedly waited to hear the sound of Santa’s 

music winding its way around the village towards their home? So many local 

groups and charities have benefitted from this regular fundraising event, with the 

volunteers going out in all sorts of weather conditions during the weeks leading 

up to Christmas. 

Gordon was also involved in the Tenants Scrutiny Panel, Bridge of Weir Community 

Council and Renfrewshire Licensing Forum, as well as being an active member 

of his local church. To recognise the time and effort put into his activities for the 

community, Gordon was recently awarded a Provost’s Distinction Certificate by 

Renfrewshire Provost Anne Hall and he is pictured here collecting his award. 


The Bridge in June 

Father’s Day: Have you remembered FATHER’S DAY which is celebrated on 

Sunday 19th June? Purchase a card from our selection to let your Dad know 

how much he is appreciated. 

Graduation Success: Send your congratulations in a card from our display. 

Artists: We are pleased to welcome local artist, Rab Wilson, who will be exhibiting 

his paintings from Monday 6th June until Saturday 9th July. 

For all your purchases of stationery, greeting cards, pocket money toys and 

hand crafted items please support The Bridge where our volunteers work hard 

to meet your needs. 

Post Office: with the imminent closure of our local branch of 

The Clydesdale Bank, the Post Office can meet a number of 

your financial needs. A Clydesdale Bank card enables you 

to deposit and withdraw cash from your bank account. 

With the holiday season approaching - travel insurance, 

ordering of foreign currency and the safe, easy to use Travel Money Card can all 

be arranged through the Post Office. 

Film Club: The new programme for fortnightly showings is available. Please ask 

our volunteers for a copy. 

Garden: The Allotments and Garden Society have been busy tending to the 

garden. Please view their gardening skills at the back of The Bridge. 

As always, we thank you for your support - The Bridge is your Post Office, Shop 

and Community Centre in the centre of the village. 

(Opening Hours: Mon – 9am to 5pm (PO closed 12 noon to 12.30pm); Tues & 

Fri – 1pm to 5pm; Wed & Thu – 10am to 2pm; Sat – 9am to 1pm) 

At the funeral service a collection was made for Accord Hospice. Just under 

£500 was raised and a businessperson from Bridge of Weir kindly matched 

the donations to make a total of £1000 for the hospice. The community and 

members of the committees he served on pass on their deep condolences to 

Gordon’s wife Brenda, his family and many friends and all who were touched 

by his involvement and efforts for betterment of Bridge of Weir. He will be much 

missed by so many. 

To celebrate his legacy, the Gala Day parade will go ahead with a Carnival theme 

and this year, for the first time, a float will be leading the parade, decorated by 

Alice (formerly Gibb Stuart’s). 


Bishopton Day 

This year will be on Saturday 18 June, with the parade led by St Columba’s pipe 

band leaving Bishopton Primary School at 12 noon. Also in the parade will be 

SambaYaBamba who are a percussion group that play Brazilian samba music. 

Both will also perform in the main arena. 

Attractions on the day include dancing displays, football and rugby displays, live 

music, magician, vintage fire engine, model railway, pony rides, inflatables and 

charity stalls. 

Entry is £2 per adult and kids go free. More information on the website or 

Facebook page.


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Here Comes Summer (?) 

We got some of the best weather so far this year for our annual 

clean up weekend over 14th and 15th May. Other than our own 

group members, we had fewer supporters than we’ve had in 

the past. However, those gallant few who did come out to help 

us put their backs into it and we achieved what we set out to do, 

s o that cheered us up. As did the water, soft drinks and snacks freely 

provided by the local Co-op 

Foodstore to sustain us over 

the two days. 

Another positive is that 

there was a bit less rubbish 

lying about this year. Still 

around 60 industrial-size 

bags’ worth though, plus a 

wooden pallet, an old bike, 

an oil drum and a couple 

of chairs. All within yards of 

the village’s two main thoroughfares. You 

have to wonder about some folk. 

By the time this issue is out, we should 

have received our order of summer 

plants and begun placing them in the 

baskets and planters throughout the 

village. And we’ll be getting ready for 

Gala Day, where we’ll have two stalls in 

Houston Road Park, including our everpopular 

Strawberries and Cream stall. 

Hope to see you there - don’t forget that 

every penny we raise is spent on making 

Bridge of Weir brighter. 


Dementia Friends Session at the Pirie 

On Monday 13th June the Pirie Information Centre at Freeland Church, Bridge 

of Weir, is hosting a Dementia Friends session led by Iain Houston of Alzheimer 

Scotland. This will start at 10.30am and lasts for about one hour. After this Iain 

will have an information stand and can answer individual queries. 

Dementia Friends is a social action movement which aims to raise awareness of 

dementia, reduce stigma, dispel some common misconceptions associated with 

dementia and help reduce isolation for those affected by dementia. 

There are currently 90,000 people in Scotland who have a diagnosis of dementia, 

2,750 of which live in Renfrewshire. Alzheimer Scotland believes that nobody 

should face dementia alone, you can help by signing up as a Dementia Friend. 

People with dementia get by with a little help from their friends, and anybody 

can become a Scottish Dementia Friend. It’s just about understanding a bit 

more about dementia and the small things you can do to help people with the 

condition. This could be helping someone find the right bus or being patient in a 

till queue if someone with dementia is taking longer to pay. Every action counts. 

Many communities are working towards becoming dementia friendly and we 

welcome the opportunity to offer the chance for the Gryffe valley community 

to learn more about supporting our neighbours who are affected by dementia. 

Please come along to find out how you can help. 

We also hope that people wishing to know more about services for relatives and 

friends with dementia will attend. 

We will serve refreshments and our Pirie leaflets such as bus timetables, passport 

forms and the village information booklet will be available as usual. 


Onwards and upwards! Needless to say, I am very pleased 

with the result of the recent Scottish Parliament election. If 

you were unable to vote in this election because your name 

did not appear on the voters’ role, then I am sorry but you 

must register to vote by 7 June if you want to vote in the 

forthcoming EU referendum on 23 June. Voters require to 

make an application to the Electoral Registration Officer 

(ERO), 16 Glasgow Road, Paisley or you can go online www. 

gov.uk/register-to-vote. Deadline for receiving new postal 

vote and postal proxy applications and changes to existing 

postal or proxy votes is 5pm on 8/6/16, and the deadline for 

new applications to vote by proxy (not postal proxy) is 5pm 

on 15/6/16. It will be another year till the council election in 

which I will be standing again, although at this point in time, the ward boundary 

is still to be confirmed. 

If you go to the trouble of bagging your dog’s poo, take the trouble to put it in a 

bin please! Some animals think the bags are a tasty snack because of the cereal 

content of dog’s poo and can ingest the bag which blocks up their intestines 

leading to a very painful death, so do not leave them lying around or toss them 

into the fields. 

Council has announced its Roads Improvement Programme for this year. 

Unfortunately, there are no plans for resurfacing of any footways in Ward 10 

despite the large number of rough pavements. The following roads in Ward 10 

are due to be resurfaced: 

A8 Greenock Road, Bishopton Kingston Road, Bishopton 

Erskine Ferry Road, Bishopton Watt Road, Bridge of Weir 

Clevans Road, Bridge of Weir Station Road, Langbank 

Surgeries: Bishopton Community Library - 1st Monday of every month (6.30pm), 

Cargill Hall - 2nd Monday of every month (6.30pm), Langbank Parish Church Hall 

- 3rd Monday of every month (6.30pm). 

Contact: 0300-300-1291 or email cllr.james.maclaren@renfrewshire.gov.uk . 

Also on Facebook: www.facebook.com/councillormaclaren 


Messy Church 

Bridge of Weir Messy Church will be meeting for the last 

time before the Summer holidays on Sunday 5th June from 

4 - 6pm. We will meet in Freeland church halls at 4pm for songs and a talk. We 

will then take a picnic and walk up to The Glen whatever the weather. If it is raining, 

bring your wellies and waterproofs. We hope to play games and generally have 

fun. If you are in the park at the time, please come and join us! Call Catherine 

Daly on 07980 649377 for further details. 


RagBag Recycle Bin - Langbank 

There is now a permanent RagBag Recycle bin sited in the school car park of 

Langbank Primary School for any of your unwanted textiles (no duvets or pillows). 

Any money raised from this will go to Langbank Playgroup. If anyone has any 

items and is unable to get to the recycle bin please call Jacqueline on 01475 

540728. Thank you in advance. 


St Mary’s Episcopal Church Bridge on 

the edge of Weir 

Invite you and your pet to a Pet Service on Sunday 12th June at 3pm – contact 

The Revd Heller Gonzalez (01505-872961). The Car Park is opposite the Church 

with good space for parking and handy access for doggy walks.


houston, crosslee & brookfield 


Bridge of Weir Tenants 

and Residents Association 

The latest meeting of Bridge of Weir TARA was well attended and a number of 

topics were discussed concerning the village. Our thanks go to Councillor Maria 

Brown, Police Chief Inspector Simon Wright, Renfrewshire Council Housing Officer 

Alan Boyack and Dave and Jamie from the Renfrewshire Wardens Service for 

their attendance. The meeting was started with all in attendance observing a 

minute’s silence in memory of TARA chair Gordon Lethorn who sadly passed 

away on the 29th April. The police report for previous month showed that there 

were a few low level crimes committed within the village. Chief Inspector Wright 

however passed on his concerns regarding the opportunities given to inquisitive 

crime, were would be criminals will try doors, windows, sheds, etc. In the hope 

that they’ll find one of them open and they can break-in. He also expressed his 

concerns, especially as summer is upon us, regarding doors and windows being 

left open and opportunist thieves taking the opportunity to steal any valuables in 

the vicinity car keys, purses, wallets, etc. Valuables should always be stored out 

of sight. The police are currently being pro-active during night-shift time stopping 

vehicles going through the village to let their presence be known. As always if 

you see anything suspicious please phone the police on 101. The Renfrewshire 

Wardens Service report showed that there were two £80 fines levied for dog 

fouling offences, one in Freeland Drive and the other in St. Machars Road. There 

was also one fine levied for littering and another for fly-tipping. The Wardens and 

the TARA are particularly concerned that incidents of fly-tipping will increase due to 

the council shutting down local dumps, and it is requested that anyone witnessing 

such an act should call the Wardens Service on 0300 300 0380. There have 

been concerns raised about the trucks contracted to work on the Shillingworth 

housing site not adhering to the designated access route of Prieston Road and 

Ranfurly Place, with some drivers choosing to come down Kilgraston Road. This 

is unacceptable and any such incidents should be reported to Renfrewshire 

Council. TARA have already spoken to 

Councillor Maria Brown regarding this 

issue and she will take our concerns 

forward to the Council. 

Following a site visit by Councillor 

Maria Brown and a member of TARA 

the trees along the pathway on 

Houston Road are to be cut back at 

pavement level so that pedestrians 

may pass safely. The large tree 

overhanging the Houston Road at this 

location is to be surveyed as there are 

concerns about its impact on the wall 

a joining the road. 

The next meeting of Bridge of Weir 

TARA will be an EGM and it will be held 

on Tuesday 16th August at 7.30pm in 

the Pirie Centre at Freeland Church. 

All are welcome. 


Brookfield Village 

A group of Brookfield residents recently joined in the annual Community Council 

clean up and a good number of sacks were filled with discarded litter. Tea and 

cakes were provided to all participants afterwards (hint, hint, to anyone thinking 

of coming along next year!) Grateful thanks to all those whose hard work has 

made the village spick and span once more. 

A Kids Fitness Activity Club is currently running from 5-6pm on Tuesday evenings 

in the Village Hall. See our Facebook page, Brookfield Village, or Twitter @ 

BrookfieldVPA for more details. 

A Quiz night was held in Brookfield Village Hall on Saturday, 14th May 2016. 

Apologies to all those Eurovision enthusiasts who were torn between a great night 

out and a great night in, but I am happy to report that a great night out won, with 

an excellent number of quizzers competing for the ultimate prize of ....erm .... 

knowing they are extremely good at quizzes!!! 

Brookfield is gearing up for their Summer Social on Sunday, 5th June 2016 at 

2pm. Do come along and bring family and friends for an afternoon of fun and 

friendship. See our Facebook and Twitter pages for more details as the date 

approaches. 

Our Gala Day will once again be held in August (following a successful...and dry(!) 

event last year), so save the date of Saturday, 20th August 2016. We are also 

looking for a number of volunteers to help with the planning for this year’s event, 

so if you have good ideas and some time to spare, we would love to hear from you: 

email ‘brookfieldvpa@gmail.com’. 

www.brookfieldvillage.org 


Fox and Hounds, 

Houston - 

Best Pub in 

Renfrewshire! 

The National Pub & Bar Awards has 

announced the best pubs from each 

county across the United Kingdom 

and local pub, The Fox & Hounds in 

Houston, has been named ‘Best in 

Renfrewshire’. 

A total of 94 pubs from across 

England, Wales, Scotland and 

Northern Ireland have been selected as the best in their area and will now have 

the chance to be named the best in their region. 

From perfect service to product range, aesthetic design or entertainment 

schedules, the 94 County Winners have been selected by Pub & Bar magazine’s 

internal judging panel on all of the aspects required to provide ultimate hospitality 

within the on-trade. 

“These pubs represent all that 

is great about the modern ontrade,” 

says Tristan O’Hana, 

editor of Pub & Bar magazine. 

“You can only imagine the 

fantastic variety of operations 

we have discovered through 

the judging process – it’s 

been an absolute pleasure 

to investigate just how all of 

these incredible operators 

run their businesses. 

“What’s great about the Awards is that all the attendees of the Grand Final 

are already winners – they’re the best in their county. We’re very much looking 

forward to celebrating with everyone at BAFTA in London.” 

Jason Andrews, who runs the Fox & Hounds in Houston, told The Advertizer, “This 

is very exciting news. Pub & Bar Magazine have named the Fox & Hounds the 

best pub in Renfrewshire!! 

We are very proud of this achievement and extremely grateful to everyone for 

their support as we were selected from over 1000 venues in the area. The finals 

were held at The BAFTA Theatre in London on 24 May and we were invited to 

receive our award for Best Pub.” 


H.O.S.T. The Carrick Centre, Houston 

(Houston Old School Trust) What's on in June 

Monday to Friday, Woodlands Out of 

School 01505 615438 

MONDAY 

Yoga (Weekly Exc 27th) 1pm Mary 

Laidlaw 01505 229112 

Rockstar Tumbling Class (Weekly) 

4:15pm Roz Hart 07415 959644 

Woodlands Nursery Graduation 27th 

10am 

TUESDAY 

Musical Theatre (Weekly) 3:30pm 

5:45pm 

Yoga (Weekly) 7pm M/s Lawson 

01505 613690 

WEDNESDAY 

Paint Pot Tots (Weekly) 10am Dawn 

Campbell 07789 262350 

Galaxy Dance (Weekly) 4pm Lauren 

07951 322014 

Councillors Surgeries 15th 6:30pm 

Gryffe Melody Makers 8th & 22nd 

7pm 

Houston Community Council 15th 

7:30pm 

Cricketfield Residents Assc. 22nd 

7pm 

THURSDAY 

Burlex Fitness (Weekly) 9:15 – 10am 

07944 815298 

Gryffe Quilting Group (Weekly Exc 

30th) 1:15 - 3:15 16th 10am -3pm 

Crafty Friends 2nd & 16th 7:30pm 

Folk Club (Weekly) 8pm Paddybullen@ 

live.co.uk 

FRIDAY 

Yoga (Weekly) 10:30am M/s Lawson 

01505 613690 

Galaxy Dancing (Weekly) 4pm Lauren 

MP Surgery (10th) 12:30 – 1:30pm 

SATURDAY 

Galaxy Dancing (Weekly) 9:30am 

Lauren 

Houston Show 4th 

SUNDAY 

Baptist Church (Weekly) 11am & 

6pm 

Booking enquiries to Ian Simpson, 

01505 612203 Sandy Young 01505 

331488 Bill Haddow 01505 690693 

hostbooking@outlook.com or The 

Coffee Shop


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Cllrs Doig at the Carnival 

May the 14th Be With You from Houston and 

Killellan Kirk Carnival 

The popular annual Houston and Killellan Kirk 

Carnival had scorching weather this year which 

made it a great success. The theme was Star 

Wars, so here is Cllr Andy Doig and his wife, 

Cllr Audrey Doig, meeting a very convincing 

Princess Leia lookalike. 


As mentioned in the December issue of the Advertizer, and as 

a reminder, the Household Waste Recycling Centre in Linwood 

is being converted to a self service “bring site” supported by 

a small mobile staffing resource operating during opening 

times. 

The site is currently fully operational and will be until at least 

the end of June before the change over. 

After that the site will only be open for the disposal of residual 

waste, mixed recycles, textiles and a limited level of garden 

waste. 

Larger items of waste including white goods, electrical goods, 

scrap, wood and household hazardous waste are being 

directed to the Recycling Centre at the Underwood Road depot in Paisley. 

Congratulations to the dedicated team who have been instrumental in improving 

the look of the villages by their efforts in removing litter from all areas where it 

has accumulated over many months. Another visible improvement has been the 

removal of the broken fence and the clean up of the verge at the main roundabout 

between Crosslee and Houston. The new replacement fence opens up the view 

into Manse Field and hopefully this type of fence will prevent fly-posting. 

I am still waiting for the roads and footpaths resurfacing programme for 2016/17 

to be published as a number of roads in the villages are requiring major works 

to be undertaken. 

With voting for the Scottish Parliament now over, the next visit to the polling 

station will be for the EU referendum on 23rd June followed by a breather before 

the Local Government elections in May 2017. The Boundary Commission have 

still to publish the Local Government boundaries that are awaited with particular 

interest by our communities after their response to the public consultation late 

last year. 

My surgeries are held on the second Tuesday of the month in the Brookfield Village 

Hall from 6pm to 6.30pm then in the Houston Village Hall from 7pm to 7.45pm.I can 

be contacted by phone on 01505 610018 or by e-mail at cllr.allan.noon@renfrewshire. 

gov.uk or through Renfrewshire Council on 0300 300 1265 


Houston and Killellan Agricultural Show 

The show will be held on Saturday 4th June. Hopefully this year the weather will 

be kinder to us and the show will go ahead. As usual there will be a wide variety 

of stalls and the big event Houstons Got Talent which is hugely popular with 

everyone. Schedules for the Craft and Baking Section are available from the Post 

Office and the Paper Shop, North Street, Houston. 


Roll Up, Roll Up, It's Houston Show Time 

Houston Show – Saturday 4th June 

Come along and join us in the Playing Fields right in the heart of Houston Village 

for our annual show. Gates are open from 10.30am for a fun filled family day out. 

See our cattle, sheep and heavy horses being judged – who will be best in the 

show? Watch the light horse competition with hunter, cross country and show 

jumping classes taking place all day. Visit the secretary’s tent before 12.30pm 

and enter your prize pooch into the dog show. See talented local school children 

perform in our Houston’s Got Talent competition and see all the fantastic entries 

in our craft and baking section. Schedules for the Craft and Baking Section are 

available from the Post Office and the Paper Shop, North Street, Houston. 

Schedules for all sections of the show can be obtained by contacting Show 

Secretary Mo Lyle 07734 150445, 

houstonshow@hotmail.co.uk or by visiting Facebook Page www.facebook.com/ 

houstonshow


kilmacolm & quarriers 


Kilmacolm and Port Glasgow Agricultural Society Show 

It was another highly successful year for the Show; the weather was fantastic and 

support for the show was outstanding, with visitor numbers the highest they have 

been for years. 

The Dairy Section was won by James Telfer. 

The Cattle Section had a huge number of Highland 

Cattle entries - this section grows every year and is of a 

very high standard. Competitors came from all across 

the west coast. The Beef Champion was T & S Gatherer, 

and Glasgow City Council won both the Highland 

Championship and the Supreme Championship. 

The Sheep Section was strongly contested again this 

year, with Ewan 

Robertson taking 

the Overall Sheep 

Championship and 

T & E Paterson 

taking the 

Champion Reserve. 

The Clydesdale Horses were very popular with 

visitors - these huge, powerful horses always 

draw a good crowd. A&E Campbell stole the show 

with the most points and William Drummond 

won the Best Clydesdale in the field. 

The Young Farmers’ Class was won by Beth 

Harvey. The new Children’s Classes were 

extremely popular: 

Best Young Handler - 

Kayleigh Devine 

Best Dairy Calf - Anne Wright 

Best Beef Calf - Euan Laird 

Beef Calf under 2000kgs out of a 

dairy cow - Kayleigh Devine 

A big thank you to the 13 Vintage 

Tractor exhibitors who patiently 

waited all afternoon to display 

their tractors in the main ring. 

The Champion Vintage Tractor 

was exhibited by George Davidson and Reserve was 

from Jim Orr, both from Kilmacolm. 

The Industrial Section was of a very high standard, 

as always. There was an increase in entries for 

children’s classes with great support from local 

schools and nursery schools. This year, Port Glasgow High School entered 

with great success. For the first time, there were entries from Primary 4 Rashielea 

Primary School, Erskine. Howwood won the SWRI Foursomes and the Children’s 

Champions were Scott Downie and Flora Connell. Adult class winners were: Shona 

Telfer, Elizabeth Martin, M.Mitchell, Anne Baxter, Lilian McWilliam, and Laura 

Telfer. 

The Light Horse Section was extremely busy with a record turnout, in particular 

for the Cross Country and the Show Jumping Classes. Competitors old and new 

came from across the Central Belt, Ayrshire, Argyll and the Highlands to take part 

in a variety of classes. The Showjumping Classes were extremely popular with the 

spectators. Our showing classes were of a very high standard, giving our judges 

some very difficult decisions to make. The Light Horse Team worked tirelessly to 

keep classes running smoothly and competitors happy. 

The Supreme Champion and Utility Champion - Julie 

Donn with Glenfyne Billicoy. 

The Horse Champion - Jennifer Garland with Jemoon 

Tambourine Man. 

The Pony Champion - Gemma Cuffe with 

Knockamillie Prima Donna. 

Handy Pony - Cara Newman with The Flying 

Rocket. 

Fancy Dress - Elle Stirling-Mills with Laddyll Bess 

The Wobblies Cross Country - Dan Moriarty with 

Scarlet. 

The Junior Cross Country - Madeleine Bower with 

Barnaby Boy. 

The Novice Cross Country - Sophie Luke 

with Castle Ellis Max. 

The Open Cross Country - Clair Beaton with 

Irish Skipper. 

Working Hunter - Katie Gillespie with 

Tregew Exactly. 

Working Hunter Pony - Holly-Rose 

McCamley & Sparky 

Ridden Veteran - Reba Laurie & Gabby 

The Best Pony Name was won jointly 

by James Newman/Ineke Yate’s 

‘Cocopoppylicious’ and Eloise Justice- 

Vose’s ‘Snuffy McDuff’. 

The Dog Section had record entries this 

year and had handlers of all ages with a 

variety of dogs. 

Best in Show - Isla Macleod with Meg (Jack 

Russell). 

Reserve Best in Show - Linda Thomson 

with Mhori (Golden Retriever). 

Best Puppy in Show - Lesley Harper with 

Indy (Golden Retriever). 

The Children’s Pet Show had a 

great selection of wee pets and very 

enthusiastic owners who were all 

delighted with their rosettes and prizes 

of sweeties! 

The comedy assault course, Country 

Capers, proved a hit with competitors and 

visitors. 

The talented Pipe Band from St Columba’s 

School and the May Hughes School of 

Dance entertained spectators in the Main 

Ring while the Vintage Tractors and Cow Milking were popular with many of our 

younger visitors! KG Hawks held a demonstration in the main ring which involved 

some of the audience! The ever popular Drystane Dykers were at the Show again 

this year, exhibiting the skill and hard work needed to build the perfect wall! 

The show had great support again this year from a huge 

team of volunteers, committee members, sponsors, 

advertisers, judges, stewards, trade stand holders 

and visitors (human and hairy) who donate their 

time, effort and money to make the show a 

success. A huge thanks must be given to the 

extremely generous sponsors and supporters 

of this year’s show; we had a record amount of 

sponsorship for which we are very grateful. 

A huge thanks also to the record number of 

competitors at the Show this year who came 

from far and wide to join us in the sun. It was a 

fantastic Show and there were hoards of happy 

and sunburned faces by the end of Showday! 

A full list of results and prize draw winners can be 

found online at www.kilmacolmshow.co.uk 

Photographs from Murray McMillan Photography


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Exhibit No 1 Gifted to the Kilmacolm & 

Quarriers Community 

At a short ‘handing over’ ceremony on the 11th May in Kilmacolm Library 

the Leader of Inverclyde Council Stephen McCabe accepted on behalf of the 

community of Kilmacolm and Quarriers an oil painting by local artist Jim Wood 

depicting Kilmacolm in 1868. 

The painting which will be the first exhibit of the new Heritage Centre Company 

will be on public display temporarily in the Library until a permanent Heritage 

Centre site has been established. 


Kilmacolm Bridge Club 

Kilmacolm Bridge Club closed a successful season with the annual general 

meeting, followed by the award of Cups to competition winners. 

The Club re-opens on Monday 5th September in the New Community Centre, 

Kilmacolm. Visitors are welcome during the first three weeks of September. If you 

have a reasonable standard of play and enjoy the competitive nature of duplicate 

bridge, come along and give us a try. 

Winners of 2015 - 2016 competitions 

The Nairn Quaich awarded to the best player overall - Frank Gillone 

Championship Pairs - Carolyn and Tom Anderson 

Ladies Pairs - Nancy Coia and Jean Douglas 

Mens Pairs - Ramsay Black and Hamish Thompson 

Mixed Pairs - Sandra Morrice and Tom Fyfe 

Teams of Four - Wilma and Alan Currie with Frank Gillone and Derrick Russell 

Individual - Ramsay Black 

Council leader Stephen McCabe accepting the painting, the artist and Ms 

Alana Ward, Libraries, Museums & Archives Manager, Inverclyde Council and 

Kilmacolm Library staff. 


Ardgowan Hospice 

A r d g o w a n 

H o s p i c e 

K i l m a c o l m 

Friends would 

like to thank 

all those who 

contributed to 

the Bottle and 

Baking stall at the Kilmacolm Show on 

Saturday 14th May. The excellent total 

of £2057 was raised. 


Your are invited to 

come to Angel Voices 

Children’s Choir for the 

end of term Concert 

on Wednesday 15th 

June at 7.30pm in St Fillan’s Church, 

Moss Road, Kilmacolm – There will 

be a programme of songs from the 

past year’s activities – including folk, 

sacred, ballads and fun rounds. A 

glass of wine, soft drinks and nibbles 

afterwards! Children free! Tickets £5. 

Contact is Maureen Russell (01505- 

872905)



As some of you will know, Scottish Gas 

Networks have now commenced their gas 

mains replacement programme in Kilmacolm. 

The programme is now more extensive than 

previously advised involving the laying of 

3.7km of new polyethylene pipe. The works 

are set to continue through to December 

2016 and will affect households in several 

areas of the village. 

The £4.3m refurbishment works at Kilmacolm 

Primary School remain on target for 

completion by October 2016. The Council’s 

client services’ team are maintaining regular 

contact with the school and parent partnership to keep them up to date with progress 

and involve them in decisions on such things as the choice of furniture and floor 

coverings. 

Following a cost-saving proposal from Inverclyde Leisure to concentrate playscheme 

provision in four super centres this summer, Councillor McCabe intervened in his role 

as Council Leader to ensure that funding is now available to allow eight playschemes 

to go ahead, including one in Kilmacolm. Due to the works at the primary school the 

Kilmacolm playscheme will operate from the community centre with the support of the 

KNCCC Board. 

Councillor McCabe was delighted recently to accept the temporary loan of a painting of 

Kilmacolm Cross by local artist Jim Wood for display in the village library. The intention 

is that the painting will eventually find a home in the new heritage centre Mr Wood is 

promoting. 

Councillor McColgan 

My surgeries this month are on Tuesday 7 June, 6–7pm in Kilmacolm Community 

Centre and Thursday 23 June, 6–7pm in Clune Park Resource Centre, Port Glasgow. 

You can reach me on 01475 712727 (during office hours) and 07881280016 (anytime) 

or by emailing me at james.mccolgan@inverclyde.gov.uk. Alternatively you can write to 

me at Inverclyde Council, Municipal Buildings, Greenock PA15 1LY. 

You can keep up to date with my work as a Councillor by visiting my website: http:// 

jamesmccolgan.com. You can also follow me on Twitter @jamesmccolgan. 

Councillor McCabe 

My surgeries this month are on Tuesday 14 June, 6-7pm in Clune Park Resource Centre, 

Port Glasgow and on Tuesday 28 June, 6.30 to 7.30pm in Kilmacolm Community Centre. 

You can also contact me directly to discuss any matters that are of concern to you by 

telephone on 01475 712020 (during office hours) and 871368 (home) or by email to 

Stephen.McCabe@inverclyde.gov.uk. Alternatively you can write to me at 10 Victoria 

Gardens, Kilmacolm PA13 4HL. 

You can keep up to date with my work as a Councillor by visiting my blog: http:// 

councillorstephenmccabe.blogspot.com/ and follow me on Twitter @CllrSMcCabe. 


Fundraising Concert 

A one-off fundraising concert for 

Quarriers in Kilmacolm Old Kirk’s Kidston 

Hall on Sunday 19 June from 2pm to 

4pm promises two hours of musical entertainment with popular songs 

sung in four-part harmony by East Renfrewshire-based Sounds International 

Community Choir, and scintillating music from the four talented young musicians 

that make up the Williams Jazz Quartet. 

Founded by conductor/musical director Eddie Binnie in 2003, to date Sounds 

International has raised over £80,000 by performing free of charge in support 

of charities and other good causes. The choir, which has around 80 members of 

all ages, was granted charitable status in 2006 and has won widespread respect 

and recognition for its ethos of promoting a closer understanding between people 

of all beliefs, nationalities and cultures through the unifying effects of music. 

Tickets cost £5 available from Quarriers – call 01505 616054 to book or visit 

www.quarriers.org.uk/events - or at the door on the day and all proceeds from the 

concert will be donated to Quarriers. 


Brunch & Browse Special 

A Brunch & Browse Special for the Queen’s Birthday Celebrations! In Fillan’s 

Church, Moss Road, Kilmacolm on Saturday 11th June 10am – 2pm. The Brunch 

& Browse is planning a special lunch and extra treats to honour the Queen’s 90th 

birthday. We look forward to welcoming our regular supporters and friends – and 

new people too! 


Kilmacolm 

Spiritualist Church 


Lochwinnoch Road, Kilmacolm. 

Help every Tuesday @ 7.30pm (doors 

open 6.45pm) 


Summer Duplicate Bridge 

If you would like to play Bridge during the summer 

months why not come along to the Kilmacolm 

Community Centre on Monday evenings at 7pm for 

a 7.15pm start. Come with a partner or come alone 

and hope to find one there. 

Further information Tel: 01505 872345. 


Strawberry 

Afternoon Teas 

St Columba Church, Kilmacolm in the 

Church Hall (B of W Rd Door) on Friday 

17th June from 2.30 to 4.30pm. Stalls 

include Handcrafts, Baking, Flowers. All 

welcome. Entry £3.50 


The OUTLOOK group is open to all residents of Kilmacolm, meeting 

together for friendship and fellowship, in Kidston Hall at 2.00p.m. 

On Thursday 2nd June we welcome our special guest Bill Ham, 

well known in Camera Club circles for his winning photographic 

skills. Bill will be taking us on a cruise along the river Danube 

with spectacular scenery. On Thursday 16th June we are holding a 

demonstration of sensory aids and equipment for better living, courtesy of Janet 

at Independent Living. Plus a Summer Quiz, a Tombola, and Bingo. This is the 

last meeting before the team take a break for the summer. Our meetings resume 

on Thursday 1st September. Everyone is most welcome to come along and enjoy 

afternoon tea and a chat with the OUTLOOK friends.


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Le Twinning: Mérignies-Kilmacolm Golf 

Challenge a Roaring Success! 

The weekend of 14th to 15th May marked the first Mérignies-Kilmacolm golf 

challenge. The visit and the event on the Sunday, which took place in Kilmacolm, 

was organised by the respective clubs to coincide with the KGC 125th anniversary 

celebrations. The organisation of the visit of our French friends was shared 

between KGC and the Twinning Society. 

The entire visit couldn’t have gone better! We 

had splendid weather the whole weekend 

which allowed the golfers to play on both days 

while taking a moment to stroll around the 

Agricultural Show. 

The Twinning Society dinner on the Saturday 

evening, which was a huge success, allowed 

our French friends to savour the delights of 

Balmoral Chicken, Whisky Sauce and a few 

choice single malts! During the course of 

the meal we were able to present the Mérignies delegation with a set of 4 slate 

images depicting different buildings in Kilmacolm. These were extracts from a 

marvellous Kilmacolm Civic Trust project in which children from primary/junior 

schools were asked to draw a building of their choice in the village. 

As always, to make these events happen, the Society relies on the generosity and 

hard-work of different groups within our community. We would therefore like to 

offer a warm thanks to the Old Kirk for tables and chairs; our friend Jan for lending 

her space; Quarriers, Avonmore Cottage and Parnell Farm for fab B&B; Newark 

Enterprise for printing the images on the slates; and last but not least, Kilmacolm 

Golf Club for a friendly but masterful handling of the entire golfing event. 


Yoga for Alzheimer's 

Come along to the Kilmacolm Community Centre on 

Saturday 18 June from 9am - 12.15pm to be part of 

Yoga for Alzheimer’s, a nationwide event in support of 

Alzheimer’s Research UK. 

There will be a sponsored Sun Salutation yogathon starting at 9am ( or you may 

prefer to give a donation). You can do as many as you like! You may even want to 

do it as part of a team. A yoga class will be held @ 11am for all levels, including 

complete beginners. 

There will be also be a raffle. If you wish to buy raffle tickets in advance or 

donate a raffle prize, please get in touch. Contact Jacqueline Gibson Email: 

jacqueline_a_g@hotmail.com Mob: 07851 735357 

kilbarchan & lochwinnoch 

Kilbarchan Agricultural Show 

Kilbarchan Agricultural Show will be held on Saturday 18th June from 10am- 

4pm. In the morning there will be judging of cattle, sheep and ponies, baking and 

handcrafts. Grand parade led by Miss Lilias and the Kilbarchan School Queen will 

be at approximately 2pm. 

Dog show judging begins at 1.30pm, entries are taken for the dog show at the 

ring side at 1pm. 

Special attractions this year are K9 Elite Dog Dancing team, performing from 

12 noon. Fancy dressed calf class and Pony Rides from Warehouse Equestrian 

Centre. A wide variety of Clydesdale Horses and Vintage Tractors will be on 

display, along with our usual demonstration of sheep shearing. 

Find out more on how to enter on our website www.kilbarchanshow.com or 

contact the show secretary Aileen Russell on 07766221369. 


Lochwinnoch Gala Day 

11th June. Theme - Star Wars 

Preparations are now well advanced for this year’s event. Gala Day will start, as 

usual, with the Parade bringing the Queen and her entourage to the Public Park. 

The parade will assemble at Auld Simon at 12 noon and will begin at 12.30pm, 

arriving at the Public Park at 1pm for the opening ceremony and Crowning of the 

Queen. 

This year we have St Columba’s Pipe Band leading the parade, together with 

some of the well known Star Wars characters. 

The event will be opened by Lochwinnoch’s lovely Carmen Pieraccini of River City 

fame!! 

There will be the usual fancy dress competition on the field after the crowning of 

the Queen, and this will be judged by our Star Wars visitors. They will also select 

one lucky child to be included in a carefully staged fight sequence with them. We 

are hoping that the costumes on the day will be better than ever as there will be 

lots of photo opportunities!! 

Stallholders, for the first time, we are having a “Best Dressed Stall” competition. 

You can choose your own theme and the winner will have a free stall at next 

year’s event. 

The Stallholder Application forms are now available on our Facebook page OR by 

email to: janeowens@hotmail.co.uk OR pick up a hard copy from Calder Gallery & 

Framing 8 High Street Lochwinnoch. The cost still remains at £25 a pitch. 

The highly popular bottle stall will this year be run on behalf of our local Toddler’s 

Group. 

Please be generous with your contributions for this very very worthy group who 

are working so hard to provide this facility for the village. Collections will be made 

throughout the village. A nice bottle is very welcome but a bottle of shampoo or 

sauce would also be appreciated too. 

Dog owners, please have your best friends ready for the day, as the Dog Show will 

again be running and have a full program of classes. 

As always, we are totally dependent on volunteers to help on the day!! We are only 

asking for just an hour or so of your time. If you can assist in any way, either before, 

during, or after Gala Day itself, please contact Jane Owens on 07790506062 or 

email janeowens@hotmail.co.uk. 

Get to work on those costumes, good luck and 

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Kilbarchan 

National Women’s 

Register 

The NWR group meets fortnightly 

on Wednesdays and has a varied 

programme of speakers and discussion 

topics. If you’d like to find out more 

about NWR and the Kilbarchan group, 

please contact the website: www.nwr. 

org. 



Kilbarchan Weaver’s cottage - 

Kilbarchan kilt! 

Mr Graeme Orr of Neilston (right) brought his father’s kilt to Kilbarchan’s 

Weaver’s Cottage last month. He had read in the National Trust for 

Scotland’s magazine about Willie Meikle’s collection of tartan samples, 

which are held in the cottage, and which can be seen by visitors. He was 

able to match the kilt exactly with the Ancient Stewart sample. Mr Orr’s 

father had ordered the material from Willie Meikle in the 1950s. There 

are 700 tartan samples, including pieces of cloth with different tartans 

on each side. Willie Meikle demonstrated his weaving versatility in the 

Highland clachan established at the Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston 

Park in 1938. 

I would like to congratulate the new MSP for Renfrewshire 

South, my friend, Tom Arthur, on his success at the Scottish 

Parliamentary elections. I also commiserate with those who 

did not taste success, and while the cup of electoral failure 

never tastes sweet, at least other candidates can live to fight 

another day. 

Recently Audrey and I were pleased to attend the annual 

Kilbarchan Art Show, and if fact, we made a purchase for 

her birthday and therefore managed to support local art and 

culture as well. The art show in Kilbarchan complements 

the annual Lochwinnoch Art Show, and the range of artistic 

talent and ability across our Renfrewshire villages is truly 

outstanding. 

At a recent meeting of Kilbarchan Community Council a major discussion took 

place on the matter of traffic calming in the village, which I very much welcomed 

as this is a major concern often brought to me by Kilbarchan residents. I am very 

much of the view that we should come to a community consensus as to what 

realistic measures we can persuade Renfrewshire Council to adopt to ensure a 

safer and less congested Kilbarchan. 

The last full council meeting of Renfrewshire Council spoke at length about the 

Paisley 2021 bid, and I have always been very clear that the Paisley bid will only 

succeed if it taps into the tremendous potential of the Renfrewshire villages 

and what they have to offer also. With that in mind I was pleased to support 

a community meeting in Lochwinnoch recently where a council officer led a 

presentation on cultural and heritage grants available to village groups who wish 

to run cultural events to complement Paisley 2021. 

My advice surgery in Kilbarchan is on the 2nd Wednesday of the month in the Steeple 

Hall at 7:45pm, and my advice surgery in Lochwinnoch is on the 4th Wednesday of 

the month in the McKillop at 7:30pm, excluding July. But I am also always available 

to constituents who can call me on 07534 148224, tweet me on CllrAndy4Ward8 or 

e-mail me at cllr.andy.doig@renfrewshire.gov.uk. 


Brown Bull wins award 

At the recent Scottish Entertainment and 

Hospitality Awards, Lochwinnoch’s Brown 

Bull pub won ‘Scotland’s Best Pub’. This 

follows on from another recent win when 

they were awarded ‘Pub of the Year’ from 

Renfrewshire CAMRA (Campaign for Real 

Ale). 

As well as having its own 

restaurant, the Brown Bull 

offers a wide selection of 

drinks, 

and is the only Pub in the village 

to offer Real Ales, which rotate 

regularly. 

It is a well established, family run, 

warm and 

friendly, village 

pub. The Brown 

Bull is often 

a busy place, 

with regular live 

music, and well 

worth a visit. 


The Old Library Centre Kilbarchan 

Are you interested in obtaining or improving your computer usage and skills? 

Would you like to learn about Skype? This would let you speak and see your 

friends and relations. (Maybe that would be something you would rather not do.) 

However, you might like to use Skype and so reduce your telephone bills. There 

are lots of other computer skills which you might be able to find more useful. It is 

said that “you are never too old to learn” 

Come along to The Old Library Centre in Kilbarchan and talk to us about the sort 

of classes in which you would like to participate. The Centre is open to residents 

of Kilbarchan and surrounding area on Mondays to Fridays from 10am to 12noon 

and from 2pm to 4pm. 

The Centre’s volunteer team are working on our window display for Lilias Day, 

preparing new ideas for our web page, making shelves for our cupboards, doing 

general maintenance of the building and garden and searching for ideas to 

improve the Centre’s finances. Do come along if you would like to help. 

After all this work and mental stimulus we all need a break and so we are closing 

for the summer holidays. The Centre will close on Thursday, 30th June and will 

re-open on Monday, 1st August. The usual classes and activities will resume 

beginning the first week in August. 


Scottish Country Dance Classes 

Tuesdays in the McKillop Hall, Lochwinnoch at 7.30pm. 

We always have great fun and it's good exercise too! Phone Lorna Black 01505 

843048 for more info. 


Kilbarchan Parish Church 

Services, conducted by Rev Stephen Smith, continue at 11am each Sunday 

morning, when the crèche and Sunday School also meet in the halls from 

10.45am. The Sunday School and crèche prize-givings will take place on Sunday 

19th June during morning worship. The crèche will continue to operate throughout 

the summer. 

The midweek Fellowship is on Wednesday mornings in the small hall, with coffee 

at 10.30am, followed by a short service at 11am. All welcome at these services, 

which will resume on Wednesday 7th September after the summer break. 

Kilbarchan Parish Church will once again be open to visit on Tuesdays from 2-4pm 

throughout the months of June, July and August. 

Please come along and visit our stalls in the park on Lilias Day, where you will find 

: home baking, jams and marmalades, strawberries and cream, tins and bottles. 

Kilbarchan Parish Church Tots’ Club - The club will continue on Mondays from 

9.15-11.30am until 20th June, when the Summer Party will take place-always a 

highlight of the calendar. The club will resume on Monday 29th August following 

the summer break. 


Cllrs Doig at Castle Semple 

Regatta Rows Ahead 

in Lochwinnoch 

at Sun kist Castle 

Semple 

The annual Castle 

Semple Regatta, 

organised by Castle 

Semple Rowing 

Club, was a great 

success this year with 

temperatures that were more tropical than Scottish. Enjoying the event was Cllr 

Andy Doig, and his wife, Cllr Audrey Doig, in from of the club banner.


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Be Sure Not To Miss This Year's Lilias Day 

This years’ Lilias Day, on Saturday 4 June, is jam-packed full of entertainment 

including a battle re-enactment, a tug of war tournament, circus skills workshops, 

pony rides, archery, a medieval camp, music tent and the return of Radio Clyde’s 

George Bowie as guest compere. 

The organising committee are thrilled with the way the day has shaped up and 

joint chair, Graeme Stockton, says: “We are delighted with the support from the 

community and local organisations. We have 11 floats in the parade and over 

40 stalls in the park, as well as loads of activities and entertainment for all the 

family. We will also be ensuring that one lucky person is £1000 richer by the end 

of the day with the Lilias raffle draw taking place in the park at 4.30pm” 

Fellow chairperson, Susan Calcluth adds: “Thanks to the support of the village 

and all who take part in the event, tens of thousands of pounds are raised for 

charities and good causes. Come along and show your support on the day” 

TIMETABLE OF EVENTS 

12noon - Park opens 

1.00pm - Parade leaves Tandlehill Road and proceeds through the village to the 

Steeple 

1.25pm - Habbie Simpson joins the parade at the Steeple 

1.40pm - Arrival of the parade in the park 

1.50pm - Miss Lilias crowns the school queen 

2.00pm - Battle Re-enactment by Britannia XIV Medieval Re-enactment 

Music Tent open 

Dog Show Starts 

2.40pm - Inter school football Match – Commentator George Bowie 

3.05pm - Grand Tug of war – Commentator George Bowie 

3.20pm - Youth challenge 

3.40pm - Battle Re-enactment with kids involvement 

4.10pm - Prize presentation 

4.30pm - Lilias Raffle draw – Grand prize £1000 

7.40pm - Habbie pipes his way from the Old Library to the Steeple before returning 

to stone for another year 

You can keep up to date on all the latest news on the brand new Lilias Day website 

www.liliasday.co.uk 


Food Fayre & Craft 

Corner 

Come along and sample delicious 

local produce at Kilbarchan Guide 

Centre on Sunday 19th June from 

11am to 3pm. There will be a great 

choice of sweet and savoury as well as 

the opportunity to browse around our 

mini craft corner. 


Lochwinnoch and Howwood 

BHF Heart Start 


Kilbarchan NWR 

During the month of June, there are 3 

meetings - “A Woman named Mary”, 

a cinema visit and the AGM. The 

group has had a successful session 

and would be happy to welcome new 

members in August - as usual, there 

is more information on the website: 

www.nwr.org.uk 

We have the next date for the FREE two hour course and is the last one till we 

start again in September. We have 283 people completed the course since we 

started over 2 years go! 

Wednesday 22nd June 7-9pm Masonic Lodge Lochwinnoch 

If you are inserted in attending contact Morag on morag.Thow@gcu.ac.uk or 

01505843183. The course is practical and deals with; 

• An unconscious casualty • Cardiac arrest 

• How to use a AED 

• Suspected heart attack 

• Choking 

• Serious bleeding 

Morag and Liz 

howwood & elderslie 

Hi there I first of all would like to congratulate Tom Arthur on 

his recent election victory which means he is now the villages 

new MSP. I met Tom a couple of times during the campaign 

and I would like to wish him all the best . 

The village fete which is on the 11th seems to be looking to 

be a good one given all the hard work that has went into it this 

year. I hope the organisers get a good day weather-wise as we 

know this can make all the difference. 

I hope to see the Howwood Inn open soon I think it has been 

missed by people from the village and beyond. I’ve heard 

rumours about it being renamed although I have yet to have it 

confirmed but I would be disappointed to see the village name 

dropped from the name 

The community council met with roads officials recently concerning the condition 

of some of the villages roads and as a result I hope to see some improvements 

Remember my surgery is on the fourth Thursday of the month in the village hall 

at 6pm. 

howwood & elderslie



I attended the April meeting of Kilbarchan Community 

Council, where the issues of speeding through the village, 

parking, and general traffic congestion was fully discussed. 

The meeting was also attended by the Senior Inspector 

from Johnstone, and a Senior Officer from Renfrewshire 

Council, and they were made fully aware of the long standing 

concerns in regard to Kilbarchan being used as a”rat run”by 

traffic from the A 737, and congestion at the Co operative 

store and the school. 

It was recognised that the community as a whole requires to 

be involved in seeking and implementing, any solution that 

will deal effectively with these issues. 

A number of short and long term initiatives which, include possible traffic calming 

and enforcement measures will now be looked at by the police and council, 

and when worked out will be subject of wider public consultation Some of the 

initiatives will depend on funding and resources available,nonethess there was 

a commitment on all sides to endeavour to help ease the problems currently 

affecting the village. 

Heightened concerns in Lochwinnoch, about the issue of recent crime and anti 

social behaviour, were the subject of a separate meeting at the beginning of May 

between Senior Officers from Johnstone police and all 3 ward councillors. 

Such behaviour is unacceptable and requires a firm response. 

The main points of the discussion were, police presence and action, the 

councils housing allocation policy and supporting the community to report such 

incidents. 

At the meeting the issue of possible anti social behaviour in Glentyan woods 

Kilbarchan and the public park was also raised. This has unfortunately been a 

feature of recent summers and necessary action will be taken should it re occur. 

Many thanks are due to members and supporters of the Kilbarchan Smile group 

who, recently undertook a litter pick in the village. Their terrific work and the 

subsequent fine weather showed Kilbarchan in all its splendour. 

Lets hope the fine weather continues, and helps the respective Lilias day, and 

Gala day committees who as usual are working tirelessly on these special 

summer events. 

I hope you enjoy these great traditional events. 

My surgeries are on the first Saturday of the month, except January and July at 

9am in the McKillop Institute and 10am in the Steeple Hall. 

Meantime please contact me at, cllr.derek.bibby@renfrewshire.gov.uk or phone 

07534 156007 or 0300 300 1274 


Habbies Hoolie Ceilidh 

Kilbarchan Smile have joined forces with Lilias Day to put 

on a fundraising Ceilidh, “Habbie’s Hoolie” as part of the 

new “Lilifest2016” programme of events. 

Kilbarchan Smile presents an evening of rousing ceilidh 

music and dancing with popular local band, Clamjamfrie, 

in what it is hoped will become established as a regular 

annual event as part of Lilifest. 

The event takes 

place at Kilbarchan 

Performing Arts Centre, 

Steeple Square, 

Kilbarchan on Friday 

3rd June at 7.30pm 

and all proceeds go 

to Kilbarchan Smile 

to help continue with 

improvements to the 

village. 

Tickets are £10 

(BYOB) and are available from Bobbins, The Trust Inn, The Glenleven Inn or by 

arrangement via facebook or by email: hello@kilbarchansmile.co.uk 


ReMode Information Evening – a great buzz 

The buzz around the member, volunteering and workshop 

sign up table said it all with over 40 young people and 

adults coming along to the information evening at ReMode, 

YEP!s newly refurbished unique boutique at 39 High Street, 

Lochwinnoch. There were lots of opportunities for everyone 

attending, to volunteer and to sign up for workshops such as 

Recycle or Dye, Swike bike maintenance, Skills for Young Film Makers for young 

people and Meddle and Make for adults. Gillian Steel of LEAP welcomed everyone 

who came for the event and presented the YEP! Film to highlight the achievements 

of the project and young people over the last year. She explained, ‘the focus for 

ReMode, the unique boutique for young people, is taking in quality teen clothing, 

some of which will be spruced up and put out onto the rails for purchase using a 

tokens system, with other garments being redesigned for our own designer brand. 

We’ll also be running a range of workshops from the ReMode shop so plenty of 

opportunities to learn new skills.’ ReMode will be launched on 17th June at 7pm, 

with bookings for workshops being taken in advance. For further information, 

to book a place on the 

available workshops, 

or to come along to 

ReMode’s launch 

event, contact gillian@ 

myleapproject.org. 

In the spirit of the 

new ReMode, Joseph 

Cameron and other 

young people made 

the ReMode shop front 

sign using reclaimed 

materials. 

Electric Vehicle and E- Bike event – 25th June in Lochwinnoch 

What’s not to tell about 

Electric Vehicles or 

Electric Bikes? Whether 

you’re familiar with 

EV driving or E-Bike 

cycling, are simply 

curious, or on a fact 

finding mission, join us 

for LEAP Car Club’s EV, 

Hybrid and E-Bike event 

on Saturday 25th June 

between 10 and 1pm 

outside the McKillop 

Centre, on Main Street, 

Lochwinnoch. It’s your opportunity to check out the Nissan Leaf EV, try out the 

local EV charging point, find out more about the merits of EV and Hybrid driving or 

to gather the facts and figures about savings, both to your purse and in reducing 

vehicle carbon emissions. LEAP Car Club will be showcasing the Nissan Leaf EV 

and the Electric bikes available for hire. We’ll also be answering questions about 

Electric and Hybrid vehicles and E-Bike travel. Come along on the day to take a 

closer look for yourself. For more information, contact Mike Callaghan LEAP’s Car 

Club co-ordinator on 01505 842530 or email mike@myleapproject.org. 


Old Library Centre 

The Old Library Centre is closing for the month of July. It will close on Thursday 

30th June and re-open on Tuesday, 2nd August. 

It is difficult to think of the Autumn Session but now is the time to ensure that 

you have booked your place in one of our activities. If you are 1 to 5 years of age 

and a grown up will take you why not come to the First Love Music and or the 

Tuesday Toddlers group. If you are too old for toddlers and want to keep youthful 

we have classes in Yoga and Pilates. Maybe you would like to keep your brain 

active by joining the Friday Bridge or the Family and Social History or the Book 

Group. Perhaps you would prefer to join the ladies craft group. You could help with 

our garden. The Centre is open Monday to Friday and you can come along to the 

Reading Room to choose a book, read a magazine, make yourself a cup of Tea or 

Coffee and meet other folk to chat. Details of the Centre’s activities are displayed 

on its windows and on the village notice board 

Kilbarchan Improvement Projects, the charity registered group which runs the 

Centre, have some news. 

Ian Campbell has been volunteering since 2006 and a member of the Board for 

the past six years. He has helped many people with their computing problems, 

given advice to them and been the computer expert of the Centre. He has 

tendered his resignation from the Board as from 30th May. However we are 

pleased that he has said that he will continue to volunteer at the Centre when he 

can and we look forward to this.


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Erskine Classic Car Show 

Come along and join in the excitement of Erskine’s annual Classic Car Show. 

After another successful year the Erskine Classic Car show will return and with 

a fantastic array of over 500 cars to admire as well as food, entertainment and 

stalls, it’s not to be missed. 

Once again there will be many classic car clubs in attendance to support Erskine. 

Caring for ex-Service men and women. 

Saturday 2nd July, 11am - 4pm 

Entry: £4 per adult, kids go free 

Location: Ingliston Country Club, Bishopton 

If you or your club would 

like to show your vehicle(s) 

at the Erskine Classic Car 

Show please call 0141 

814 4625 or download 

a registration form at 

https://www.erskine.org. 

uk/events/erskine-classiccar-show-2016. 

Carfest 2016 

St Vincent Hospice’s third annual CarFest - June 25th 

St Vincent’s Hospice’s annual festival of wheels, CarFest, is now in its third year. 

The event is sponsored and run by MaxSafe Solutions. This year CarFest will be 

held in the grounds of our Hospice on Saturday 25th June. 

CarFest 2015 raised more than £3000 in aid of St Vincent’s work and we hope to 

do even better this year. 

It is a great day out, with plenty 

of things for the kids, mums 

and dads to do. It’s also great 

opportunity to get up close 

and personal to over £1m of 

petrol-driven metal. 

With a host of specialist, 

vintage and classic cars to 

enjoy as well as stalls and 

entertainment, it’s a wonderful 

day out for all the family. 

Carfest will be held in the grounds of St Vincent’s Hospice, Howwood on Saturday 

25th June 2016 from 11.30am until 3.30pm. 

Keep up to date with the latest information on who is attending by visiting our ‘St 

Vincent’s Hospice Car Fest’ page on Facebook. 

See more at: http://www.svh.co.uk/items/SVH-Events/carfest-2016#sthash. 

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SEE A POTHOLE 

REPORT IT! 

Call 01475 717171 

Report online at 

www.inverclyde.gov.uk/form 

s/ShowForm.asp?fm_fid=375 

You can also write to: 

Inverclyde Council 

Municipal Buildings 

Clyde Square 

GREENOCK 

PA15 1LY 

Call 0300 3000 300 

Online fault report at 

www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/roa 

dfault 

You can also write to: 

Community Resources 

Renfrewshire House 

Cotton Street 

Paisley 

PA1 1BR


Doggy Awards 

Bring your perfect pooch for some 

fun and games at the Finlaystone 

obstacle course. Prize for best and 

most obedient pooch. 

Sunday 5th June from 1pm-3pm 

at Finlaystone Country Estate, 

Langbank. This is a free event, 

admission charges apply. Call 01475 

540505 for further information. 

Johnstone 

Cat Rescue 

If you can help us with any 

fundraising or donations 

of either food or bedding, 

please call Sheena on 01505 

337321. Thank you. 

Pet Blog 

by PetVets 

For more information on rabbit 

vaccination and healthcare contact 

us at Petvets on 01505 800366. 

Rabbit Vaccinations 

Rabbits can be vaccinated against two viral 

diseases called Myxomatosis and Rabbit Viral 

Haemorrhagic Disease (VHD). 

Myxomatosis 

Myxomatosis is very common in the wild rabbit population. Rabbits can 

be infected by direct contact with infected rabbits or the virus can be 

spread by fleas, mites and biting flies. 

Infection causes puffy swellings around the faces, eyes and ears which 

can cause blindness, and also swelling around the anus and genitals. A 

high fever develops and eating and drinking become difficult. Most cases 

are fatal with death occurring in 10-14 days. 

There is no specific treatment and often euthanasia is the kindest 

option. 

Vaccinated rabbits may still be infected but the disease is milder and the 

rabbit often recovers with symptomatic care. 

Rabbit Viral Haemorrhagic Disease 

Rabbit Viral Haemorrhagic disease is common in wild rabbits in the UK. 

The virus persists for a long time in the environment and can be carried 

on the wind, carried on shoes, clothing, etc, or by insects, birds and 

rodents, as well as spreading by direct contact with infected rabbits. 

Infection causes high fever, liver disease and internal bleeding. Infected 

rabbits are often found dead, with blood stained fluid at the mouth or 

nose. Infection is almost always fatal. 

There is no effective treatment and death is usually rapid, often within 2 

days of infection. 

Prevention 

The best way to reduce the risk of 

infection with these diseases is to 

vaccinate your rabbit. A combined 

vaccine is available which can be 

given from 5 weeks of age and is 

repeated annually. 

Risk of infection can also be 

reduced by regularly cleaning and 

disinfecting rabbit hutches and 

runs, controlling insects using insect 

proof screens and regular flea 

treatment and preventing contact 

with wild rabbits and restricting 

access to areas where wild rabbits 

have been.


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Re-homing Pets 

Can you offer a home to any of our featured pets? 

Tila - an 11 yr old 

female domestic 

Tila is full of fun and 

energy. She loves 

playing with her toys 

and running and rolling 

around. Tila is looking for a home where 

she can get outside in the sun and would 

be better in a quieter home with grown 

up children, but no other pets. 

Doyle - a 2 yr old male domestic 

Doyle is a bit timid as life hasn’t always 

been kind. Doyle will need a quiet home 

with older children only. We are not sure 

if he can live with other pets. He will 

need access to a garden so he can have 

a potter about. 

Cardyke Farm, Langmuirhead Road, 

Auchinloch, Glasgow G66 5LD - Telephone 

0141 779 3341 

Sylvester - 5-8 yrs Male domestic semi 

long hair - Ref 305933 

Sylvester enjoys attention, but is very 

much an independent boy who likes to 

do his own thing and wander around at 

his own pace. He would suit a home with 

no children. 

Wildlife Crime 

Strathclyde Police has a team of 

Wildlife Crime Officers. 

To report a suspected wildlife 

crime or speak to an Officer, 

please call: Your local Police 

Office or Strathclyde Police HQ, 

173 Pitt Street, G2 4JS or call 

101 or 999. 

Pet Service at St Mary’s 

Episcopal Church Bridge of 

Weir 

Invite you and your pet to a Pet Service on Sunday 12th June at 3pm – 

contact The Revd Heller Gonzalez (01505-872961). The Car Park is 

opposite the Church with good space for parking and handy access for 

doggy walks. 

Lady - 5-8 yrs Female Lurcher - Ref 

304629 

Lady walks well on her lead and enjoys 

playing but would benefit from further 

socialisation and training. Lady loves 

attention and would make an ideal 

companion for someone who is around 

for most of the day to keep her company as she gets very anxious when 

left alone. 

To contact the centre about any animals, please call 03000 999 999 or visit 

www.scottishspca.org/rehoming 

Buster - a 5-7 yr old 

male Welsh Springer 

Spaniel 

Buster is full of energy 

and loves his exercise. Squeaky toys 

or balls are his favourite toys. Buster is 

looking for a home with Shiloh as they 

are very close. Someone who is around 

for most of the day would benefit them 

and help them settle. This would also 

help with there basic training. He can live 

with children who are 12+ years. 

Shiloh - a 5-7 yr old female Border 

Collie Cross 

Scotland’s outdoors is a great place 

YOUR DOG 

for dogs and owners. Regular 

Shiloh is a sweet girl who is a bit shy in 

new situations. She DOESN’T 

loves to be on the walking the dog and contact with 

go learning new things. She is a big fan nature can bring about a range of 

of a squeaky toy! KNOW Shiloh needs ANY a home health and well being benefits. 

with Buster as they love each other. They 

BETTER. 

Find out how you and your dog 

need there own secure garden with a can walk safely by checking out the 

calm, quiet home to settle into. Shiloh can 

website 

be shy 

below. 

in new situations 

so needs a home who are willing to take there time with her and who 

understands it may 

MAKE 

take a while 

SURE 

for her to settle Supported and by: come out her shell. 

She can live with children who are 12+ years old. 

YOU DO. 

Dogs Trust Rehoming Centre, 315 Hamilton Road, Uddingston, Glasgow, G71 

7SL. Open: 12noon - 4pm (inc weekends); 12noon- Visit 7.30pm outdooraccess-scotland.com 

on Tuesdays; closed: 

Wednesdays 

LOST PETS? 

If your pet has gone missing and you 

would like to place a notice in The 

Advertizer, please call 

01505 613340 or email 

info@advertizer.co.uk 

We can also put updates on our website & Facebook. 

There is no charge for this service! 

Rescue Centres 

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Dogs Trust Glasgow: 0141-773-5130 - www.dogstrust.org.uk 

Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue: 01505-502415 - www.hessilhead.org.uk 

Johnstone Cat Rescue: 01505 337321 

Cat Protection: 0141-779-3341 -www.cats.org.uk/glasgowac/adopt-a-cat 

Scottish SPCA: 0141-882-1688 - www.scottishspca.org 

These centres are always on the lookout for donations and fundraising. 

If you can help, please get in touch with any of the centres above. 

You and your 

dog share 

the outdoors 

with others.


Newmills Cottage 

Surviving mill in a series of 5 built in 1864. Well established 

colourful garden on different levels sloping down to the 

burn. The garden is divided into different areas with pots 

and hanging baskets filling areas which cannot be planted. 

There is also a pond. Steps down the garden are steep 

but it can be accessed from a gate on the road if needed 

and can still be seen from the lower level. Lovely colour and 

planting in a very peaceful setting. The garden has been 

extended since last opening in 2014. 

Gardens Open on Sunday 19 June from 2pm - 5pm 

Admission £3 donation, 

children under 16 free 

Features and Catering 

Disabled Access, Homemade 

teas available, Plant 

stall. 

Patricia Allan, Nr 

Lochwinnoch/Newton of 

Belltrees, PA12 4JR 

Beneficiaries - Kilbarchan Old Library receives 40%, the net remaining to SG 

Beneficiaries 

Directions Approach from Roadhead roundabout near Lochwinnoch 

(junction off A760/A737). Take turning by “Powerdoors” onto Auchengrange 

Hill. At T junction turn left onto Belltrees Road. Drive for 20 seconds then 

turn right. Single track road, garden on left after 1 mile. 

Carruth 

Over 20 acres of long established rhododendrons, woodland 

with good bluebells and lawn gardens in lovely landscaped 

setting. Young arboretum. 

Gardens Open on Sunday 5 June from 2pm - 5pm 

Admission £4 donation 

Features and Catering - 

Disabled Access, 

Home-made teas 

available, Dogs 

Allowed, Plant 

stall. 

Mr & Mrs Charles, 

Maclean, Bridge of 

Weir, PA11 3SG 

Beneficiaries - Marie 

Curie Cancer Care 

receives 40%, the 

net remaining to SG 

Beneficiaries 

Directions 

Access from B786 

Kilmacolm/Lochwinnoch road. From Bridge of Weir take Torr Road until you 

get to the B786. Turn right and after approximately 100 yards the garden 

entrance is on the right. About 3½ miles from Kilmacolm and 5½ miles from 

Lochwinnoch on B786.


Kilmacolm Horticultural Society 

Kilmacolm Horticultural Society wish to thank everyone who helped 

at the Coffee Morning recently, and to those who came along and 

enjoyed the event - money raised will help to finance the Flower Show 

in September. 

The Summer Outing on 6th July will visit Abbotsford at Melrose, the coach 

leaves The Cross, Kilmacolm at 9am. For a full day of glorious gardens. 

There are still a few seats left - cost of £35 includes coach, admittance 

to house and gardens, coffee, and later, lunch at Ochiltrees restaurant. 

Our garden at The Cross is maturing well, please take time to admire and 

enjoy it. Congratulations to the Colourful Kilmacolm gardeners for this 

year’s projects which are giving the village a variety of summer flowering 

features. 

Happy summer gardening, if you are nurturing an exhibit for possible entry to the Annual Flower Show on 3rd 

September, Schedules are now available, please contact Jill Russell on 01505 872393. 

Do you enjoy 

gardening? 

Do you have 

an interesting 

garden? 

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Summer has arrived at the reserve – looking out the 

window at the sunlight filtering through the bright 

green leaves, you can’t help feeling cheerful! There 

are pink, yellow and blue wildflowers blooming in 

the meadow and along our trails, and orange tip 

and peacock butterflies flutter past them in the 

sunshine. There is also plenty of bird activity at 

this time of year, as everything from tiny blue tits 

to mute swans are busy building their nests, laying 

eggs, and feeding their newly hatched chicks. 

We were excited to see that our swallow pair has 

returned, for the third year in a row, to their nest just 

outside our visitor centre. These beautiful, graceful 

little birds make the long and arduous journey from 

sub-Saharan Africa to the UK every spring. They 

have spent the winter in Africa to avoid the cold and 

unpredictable Scottish weather, and seem to have 

an amazing internal “sat nav” which helps them find 

their way back to their traditional nest site. 

If all this talk of sunshine and nature is making you 

keen to get outdoors this summer, why not come 

along to one of our Family Volunteering sessions? 

This is a fantastic chance to enjoy the outdoors, and 

help nature as a family. Come along with your kids, 

nieces and nephews, grandchildren... The sessions 

are suitable for all ages! 

For any more information or to book on any of our 

events this month, please email the reserve at 

lochwinnoch@rspb.org.uk or call us on 01505 842 

663. 

Would you consider opening your 

garden to others to support a charity 

of your choice? Although this year’s 

season has barely begun, we are 

already looking forward to next 

year and are looking for garden 

openers for 2017. All we ask is that 

the garden or collection of gardens, 

be of interest to others, for 45 

minutes in total. Small and quirky, 

challenging terrain, large, small- all 

have a place. 

Also, if you enjoy gardens but can 

no longer garden, or do garden and 

have a tiny bit of spare time, would 

you consider joining us to help with 

plant sales or growing on plants to 

sell? Any help appreciated. 

Please contact info@ 

scotlandsgardens.org


Highland Games in our area 

Saturday 4th June - Helensburgh & Lomond 

Highland Games 

Helensburgh Rugby Club, Rhu Rd Higher, 

Helensburgh, G84 8JZ 

www.helensburghandlomondgames.co.uk 

Pedal the Park 2016 

On Sunday 24th April over 200 riders enjoyed the fantastic weather, as the 

photographs show of those that took part in the Pedal the Park Sportive 

2016 through the attractive rolling hills and coastal landscapes of event 

partners’ Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park. The event was organised by 

Community Cycling Club Ride 63 in partnership with the Regional Park and 

is now in its second year. 

Saturday 4th June - Shotts Highland Games 

Hannah Park, Baton Rd, Shotts, Lanarkshire, 

ML7 4EY 

www.shottshighlandgames.org.uk 

Saturday 11th June - Bearsden & Milngavie 


West of Scotland Football Club, Glasgow Rd, Milngavie, G62 7DG 

www.bearsdenmilngaviehighlandgames.com/newsite 

Sunday 12th June - Ardrossan 


Rugby Club Memorial Field 

Pavillion, Sorbie Rd, Ardrossan, 

KA22 8AP 

www.ardrossanhighlandgames. 

org.uk 

Saturday 2nd July - Luss (Loch 

Lomond) Highland Games 

Games Park, Luss, Trossachs, G82 

8NX 

www.lusshighlandgames.co.uk 

Saturday 16th July - Loch 

Lomond Highland Games 

Moss o’Balloch Park, Balloch, G82 

8SE 

www.llhgb.com 

Top 5 jobs 

for june 

1 Hoe borders regularly to keep 

down weeds 

2 Be water-wise, especially in 

drought-affected areas 

3 Pinch out sideshoots on 

tomatoes 

4 Harvest lettuce, radish, other 

salads and early potatoes 

5 Position summer hanging 

baskets and containers outside


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Our April guest was Peter MacDonald. Peter, now retired, was Senior 

Lecturer in Horticulture at Scotland’s Rural College and was pleased to see 

former students at our gathering. Plant propagation was our topic – taking 

cuttings from stems and leaves. 

Healthy non-flowering stems from the tip of the plant, where there are several 

leaf nodes close together, are best. If flower buds are present remove them 

carefully so stems concentrate on root growth. Very soft fleshy stems will 

just rot so material should be firm. Rooting powder or hormone may speed 

up the rooting process. Also remove most of the leaves, leaving small ones 

at the top. Softer cuttings should be kept short, harder ones longer. After 

dipping (or not) in rooting powder, push cuttings down into rooting compost, 

around the edge of the pot. Water well over the top until wet through or 

place in a container of water and let it rise from the base. This removes air 

pockets and anchors the cuttings. 

Some fleshy-leaved houseplants produce plantlets from leaf cuttings 

e.g., the Cape Primrose (Streptocarpus), African Violet (Saintpaulia) and 

Begonia Rex. The African Violet and Begonia Rex will develop plantlets 

at the base of a leaf stalk. Push leaf stalk into compost up to the leaf and 

water in. The versatile Cape Primrose will develop plantlets along cut leaf 

sections. Either cut short sections across the leaf and press these end on 

into rooting compost or cut the leaf in half along the mid rib – main vein - 

and push the cut edge into the compost, water and wait and see! 

Place pots in a large polythene bag to keep the cuttings moist and prevent 

water loss. Place pots in a warm environment but away from bright sun and 

from touching the bag sides. Once rooted plants can be potted into John 

Innes Compost No1. As the plants develop they can be moved on to No2 

and No3. Never use garden soil for growing plants in pots as this does not 

provide the correct nutrients or drainage required for potted plants. 

If you want your children to take an interest, break a fleshy stem off a 

Tradescantia, put in a glass of water and wait for water roots to grow, then 

pot on. Place an Avocado stone, thick end down, in the neck of a jam jar filled 

with water. Wait for roots to develop, then pot on in houseplant compost. 

This will produce a small, leafy green plant but (sorry!) no avocados.


Kilbarchan & District 

Beekeepers 

Kilbarchan Smile has it 

in the Bag! 

A community group’s efforts have helped to clean up 

the historic village of Kilbarchan. 

“The Big Kilbarchan Smile Spring Clean” brought 

together around 100 volunteers across a weekend with 

almost 200 sacks of rubbish collected! 

Damon Scott, Joint Chair, said: “The enthusiasm and commitment from 

so many people prepared to give up their time has been overwhelming. It 

was a fantastic effort and it is great to know that there are so many people 

who share our vision to make Kilbarchan an even better place to live, work 

and visit. We had whole families joining in over the weekend so hopefully 

the kids that took part will learn the importance of not dropping litter in the 

first place.” 

Joint Chair, Gail Scoular added: “Kilbarchan Smile would like to thank 

everyone who took part in The Big Kilbarchan Smile Spring Clean. Over 

the 2 day event around 100 people attended with almost 200 sacks of litter 

collected. A special thanks to Kilbarchan Scouts for their efforts and for 

laying on a BBQ on the Saturday and to the Glenleven Inn for providing 

refreshments on the Sunday.” 

Alliums, cornflowers, foxgloves, globe thistles, geums, lavenders and 

flowering herbs all plants that sustain the growing colonies of honey bees 

at this time of year. Also sycamore and horse chestnut trees will have been 

providing pollinators valuable nectar sources. To do your part in supporting 

wildlife, leave areas of you garden to allow the growth of wildflowers, maybe 

an area of lawn free from mowing, so clover, daisies and dandelions can 

grow and feed honeybees and other pollinating insects. In June beekeepers 

continue to monitor the hives for signs from the bees that may be looking to 

swarm and take appropriate action to manage / prevent this. The colonies 

are growing substantially and honey production begins, weather and nectar 

sources permitting. 

Apiary Visit 

The associations 1st 

Apiary Visit took place 

Sunday 8th May, which 

turned out to be a 

beautiful day. This was 

an opportunity for all 

Beekeepers, experienced 

and novice alike to 

go through some hive 

management techniques 

with one of Scotland’s 

most experienced 

beekeepers, Ian Craig. There was a fantastic turnout of 28, over half of the 

clubs members, which may have also had something to do with the catering 

provided (thanks to Judith, Margaret and Jacqui). The group consisted of 

adults of all ages and children, experienced and people new to beekeeping, 

hoping to gain knowledge and the possibility of having their own bees during 

the season. We have another visit planned in June, if you are interested in 

attending, contact Helena using the details below. 

Greener Renfrewshire Do Your Bit provided equipment including litter 

pickers, hi viz vests, bags, bag hoops and gloves. 

For more information about Kilbarchan Smile and to get involved email 

hello@kilbarchansmile.co.uk, phone Gail Scoular on 07985749220, join 

the group “Kilbarchan Smile” on Facebook or sign up to the emailing list 

at www.kilbarchansmile.co.uk. Kilbarchan Smile is a sub-committee of the 

Kilbarchan Community Council. 

Photo: Some of the volunteers are pictured with ready for action at the 

beginning of the day. 

Grow Wild 

The Kilbarchan & District 

Beekeepers have joined in the 

Kew Royal Botanic Gardens 

in the UK’s biggest wild flower 

campaign. Six beekeepers have 

volunteered to sow 10m 2 of 

Scottish sourced wildflowers, 

great for pollinators. Some even 

got together as a group to do 

this, just like Donal, Graham and 

Calum pictured below, who sowed 

their seeds in April. 

Glasgow Botanical Gardens also joined in the campaign by reserving an 

area of their new Scottish Beekeepers Association Pollinators Garden with 

one of the seed packs (being delivered below). 

We are looking forward to seeing the ‘after’ 

pictures in late summer. 

Interested? 

If you are interested in beekeeping for yourself 

or the whole family, anyone is welcome. Contact 

Helena Jackson, the Kilbarchan and District 

Beekeepers Association Secretary via e-mail 

Helena.Jackson72@sky.com if you would like 

to know more!


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Welcome to Scotland’s largest Regional Park 

New Pedal the Park Mini XC Event! 

Clyde Muirshiel and Ride 63 have again teamed up this time to offer an 

off road, mountain biking event at Muirshiel Country Park on Saturday 

11th June. It’s open to everyone aged 8 - adult and has age bandings/ 

categories and FREE bike hire provided by event partners RT Cycles. 

Online entry is priced at just £5, or £10 on the day. Enter now - https:// 

www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/140421/Pedal-The-Park-Mini-XC 

Pedal the Park 2016 Raises £1000 for CLIC! 

Over 200 cyclists took part in the Pedal the Park 75km & 100km Sportives 

raising over £1000 for CLIC Sargent! It was a great day and many thanks 

are due to all riders and volunteer marshals. 

Castle Semple Conservation Volunteers NEW Programme 

The new volunteer programme for the summer is now up online covering 

from May through until the end of August. Find the PDF on our downloads 

page and join us every Thursday 12.30pm – 3.30pm. 

Pound & Pace – Wed 1st June 

Pay £1 to a local charity and pace the 12km Greenock Cut monument on 

Wednesday 1st June. Register from 10.15am and walk begins at 11am. 

Bring a few extra £££’s for the raffle! 

See our Pictures on Instagram! 

Clyde Muirshiel is now on the image sharing app Instagram. See beautiful 

images on your feed by following us - search Clyde Muirshiel and find us 

by our logo. Tag your Instagram photos with our handle @clydemuirshiel 

or #clydemuirshiel too so we can see them! 

Duke of Edinburgh Programmes at Clyde Muirshiel 

Over the Easter weekend we completed a practice expedition with Glasgow 

Academy on bikes! There’s a wide range of expeditions and skills to suit 

Duke of Edinburgh participants of all abilities. Get in touch with dofe@ 

clydemuirshiel.co.uk if you know of a group of 14-24 yr olds who could 

benefit from a tailored programme! 

Ride 63 Club News 

The next ride (after Pedal the Park of course) is a Tour of Arran on Sunday 

12th June – Meet at Ardrossan Ferry at 8.15am for the 8.45am ferry. Email 

the Secretary at ridesixtythree@gmail.com to become a member, we can 

send you a form – it’s FREE. Plus find us on Strava, Facebook & Twitter. 

CMRP Online 

Keep up to speed with events and activities taking place on the Park’s 

Facebook facebook.com/ClydeMuirshielRegionalPark, @Clydemuirshiel 

Twitter & Instagram pages. 

Windows on Wildlife 

The Clyde Muirshiel Wildlife Project aims to bring people closer to wildlife, 

gaining a unique insight to the furry & feathered inhabitants of Castle 

Semple Country Park. Countryside Ranger Hayley Douglas gives us an 

update. 

Wildlife News 

What a fantastic spell of weather we are experiencing at the moment. 

The lighter evenings and warmer weather has meant that wildlife sightings 

have been more frequent and I have some great news. We have not one, 

not two, but THREE badger cubs in the sett this year. To see them check 

out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoLYghBq8Xo&feature=youtu.be 

The cubs put in an appearance on the 11th of April and look to be very 

healthy and typically feisty. I’ve still to think of names for them and will let 

you know in due course. Having the trail cameras in place really does allow 

you to see the intimacies of the animals private life and again Rough, the 

two year old male badger, has been taken a great interest in his siblings. 

I’m looking forward to seeing how their relationships develop and will 

continue to update you with footage. I was also lucky to meet Daisy the 

badger cub at Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue when we popped up to do some 

filming for STV Glasgow. Daisy, who is of similar age to our three cubs, 

was found abandoned outside her sett. It is not known what happened to 

her mother but it is more than likely she was an RTA. The centre is hoping 

to get another cub to keep her company before releasing her back into the 

wild later in the year. 

The mist nets have been out at Muirshiel Country Park and I have had 

regular catches of siskins including two fledglings in recent days. What 

surprised me is that for the first time I retrapped (the technical ringer’s term 

is ‘controlled’) a bird that has been ringed out with the Clyde area. The bird 

was a male siskin and I’m waiting to hear where he was initially ringed. 

It is not uncommon for siskins to turn up that were ringed in Highland or 

Grampian Region but some appear from down South. 

Events 

June sees the return of Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue’s Open Day on the 

12th of June between 12am – 4pm. This is the only day of the year that the 

centre is open to the public and I will be in attendance doing a bird ringing 

demonstration. Hope to see you there. 

More Info… 

Details can be found on the Park’s website www.clydemuirshiel.co.uk or 

by emailing wow@clydemuirshiel.co.uk. Footage can be viewed on the 

Park’s Youtube channel or on the WoW Facebook page. Talks to groups 

can be arranged. 

Regular Events 

Mondays (but not public holidays) 

Lochwinnoch Community Walks 

meet 10.30am at The Cross, 

Lochwinnoch. 

Weekly Volunteer Groups - 

Newcomers always welcome! 

Thursdays 

Castle Semple Conservation 

Volunteers, Adult group, from 

12.30pm – 3.30pm. 

Saturdays 

Greenock Cut Conservation 

Volunteers, Adult group, 10.30am 

– 2.30pm. 

Sundays 

Castle Semple Young Volunteers, 

12-18 yr olds, 10am – 12noon 

Keep up to speed with events and activities taking place on the Park’s Facebook facebook.com/ClydeMuirshielRegionalPark or 

Twitter @Clydemuirshiel pages.


Kilmacolm Playgroup & Toddlers 

Here we all are in our annual group photo; slightly windswept but enjoying 

some fresh air in between the showers. Many thanks to our friend Shelia, of 

Shelia Galvin Photography, for taking this shot and making it a fun occasion. 

Our numbers are extremely high this term so a huge thanks to all the families 

for supporting the group and bringing your children along, as well as helping out 

on duty, which is a wonderful opportunity to see what the little ones really get up 

to and how we help promote so many new skills and abilities. We are running 

Open Days on Mon 6 and Tues 7 June so please pop in from 9.45 - 11am to 

get the flavour of a Playgroup session and make sure your name is down for 

2016/17. In June we will be focusing on summer and the seaside and working 

on topical activities before finishing for the summer break. For more information 

about Playgroup, please contact Fiona at kilmacolmplaygroupandtoddlers@ 

gmail.com. 

Our Toddler and Baby group runs on Wednesday mornings from 10 - 11.30am 

and is suitable for children aged 0 - 3 and their carers, so feel free to drop in for 

a play, a chat and a snack and a chance to make some new friends. For more 

information, please contact Claire at clairedean1@btinternet.com. 

Don’t miss out on our Race Night on Saturday 4 June at Kilmacolm Golf Club 

from 8pm, a fun social event to raise funds for the group. Single tickets cost 

£20, or £30 for 2 and include a hot buffet, the chance to win prizes (including 

one for best hat!) and post-race dancing. For tickets and more information 

contact Heather at hsmailbox@hotmail.com. 

St Fillan’s Primary 

St Fillan’s Primary had a whole school outing to Glasgow Science Centre. 

Primaries 1, 2 and 3 all attended the planetarium while also having the 

opportunity to explore the Science Centre. 

P4 were looking at where energy comes 

from. 

Primary 5 and 6 were learning about 

circuits. 

Primary 7 were investigating technology of 

the future and came up with some great ideas 

such as earrings which 

play music! This was a 

very successful visit as 

it brought together all 

the work the school has 

been doing on Science 

and Technology. 

Scottish Schools Primary 

Cross Country Championship 

Aurelia Tiffoney and 4 of 

her classmates recently 

took part in the Scottish 

Primary Schools Cross 

Country Championships 

at Kirkcaldy High School. 

The Team won the silver 

medal and Aurelia won 

individual gold in the P7 

A-K race. 

Pictured is Aurelia and the 

rest of the team. 

Aurelia lives in Quarriers 

Village. One of the other 

team members, Hannah Ritchie, lives in Kilbarchan. 

Details can be found on the schools website: 

http://www.craigholme.co.uk/news/2016/04/29/scottish-primaryschools-cross-country/ 

Gryffe High Theatre 

Improvement Group Update 

On 21 April we launched our venture to fundraise £30,000 to refurbish 

the school theatre at the Gryffe High School Awards Ceremony. Those 

attending received a letter outlining the project and inviting entries into 

a prize draw. Further to this all pupils have now been given a copy of 

the letter (perhaps look in the bottom of the school bags!!!) to bring 

home offering all parents, family & friends the opportunity to participate 

in our fundraising efforts whilst having a chance to win a fantastic “Star 

Prize”. 

The draw will take place in school on Thursday 16 June so please 

make sure to return your slip in the envelope provided by Wednesday 

15 June. Additional forms can be collected from the school office or 

downloaded from our website and facebook page…. please find the 

links below. We have a fundraising totalliser you can view on these 

pages to track our progress so far. 

We will also be at the Houston Show on Sat 3 June so be sure to visit 

us for another chance to win “cash” and find out how our fundraising 

is progressing. 

We are planning further fundraising events for next session and we 

thank you and look forward to your support with our current venture 

and those in the future. 

www.facebook.com/groups/182401165463963/ 

http://www.gryffehigh.com/ 

Engineering and Maths. 

Primary 7 are just back from their residential 

trip to Lochgoilhead. They had an exciting time 

taking part in activities such as rock climbing, 

kayaking, 

building a raft 

and sailing 

it and bush 

craft. Everyone 

thoroughly 

enjoyed the 

experiences.


Kilmacolm 

Primary 

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every Mo n d a y 

Lochwinnoch Baby & Toddlers 

McKillop Hall, 9.30am - 11.30am 

£2/family fee incl tea & children’s snacks. 

Kilmacolm Playgroup 

St Columba Church Hall, Kilmacolm, 

9.30am - 11.40am 

Howwood Baby & Toddler Group 

Howwood Parish Church, 10am - 12noon 

Kilbarchan East Tots Club 

East Church Hall, 9.15am - 11.30am 

every Tuesday 

Bridge of Weir Toddlers 

Cargill Hall, Lintwhite Cres, BoW 

Pop along and see us from 9.30 - 11.30am 

Baby Social 

Three Sisters Bake, Quarriers Vill. 11 am 

Meet mums, drink coffee, eat cake. 



9.30am - 11.40am 

Howwood Playgroup 

Howwood Church Hall, 9.45am - 11.35am 


Kilmacolm Toddlers 


10am - 11.30am 

For children from birth to 3 years. 

Lochwinnoch Baby & Toddlers 

McKillop Hall. 9.30am - 11.30am 

£2/family fee incl tea and children’s snacks. 


Howwood Church Hall 9.45am - 11.35am 

every Th u r s d a y 

Houston Toddlers 

Church Hall, Main Street, Houston 

Pop along and see us from 9.30 - 11.30am 



9.15am - 11.40am 


Howwood Church Hall 9.45am - 11.35am 

every Fr i d a y 

Langbank Playgroup 

Langbank Village Hall 9.45 - 11.45am 

For 2.5 - 5yr olds. 

Contact Jen Burrows 07947 983025. 

Langbank Under 3’s 

Church Hall, Langbank 10am - 11.45am 

For children from birth to 3 years 

1st & 3rd Fr i d a y 

Renfrewshire Inverclyde Twins Club 

McKillop Hall, Lochwinnoch 

10am - 11.30am 

£3. Bring a mug along for a cuppa. 

We finished off our second term 

by holding a Building Challenge 

Day in which every child was 

involved in group activities and 

challenges based around building 

and construction. Challenges 

included: Bridge Challenge, Lego 

Challenge and a favourite, the 

Three Little Pigs. Our thanks go 

to Hub West Scotland, CBC Team, 

Gavin Murray, Inverclyde Council, 

and parents Fraser Gentles & Hazel Andrews. 

Since our return from the Spring 

break we have launched into full 

swing with a variety of events and 

activities. P6, along with pupils 

from some other classes organised 

a Reading Show to which parents 

were invited. Parents were 

entertained with songs from 

Matilda, and a parody of a Taylor Swift song. Children explained which books 

were favourites and why, and recited poems. The event was both bright and 

colourful and showcased the hard work which P6 had been doing on their 

Reciprocal Reading. 

P.7 visited Elim Church, St Mary’s Church and Inverclyde Foodbank as 

part of their religious and Moral Education and compared the inside of both 

churches. 

The Mini Builders visited the Kilmacolm site to check on progress of our 

refurbishment and were amazed to see walls up again and the pitch resurfacing 

had begun. 

Our PTF held a fundraising coffee morning and raised £400 towards school 

funds. 

A P5-7 athletics team participated in a 

Heptathlon event and performed excellently 

as well as being praised for their excellent 

behaviour. Well done! Most recently a girls’ 

football team participated in a football festival 

and performed well for our school. 

We sent two finalists to the Burns Federation 

Competition recently, well done to Christopher 

Todd P.5 who won 3rd place for his singing & 

Poppy Paterson P.6 who, although not placed, 

performed beautifully. 

Summer lessons 

with 

Nomad Music 

Duchal 

Nursery 

School 

It’s been fabulous to be able to 

enjoy our outdoor classroom 

with the wonderful weather we 

have been having lately. The 

children have been making the 

most of our garden area and we 

have been out and about in the 

park too. There has been lots 

of preparation for our annual 

Sports Day, hopefully it will be 

dry for all our budding athletes! 

Our new extended hours are 

proving to be very popular 

with both children and parents 

alike. We are open till 1.30pm 

on Mondays and 3.30pm on 

Wednesdays this term before 

our daily longer hours when we 

will be open until 3.30pm from 

August. 

If you are looking for nursery 

places for this August or 

beyond we are holding an open 

morning on Saturday 4th June 

from 10am – 12noon. It would 

be lovely to meet new families 

to the area, or anyone looking 

at pre school education in the 

forthcoming years. Pop along, 

see our great facilities and meet 

some of the staff and current 

parents. 

We have an action packed time 

at Duchal, learning through 

play in a friendly secure 

environment. If you would like to 

find out more about what we do 

at Duchal please come and visit 

us one morning - contact Head 

Teacher Jean McCarthy on 

874358 to arrange a convenient 

time or keep up to date with all 

the latest news on our website 

duchal.com or on Facebook 

With all the free time kids have during the holidays why not have them try something new? We are now taking 

bookings for guitar and piano lessons to take place throughout the summer. For beginners to those who have 

played for some time and want to keep up the practise, we can offer one off lessons and even some block 

booking deals. Learn individually or with a friend, spread lessons throughout the holidays or organise a daily 

lesson over a week - we can tailor a fun learning experience to your needs - all in the comfort of your home and 

at a time that suits you. To discover more visit www.nomadmusicschool.co.uk.


Bridge of Weir 

Primary School 

T h e 

whole 

school 

w a s 

enraptured when the 

wonderful Travelling by Tuba came 

to call on Friday 13th May. It certainly 

wasn’t unlucky for us as Chris and 

Stewart played a wide range of 

instruments from didgeridoos to Swiss 

mountain horns, sharing stories and 

fascinating facts and 

providing plenty of 

opportunities for fun 

and participation. 

This performance 

coincided with the 

final day of our Walk 

to School Week 

when pupils were 

allowed to wear 

their pyjamas 

(or onesies!) to 

school. The sun shone 

throughout the week and was no doubt 

a factor in encouraging so many people 

- pupils, parents and teachers - to leave 

the car at home and walk, cycle or 

scooter to school instead. Every class 

in the school also joined in the fun by 

taking part in Try 

Twenty, a challenge 

to try and walk 

20 minutes each 

day. The Walk to 

School committee 

would like to 

thank everyone 

for their fantastic 

response. 

Green fingers 

at Abbey 

Nursery this 

month 

This month the children in the 

nursery playroom have been 

getting green fingered by looking 

after our sprouting vegetables 

and they can’t wait to taste the 

end result shortly in their soups 

and dips. 

We also have some new arrivals 

in the nursery just now – our 

caterpillars and the children 

have named our new friends 

and have been watching them 

grow and change every day. 

Everyone is eager to see the 

transformation from caterpillar to 

butterfly before setting them free 

and children have been inspired 

by this opportunity to read lots 

of stories and create beautiful 

artwork. 

The Busy Bunnies and Rising 

2s visit to Lamont Farm recently 

was great fun – with lovely 

weather and a VIP tour where 

they learnt so much about the 

animals and we would like to 

thank the staff and parents for 

helping out on the day. 

Our Little Ladybirds have also 

been spending lots of time 

outdoors in the garden, helping 

to plant some seeds and 

learning about what we need 

to do to help our plants grow. 

The children were very good at 

following instructions and were 

very careful and gentle with the 

little seeds and loved watering 

the plants. 

One of the favourite activities 

this month was the vegetable 

hunt in the compost tray!!. What 

a lot of fun they had getting 

dirty using their hands and a 

variety of digging tools to find 

the vegetables and identifying 

them. Some of the children even 

enjoyed tidying up afterwards. 

Finally a big thank you to all the 

parents who cleared out their 

old clothes and helped us fill 

over 30 recycling bags which 

will be distributed to those less 

fortunate and raised £69 for 

charity. 

Gryffe High Awards Ceremony 

Mr. Scott Taylor our Education Support Manager introduced the guests, 

including Mr Peter Macleod who is the Director of Children’s Services at 

Renfrewshire Council. 

This year Mr Brian Costello was the Principal Guest who had the task of 

presenting the Awards. 

Top mind and motivational expert Brian Costello, whose work has been 

featured on national TV and Radio and in national newspapers and 

magazines, is a familiar face to the pupils. He is the founder of Headstrong 

and using NLP techniques, he regularly works with pupils, supporting them 

through many situations from exam worries to building self esteem. 

Prizes included Certificates of Excellence and Merit, Mathematical Awards 

and Duke of Edinburgh Awards. These were followed by some really 

impressive achievements in a whole range of sports including many 

Scottish Internationalists. Around 30 pupils received Special Category 

prizes. These highly acclaimed awards merit a range of fabulous silverware 

and glassware. These include academic excellence in particular subjects 

as well as outstanding endeavour in various categories. Many of these 

prizes are sponsored by local companies including the Gryffe Valley Rotary 

Club who are always represented at the Awards Ceremony and provide 

support in various ways to pupils. There was also a Headteacher Award for 

outstanding contribution. 

The Head Boy and Girl, Calum 

Russell and Katie Bone were 

awarded their prizes and followed 

this with their Vote of Thanks, 

which included their memories of 

their years in Gryffe. 

Our congratulations go to the 

award winners but always 

with a reminder that they are 

representatives of ALL of the 

pupils at Gryffe High who ALL 

deserve our congratulations in 

recognition of their hard work 

and achievements. 

Photographs by Kate McFarlane 

S6 

Gryffe Staff receive Heartstart 

Instructor Training 

20 staff successfully completed 

Heartstart Instructor training this 

month and they are seen here with 

their certificates. Heartstart is a 

British Heart Foundation initiative 

that teaches people what to do 

in a life-threatening emergency. 

British Heart Foundation trainer 

Angela also spent time repeating 

the defibrillator demonstration 

to a further group of staff at 

lunchtime. 

Finally we have 

been delighted to welcome children 

from several local nurseries who have 

visited the school to meet their P6 

buddies, have a look around the school 

and try out eating lunch in the school 

dining room. Everyone had lots of fun 

- younger buddies and older buddies 

alike - and can’t wait to see each other 

again at our induction afternoons at the 

end of May. 

Houston Baby & Toddler Group 

We are thrilled to say our fundraising Coffee Morning and Craft Fair on 23 April was even better than we 

had hoped for. Thank you so much to everyone who helped to make it such a success - organise, volunteer, 

contribute and support our event. We are now planning to buy some new toys, resources and dressing up 

clothes with some of our funds. 

Children from 0 - 4 years old are very welcome with their parents/grandparent/carer. You’ll receive a warm 

reception and the children can have fun playing with our many toys while the adults chat over a cuppa! We meet 

every Thursday between 9.30 - 11.30 (term time only - closed during summer hols, 29 June - 14 August) in the 

West Hall, Main Street, Houston, PA6 7EL (next door to the Carrick Centre) – pop along when you can. We look 

forward to meeting you. Sharon, Lesley & Fiona. (lesleyannjackson@outlook.com)


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St Columba’s School 

Former Pupils and School Matches 

Sunshine and a large turnout made for a fabulous morning for the annual 

Former Pupils and School Rugby and Hockey matches. The early morning 

frost was no match for our new astroturf, and the players enjoyed support 

from both current and former pupils as well as from parents and staff. 

Congratulations to all our players for their sportsmanship and great play. 

report on the day’s events can be found on the Triathlon Scotland website: 

triathlonscotland.org/the-scottish-water-national-schools-aquathlonchampionships. 

For your first step towards joining the St Columba’s family or to learn more, 

call us on 01505 872238 to arrange a visit. 

Joining St Columba’s 

The main points of entry to the School are Junior 1 and Transitus (Junior 7), 

however arrangements can be made for a pupil to enter the School at other 

stages if places become available. Parents can request an appointment to 

visit the School and apply for a place throughout the year. 

We also offer a wide range of Advanced Higher subjects to those who wish 

to join us for their sixth year, and are happy to discuss your options with 

you. 

Please contact our Finance office if you would like to discuss financial 

assistance, which is available from Junior 1 onwards. For more information 

on how to apply visit st-columbas.org/admissions. 

You can find more school news at www.st-columbas.org 

Hockey 

FPs 1 - 0 School 

Player of the match: Maddie C 

Aquathlon 

Ten pupils represented the School at 

the Scottish Water National Schools 

Aquathlon Championships at Dollan 

Rugby 

Captain’s Team 12 - 7 Vice- 

Captain’s Team 

Player of the match: Jonny M 

Old FPs 67 - 0 Young FPs 

Player of the match: Matthew 

Simpson 

Aqua Centre in East Kilbride. Over 55 schools were represented with around 

300 competitors on the start line. Despite the cold and windy weather the 

participants refused to let the snow and hailstones dampen their spirits and 

it was great to see their enthusiasm and camaraderie. Congratulations to 

all competitors who performed exceptionally well in difficult conditions. A full


Houston Primary School 

The nursery pupils attended the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s 

production of the Magical Toy Shop and had a wonderful time. Primary 

1 pupils have been engaging in the Outdoor Physical Play Programme 

and have been visiting Crosslee Park this term to help them keep fit. Their 

favourite activity is the Flying Fox. Primary 2 are learning about Vikings and 

had an amazing time at Vikingar in Largs to further enhance their learning 

and understanding of what life was like for a Viking. Primary 3 have been 

learning about the Egyptians and visited Kelvingrove Museum where they 

enjoyed seeing all the artefacts close up. Primary 4 are learning about 

Paisley and were surprised to find out that the Paisley Pattern originated 

in India and not Paisley! Primary 5 had a visit from Zoolab as part of their 

Rainforest topic. Some very brave pupils handled snakes, spiders and stick 

insects. Apparently they were all friendly! Primary 6 pupils took part in the 

Euroquiz where they had to answer lots of tricky questions about countries 

in Europe and the European Union. Primary 7 are off to Loch Insh this 

month and look forward to canoeing, kayaking, wind surfing and mountain 

biking. Let’s hope the sun shines for them. 

The gardening Club have been very busy weeding, cleaning pots and 

preparing the soil for planting. They have also been making bird feeders to 

encourage a wide range of species into the school grounds. The Gardening 

Club is very well supported by parents and grandparents and we are very 

grateful to them. 

Johnstone High School 

50th Anniversary 

Celebrations 

Johnstone High recently celebrated 

their 50th anniversary in this building. 

Johnstone High School was built in 

1877 in Johnstone town centre but 

moved to its current site 1965. To 

celebrate the school’s anniversary 

we invited students past and 

present to represent all year groups 

from 1965 to 2015. Muriel Govan 

represented 1965 and Katie Storrie 

from our current S1. All organised 

by Mr Munro Kayla Speirs and Maya 

Glacken, S6. They painstakingly 

found the visitors through Facebook, 

phone numbers, friends and relatives 

as well as placing articles in the Gryffe 

Advertizer and the Paisley Gazette. 

The amount of volunteers was overwhelming; including some people from 

Guernsey, Chester and London. 

The school combined the anniversary with the senior awards ceremony 

where successful students of the past 50 years celebrated the successes 

of our students present. Mr Munro also wittily included some amusing 

anecdotes from the Headteacher’s log book from over the years. The 

feedback from the event has been very positive and we would like to say a 

huge thank you to all who attended, participated and organised the event to 

help make it such a great success. 

Inter-Generational Coffee Morning 

On the 19th April, Miss Wilson and 2Arran1 held an inter-generational 

coffee morning for staff and residents at Ranfurly Care Home in Johnstone. 

With the intention of building community bonds, the pupils provided an 

enjoyable afternoon of sandwiches and cakes. 4 residents and 3 members 

of staff travelled to the school, although in future years it is hoped that more 

will be able to attend this beneficial event. 2nd, 3rd and 4th year pupils also 

provided entertainment in the form of vocals, piano and guitar. Overall, it 

was a huge success and achieved its goal of bringing local generations 

together as well as promoting the school within the community. 

The school show this year is Annie and will be 

performed on the 14th, 15th and 16th of June. 

Tickets are available from the school and cost 

£8, concession £5 and a family ticket is only 

£20. 

Kilbarchan 

community 

nursery 

The children recently enjoyed a visit 

from the Skoobmobile book bus. 

As well as listening to a story the 

children got the chance to choose 

a book to take back to read at 

nursery. 

As part of the transition programme 

for starting school in August, all 

children now have a ‘buddy’ from 

Kilbarchan Primary. The school 

children have visited the nursery 

as well as having playground 

sessions with the nursery children. 

The buddies will be there to lend a 

helping hand to settle the children 

into primary school in August. 

Later this month we will be taking 

our annual summer trip and this 

year it’s Finlaystone. The cost of 

the trip is subsidised by money 

raised from our sponsored musical 

event. 

Summer term finishes with parties 

for all children on 27 June followed 

by our end of term presentation on 

28 June for all pre-school children. 

We wish them well in their new 

schools. 

Langbank 

Playgroup 

Langbank Playgroup would like to 

offer a warm welcome to our new 

member of staff, Lauren Pearson, 

we wish you many fun filled Friday 

mornings! 

We have been particularly busy 

the last few weeks at Langbank 

Playgroup. We recently had a visit 

from Port Glasgow fire brigade 

which the children thoroughly 

enjoyed and were given the 

opportunity to experiment with the 

equipment and climb aboard the 

engine. The children also had the 

opportunity to experience an Active 

Kids session, where they were able 

to learn and develop new physical 

skills. 

We recently went on our spring 

trip to Wellsfield Farm Park in 

Stirling. The trip was enjoyed by 

both children and their parents, the 

sunshine even joined us too! 

As well as the exciting visits and 

trips, we have a variety of activities 

on offer on a Friday morning, such 

as painting and crafts, imaginative 

play, physical play, storytelling and 

many more. 

If you have a child aged 2.5yr 

to 5yrs and live in the local and 

surrounding areas then come 

and join us on a Friday morning. 

For more information contact Jen 

Burrows 07947983025 

Silver Tablet 

2016 

The annual Silver Tablet Concert 

celebrates the best of musical 

talent from the Senior School 

and will take place in St Columba 

Church on Monday 6th June from 

2.00 - 3.30pm (guests to be seated 

by 1.45pm). Light refreshments will 

be served afterwards. 

The 2016 performers are Matthew 

Chan and Olivia McNee. 

Please email nmkay@st-columbas. 

org if you would like to attend.


Lochwinnoch Primary School 

Langbank Primary School 

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Primary 7 couldn’t have asked for 

a better week for their residential 

trip to Ardentinny. The annual trip 

to this outdoor education centre 

was once again a huge success 

with children pushing themselves 

to overcome challenges and reach 

new heights. The good weather 

meant children were able to go 

canoeing, rock-hopping and gorge 

walking as well as rock climbing, 

hill-walking and team building 

activities. New friends were made 

as well as memories which will 

last a lifetime. 

Pupils have been making the 

most of the good weather and 

participating in all sorts of outdoor 

activities. Children are enjoying 

the Trim Trail and a range of 

lessons from all curricular areas 

are taking place outside. The Green Gang 

have been hard at work in the polytunnel sowing and looking after their 

plants and we are looking forward to tasting some of their vegetables when 

they are ready. Nursery children had glorious sunshine for their Garden 

Parties and Primary 6 pupils were invited to join in and get to know the 

children as they will be taking on 

the role of buddies next year. 

The Competitions Council’s plans 

to publish a school book are well 

underway. Winners have been 

selected from the many entries 

from each stage and are being 

collated ready to print. They 

had a visit from Spar with a 

kind donation of £250 to help 

with printing costs. The £250 

donation was funded from 

the sale of carrier bags in the 

store and Spar is committed 

to putting this money back 

into local communities. The 

Competitions Council hope to 

be able to give every family a 

copy of the book free of charge. 

The Health Council and the 

Sports Superstars have been 

busy planning Heath Week and 

Sports Day. They have 

many exciting activities planned throughout the week as well as a range of 

visitors coming in to school to help deliver key messages about health and 

wellbeing. The week will finish with Sports Day on Friday when children will 

participate in their own choice of activity in the morning and competitive 

events in the afternoon. Points awarded during the afternoon will go towards 

the ‘House Cup’. 

The children of the International Council and the ‘Helping Hands’ committees 

enjoyed a walk to the loch with Stephanie Johnson to help her with a 

photograph for a worldwide art project she is participating in. The project 

is called ‘Swarm the World’ and is the brainchild of a New York artist. A 

swarm of magnetic butterflies were placed and photographed. Mrs Johnson 

will do this in several locations around the local area before sending the 

butterflies off to their next destination. The butterflies will travel the globe 

and eventually the photographs will be brought together in an exhibition in 

New York. 

Two successful and well attended evaluation sessions were held in school 

with a random sample of pupils 

and parents. The wider parent 

body will be consulted on the 

priorities identified from these 

sessions and this information will 

help formulate our next School 

Improvement Plan. We would 

like to say a huge thank you to 

all of the parents who willingly 

gave their time to help us in this 

process. 

What a chilled out and relaxing day we had at our “Vintage Garden Party” 

at Langbank Primary School. 

You can see by looking 

at our pictures we 

had fabulous weather, 

delicious homebaking, 

wonderful raffle prizes 

and best of all were the 

scones with clotted cream 

topped with strawberries. 

The pupils and parents 

had a great day and the 

weather was at its best. 

Some of the money 

raised will go to Save the 

Children.


Hawkins brothers are heading for Rio 2016 

The Olympic dreams are now a reality as both Callum and Derek Hawkins 

of Kilbarchan Atheltics Club have been selected to represent Great Britain 

at the Rio 2016 Olympics in the marathon. Both represented Scotland at the 

Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 but will need to look out their 

passports for this one. 

Congratulations to the Hawkins family and also to Shettleston Harrier Tsegai 

Tewelde as he makes it’s a hat trick of Scots in Rio. 

UK Athletics (UKA) and The British Olympic Association (BOA) announced 

the first six members of the athletics squad that will represent Team GB at the 

Rio 2016 Olympic Games. 

The athletes will compete for Team GB in the marathon and 50km men’s race 

walk events at Rio 2016 – with the rest of the athletics team to be announced 

in the coming months. 

In the men’s marathon, Derek Hawkins is selected in the third spot alongside 

younger brother Callum and Tsegai Tewelde, who both qualified automatically 

as the first two Britons across the line in this year’s London Marathon; with all 

three running under the qualifying time. 

Alyson Dixon sealed her spot in Rio as the first Brit home and a 13th place 

finish in London, with Sonia Samuels finishing one position behind and also 

Scottish Team Selection for Calum 

Many congratulations to Strathgryffe Tennis & Squash Club member Calum 

Carswell who helped the National u15 squash team to achieve 5th place 

in the recent European Championships 

held in Belgium. The team were seeded 

7th for the event so overachieved in terms 

of expectations. Calum played against 

Luxembourg, Sweden & Ireland winning all 

of his matches 3-0, 3-1 & 3-1. 

Calum was also one of seven Strathgryffe 

junior players selected to represent West 

of Scotland in the annual Inter Regional 

tournament against squads from East, Central, Highlands & Fife. 

Orla McDougall played in the U11 squad which finished 2nd, her brother 

Findlay played in the U13 squad who also finished 2nd. Jack Smillie played 

three matches for the U17 squad and again a 2nd place was his reward. 

The U15 squad was a Strathgryffe team in all but name as Calum Carswell, 

John Meehan, Ruadhri McDougall and Beth Moglia made up the team and 

won all their matches to finish in first place. A great achievement for the 

team and also for their coach Martin Woods, also from Strathgryffe. 

Kids Fitness Activity Club 

Tuesday 5th July, 5pm - 6pm, Brookfield Village Hall 

Age Group – 5 - 11 y/o Price – £5 daily 

Wednesday 6th July, 4.30pm - 5.30pm, St Machers Church Hall, 

Bridge Of Weir 

Age Group – 5 - 11 y/o Price – £5 daily 

KFAC’s aim is to create a fun and energetic environment for young kids 

within the Bridge of Weir and Brookfield area. This will be achieved through 

fun games, fitness exercises and lots of running about. Each week will 

include many fitness exercises, which will be disguised in game situations; 

this creates a sense of fun for all the children. 

The KFAC will run over a 9-week block every Tuesday & Wednesday, week 

5 and 9 will be fun competition days. This is a morale booster; Suitable 

for all ages and abilities, we want to boost the confidence of each child 

attending. 

https://hendersonrunning.wordpress.com, email - KFAC400@gmail.com. 

Please visit website for registration forms or turn up on the above dates, 

with filled out application. 

booking a ticket to Brazil – with both having already 

run the qualifying time in Berlin last September. 

Along with the marathon runners, 50km race walker 

Dominic King has also been selected to represent 

Team GB with Rio set to be his second Olympic 

Games after competing in the same event four 

years ago at London 2012. 

Team GB have won five marathon medals in their 

Olympic Games history with the last coming when 

Charlie Spedding won bronze at Los Angeles 1984. 

Briton Tommy Green won the first-ever 50km race walk Olympic gold medal 

at Los Angeles 1932 and Team GB top the medal table in the event with three 

golds, one silver and one bronze. 

The selection of these six athletes takes Team GB’s total for Rio 2016 to 53 

from five sports having previously selected 11 sailors, 4 slalom canoeists, 6 

shooters and 26 swimmers. 

The selected athletes are: 

Callum Hawkins, 23, Kilbarchan Athletics Club 

Derek Hawkins, 26, Leeds City/Kilbarchan Athletics Club 

Tsegai Tewelde, 26, Shettleston Harriers 

Alyson Dixon, 37, Sunderland Strollers 

Sonia Samuels 36, Sale Harriers 

Dominic King (50km Race Walk), 32, Colchester Harriers 

Speaking directly after the London Marathon, Alyson Dixon said: “It feels 

like a dream come true and hasn’t really sunk in. Going to the Olympics is 

something I have dreamed of for 20 years. I’ve dreamt of Rio but today was 

the focus and I wanted to make sure I nailed selection and got myself on the 

plane.” 

Callum Hawkins said: “The aim was to finish top two in the London Marathon 

so I am really happy. My brother (Derek Hawkins) and my dad, who is my 

coach, have experience of running marathons so have helped me. Rio was 

my main goal in this race and I didn’t care about the time so I’m delighted with 

my position and securing selection.” 

Thanks from Kilmacolm 

Bowling Club 

Thank you for all your positive comments during our marathon railing 

painting. Why not come and see what is on the other side of the fence. 

Kilmacolm Bowling Club welcomes new members of all ages. Why not 

come in and give it a try? Please contact the secretary on 01505 874239 or 

e-mail kilmacolmbowlingclub@gmail.com.


Kilmacolm Golf Club Lady Captain’s Charity Day 

for Alzheimer Scotland 

The sun shone brightly on Tuesday 10th May when Susan Reid, Lady 

Captain at Kilmacolm Golf Club held her Charity Day to raise funds for 

Alzheimer Scotland. Home baking 

stalls, tombola, books, whisky raffle 

and plant sale all raised over £750 

for the Charity. Gerry McCoy, Policy 

& Engagement Officer for Alzheimer 

Scotland gave a short and very 

moving presentation about the work 

of the Charity. Funds raised on the 

day will go towards local initiatives, 

including iPads which will be used for 

storing music and picture memories 

for individuals and their carers. A golf 

competition was also held in very 

windy but sunny conditions. 

Ranfurly Castle Golf Course 

It’s been a busy month at RCGC both socially and on the golf course. A sell-out 

Curry and Charity night was held to raise funds for Breast Cancer Awareness 

and McMillan Nurses. An excellent meal was followed by an auction and prize 

draw, with live entertainment from Jill Jackson and then George Drummond 

and his band, dancing out the evening. £5,000 was raised!! More than double 

the target, so donations to St Vincent’s Hospice and Accord Hospice are also 

being made. Many local shops were kind enough to donate items for the 

prize draw and auction; and we’re extremely grateful to them all. 

Scottish Golf’s Regional Development Officer - Claire Middleton hosted 

a Members’ Forum evening, presenting on the changing face of golf and 

challenges for Clubs today. An open discussion followed with audience groups 

conducting a mini SWOT analysis of the Club’s strengths and weaknesses, 

with a view to prioritising the Board’s future objectives. 

A Friday quiz night was next on the agenda, with the clubhouse full of eager participants, competing for a variety of 

prizes and being treated to jars of free chutney, courtesy of Jack Snell!! 

Over May bank holiday weekend, members enjoyed a Steak Night and Sunday Roast Lunch, which were both jam 

packed and sure to be repeated. Later this month on Captain’s Day, members will be entertained by the fantastic 

Beatles tribute act - Just John & Paul. 

On the Course the greens are already now running at Augusta pace and just as smooth! With blossoming trees, 

flowering shrubs and some dry weather the Course is in fantastic condition for the coming summer months. 

Both Senior and Junior Newton Shield teams have new sponsors in RALSTON BUILDERS and BRIDGE of WEIR 

LEATHER respectively. And again we are extremely grateful to both companies for their sponsorship. 

In competitions so far, both teams have each earned a halved match and have narrowly lost out in other games. It’s 

still early in the league and we’re sure better results will follow. 

One final piece of news is the upcoming installation of a defibrillator at the Club. Supplied in part by The Craig 

Hodgkinson Trust around 50 members have already had CPR training for this important piece of life-saving equipment. 

The Trust was set up by John & Di Hodgkinson, who sadly lost their 

27 year old son to cardiac arrest while playing rugby and to date they 

have helped supply over 100 defibrillators to sports clubs and golf clubs 

throughout the UK. 

Photo 1: Jack Snell (Social Convenor) with Paul Morrell (Captain) and 

Ronnie Carswell (Club Secretary) and £5,000 cheque raised on the Curry & 

Charity evening 

From left to right: Ben Adamson, Alistair Morrow, Alan Gordon (team 

manager) Lee Wingate, Alastair Frood, Stephen Thomson, Greg Patterson, 

Andrew Cunningham and Mark Robertson. 

Gleddoch Ladies Golf Club 

Ladies Open 

Day at The 

Old Course 

The Ladies’ Open Day is taking 

place on Thursday 7th July. 

Stableford Greensomes for The 

Ramphorlie Quaich 

£16 per couple or single entries 

of £8 per person accepted. 

Raffle proceeds in aid of Cancer 

Research. 

Application forms can be 

downloaded from www. 

oldranfurly.com 

Old Course Ranfurly Golf 

Club, Ranfurly Place, Bridge 

of Weir PA11 3DE. Tel: 01505 

613612/613214 or Email: 

secretary@oldranfurly.com 

Old Course 

Ranfurly 

News 

Renfrewshire Ladies’ County 

Golf Association (RLCGA) 

Winter Foursomes Winners. 

Congratulations to Birgit 

Clark and Marilyn Muir of Old 

Course Ranfurly who won the 

RLCGA Winter Foursomes 

knockout competition beating 

local pair Fiona Roger and Evy 

McGregor from Ranfurly Castle 

in a closely contested final at 

East Renfrewshire Golf Club 

with Birgit and Marilyn running 

out winners on the 16th. 

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Gleddoch Ladies are continuing to make the most of the recent good 

weather. The course is getting better all the time, and the views are stunning 

under the blue skies. 

Recent Competition Results: 

April Medal: 

Silver Roisin Black 

Bronze Mhairi Bryce 

1st Round Championship: 

Siver June Lockhart 

Bronze Linda Brown 

Stableford Competition on 23 rd 

April: 

Silver Isabell Donnelly 

Bronze Margaret Adams 

Medal Finals: 

Winner Margaret Adams 

Runner-up Sheena Wallace 

The ladies team played the first West Renfrewshire League match on a 

glorious evening at Paisley Golf Club, but lost 4 - 2. 

Many congratulations to the Gleddoch team of Shirley Back, Margaret 

Adams and Sheena Wallace, who won the Erskine Ladies Open Tri-am. 

Our new members have been making good use of the course, and are all 

set to take part in the competitions, both the regular competitions and the 

knock-out competitions which are getting underway. 

All in all, a pretty good start to the season. 

Our Director of Golf, Kevin McAleer can be contacted on 01475 540704.


Ranfurly Castle Golf Club News 

Ranfurly Castle Ladies are well and truly into the 

seasons golf with a fair number of competitions having 

taken place over the past few weeks. 

On 21st April 45 Lady Members and 6 guests from 

Kilmacolm, Elderslie and Old Course Ranfurly Clubs 

enjoyed a social evening for a ‘Conversation with 

Eleanor Cannon’. Eleanor presented the challenges 

that lie ahead for the newly formed Scottish Golf Ltd 

and how they hope to be able to help Clubs move 

forward in these difficult times. Help will be provided 

to encourage the next generation to play golf but the 

Clubs themselves need to be prepared to change. 

A range of questions were answered but Eleanor 

stressed that the work was just beginning. 

The Renfrewshire County Championships were played at 

East Renfrewshire golf Club during the week of 16th April 

and Ranfurly Castle was very well represented. 5 ladies 

qualified for the next round with one going forward to the 

quarter finals before getting beaten. 

The May Medal was played in very difficult conditions on 

4th May - 

Scratch winner - Sheila Biggart, 

Silver winner - Vivien Howe, Bronze winner -Eleanor 

Cannon. 

On 6th May 30 Ladies played in a fun stableford Competition in teams of 3. 

The winning team were Mary Craig, Pat Pennel and Joy McLeod. 

The 11th May saw the Lady Captain, Joy McLeod, hosting the Spring 

meeting. 40 ladies enjoyed a beautiful summers day and some good golf. 

Scratch winner - Sheila Biggart., 

Silver winner - Vivien Howe, Bronze Winner - Margaret Parrott. 

On 13th May the McLachlan Cup was played for, at the second attempt. 

This is a foursomes stableford competition and the winners were Sheila 

Biggart and Vicky Rennie. 

With many fun competitions planned in the coming month, it is hoped that 

as many members as possible will be taking part and that the weather will 

be kind. 

The Ladies are a very friendly group and anyone thinking of trying golf 

will be made very welcome, playing a complementary round with one of 

the members. Feel free to contact the Club Secretary, Ronnie Carswell for 

further details on - 01505 612609 

Sporting Blog 

by 

Posture 

More and more I am seeing individuals with poor 

posture – whether this is in the gym when they are 

exercising or lifting weights or sometimes it is just 

generally how they hold themselves. One thing to note 

though is that there are a lot of benefits from having 

good posture in daily life. Not only does good posture 

boost your body image and make you look better in 

your clothes, but it also helps decrease your likelihood 

of injury. It minimizes the load on your skeletal muscles 

and enables your body 

to move more freely and 

efficiently. Poor posture 

can lead to anything from 

injuries, back pain, neck 

pain and even headaches 

and other common 

ailments. So, fixing your 

posture could fix a lot of 

problems. 

Unfortunately, more 

and more people lead 

sedentary lives, or have 

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office jobs; this leads to a lot of time being spent sitting 

down, often at a desk hunched over a computer, or 

sitting on the couch with an iphone/ipad/tv remote. 

These patterns often lead to specific muscles being 

tight, overstretched or weak. Our bodies then become 

used to the posture that we spend most of our time 

in. Often, when I correct someone’s posture or help 

them to feel what good posture feels like, the first thing 

they say is that it feels strange or uncomfortable. This 

simply comes down to being in a position they are not 

used to. 

A quick exercise to do at home to correct your posture 

is to balance something on your head – this will 

probably make you straighten your spine and place 

your head in what is deemed as being in the correct 

position. The challenge is to maintain this optimal 

position throughout the majority of the day – whether 

you are sitting or standing. 

With some mindfulness of how you sit or stand in your 

daily life, you will start to reinforce proper posture as a 

habit, possibly even eliminating some of the common 

aches and pains you might have. 

For more information on Personal Training or nutrition 

contact me at Lesley@fitsmartfitness.co.uk or on 0773 627 

4925. 

every Mo n d a y 

Kilbarchan Athletic Club 

On-X, Linwood, 7pm 

All abilities welcome. Tel: 07941 686990. 

5-a-side Football 

Powerleague Paisley, 6pm 

Tel: Jim on 01505 874215; 

or jimbretherton@aol.com 

Bridge of Weir Ladies Badminton 

Cargill Hall, Lintwhite Cres, 7.30pm 

Callanetics 

Brookfield Village Hall, 7.15pm 

Strathgryffe Motorcycle Club 

The Trust Inn, Kilbarchan, 9pm - 10.30pm 

Visit www.strathgryffe.org for details. 

The Shotokan Karate Club 

Woodlands Primary School, Linwood, 

7pm - 8pm & 8pm - 9pm. 

www.linwoodkarate.co.uk 

every Tuesday 

Bridge of Weir Walking Group 

Outside the Co-op, BoW 10.30am 

1 hour walks. Call Senga on 0141 842 3000. 

Gryffe Badminton 

Strathgryffe Tennis Club, 8pm 

Football Training 

Johnstone High School, 6pm - 9pm 

Call Ali on 07775 578795 for details 


Greenock Hockey Club 

Inverclyde Academy, Greenock, 

6.30pm - 8pm 

Contact Liz Baldwin, mobile 07944 607005 

Callanetics 

Brookfield Village Hall, 

5.15pm, 6.15pm & 7.30pm 

every Th u r s d a y 

Kilbarchan Athletic Club 

On-X, Linwood, 7pm 

All abilities welcome. Tel: 07941 686990. 

Kilmacolm Walkers 

Birkmyre Park Pavilion, Kilmacolm, 

10am 

David 01505 874192 

kilmacolmwalkers@talktalk.net 

Callanetics 


9.15am & 10.30am 

The Shotokan Karate Club 

Woodlands Primary. Linwood, 

7pm - 8pm & 8pm - 9pm 

www.linwoodkarate.co.uk 

Football Training 

Johnstone High School, 6pm - 9pm 

Call Ali on 07775 578795 for details 

every Fr i d a y 

Callanetics 


9.15am & 10.30am 

18 Movement (Tai Chi) Chi Kung 

St Fillans Church Hall, Moss Rd, 

Kilmacolm 10.15am - 11.15am 

Gentle, relaxing exercise class. 0141 954 2456. 

every Sa t u r d a y 

Adult Tap Lessons 

Cargill Centre, Kilmacolm. Lunchtime. 

Call Gail Ashley on 01475 531336 for details 

every Su n d a y 

Birkmyre Rugby Club, Kilmacolm 

Youth Rugby Section 11am - 1pm 

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Castle Semple Sailing Club 

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Cucina Minucci Cup - 24 April 

Ah well we may as well give up reading weather forecasts after this event 

Forecast from several different websites was for very little wind all day. Well 

the wind came from this direction and then that direction and was up and 

down like a yo yo all day. But obviously it was the day for the lesser spotted 

GP14s to make an grand appearance (Spring must be in the air!) and make 

up nearly half the fleet taking part .....4 GP14s in total plus another 5 boats 

at various times plus of course Stan in the cruising section. The GP sailors 

must have had access to a different forecast to be out in force like that as it 

was definitely a GP wind type of day. 

Since Jim and Janet Tytler and Janet Gordon were organising the racing we 

started pretty promptly around 11am. Almost instantly the wind decided to 

come up nicely and then change its mind about which direction. However, 

Mike and Jamie MacMillan in the RS500 were soon out in front with Peter 

Collings and Hector Wedderburn in hot pursuit which was the pattern for 

most of the races, however, unfortunately the RS500 couldn’t quite gain 

enough of a lead to beat the GP on handicap. A fifth short race reaffirmed 

that Peter and Hector were the winners. 

So the eventual winners were: 

1st Peter Collings and Hector Wedderburn (GP14) 

2nd Mike and Jamie MacMillan (RS500) 

3rd Steve Davison and Jules Whitestone (GP14) 

Very well done to Hector (aged 12) taking part in his first full day of racing 

and with Jamie only a year older - clearly competition is coming up from the 

cadet section - very well done to you both! 

Very many thanks as always to Marion and helpers for organising the 

kitchen and Alice for her soup and Arthur (oops slight accident with his soup 

making but still delicious - very nicely packaged in supermarket tubs and 

much appreciated!) and of course all those who helped out in the rescue 

boat. I don’t actually recall any capsizes today but I could be wrong. 

Many thanks to our sponsors Cucina Minucci in Lochwinnoch http://www. 

cucinaminucci.co.uk/ 

The way you walk and run can illustrate 

many maintaining causes of recurring 

injuries such as low back and knee 

pain. That’s why at The Osteopaths 

we’ve invested in specialist training in 

Gait Assessment and are now offering 

this as a specialist clinic on Saturdays. 

Simeon London who specialises in Gait 

Assessment will take a full history of 

your problem whether it’s a niggle as 

you increase your training for a 10k 

or marathon or just a recurring pain 

in your back when you walk. Simeon 

will review your posture and gait then 

offer solutions in the form of either 

treatment and/or a bespoke exercise 

and stretching programme designed to 

redress the balance. 

Please call the clinic for more details 

and to book an appointment on 0141- 

887-3734. 

Kilmacolm Tennis Club 

GP14 Worlds in Barbados 

Castle Semple Sailing Club 

members, Arthur and Fiona Logan 

returned from the GP14 World 

Championship in Barbados having 

avoided the sharks Fiona was 

worried about, but contending with 

Force 6 winds, a fleet of 105 boats 

and some of the best sailors in the 

UK and Ireland. Paul O’Neill, also 

a Rear Commodore of the club, 

lent his GP14 to Ali Ireland and 

Pip Benson. They were amongst the youngest competitors and achieved 

an impressive 37th. Arthur and Fiona had expected to enjoy the sun and 

scenery at the back of the fleet, but managed to clamber up to 61st overall. 

The high winds and surf resulted in a lot of broken equipment and boats, but 

with a lot of local support, most boats were straight back out into the waves. 

The Castle Semple members had extensive help from Bill Tempro, a Bajan 

who was the 1967 GP14 World Champion. The turtles, hummingbirds, 

lizards, monkeys, flying fish, golden sand and turquoise seas made for a 

memorable championship. Come along to Castle Semple Sailing Club this 

summer, and have a taste of what sailing in the Caribbean can be like. 

50th Anniversary Day - Sunday 29 May 

Come along and join us in our day of celebration! Pursuit race in the morning 

and sail as many boats as you can in the afternoon plus extra activities for 

cadets! www.castlesemplesc.co.uk 

Members enjoyed Kilmacolm Tennis Club opening day with a fun tournament 

run by President John and our club coach Melissa Stewart. Our newest 

member won a bottle of wine after topping the leader board on his very 

first visit to the Club! The season is now underway with 7 gents and ladies 

teams all competing in their respective West of Scotland leagues in glorious 

sunshine. 

Social tennis continues on Wednesday nights at 7pm and Saturdays at 2pm. 

So why not come down to the club and join in our social tennis sessions. 

There’s also plenty going on for the kids with a full coaching programme 

and a social session on a Sunday, a great chance to try out some tennis 

for the first time and have fun. Watch out for news in the next issue of the 

Advertizer about this year’s kids summer camps. 

Adult fees are just £159 and Juniors start from as little as £30 for 6 and 

under age group. Students can play all year for £55. Family membership is 

£399. Membership comes with a free half hour lesson with the club coach 

for senior members and first lesson is free for juniors in the club coaching 

programme. If its fitness you are after then join in on our cardio tennis 

sessions which run during the week and your first session is free. We also 

operate a buddy system for new members. Like us on facebook where you 

will find contact details for membership enquiries and for our coach Melissa 

or pop by on Friday 10th June from 6pm for our annual family barbecue and 

find out more about the club. 

See you on court!


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Sunday Club Family Service, All 

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www.kilmacolmoldkirk.org.uk. 

Minister Rev Dr Peter McEnhill 

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(charity no SC007992) Morning 

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Grace Church Kilmacolm: in 

association with Downavale 

Free Church of Scotland (Charity 

No: SCO38274) - Sunday Service 

at 10.30am in Kilmacolm Guide 

Hut, Woodrow Avenue, PA13 4QF 

- all welcome. 

Buddhist meetings: Buddhism 

of Nichiren Daishonin. Phone 

Margaret on 01505 871343. 

St Fillan’s Episcopal Church (in 

Anglican Communion): Everyone 

welcome at our Church in Moss 

Road. The Rector is the Revd 

David Gifford and the Associate 

Priest the Revd Heller Gonzalez 

(resident in Kilmacolm Rectory). 

Regular Sunday Service 11.30am 

with monthly Evensong on last 

Sundays at 6pm. Family Service 

11.30am on the last Sunday of 

the month. Contact Maureen 

Russell (Pastoral Assistant) 

01505 872905. 

LANGBANK 

Langbank Parish Church: Rev Dr 

Ken Forrest. Sunday Services 

10am with Sunday School, 

Crèche and young people’s 

group, the Welcomers. Tea/ 

coffee after the service. Church 

service starts at 10am. Come 

along and meet in the Hall 

from 9.50am. Charity No 

SC015085. 

LOCHWINNOCH 

Parish Church: Rev May Bell. 

11.30am Morning Service 

Sunday School and Crèche. 

Calder United Free Church: 

(Church St Lochwinnoch) 

Sunday: 11am Morning worship 

with Sunday School and Crèche. 

6.30pm Evening Fellowship 

group, 7.30pm ABC’s Teen 

group. Wed 6.30pm - 7.30pm. 

Spiritualist Church, Lochlip Rd: All 

services commence 7.30pm. 

QUARRIERS 

Mount Zion Church: Rev. Andy 

Lunn BSc, (01475 791282) 

Mount Zion Church, Law View 

Road, Quarriers Village, PA11 

3FD. Sunday Worship: 10:30am, 

Bible Study and Prayer Meetings: 

Wednesday at 7pm and Friday 

at 10 am. “Mozzy” Youth Club 

Thursdays at 6:30 for young 

people of high school age. Half 

night of prayer: 7pm – midnight, 

4th Friday of each month. Feel 

free to come along at any of 

these times. ‘The Gatherin’ is 

at 7pm on the fourth Sunday 

of each month, at Mount Zion 

Church in Quarriers Village. The 

Gatherin’ for people to come 

together who hunger for more 

of the presence of the Lord 

and to be fed from His word. 

Please come and invite others: 

all welcome! 

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Items For Sale 

Baby Equipment 

Philips Avent combined baby 

food steamer and blender 

with instructions. Smoke & pet 

free home. £30. Tel: 01505 

672175. 

Mamas & Papas cream baby 

bath. As new. Smoke & pet 

free home. £7. Tel: 01505 

672175. 

Silver Cross skateboard for Surf 

buggy. Excellent condition. 

£30. Tel: 01505 672175. 

Silver Cross Surf carrycot in 

slate (no chassis). Excellent 

condition, rain cover included. 

Smoke & pet free home. £30. 

Tel: 01505 672175. 

Silver Cross cream fleece 

baby nest for Surf buggy. 

Excellent condition. Smoke 

& pet free home. £18. Tel: 

01505 672175. 

Clothes & Shoes 

Jacques Vert Sky Blue & White 

Dress and Jacket. Size 16. 

Worn once. Cost £300, sell 

for £150. Hat also available. 

Tel: 01505 329309 or 07961 

588820. 

Women’s Nike running jacket. 

Lightweight, black, size 

medium. Excellent condition. 

£20. Tel: 01505 672175. 

Household & Garden 

Pair of matching beige/cream 

three-seater sofas, one sofa 

bed. Approx 190cm wide 

x 90cm high x 93cm deep. 

£30 for the pair. Tel: 01505 

672175. 

Modern style smoked glass 

oval TV table. Suits up to 

32”. VGC. £15 cash, buyer 

collects from Kilmacolm. Tel: 

01505 872334. 

Next 5 tier ceiling shades biege 

brown VGC. £30 for 2. Tel: 

01505 615435. 

M&S curtains aqua mix 2 pairs 

size 66x90 & 90x90. £60 both 

sets. Tel: 01505 615435. 

Double bed frame. White & 

Silver metal. £45 ono. Tel: 

07419 331921. 

Console table. 4 ft long. Light 

wood with 1 drawer. £50 ono. 

Tel: 07419 331921. 

2 x black two seater sofas. Art 

Deco style, ex Nancy Smillie 

West End Glasgow. Very 

solid, good condition except 

cushion covers. £50 ono 

each. Tel: 01475 540666 or 

text 07952 164554. 

6 ft dining table. Dark wood. 

Seats 4-6 people. £60 ono. 

Tel: 07419 331921. 

White kitchen for sale comprising: 

Wall units - 2 x 1,000mm; 2 x 

500mm; 1 x 400mm. Base 

units - 1,000mm, 600mm & 

500mm. Base corner units 

- 1 x 500mm; 1 x 400mm. 

Matching cornice and pelmet. 

Worktops also available. Tel: 

07434 044407. 

Antique pine single bed £45, 

Single wardrobe £30, chest 

of drawers £20. Tel: 01505 

337153. 

Very large Indian throw. Multi 

coloured. £25 ono. Tel: 

07419 331921. 

LATE NEWS ....... 

Renfrewshire Federation Of The 

Scottish Women’s Institute 

Ladies Brown leather bag Marks 

and Spencer Cost £85.00 

New sell at £35. Tel: 01505 

614503. 

Assorted terracotta chimney 

pots. From £10. Tel 01505 

672175. 

Electrical & Gas 

Duux Ultrasonic Air Humidifier. 

Up to 8hours (timer function) 

silent operation producing 

fine cool mist in seconds. 

Perfect for the nursery with 

built in optional night light 

or can be used by adults 

with aromatherapy oils for 

better sleep. Still boxed 

with AC Power Adapter and 

instructions, sphere shaped 

21x21x21 cms. Tried once 

but not for me. Cost new £38, 

will accept £15. Tel: 01505 

706534. 

Samsung 32” TV G.Cond with 

R/C + M&S DVD player 

G.Cond with R/C £50. Tel: 

01505 615435. 

Sports 

I-joyride. Good condition. £75. 

Tel: 01505 337153. 

Emsmorn Ladies Bowling Skirt. 

Size 14/30’’. Grey. 4 Pleats. 

Excellent condition. £10. Tel: 

07914 310916 

Dawn Ladies Bowling Skirt. 

Size 14/30”. Grey. 4 Pleats. 

Excellent condition. £10. Tel: 

07914 310916 

Emsmorn Ladies White Bowling 

Jacket/ Sweatshirt with 

zip front. Large. Excellent 

Condition. £10. Tel: 07914 

310916. 

Boys bike 18” Apollo Outrage 

Age 5-7 approx. White and 

blue. Good condition. Cost 

over £100. £50 ono. Tel 07855 

404098. 

Training handle for bike. Offers 

support when coming off 

stabilisers. £10 ono. Tel: 

07855 404098. 

Stabilisers for bike. Adjustable 

up to 18”. £5. Tel: 07855 

404098. 

Toys/Games/DVD 

Die cast construction toys still in 

boxes. Prices range from £5 

to £20. Tel: 01505 337153 

Little Tikes Giant Slide. Green/ 

Yellow, about 4 years old, but 

in good condition. Folds for 

storage. Would cost £110 

new, so reasonable offers 

considered. Buyer would 

need to collect. Tel: 01505 

690180. 

Scalextric Micro Age 3+ Cars 

2 Lightening McQueen V’s 

Nigel Gearsly Good condition. 

£12 ono. Tel: 01505 350283 

Other Items 

New set of 4 silver 16” wheel 

trims with cable ties £15. Tel: 

07761 114567. 

Vintage Harris sewing machine. 

Good condition. £25. Tel: 

01505 672175. 

Tailored rubber mat set for 

Honda CRV Mk4 vgc £10. 

Tel: 07746 059218. 

James Hare pure silks - all 

brand new. May sell some 

by the metre. Tel: 01505 

872813. 

Free Cycle 

Panasonic VHS Video Recorder/ 

Player. Tel: 07803 628866. 

Technics FM/MW/LW Stereo 

Tuner. Tel: 07803 628866. 

Technics Dolby System Cassette 

Tape Player/Recorder. Tel: 

07803 628866. 

The competitive spirit of the ladies of Renfrewshire SWI was very 

obvious on Saturday 14th May when six teams (the 7th had to 

withdraw at the last minute) battled it out for a place in the National 

final of the Ruralympics to be held in October at Linwood. A great 

time was had by all as we endeavoured to putt the golf ball into the hole, tried to aim for the bucket 

and not the wall with bean bags, and struggled not to hit the scorer with the shuttlecocks rather than 

the bucket. There were a few very unladylike ‘walks’ with a bean bag between our knees to retrieve a 

rubber ring which we had to place on our heads and walk back still with the bean bag between our knees 

and then there was the egg and spoon race - the hardest part of this was trying to get the egg on to the 

spoon! The last game was a hockey dribble which took us back to our schooldays. Uplawmoor Institute 

were absolutely delighted to win and were duly presented with their medals. 

The next Renfrewshire Federation event is a play-off for a quiz organised again by the National Group 

and this will be held on Tuesday 6th September. 

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2 Sky+HD boxes, one with 

160GB hard drive and Sky 

viewing card for Sky Freesat 

channels only (cannot record 

Freesat with this card) the 

other with a 500GB hard drive 

(needs Sky viewing card). 

Both include a remote control 

and mains lead. Collection 

only. Tel: 01505 610712. 

HP27 Black ink cartridge and 

half used 27 and 28. Tel: 

01505 873252. 

Heavy concrete trough approx 

40cm wide x 83cm long X 

20cm high. Looks rustic. Tel: 

01505 672175. 

Whirlpool chest freezer. Suitable 

for garage. H-800mm, 

D-600mm, W-800mm. Uplift 

only please. Tel: 07803 

628866. 

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Ikea leather-look executive 

swivel chair. Free, but must 

collect. Tel: 07740 055012. 

Wanted Items 

Double buggy. Must be free of 

charge. Tel: 07732 866084. 

Cash paid for Music CDs ( a few 

or a lot ). Tel: 0141 882 5594 

or 07765 115347. 

Cash paid for Copy of book 

Castles and mansions of 

Renfrewshire and Buteshire 

by AH Millar. Tel: 01505 

331094. 

Black dining room table. Tel: 

01505 506385. 

Old records Wanted 45`s & 

LP`s CASH Paid. Tel: 07710 

777571. 

LOCAL INFORMATION 

community council 

Visitors are welcome at these monthly meetings. 

BISHOPTON: Primary School: 1st Thurs at 7.30pm 

www.bishoptoncouncil.com 

BRIDGE OF WEIR: Cargill Hall: 1st Tues at 7pm. 

www.bridgeofweir.org 

BROOKFIELD: Brookfield Village Hall: 7.30pm 

in February, April, June, August, October and 

December on 2nd Thursday of the month. 

HOUSTON: Carrick Centre: 3rd Wed at 7.30pm 

www.houstoncommcouncil@yahoo.co.uk 

HOWWOOD: Village Hall: 2nd Tues at 7.30pm. 

www.howwood.com/community-council.php 

KILBARCHAN: Steeple Hall: monthly at 7.30pm. 

www.kilbarchan.info/community_council.html 

KILMACOLM & QUARRIERS: Last Tues at 7.30pm, 

Kilmacolm Cargill Centre (NB: No meetings: July or 

Dec) www.kilmacolmcc.co.uk 

LANGBANK: Church Hall: 2nd Wed at 7.30pm 

LOCHWINNOCH: Bowling Club: 1st Tues at 7.30pm 

community halls to let 

Bridge of Weir, Freeland Church. Tel: 612245 

Brookfield, Village Hall. Tel: 335562. 

Houston, Carrick Centre. Tel: 612203 / 331488 

Houston, Compass Centre. Tel: 615441 / 612617 

Kilbarchan, Guide Centre. Tel: 702758. 

Kilbarchan, Old Library Centre. Tel: 706070 

Kilmacolm, Cargill Centre. Tel: 873994 

Kilmacolm, Brownie/Guide Hut. Tel: 874428 

Kilmacolm, Masonic Hall. Tel: 873059 

Linwood Masonic Hall. Tel: 07825 222944 

Please add your community hall details to our list - 

email to info@advertizer.co.uk 

local councillors 

RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL: www.renfrewshire.gov.uk 

Ward 7 - Johnstone South, Elderslie & Howwood: Cllrs 

John Caldwell, John Hood, Stephen McGee and 

Iain McMillan 

Ward 8 - Johnstone (North), Kilbarchan & Lochwinnoch: 

Councillors Derek Bibby, Andy Doig and Christopher 

Gilmour 

Ward 9 - Houston, Crosslee, Brookfield & Linwood: 

Councillors Stuart Clark, Audrey Doig, Anne Hall 

and Allan Noon 

Ward 10 - Bishopton, Bridge of Weir & Langbank: 

Councillors Maria Brown, Mike Holmes and James 

Maclaren 

INVERCLYDE COUNCIL: www.inverclyde.gov.uk 

Ward 1 - Inverclyde East (P.Glasgow, Kilmacolm and 

Quarriers Village): Cllrs David Wilson, Jim MacLeod, 

Stephen McCabe and James McColgan


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Accountants & Financial 

Affluent Financial Planning . . 25 

Cheetham & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 

CLA Accountancy Services Ltd . . 16 

Fergusons CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 

Fiona Christie Accounting Serv . . 14 

Stewart Independent Financial . . Bk 

Architectural Services 

Architectural Drawings . . . . . 3 

Casa Homes & Gardens Architect . . 7 

Grid Design Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

Art, Gifts & Flowers 

Crafts of Calder Gallery . . . 14 

Automotive Services 

AK Vehicle Rental . . . . . . . . . 1 

Chips Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 

Collins Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 

Gryffe Garage Motor Engineers . . 59 

Bathrooms 

Affordable Luxuries . . . . . . . 7 

Bathroom Solutions by MPH . . 11 

G Woods Bathrooms . . . . . . . . . 6 

Instyle Kitchens & Bathrooms . . 17 

Bedrooms 

Burndale Workshop . . . . . . . . . 5 

Blacksmith & Metalwork 

McLaughlan Metal Fabrication . . 37 

Building Services 

A O’Hare - Building Services . . 5 

B Hughes Builders - Houston . . 37 

BOW Stone Works . . . . . . . . . . . 45 

Bridge of Weir Roofing . . . . . 6 

DJD Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 

I & J Building & Roofing Serv . . 2 

James Kerr Joiner . . . . . . . . . 4 

JBC Joiners and Builders . . . 6 

Kilellan Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 16 

M Addison Joiners & Builders . . 3 

MBS Roofing & Building Contrac . . 7 

Old Woodwork Tools . . . . . . . . . 14 

Rukeri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 

SMG Roofing & Building Contrac . . 2 

SW Scott - Joiners & Builders . . 16 

Taylor Made Joinery . . . . . . . . 37 

Thomas McMaster & Son Ltd . . 51 

Business Services 

Laptop and PC Repairs . . . . . . 26 

Care Services & Homes 

Confident Care Ltd . . . . . . . . . 37 

Catering 

Gadds Gourmet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 

Cleaning & PowerWash 

CleanDryCarpets . . . . . . . . . . . 39 

Come Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 

DS Cleaning (Windows) . . . . . . 14 

Gryffe Roofing Services . . . . 15 

MattVac Carpet & Upholstery Cl . . Bk 

Nutech Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

Old Mill Chimneys . . . . . . . . . 35 

Platinum Cleaning Services . . 5 

by category 

Coffee Shops 

Bernie’s Cafe Deli . . . . . . . . . 31 

Computer, IT & Web 

ColCom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 

Computer Repairs . . . . . . . . . . 1 

Einfach-it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 


Driveways 

A&G Driveways . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk 

Driving Instructors 

Alistair Stewart - Driving Ins . . 14 

Education 

St Columba’s School . . . . . . . . 53 

Electricians 

GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 

JDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

Lamont Electricians . . . . . . . . 3 

MAS Electrical & Security . . 2 

Entertainment 

Fair Pley Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 

Equestrian 

Ingliston Equestrian Centre . . 9 

Fencing 

Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 


Firewood & Logs 

LJX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 

W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 46 

Framing 


Funeral Services 

Beaton Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . 13,22 

John Roach Funeral Directors . . 38 

Garage Doors & Gates 

Powerdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk 

Garden Service & Design 

3D Garden Design . . . . . . . . . . 44 

A Peebles Landscape Contractor . . 45 

Apple Tree Garden Design . . . 47 

Care & Repair Gardening Servci . . 44 


Craig Kennedy Gardening . . . . 47 

DJD Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 

DMG Garden Services . . . . . . . . 44 

Garden Services . . . . . . . . . . . 47 

Glenmoss Landscapes . . . . . . . . 47 


J S Montgomery Ltd . . . . . . . . . 44 

M&M Garden Services . . . . . . . . 46 

MJ Lawnmowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 

R Williams Tree Surgeon & Grou . . 45 

SP Groundcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 46 

West of Scotland Landscape . . 48 

Gas & Heating Services 

A&J Plumbing Heating & Gas . . 16 

C Hunter Plumbing Heating Gas . . 38 

GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 

I D Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 7 

Mackie Plumbing & Heating . . 15 

Phoenix Gas Services . . . . . . . 1 

Glazier 

1on1 Double Glazing . . . . . . . . 3 

Cloudy2Clear Windows Glasgow . . 5 

JayBee Double Glazing Repairs . . 15 

TD Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

Hairdressers & Barbers 

Arlene Mitchell Hair & Beauty . . 36 

Ashes Hair & Beauty . . . . . . . . 41 

Nix Hairdressing . . . . . . . . . . 38 

Vanda’s Mobile Hairdressing . . 25 

Health & Beauty 


Health, Beauty & Fitness 



Beginners Yoga - Sara Marijuan . . 57 

Bluewater Dental . . . . . . . . . . 31 

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy . . 36 

Ferringtons Hypnotherapy . . . 2 

Healing Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 

Kilbarchan Chiropodists . . . . 40 

Kilbarchan Dental Practice . . 13 

LaserLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 

Lauras Nail & Beauty Lounge . . 23 

New Vision Opticians . . . . . . . 10 

NLP Positive Changes . . . . . . . 12 

Sole Solutions Podiatry . . . . 38 

Home Hardware 

First Domestics . . . . . . . . . . . 14 

Gibb Stuart Ironmongers . . . . 32,46 

Home Improvements 

Alvic Sliding Wardrobes Ltd . . 21 


Ideal Flooring Service . . . . . 2 

Orchard Flooring . . . . . . . . . . 27 

Rent A Bloke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 

Home Interiors 

Baytree Interiors . . . . . . . . . 5 



The Furniture Barn . . . . . . . . . 4 

Home Security 

Brookfield Alarms Ltd . . . . . . 2 

Joiners 

CLH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 

DJY Joinery Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 7 



JDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 


McGowan Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . 14 




TD Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

Woodburn & Beattie Joiners . . 15 

Kilt & Dress Hire 

Henderson’s Kilts . . . . . . . . . 30 

Kitchens 







Leisure & Recreation 

Kilmacolm Show . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 

Locksmiths 

Arco Locksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

Elliott Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Houston Locksmiths . . . . . . . . . 3 

Painters & Decorators 

A Gallagher Painter&Decorator . . 15 

David Kennedy Decorator . . . . 3 

Ian Livingston Decorating . . 16 

James Martin - Painter & Decor . . 3 

John H Barney . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 

John Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

M&E Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 

McDonald Decorators . . . . . . . . 41 

Ranfurly Decor . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 

Smyth Ramage Painter Decor . . 11 

Pet Services & Training 

Happy Rambles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 

Husse Pet Food . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 

PetVets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 

Smart Dog Grooming . . . . . . . . . 42 

Walkies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 

Plasterers 

Bryan Slaven Slater & Plaster . . 40 

Charlie Orr Plasterer . . . . . . 36 



Plumbers 




GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 


JDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 


Shower Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 

Property, Sales & Let 

Corum Property . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 

Hames Estates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 

Kingsley Wood & Co Solicitors . . 1 

Lind Letting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

Removals 

@ease Removals & Transport . . 2 

The Right Move . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 

Restaurant & Bars 



Retail 



Roofing 










Solicitors 

Affinity Family Law Experts . . 3 


Special Occasions 

ABC Taxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk 

Stoves 

Iron House Stoves Limited . . 10 

Taxis & Minicoach hire 

ABC Taxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk 

Johnstone TOA Taxi Co . . . . . . 7 

Tiling 

Gordon James Ceramic Tiler . . 14 

Kerr McAuley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 

Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 

Travel Agents 

Travel Actually . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

Tree Surgeon 

Branch Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 


LJX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 

W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 46 

TV & Satellite 

Derek McBride Aerials . . . . . . 35 

Kieran Turner Aerial&Satellite . . 3 

Upholstery Services 

P Thomson Upholstery . . . . . . . 36 

Window Cleaners 



Matthews Cleaning Services . . 14 

Window, Consv & Repair 


Art Window & Doors . . . . . . . . . Bk 


TD Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

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advertisements in this publication. 

Advertizers - A to Z 

@ease Removals & Transport . . 2 


3D Garden Design . . . . . . . . . . 44 

A Gallagher Painter&Decorator . . 15 

A O’Hare - Building Services . . 5 

A Peebles Landscape Contractor . . 45 

A&G Driveways . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk 


ABC Taxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk 

Affinity Family Law Experts . . 3 

Affluent Financial Planning . . 25 


AK Vehicle Rental . . . . . . . . . 1 

Alistair Stewart - Driving Ins . . 14 

Alvic Sliding Wardrobes Ltd . . 21 

Apple Tree Garden Design . . . 47 

Architectural Drawings . . . . . 3 

Arco Locksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 


Art Window & Doors . . . . . . . . . Bk 


B Hughes Builders - Houston . . 37 

Bathroom Solutions by MPH . . 11 

Baytree Interiors . . . . . . . . . 5 

Beaton Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . 13,22 

Beginners Yoga - Sara Marijuan . . 57 


Bluewater Dental . . . . . . . . . . 31 

Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 

BOW Stone Works . . . . . . . . . . . 45 

Branch Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 


Brookfield Alarms Ltd . . . . . . 2 




Care & Repair Gardening Servci . . 44 


Charlie Orr Plasterer . . . . . . 36 

Cheetham & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 

Chips Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 

CLA Accountancy Services Ltd . . 16 

CleanDryCarpets . . . . . . . . . . . 39 

CLH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 

Cloudy2Clear Windows Glasgow . . 5 

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy . . 36 

ColCom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 

Collins Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 

Come Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 

Computer Repairs . . . . . . . . . . 1 

Confident Care Ltd . . . . . . . . . 37 

Corum Property . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 


Craig Kennedy Gardening . . . . 47 

David Kennedy Decorator . . . . 3 

Derek McBride Aerials . . . . . . 35 

DJD Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 

DJY Joinery Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

DMG Garden Services . . . . . . . . 44 


Einfach-it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 

Elliott Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Fair Pley Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 

Fergusons CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 

Ferringtons Hypnotherapy . . . 2 

Fiona Christie Accounting Serv . . 14 

First Domestics . . . . . . . . . . . 14 


Gadds Gourmet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 

Garden Services . . . . . . . . . . . 47 

GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 



Gordon James Ceramic Tiler . . 14 

Grid Design Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

Gryffe Garage Motor Engineers . . 59 


Hames Estates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 

Happy Rambles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 

Healing Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 

Henderson’s Kilts . . . . . . . . . 30 

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Rukeri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 

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Sole Solutions Podiatry . . . . 38 

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The Right Move . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 


Travel Actually . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

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W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 46 

Walkies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 

West of Scotland Landscape . . 48 

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