247 April 2015 - Gryffe Advertizer
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kilbarchan<br />
& lochwinnoch<br />
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Weaver’s Cottage<br />
The Weaver’s Cottage opened to the public on Monday 23rd March, in good<br />
time for the Easter holidays. All the normal pre-opening cleaning, dusting and<br />
polishing was undertaken by staff and volunteers. A long awaited new display<br />
chest was delivered and installed in March by its makers, from Dalkeith. It will<br />
now be possible for<br />
visitors to see all the<br />
precious collection<br />
of weaver’s tartan<br />
samples, many of<br />
which have been in<br />
store. Photo shows<br />
a small part of the<br />
collection.<br />
Cadbury Easter<br />
Egg Trail<br />
Sunday 05 <strong>April</strong> from 2pm - 4pm<br />
Turn eggsplorer at Weaver’s Cottage,<br />
Kilbarchan... Collect the clues, solve the puzzle<br />
and win a Cadbury<br />
treat! There are Cadbury<br />
Easter egg trails at 50 National Trust locations<br />
across Scotland and they’re all completely<br />
different - the perfect excuse to try your hand at<br />
more than one!<br />
Kilbarchan<br />
East Church<br />
Maundy Thursday 02 <strong>April</strong><br />
The service at 7pm in Kilbarchan East<br />
Church will be led by the choir who will<br />
be singing extracts from Bob Chilcott’s<br />
St John Passion. All welcome at this<br />
service for Holy Week, which includes<br />
the Sacrament of Holy Communion.<br />
<strong>Gryffe</strong> Scottish<br />
Country Dance Club<br />
Plant Sale<br />
& Pancake<br />
Morning<br />
Kilbarchan East Church Plant Sale<br />
and Pancake Morning takes place at<br />
the end of May, with plants from a<br />
nursery in Stewarton, order forms will<br />
be available from mid<br />
<strong>April</strong> by contacting<br />
01505 704502.<br />
Wednesday 15 <strong>April</strong> 7.30pm - Kilbarchan Guide Centre<br />
The Spring session is well under way and comes to an end at Easter with a<br />
charity dance dancing to the music of Marian Anderson. Supper and Raffle.<br />
Tickets £7.50. Further information from Les Lambert 01505 704398.<br />
Like all village residents I was appalled and shocked to<br />
find out that the Co-Operative in Kilbarchan had been the<br />
subject of a robbery only months after it had previously<br />
been targeted. I have contacted Police Scotland and asked<br />
that they step up patrols in the village, particularly at the<br />
weekends, in the centre of Kilbarchan to try and prevent<br />
any recurrence of these vicious and worrying incidents on a<br />
retail outlet which has served Habbies well for decades.<br />
The police have asked for CCTV to be considered as an<br />
option and I have contacted Renfrewshire Council to<br />
support this, as well as asking that the new rural police<br />
officers be installed in Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch as soon<br />
as possible. The same weekend there was a concerning incident at Harvey<br />
Terrace in Lochwinnoch, and I have reiterated to council officers that I want<br />
CCTV installed in the centre of Lochwinnoch as soon as possible, as well as<br />
Kilbarchan, to keep our villages safe and secure.<br />
On a happier note, I was delighted to attend celebrations for the 10th Anniversary<br />
of the Kilbarchan Guide Centre, and to meet local Guide leaders there. As a<br />
former Cub and Scout, as was my son and older brother, I have great admiration<br />
for the skills, qualities, and experiences which both the Guiding and Scouting<br />
movements impart to young people. This month also sees the advent of the<br />
annual Lochwinnoch Arts Festival, a great celebration of music, poetry, and<br />
local talent which is a credit to the village and all involved in making it happen.<br />
At the last full meeting of Renfrewshire Council I was proud to move a motion<br />
calling on the Chief Executive to investigate whether Renfrewshire residents<br />
get best value from the Glasgow based SPT, which co-ordinates regional<br />
bus services. Sadly, Administration Cllrs voted this down yet the last time<br />
Renfrewshire Council called for a review of the SPT, in 2010/11, it was found<br />
the SPT spent £100,000 in one year on Councillors expenses. Four years on<br />
this figure is bound to be higher and in itself puts the case for greater scrutiny.<br />
My advice surgery in Kilbarchan is on the 2nd Wednesday of the month in<br />
the Steeple Hall at 7.45pm, and my advice surgery in Lochwinnoch is on the<br />
4th Wednesday of the month in the McKillop at 7.30pm. But I am also always<br />
available to constituents who can call me on 07534 148224, tweet me on<br />
CllrAndy4Ward8 or email me at cllr.andy.doig@renfrewshire.gov.uk.<br />
National Women’s Register<br />
During the month of <strong>April</strong>, we shall be talking about Japan, the chosen country<br />
for discussion nationally in <strong>2015</strong>. We are also researching events which took<br />
place on 15th <strong>April</strong> in years gone by and reviewing a book, play, hotel etc.<br />
We are the guests of the Houston group on 13th, with a speaker about the<br />
history of the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow, of particular interest as the<br />
National Conference takes place there in June. For further info, please see the<br />
website: www.nwr.org.uk<br />
Lochwinnoch Tartan Walk<br />
The Tartan Walk was a great<br />
event in February. A group<br />
of people left from Castle<br />
Semple and sang their way<br />
around the village.<br />
On the way back, they<br />
stopped to sing to the<br />
swans, and as you can see<br />
Whooper Swan, just felt he<br />
had to join in.
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