286 July 2018 - Gryffe Advertizer
The Advertizer - Your local community magazine to the Gryffe area. The Advertizer is a local business directory including a what's on guide and other local information and an interesting mix of articles.
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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2018</strong> t: 01505 613340 e: info@advertizer.co.uk<br />
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bishopton, langbank & bridge of weir<br />
The Royal British Legion, Bridge of Weir<br />
& District Branch<br />
LOCAL MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION TO REPRESENT BRIDGE OF<br />
WEIR AND DISTRICT BRANCH AT WW1 COMEMMORATIONS IN BELGIUM<br />
George Meikle and Katie Fulton will travel to Europe for The Royal British Legion’s<br />
Great Pilgrimage 90<br />
5-9th August <strong>2018</strong><br />
Members of the Bridge of Weir<br />
and District Branch of The Royal British Legion are to join thousands<br />
on a pilgrimage of Remembrance to World War One battlefi eld that<br />
culminates in a parade and ceremony in Ypres as part of the end of the First<br />
World War centenary commemorations this August.<br />
The Royal British Legion event, known as Great Pilgrimage 90 (GP90), takes<br />
place between the 5th and 9th of August and will be one of the largest in the<br />
charity’s history.<br />
GP90 will mark 90 years since the original Royal British Legion Pilgrimage in<br />
1928, which saw 11,000 World War One veterans and war widows visit the<br />
battlefi elds of the Somme in France and Ypres in Belgium, a decade after the<br />
confl ict ended.<br />
That Pilgrimage culminated in a march through Ypres to the Commonwealth War<br />
Grave Commission’s Menin Gate Memorial for a ceremony to commemorate the<br />
launch of The Hundred Days Offensive and in remembrance of those who never<br />
returned.<br />
Local Legion members, Katie Fulton and George Meikle will represent the Bridge<br />
of Weir and District Branch and the local community at the event, as Standard<br />
Bearer and wreath layer respectively.<br />
Katie and George will tour some of the same battlefi elds and cemeteries visited by<br />
those on the 1928 Pilgrimage, before marching along the original route through<br />
Ypres, to the Menin Gate on the 8th August, bearing their branch standard and<br />
a wreath.<br />
They will join more than 2,200 other Legion representatives and dignitaries,<br />
including Civic and military guests from the UK, Commonwealth and Northern<br />
Europe who are taking part. Once at the Menin Gate, George will lay a wreath on<br />
behalf of the Bridge of Weir, Houston and Kilmacolm communities..<br />
Leslie MacDonald secretary of the Bridge of Weir and District Branch of The<br />
Royal British Legion, comments: “Great Pilgrimage 90 is a unique opportunity<br />
for the Legion community to come together and bear our Standards along the<br />
same route in Ypres taken 90 years earlier by the veterans and widows of the<br />
First World War. The Bridge of Weir and District Branch looks forward to proudly<br />
representing the local communities at the event.”<br />
As local champions of Remembrance, the Bridge of Weir and District Branch of<br />
The Royal British Legion is looking to work in partnership with their community to<br />
bring their unique Remembrance message to the Menin Gate, on their wreath,<br />
where it will be displayed in a wreath installation for viewing by the general public<br />
until the end of August.<br />
The parade will start at midday and we encourage the public to make the trip<br />
across to Ypres for the 8th August and fi ll the Market Square to watch the parade,<br />
Hundred Days<br />
Offensive ceremony and then enjoy an afternoon of musical entertainment<br />
including The Central Band of the Royal British Legion.<br />
If you want to fi nd out more about GP90 or your local Royal British Legion branch,<br />
contact Les Macdonald Royal British Legion Club Main Street Bridge of Weir PA11<br />
3NR or call 01505 613530.<br />
bishopton, langbank & bridge of weir<br />
Singing for<br />
Wellbeing<br />
A fun, no-pressure choir<br />
singing feel-good songs every<br />
Tuesday from 6pm - 7.15pm<br />
and Fridays at 2pm - 3.15pm<br />
in the Bishopton Community<br />
Centre.<br />
bishopton, langbank & bridge of weir<br />
Bridge Of Weir Senior<br />
Citizens Association<br />
The Senior Citizens’ Association is not meeting<br />
at the moment. We restart on the Wednesday<br />
26th September in the Cargll Hall at 7.15pm.<br />
An interesting syllabus is being prepared at<br />
the moment and we look forward to welcoming<br />
members and friends. Membershp fee is £7.<br />
bishopton, langbank & bridge of weir<br />
A Place for All Ages<br />
In our current climate the different age groups are<br />
often portrayed as being at odds with each other:<br />
e.g. the baby boomers vs the millennials. Their<br />
respective interests seem to be confl icting when it<br />
comes to housing, pensions and health care.<br />
But it’s not just in this sphere – on a practical and<br />
social level the different generations can be rather separate these days. Families<br />
often live far apart from extended family members and during the week kids<br />
and young people mostly spend their days with peers and adults with adults.<br />
There aren’t many places or activities where we spend time with all generations<br />
together.<br />
And yet the benefi ts of being with people older or younger than us are well<br />
recorded. Being with those younger than us can provide us opportunity to<br />
support and nurture, learn something new (how to handle new technology for<br />
example!) and generally have some fun. Being with those older than us can give<br />
an opportunity to seek advice and guidance, gain a ‘long view’ perspective and<br />
slow down a bit!<br />
The church is often described in the Bible as the family of God. It is meant to be<br />
intergenerational by design! From the youngest to the oldest we all participate in<br />
the life of the church. We sing, eat, pray, serve and learn together.<br />
Some churches are mostly elderly congregations, but this is not how it should<br />
be – when generations are missing, all miss out. The plus point is that if you are<br />
younger and looking for some adoptive ‘grannies and granddads’ for you or your<br />
kids, you will likely be warmly received!<br />
My church in Bridge of Weir are organising a Summer Drop in for all ages on<br />
Friday mornings during the summer<br />
holidays. Why not try it out?<br />
Rev Hanneke Marshall, Minister<br />
of St Machar’s Ranfurly Church<br />
bishopton, langbank & bridge of weir<br />
The Terrace<br />
Summer Drop-in<br />
Bored during the summer holidays?<br />
Come along on Friday mornings<br />
between 10 and 12 for our summer<br />
drop-in. Crafts, games and toys for<br />
different ages (0-12) and coffee/tea/<br />
juice plus home baking and healthy<br />
snacks.<br />
All ages, young and old are welcome.<br />
Children need to be accompanied by<br />
an adult. Free. Starting in St Machar’s<br />
Church Hall from 29th of June running<br />
until Friday 10th of August.<br />
. . . Bishopton, Langbank & Bridge of Weir . . .<br />
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