288 September 2018 - Gryffe Advertizer

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The Advertizer
Advertising Feature
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Important dates for our October ‘18 Issue
Deadline: 14th Sept. Delivery: 26th Sept.
This month
Lately, it seems to be the roads that get my attention. On this occasion the
unbelievable timing of resurfacing Houston Road. Having had six weeks of no
school and perfect weather, we were told that the whole road would be closed
between Bridge of Weir and Houston, for a period of two weeks, with a detour via
Brookfi eld and Deafhillock Roundabout. This just as the schools were due to go
back! Thankfully, the Council took heed of the concerns of villagers and made
sure that the initial stretch to Bridge of Weir Primary school was open for their
fi rst day back. The rest of the road was quickly completed by the weekend. All
within one week, so I suppose a “Well Done!” is in order. However, let’s just hope
that a hasty repair doesn’t produce a compromise in quality.
In Kilmacolm, the parking discs (cardboard clocks) are now obsolete, although
the two hour waiting time is still in place with wardens patrolling from time to
time. The disc system was never popular from the outset and highly unfair in its
implementation. Such a waste of time and resources, only to have it discarded
(couldn’t resist the pun).
Again on parking, there were Council proposals to introduce parking charges in
Johnstone. With retail outlets already expressing their concern at falling customer
numbers, this can hardly be proactive to encouraging shoppers into the town
centre. We should be making it easier for customers to access their nearest
shops, when it’s already all too easy to travel out of town to the hyper shopping
malls. There are many very good businesses in the centre of Johnstone, who rely
on our custom. As the old saying goes, “use it, or lose it”.
Due to a number of new build developments in the area, we will be updating our
Advertizer delivery maps over the coming weeks and extending our delivery within
each village where necessary to encompass these routes. If you live within the
boundaries of our delivery villages and have not been receiving a copy, please
get in touch and we’ll check if you should be on a route. We print over 13,500
copies of the Advertizer every month and aim to deliver to every home in Bridge
of Weir, Brookfi eld, Houston, Howwood, Kilbarchan, Kilmacolm, Lochwinnoch,
and Quarriers; we look for your feedback to ensure we are doing this effectively.
Copies are also left for pickup in Bishopton and Erskine. Find out more on our
website at www.advertizer.co.uk/delivery.
Some of our readers were lucky enough to receive a copy of our new lifestyle
magazine, Insight, last month. This is the “baby” of the ‘new girls’, Anna
McGeachie and Rona Simpson, who joined us earlier this year. If you didn’t get
a copy and live in Kilmacolm, Bridge of Weir, Houston, Brookfi eld or Quarriers,
please get in touch. Thank you to our delivery team for doing the ‘double’ delivery.
Insight will be a quarterly magazine and we hope to bring the next issue to our
whole distribution area. Meantime, if you didn’t see one, you can view the online
version at www.advertizer.co.uk/insight, and for a small postage fee we can post
a copy out to you. We’d be delighted to hear your views on the style, content, also
what works and what we might improve on for the next edition.
As we head towards Autumn, it’s time to do some ‘housekeeping’ around your
property. Time to get your roof and gutters checked for repairs and clearing before
the wind and rain of winter make the job so much more pressing. And if you’ve
got trees in your garden, ask one of our local tree specialists about getting these
into shape before the storms. Trees are lovely and are the lungs of the planet,
but when they get too tall and wide then they become a hazard. And with the root
system being proportionally as large as the tree, check they are not encroaching
on your underground pipework and foundations. Prevention is usually the best
route to take (sorry, another pun).
Our cover shot this month is the Queensferry Crossing which marks its fi rst
anniversary this month. I was lucky enough to be one of the
50,000 people invited to walk across the bridge prior to its
opening last year. Thanks to Chloe for the image.
Rona
Deadline date for our October issue - Friday 14th September - you don’t want to miss it!!