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Next deadline - Wednesday 11th March
WHAT’S
HAPPENING
THIS MONTH
Monday Bridge Club
Cargill Community Centre 7pm.
For information contact the
Club Secretary, Sheena Clayton,
on 01505 873802.
Local Police Surgeries
4th Monday - local
neighbourhood officer surgery
in the Community Centre
10.30am - 11.30am.
Tuesday Crafty Play Café
Quarriers Village Café, Faith
Avenue 10am-12noon; 12noon
-2pm; 2pm - 4pm. £2 for kids
craft materials (optional)
Wednesday Knitting Group
Three Sisters Bake, Quarriers
10am - 12noon.
Babies, Bumps and Boobs
St. Columba’s Church Lesser
Hall, Duchal Road (term-time).
1st Wednesday in the
month. Contact playgroup
membership@gmail.com
Inverclyde Carers Outreach
Cargill Centre, 11am - 2pm. 2nd
Wednesday in the month.
Email: enquiries@inverclyde
carerscentre.org.uk or call:
01475 735180.
‘Outlook’
Kidston Hall, 2pm - 4pm. 1st
& 3rd Thursday in the month.
Guest speakers, afternoon tea,
local issues. All welcome.
Sòlas Bereavement Support
Group
Kidston Hall, 2pm - 4pm. 2nd
Thursday in the month.
Movie Night
Old Kirk, 7pm for 7.30pm. Last
Thursday in the month.
Saturday Volunteer Group
Greenock Cut Visitor Centre
10.30am - 2.30pm
Conservation Volunteers, adult
group. Newcomers always
welcome.
Guide Hut to Hire
Main hall, kitchen facilities
and outdoor area. Perfect for
children’s parties, weekly classes
and one off special occasions.
Contact Julie: 07967 371595 or
e: guidehutbookings@gmail.
com.
Kilmacolm | Quarriers
The farm roads around Kilmacolm are almost completed
with carriageway resurfacing. It has been many years
since they were properly laid with tarmacadam and
to have these less used but important roads in good
condition is vital. Milton Road will be dealt with in
April. Craigends Road in Quarriers has had culvert work
and flooding has been alleviated. Finlaystone Place has
had the mulch from leaves removed. The Police have
visited the caravan parked in Churchill Road and feel that it is not
an obstruction. The bus shelter at the foot of Wateryetts Drive
towards Port Glasgow, will be replaced (April) using next year’s
budget.
There has been no movement on major planning applications with
Carsemeadow, North Dennistoun and our Local Development
Plan under appeal, all of which we are robustly opposing. The
Planetreeyetts Application Hearing looks like being held in the
village towards the end of April.
The lack of completion of the Institute development is causing
concern and officers are making contact with the developers to
try and gee matters along, although we legally can do little once a
project has started.
Speeding in the village, particularly by commercial vehicles, is
of great concern to many. I have requested a study to ascertain
what, if any, measures could be used to increase road safety. Our
delightful lollipop lady tells me the difficulties she experiences in
Lochwinnoch Road and residents of Woodrow and Glebe Courts
have observed vehicles simply travelling too fast and making road
crossing stressful. There have been 10 accidents in the past 2 years
near the cemetery on Port Glasgow Road due to speeding.
There has been concern that the Old Kirk clock chimes are rather
muted since the clock was serviced. Too loud and nearby residents
complain, too muted and you lose the village aspect. If you see me
standing at the Cross with my hands cupped to my ears you can be
sure a noise test is being conducted.
Many have commented favourably regarding my comments
last month about Jim Wood the visionary behind the Cargill
Centre. It has been suggested that we name something in
his memory. I shall raise this at the next Cargill Centre board
meeting. I did ex Councillor Tom Fyfe a disservice in my piece,
as it was during his reign as Regeneration Committee convenor
that the £1m contribution from the Council was passed.
The Airdrie-Bathgate and Borders railways have been reinstated
some 50 years after the Beeching cuts. Railfuture Scotland have
produced a Rail Map of Scotland showing disused lines that could
be brought back into use. The line that contains Elderslie, Bridge
of Weir and Kilmacolm is on the map. Discuss.
Lots of Village winners at the Inverclyde Music Festival. Wonderful
talents that I regularly witness at my 4 secondary’s and 5
primaries.
The OKFest 2020 is a Festival of Sound with something for all, at
the Old Kirk and the Kidston hall on the 6th, 7th and 8th March.
I can be contacted at: david.wilson@inverclyde.gov.uk 07766
992294 01475 741969 and 712975.
Churches in Kilmacolm & Quarriers
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Kilmacolm Litter
Pickers
We are a bunch of local folk
determined to clear-up the
countryside and roadside
verges surrounding Kilmacolm.
We meet every fortnight on
a Sunday at Gryffe Road,
Kilmacolm (the Bridge of Weir
Road end). If you would like to
lend a hand, then all you need
is a litter pick, Hi-Viz vest and
your enthusiasm to help fight
back against the tide of litter
that is damaging Scotland
– both aesthetically and
environmentally.
Inverclyde Council provide us
with refuse bags and collect the
bags from the agreed location
outside Kilmacolm Library.
Dates and times for March –
Sunday 1st at 9.30am, Sunday
15th at 1.30pm, Sunday 29th at
9.30am
If you know of any areas of
countryside or woodland or
grot-spots in general that
you would like to see clearedup,
then please contact me
JennyMeadows10@outlook.
com
We also post on the Kilmacolm
Wanderers Facebook page.
The community Facebook page
for Kilmacolm.
Over the coming months,
we hope you notice a big
reduction in the amount of litter
disfiguring our beautiful wee bit
of Scotland.. Jenny x
MND Coffee
Morning
Saturday 7th March 10am -
12noon.
2nd Floor New Community
Centre, Kilmacolm.
Tickets £3.
KILMACOLM OLD KIRK: Church of Scotland (Charity no. SC009291). www.kilmacolmoldkirk.org.uk. Morning worship: Sundays
at 11am. Sòlas Drop-in Bereavement Group is held in Kidston Hall on the 2nd Thursday each month at 2pm. Outlook on the 1st
& 3rd Thursdays at 2pm. Tea and coffee served after every service.
ST COLUMBA CHURCH OF SCOTLAND: (Charity no. SC007992) Morning Worship Sundays at 11am. All welcome.
GRACE CHURCH KILMACOLM: in association with Downavale Free Church of Scotland. Sunday Service at 10.30am in Kilmacolm
Guide Hut, Woodrow Avenue, PA13 4QF.
ST COLM’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Smithy Brae Kilmacolm. Rev. Vincent Byrne. Family mass Sundays 10am with children’s liturgy.
Eucharistic service Thursdays 11am. Rosary Tuesdays 6.30pm. Prayer group meets Thursdays 7.30pm. Further information and
contact details www.stcolmsparish.co.uk
BUDDHIST MEETINGS: Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin. Call Margaret on 01505 871343.
ST FILLAN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Moss Road, Kilmacolm, PA13 4DL. Service of Eucharist on Sundays at 11.30am except
the first Sunday of the month at 11.30am is the Service of Matins: Wednesday 10.30am Holy Communion: On last Sunday of
the month 6pm (Said) Evensong: Clergy: The Revd Heller Gonzalez (01505-2961); Pastoral Assistant Maureen Russell (01505-
872905). Find us on www.heartlandsec/org/KLM/index.html
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 10am.