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Henderson’s Flowers

Set up in 1919 when William Henderson Snr returned from the 1st World War, Henderson the Fruiterer and Florist was set up. Using a horse and cart, William sold his produce throughout the Gryffe area. In 1929 Henderson’s moved to 3 High Street, Johnstone, where it still trades today.

William’s son Bill Henderson returned from the 2nd World War and went into partnership with his father in 1947. Henderson’s Flowers joined Interflora in 1948 and is still the local Interflora member for the Gryffe area. Bill was trained by Constance Spry in London, at the famous Royal London College, and went on to win the National Flower Competition run by Interflora. He also appeared on STV. William Henderson retired in 1960 and his son Bill stopped selling fruit and vegetables from that date and became solely a florist. In 1970 Bill Henderson became President of Interflora Scotland and 2 years later his son Allan joined the business. Allan was trained by his father and, apart from 8 years in London, has been with the business since the age of 17.

Bill Henderson retired in 1989, but his son Allan still runs the business today.

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Please Give Blood St Mirin’s Cathedral Parish Hall, Incle Street, Paisley PA1 1HR Tuesday 7th October 2pm - 3.45pm & 5.15pm - 7.30pm Kirklandneuk Community Centre, Ness Road, Renfrew PA4 9DE Thursday 30th October 2pm - 3.45pm & 5.15pm - 7.30pm If you prefer, you will always be welcome to drop in to give blood at 8 Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow G2 1BT. You can make an appointment by calling 0845 90 90 999.

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Although, now with a distinct sting in the air, Autumn is upon us, which brings with it a mandatory bowl of porridge in the morning – you can’t beat it! However, I understand there’s been a bumper Juniper harvest and, given a choice, I’d say forget the porridge for now, mine’s a G&T - bottoms up!

Never mind bottoms, what about Buttons? Panto season is coming – Oh no its not! ... Oh yes it is! And we have our very own thespian in the office, an active member of KDS... Oh no she’s not, Oh yes she is! ... enough already! The KDS Panto is Jack & the Beanstalk, while Johnstone Phoenix Theatre Group are playing Mother Goose.

Get your tickets early, these brilliant shows are well worth a visit.

The old saying, “Spring forward, Fall back” reminds us all of which way to turn our clocks in the Autumn. So, as Summer falls behind us, British Summer Time will end on 26th October at 2am when the clocks go back to 1am.

And it seems we’re rushing headlong towards Christmas with a number of fundraising events in this issue with a festive theme.

Who could believe that it was one year ago that we reported on the closure of Bull’s Garage in Bridge of Weir. One year on and still no obvious signs of progress, but if we hear anything we will be letting our readers know.

Catch up with all our local news throughout The Advertizer - see our index below to find what you’re after.

If you’ve got some news to share, please send in to us by email info@advertizer.co.uk, or give us a call and see how we can help you and your business or organisation.

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CACI - the Ultimate non-surgical facelift With rumours that the Hollywood celebs have been tapping in to this latest skin rejuvenation secret, we wanted to find out more about the CACI Ultimate Facelift.

CACI is designed to stimulate the 32 muscles in your face with a series of electrical pulses, giving a plumped-out, youthful appearance to your skin. During each 1 hour treatment session, the therapist will carry out a series of precise movements running soft cotton tipped wands over the skin to stimulate the facial muscles to restore tone and elasticity. Results are visible after the very first treatment but a course of twelve treatments is generally recommended.

After a course of CACI facial toning treatments facial contours will look lifted and toned. A monthly top up treatment is recommended to maintain results.

I was delighted to try CACI at local accredited salon, Decorus of Kilmacolm. The experience starts with a short interview to determine your skin type and skin care regime. Lying back in the comfort and tranquillity of the salon, my skin was first cleansed and buffed to rejuvenate the skin. Then followed the ‘wrinkle comb’ which emits a very mild tingling sensation on the skin. This is concentrated on the areas where fine lines would form, usually around the mouth and eyes. A soothing cream is used during this treatment to help plump the skin and stimulate collagen growth. LED light is then placed over the areas which have been treated, to stimulate repair on a cellular level, repairing damage such as scarring, acne and sun damage. To finish, the cotton wands are worked over the face, lifting and toning the muscles around the jawline, eyes and frownline.

The results were immediately noticeable. Although the skin appears slightly reddened initially, this fades quickly to reveal a younger, brighter you. Within a very short time my skin was softer, fuller and clearer.

Certainly this was a lovely experience which I can’t wait to repeat.

Find out more by calling Decorus of Kilmacolm on 01505 873636.

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by Maureen Horton of Travel a la Carte

A Little Birthday Gem I can not believe my beautiful daughter is about to be 40, and I decided instead of buying her a piece of jewellery, to take her on a special holiday away from the demands of life and the rearing of 3 lovely children.

SO..... we flew to the magnificent vibrant Italian city of Venice where we stayed in a swell hotel on the Grand canal.

Venice is itself a jewel, like no other city on the planet, steeped in history, folklore and fables and most famous for its historic buildings, Gondolas and singing Gondoliers.

We strolled through the labyrinth of alleyways, watching the gondolas negotiate the narrow canals before arriving into St Mark’s square for a coffee at the famous Florian cafe and listened to the beautiful music played by it’s mini orchestra.

After our short stay we embarked onto the majestic Royal Clipper, the world’s largest true fully rigged 5 masted sailing ship, and big brother to the Star Flyer and Star Clipper, all privately owned by a charming Swedish gentleman whose passion in life is yachts and who had the good fortune to have made enough money to indulge in his hobby.

We set sail as the sun began to set and, as the sails unfurled, we slowly glided past the magnificent sights of Venice and St Mark’s square serenaded by the emotive Vangelis music from the film 1492 ....... a magical and unique moment.

It was a short itinerary of just 3 nights, sailing down the Adriatic sea and visiting 2 ports, Rovinj in Croatia and Piran in Slovenia before returning to Venice and then home. This was a true little gem of a holiday that will hopefully last in her memory box forever.

Star Clippers have a few short duration taster cruises in 2015, but if you are adventurous, why not cross the Atlantic under sail.

If you would like to know more about these or other itineraries... We can help you

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LOCAL news Ladies Night for St Vincent’s Hospice

Enjoy a special Ladies Night with free draw raffle, Irish bingo, pie & peas at Spateston Bowling Club on Friday 17th October, 8pm until late, only £6 per ticket. Call Liz Ruthven on 01505 705635 or info@svh.co.uk

Sma Shot Cottage in Paisley Craft Fayre A fabulous day out at the Sma Shot Craft Fayre in Paisley.

People came in their droves to see the volunteers in costume working the wheels and serving in the tea room.

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The Trust, which was established in tribute to Emma who died in August 2013 aged 27, has raised over £4,500 from donations, fund raising events including a Kilbarchan Singers Concert and the proceeds of a calendar of photographs taken by Emma. The Trustees would like to thank Bobbins, staff, parents and children at Kilbarchan Community Nursery and Primary School and everyone who has assisted in any way. As a result of your help the Trust has contributed funds to three organisations Nordoff Robbins Scotland who will be providing music therapy to children in 3 Renfrewshire schools, Common Wheel’s project providing music workshops for people with dementia in care homes in Glasgow and Live Music Now who will be organising interactive concerts for children and young people in Aberdeenshire and at the same time providing opportunities for young musicians.

The Trust has now set up a Virgin Money Giving page www.virginmoneygiving. com to enable people to donate or organise a fundraising event for the Trust. Please look out for the 2015 calendar which will be available from October 2014 locally, from info@emmacameronmemorialtrust.com or by calling 01294 287076.

It was a fabulous day and many kids came along to see around the cottage and hear all about Paisley’s wonderful history.

They also loved to visit the tea shop with many cakes on offer.

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They made over £700 and it was quoted as being a great success.

Success at Oldies Firm Match for Local Patient Care

The Renfrewshire Witches Project also came and were in costume, and this added to the magical feeling of the place.

Hark In The Park Gourock This was a fabulous event hosted in Darroch Park Gourock. It was run by the local Rotary Club.

People came out in the hundreds to attend this event in the park. There was also many treats for kids and families.

The kids in the photograph right are Joshua and Erin Barrowman.

The photograph above is that of local Councillor Chris McEleny who popped by to chat to families.

High Tea/Dinner/Dance Every Saturday night - 8pm - 11pm

Dancing to live music playing memorable tunes at the Willowbank Hotel, 96 Greenock Road, Largs. Booking essential - Call 01475 675435.

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Emma Cameron Memorial Trust

Friends and football fanatics Kevin McLaughlin and William Milroy held a CFC v RFC ex-pros football match at Keanie Park, Johnstone in September raising over £5,000 for St Vincent’s Hospice. Kevin, an avid Celtic supporter, and William, a Rangers fan were thrilled with the amount raised, St Vincent’s Hospice Andrew Cassidy said “it was great to see such a good turnout and some childhood heroes back on the field. It was a superb total raised and all for local patient care, our thanks go to Kevin, William and their support team.”

Arran Challenge 2015

Following a staggering £25,000 raised at the 2014 Arran Challenge for St Vincent’s Hospice, an early bird booking discount is available for the weekend event on June 6th-7th 2015. Save 50% on the registration fee of £50 by booking before November 30th for a fabulous 47 mile cycle on day 1, followed by a 15 mile cycle and trek up Goatfell on Day 2. It is undoubtedly a brilliant opportunity for a physical challenge, to meet new people and to have a fantastic weekend of fun. Contact 01505 705635 or info@svh.co.uk to register.

Hospice Care Week – Open Day - Sat Oct 4th, 10am-3pm

Celebrating “Hospice Care, Everywhere” during national Hospice Care Week, St Vincent’s Hospice is holding an Open Day on Saturday 4th October, inviting everyone to find out more about care for those affected by life limiting illness in our local community. Come to St Vincent’s on Midton Road, Howwood PA9 1AF, anytime between 10am-3pm, for a unique opportunity to speak to staff and volunteers, and enjoy tea and coffee.

Ladies’ Lunch Extravaganza – Sunday November 30th

An unashamedly glitzy start to the festive season, the annual St Vincent’s Hospice Ladies’ Lunch takes place on Sunday November 30th (St Andrew’s Day) at Glasgow’s glamorous Grand Central Hotel. Leave behind the stresses of the Christmas build-up and celebrate in the decadence of a fizz reception, delicious 3-course meal plus coffee, live entertainment, prizes and surprises. All while raising vital funds for local patients affected by life-limiting illness. Dress is cocktail wear, with a hint of tartan. Tickets now available from Karen on 01505 705635 or karen.milne@svh.co.uk

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Charity Night - Trust Inn, Kilbarchan On Saturday 22nd November a charity night, in aid of Cancer Research UK and the Little Princess Trust (who provide real hair wigs free of charge, to children suffering hair loss), will take place in the Trust Inn, Kilbarchan from 9pm.

Carolyn Kerr, a Kilbarchan resident, is donating her ponytail to the Little Princess Trust and will then have her head shaved to raise funds for Cancer Research UK. Other willing victims, sorry, volunteers have also offered to have parts of their bodies waxed in aid of Cancer Research!

Carolyn would like to thank Divah Salon, Houston and Susanne Gray of Paris Hair & Beauty Co, Renfrew for giving their time to the evening’s festivities. Thanks also to Fraser Campbell of the Trust Inn, Kilbarchan for supporting the night. Everyone welcome – space permitting(!)

Carolyn has created an online fundraising page at JustGiving (www.

JustGiving.com/Carolyn-Kerr) for anyone who would like to contribute to the cause but who can’t make it on the 22nd November.

Friends of Johnstone Day Centre The Friends of Johnstone Day Centre is a group of people who have recently come together in a quest to raise some much needed funds to benefit the needs of the people who use the services of Johnstone Day Centre by providing the means with which to run some extra projects etc.

The most recent requirement for funding is a project to ‘energise’ by a programme of health, fitness and vitality, running in conjunction with healthy eating ‘maximised’ by the feel good factor of Reiki.

These programmes are costly, but the benefit of all users of the day centre will be massive and the small group - ‘The Friends of Johnstone Day Centre’ are extremely proud that “Awards For All Scotland” have given their backing and funding for this project.

Enjoy knitting or crocheting?

Come along to ‘Knuts4Knitting’ at Rennie’s Bar, Collier Street, Johnstone, fortnightly on a Tuesday from 7pm - 9pm. Contact Pamela on 01505 336374 or email bknitting@hotmail.co.uk for further information.

SSAFA - Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen & Families Association As one of the country’s leading Forces charities, SSAFA assists some 50,000 serving personnel, veterans and their families every single year.

Formerly known as the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen & Families Association, we have been looking after the Forces family for almost 130 years and was the only national military charity supporting servicemen and their families when World War One broke out in 1914.

SSAFA’s trained volunteers continue to provide vital practical, emotional and financial support to thousands of people across the country. Last year (2013), Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire & Inverclyde Branch (the Lieutenancy of Renfrewshire) supported 197 veterans and their families in our local community to the value of £143,984 and administered a further £42,676 paid to Annuitants.

From 6th-12th October, SSAFA will be holding its annual ‘Big Brew Up’, encouraging people to get together with friends, family and colleagues for a cup of tea and a cake to raise funds for SSAFA. I would like to urge readers to get involved in this fun campaign and support SSAFA’s work. Every Big Brew Up held will enable us to support more people. To find out more please go to www.thebigbrewup.org.uk If you think SSAFA Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire & Inverclyde Branch could help you or you are interested in becoming a volunteer for SSAFA please contact us at The Wynd Centre, 6 School Wynd, Paisley PA1 2DB 0141 840 4060 (Monday – Friday 10.30am - 12noon).

SSAFA welcomes enquiries from those who have served, or who are serving, in our Forces and the families of both who are in need and require practical assistance. In addition SSAFA represent most other Service and Merchant Navy Charities.

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You can contact Johnstone Day Centre on 01505 382227.

Johnstone Probus Club The club meets at Cochrane Castle Golf Club on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month from Sept to April at 2pm.

A wide cariety of topics are covered during the session mainly be guest speakers. New members are welcome. Tel: J Connell 01505 702339.

Tue 7th Oct - Speaker: Margaret Anderson - “Highland Clearances Finale” Tues 21st Oct - Speaker: James Thomson - “Holyland Pilgrimage” Tues 4th Nov - Speaker: James Walker - “Unearthing Scotland’s Past” Tues 18th Nov - Speaker: Neil MacGregor - “Nature in the Landscape”.

Lochwinnoch & Howwood Heart Start Community British Heart Foundation Dates for October

We now have four more dates available for the two hour course. Residents from both villages can attend any course.

• Tuesday 21st October 7-9pm Bowfield Hotel and Country Club Howwood • Wednesday 29th October 2-4pm Lochwinnoch Masonic Lodge If you are inserted in attending contact Morag on morag.Thow@gcu.ac.uk 01505 843183

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Paisley & Gryffe Transport Forum Progress Report as at 13th September 2014

The last Progress Report by this action group dedicated to improving public transport in Renfrewshire was in November 2013, and we feel it is now perhaps time to make another statement asserting actions, chiefly behind the scenes, to further this cause.

Firstly, however, let us express our regret at the passing of George Davidson who, along with other members of the old and long defunct “Strathgryffe Transport Action Group” (acronym “STAG”), worked to keep the railway to Bridge of Weir and Kilmacolm open and who eventually had to settle for its conversion to a SUSTRANS cycle path.

It is now largely forgotten that one of the original aims of SUSTRANS was, in addition to providing a nation-wide cycle path network, to preserve the arteries which old railway lines provided, for possible re-use as railway lines again in a future more “railway-enlightened age”. Now this age has become a reality and there are many examples of where railway lines have been and are being restored without sacrificing that ideal of the cycle-path provision.

Alas, SUSTRANS has not always lived up to its obligations, and twice within Bridge of Weir alone, they attempted to sell off railway land for profit, which would have made restoration of the railway impossible. Only by constant vigilance and determined action on the part of activists, who are prepared to look ahead to future public transport needs, were these plans thwarted.

Now that this more enlightened approach to rail is with us, and car use is becoming more expensive, it is only right that we should take a fresh look at the question of re-opening the line to Bridge of Weir and Kilmacolm, this time with a station at Linwood.

Although the Paisley and Gryffe Transport Forum (PGTF) was originally set up to pursue the case for the re-opening of the railway line to Bridge of Weir and Kilmacolm, we have always recognised that the number-one railway project for Renfrewshire should be the link to Glasgow Airport, but we also recognised, as many do not, that the re-opening of the Kilmacolm line could advantageously be linked to that Airport Project.

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Quarriers Christmas Fayre

Looking for gifts with a difference this year? Quarriers fifth annual Christmas Fayre takes place at The Cargill Centre, Kilmacolm on Saturday 15th November, with stalls selling a wide range of unique Christmas gifts, decorations and handmade goods. Take a break from shopping to relax over a cuppa and some delicious home baking in our tearoom, and enjoy music from local choirs. And of course, no Christmas Fayre would be complete without a visit from Santa! Sat 15th Nov 11am-3.30pm - Adults £2.50, Child £1.50, Family £6.

The 27th Great Annual Ceilidh Saturday 15th November in aid of Erskine at The Erskine Bridge Hotel, Erskine from 7.30pm prompt til 12.30am. Entertainment by Eddie Rose.

Dance or sit and listen to the foot-tapping music of Dick Black FDB (fabulous dance band). Delicious supper served at your table at 9pm.

Super raffle - all prizes generously donated Tickets just £13 from Robert Bell - 01436 831643, Bob Marshall - 01505 502101 or Sandy McIntosh - 01505 612478. Please buy your tickets early to avoid disappointment!

Annual Art Exhibition for Accord This year our Annual Art Exhibition is moving to a new home. From Friday 10th October until Tuesday 28th October in the Atrium at Anchor Mill we will be exhibiting over 100 original paintings by over 40 artists, so there promises to be something for everyone.

Opening times are: Weekdays 11am – 4pm ( Thursdays until 8pm); Weekends 1pm -4pm. Contact fundraising@accord.org.uk for more information

New hope for this Glasgow Airport access link has been offered by a very recent report commissioned by our present-day transport overlords, “Transport Scotland”. This report also happens to use that old acronym “STAG”, in this case the initials referring to “Strathclyde Transport Appraisal Guidance”. This report is currently being examined optimistically by interested parties which includes Renfrewshire Council. More can be said later about this to those that may be interested.

As far as Bridge of Weir is concerned, however, it is recognised that, although the provision of a railway link is essentially a cause for the future, the “here-and-now” issue is the appalling state of the bus services serving the village, and we have turned our attention to this and are actively pursuing possible solutions. More about this will be said in the November issue of The Advertizer.

Reported by Brian Turner, Convenor

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Charity Art Show celebrates 30th Birthday!

Glasgow’s Macmillan Cancer Support Art Show this year celebrates its 30th Anniversary and hopes to mark the milestone by breaking all previous records. Over the past three decades the annual and ever popular event has raised around £2.8million and is one of Macmillan’s biggest single fund raisers in the UK. The Show is run solely by volunteers from the Glasgow ’84 Committee, who work tirelessly, throughout the year, to bring together an eclectic range of Scottish Contemporary Art which reflects the rich seam of artistic talent which stretches the length and breadth of Scotland.

Nearly 300 artists submit over 800 pieces of sculptures, ceramics, jewellery and of course paintings…..all generously donate 50% of their sales to Macmillan. But this year, to mark the Show’s 30th Birthday, 50 artists have gone the extra mile and are donating a painting each as a 100% donation, in an effort to boost funds for this worthwhile charity.

Glasgow’s renowned artist, Jennifer Irvine, has gifted a vibrant painting as this year’s Raffle Prize. Entitled ‘Restaurant Gigondas, Provence’ this typically dappled depiction of a leafy Provence square is instantly recognisable as an Irvine, whose innate ability to bring sunshine and shade in equal measure to her paintings is much envied.

This year’s nine day Show, which will be officially opened by BBC personality Jackie Bird, is open to the public from November 2nd to 9th and promises to deliver several other ‘firsts’ in an effort to keep the event evolving.

Five artists, over the opening weekend, will be in situ within the large Caledonia Gallery space, made available once again this year by M&Co. Artists Nichol Wheatley, Marion Drummond, Rosie Beaton, Gordon Wilson and Elaine Johnston will be painting at their easels and talking about their inspirations and methods, as Macmillan supporters and art lovers mingle among the exhibits.

So mark the Art Show in your diary and visit us in November …it’s an Art Show with a difference which genuinely offers ‘affordable art for all’ and in the process raises vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support – 98% of whose funds come from voluntary donations.

Scottish Huntington’s Association Fun Night In No fuss, just a Fun Night In..! Join other fundraisers during the month of October and organise a Fun Night In.

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Having a “Night In” is as simple as this: invite everyone round to yours to eat, drink, laugh, catch up and do something magnificent by donating the money you would have spent on a night out to Scottish Huntington’s Association. You can even set up a Facebook event and invite all your friends.

Our Renfrewshire Support Group did a sponsored walk in Erskine on the 13th September to raise funds for the Scottish Huntington’s Association. We were joined by friends from Houston Kirk and Erskine Keep Fit. Our thanks are due to them for supporting us.

Call your night a cosy catch up, team building, come dine with me, movie night or why not add a theme. The possibilities are endless and it’s so easy.

Our Group’s appeal has so far resulted in total sponsorship of £1,100. I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who contributed. Donations may still be made to my Justgiving page or direct to the SHA.

It’s a perfect time of the year to stay home with special people and really catch up on that quality time together.

For further details contact: Carol Dunbar – Art Show Co-ordinator - 07745 392117, Susan Selkirk – Macmillan Area Fundraising Manager – 07989 416583 or visit our website: macmillanglasgowartshow.com

Scottish Huntington’s Association (SHA) is the only Scottish charity dedicated to helping people a¬ffected

by Huntington’s disease (HD). HD is a devastating neurological condition which renders the sufferer increasingly dependent on care, usually by their family, over the course of 15 to 25 years. Each child of a person with the condition has a 50% chance of inheriting the disease.

Because of you and the funds you raise, you will make a huge difference to families affected by Huntington’s disease.

So, whether you raise £50, £500 or £1000, every penny and pound will be put to good use and this is the difference your savings will make… * Saving £3 on a bag of chips on the way home would pay for a 5 minute call that can change a life * Saving £16 on a round of drinks would provide One to One counselling to a young person affected by HD * Saving £30 on your taxi home would pay for a home visit to someone affected by HD

The funds we raise will go to the SHA to enable them to continue to provide a comprehensive support and advisory service to HD families in most parts of Scotland including Clyde.

* Saving £350 on the group’s total bill on a meal out is the cost of an HD Specialist’s day, which is literally a lifeline for families affected by HD

Our support group for Renfrewshire meets once a month at Accord, We are immensely grateful to Accord for providing us with excellent facilities. We will be delighted to welcome new members. If you would like to join our support group, please contact me through the head office of the Scottish Huntington’s Association at St James Business Centre, Linwood Road, Paisley PA3 3AT, telephone: 0141 848 0308

Please contact Linda on 0141 848 0308 or email linda. byars@hdscotland.org for your fundraising pack with handy hints & tips.

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ON the road Classic Cars Show A Classic Car Show will be held at Castle Semple Country Park, Lochwinnoch on Sunday 19th October, 11am- 3pm. There is space for 80 cars to display and event organiser (and Clyde Muirshiel Visitor Centre Assistant) Jane Fawcett is looking for local cars owners to join her: “Last year we had lots of unusual cars enter into the show. Many classic and custom car owners don’t attend the Classic car show scene, but last year we had many unseen-for-many-years cars as owners were enticed to come down due to the scenic location and the hard standing used.

As classic car owners, we usually get punted into a mudbath of a field, so the car park location is fantastic for keeping our much loved motors clean and shiny for the public to ogle! Just 30 minutes from Glasgow, the location makes this show very accessible to everyone in west-central Scotland.

Last year we had a tank recovery vehicle, a small fire truck and everything from Hillmans to Hotrods, Triumphs to Jags, Mustangs to Morris, Austin to Astons, Fords to Frogeyed sprites... I’d love to see as many local cars there as possible. It’s free to enter, but please book your car into this popular show as soon as possible.”

A collection will be made on the day for the charity ‘Finding your Feet’ which was set up by friends and family of Corinne Hutton, (44) of Lochwinnoch in Renfrewshire who, in June 2013, had her hands and feet amputated after contracting septicaemia.

From her hospital bed, Corinne vowed that after

getting herself fixed, she would help others who find themselves faced with such life-changing trauma.

Having already raised tens of thousands of pounds, Corinne is devoting her life, to showing not only how an amputee - and single working mum - can adapt their life to embrace new opportunities, but to provide those facing life-changing trauma with a ready-made support network. The charity offers support via counselling, therapy, assistance at home, financial support or treatment that the NHS cannot otherwise provide.

Prior to her illness Corinne had herself completed countless marathons and physical challenges for charity. Now walking on prosthetic legs and fitted with a bionic hand, Corinne has become something of a celebrity, earning herself the nickname “The Bionic Mum”. Since her illness, Corinne has walked a mile through Glasgow city centre, has regular skiing lessons, has run the Rocky steps in Philadelphia, rides a bike, drives her own car and is about to start flying lessons. It was recently announced that Corinne will be the first person in the UK to receive a double hand transplant, an operation likely to take place this Autumn.

If you wish to join us please contact janga666@hotmail.com or call 07989 319038 to enter your car. The event is limited to 80 cars and you must preregister to gain entry.

As well as some amazing cars to see, there is wildlife to watch – on the loch or on TV, walks to enjoy – have you tried the Johnshill Loop path yet?

It takes about an hour to complete and is an easily accessible 4km walk suitable for all.

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Sat 4 October Christian Aid Coffee Morning St Columba Church Hall, Kilmacolm 10am to 12noon

Stalls include homebaking, paperback books, unwanted gifts and jewellery, Fairtrade. There will also be a sale of pictures, framed or unframed.

Please come along, enjoy coffee with friends, browse the stalls, and support the work of Christian Aid. Thank you. Phone 01505 872393 for more details. £2.50

Normandy Hotel, Renfrew

BBC’s Carmen Pieraccini hosts the St Vincent’s Hospice dinner quiz: a celeb hosted quiz and 3 course dinner for just £35 each. Book now with Heather on 01505 705635 or heather.mcarthur@ svh.co.uk

Renfrewshire RSPB Local Group McMaster Centre, Donaldson Drive, Renfrew, PA4 8LX 7.30pm

There will be an illustrated talk entitled Butterflying and Birding - French Style by David Mellor. All welcome.

Sat 4 October

Musical Evening

St Columba Church, Kilmacolm 7.30pm

Music and song from the well- known Christian men’s choir, Father’s Song, and will also feature Maureen Wise, a missionary with UFM Worldwide. All welcome. Further details available at www.stcolumba.info

Paisley Abbey Recital Paisley Abbey 12.30pm

Cheryl and Gordon Cree: singer and accompanist.

Tickets: £5 at the door.

Paisley Abbey Cloister Café Paisley Abbey 10am to 12noon

Coffee morning with table top sale and home baking.

Kilmacolm & Quarriers Christian Aid Coffee Morning St Columba Church Hall, Kilmacolm 10am to 12noon

Stalls will include Homebaking and Jams, costume Jewellery, nearly new but unwanted Gifts, and paperback Books in good condition.

We shall also be holding a sale of Pictures, framed or unframed.

Annual Autumn Coffee morning Church Hall, Houston 10.30am to 12noon

Houston and Killellen Guild are holding their Annual Autumn Coffee morning. There will be a variety of stalls including homebaking, book stall, preserves and much more. Tickets £2 to include a cream tea/coffee.

Wildlife Explorer Group: Scavangers

RSPB Lochwinnoch 10am to 12noon

Ages: up to 14 yrs (under 5s must be accompanied by a parent/guardian). Cost £2. Booking is not necessary. For further information please go to www.rspb.org.uk/groups/lochwinnochwex

Sun 5 October Wild Food Foraging Event

RSPB Lochwinnoch 11am to 1.30pm

Come along and find out about the tasty natural grub found in our reserve at this time of year.

There will even be a chance to make something yummy and even to sample some made earlier!

Cost £5 or £2 for members. Please book as places are limited. Call 01505 842663.

Tue 7 October DERA - Donaldfield Estate Residents Association

The Bridge, Main Rd, Bridge of Weir 7.30pm

The committee will report on progress from the meeting with the roads department. For further information contact, Alison Ross (Secretary) (alisonross256@btinternet.com) Facebook page www.facebook.com/DERA1044

Fri 10 October 25th Anniversary Celebration Accordion Concert Paisley Town Hall

Brighter Bridge of Weir Fun Casino Night

Please call 0141 887 9827 or email briglin2@ yahoo.co.uk for tickets. Tickets can also be ordered & collected from The Brian Laurie Paisley Academy of Music, 3, East Lane Paisley PA1 1QA, weekdays between 3.30pm – 8pm.

British Legion Club, Bridge of Weir

Run by Pink Cocktails Fun Casino’! Tickets £5 per head (or at the door), and that gets each entrant £5 worth of Fun Casino chips for the Blackjack and Roulette tables, and all money raised goes to Brighter Bridge of Weir. Now that’s a win win, surely?

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Red, White and Blue Day

Today or any day in October or November 2014.

Red, White and Blue Day is a chance for every school in the country to show their support for the huge number of Service families in the UK. If each school child gave just £1 to wear red, white and blue, the project would raise millions for soldiers, sailors, airmen and their families.

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Mon 13 October

Lochwinnoch Parish Church 7pm

Make Your Own Mondays: Tree-mendous Trees

Beetle Drive

A fun night with the family. Come along and have fun and a light supper. Cost of ticket: Adults £5.

Children £1.50

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Two sessions 11am - 1pm or 2pm - 4pm.

Discover how tremendous trees really are and investigate their leaves, bark and how you can age a tree. Then we will gather amazing autumn colours together to make some fantastic natural artwork. Please book in advance. Call 01505 842663. Cost £5 or £2 for members. Adults go free!!

Mon 13 Oct - Sat 15 Nov Scotland’s Boat Show Kip Marina, Inverkip

Don’t miss the opportunity to try out and have a look at our hansa class dinghies amongst many other on show at the nation’s largest annual boat show. Visit the website for further details: www. scotlandsboatshow.co.uk

Fri 10 - Sat 18 Oct

Art Exhibition

The Bridge, Main Street, Bridge of Weir

Art Exhibition in aid of Accord Hospice by renowned artist Falconer Houston.

The Spree - Paisley’s National Festival

Tue 14 October

Sat 11 October

Mount Zion Church, Law View Rd, Quarriers 7pm

See main advert on page 17.

Family Volunteering

RSPB Lochwinnoch 1pm to 4pm

Come along for some quality family time, whilst getting the chance to get nice and muddy as well as doing something great for nature! This is a pilot programme and will initially only run for 6 months (Sept to Feb). Please book as places are limited. Call 01505 842663.

Sat 11 - Sun 12 Oct Autumn Sale

Clyde Muirshiel Centres in our area

Drop into one of our three visitor centres this weekend to enjoy some discounted shopping after your walk. Castle Semple - 10am - 5pm Muirshiel/Greenock Cut - 11am - 4pm

Cruise Show SECC, Glasgow

Don’t miss out, whether you are a newcomer to cruising and need help to plan your first voyage or a regular cruiser looking to expand your horizons - the show is packed with inspiration and the cruise industry is ready to meet you.

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A Night with Richard Sanderson A night with Richard Sanderson, co-founder of Children’s Vision International, Bogota, Colombia. Come and hear about the incredible work that this organisation is doing for the needy children from the streets of Colombia. All welcome, Tea & Coffee will be served.

Tue 14 - Fri 17 Oct

Nomad Music Holiday Rock Club

Group lessons on guitar, bass, piano or drums, awesome games and a back stage area with pool table, table tennis table and much more. Www. nomadmusicschool.co.uk.

Tue 14 - Sat 18 Oct Junior Multi Activity Weeks

Castle Semple Visitor Centre, Lochwinnoch

An opportunity to try different outdoor activities and make new friends throughout the school holidays. For booking and further information please call 01505 842882 Ex 20 as soon as possible.

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Thu 23 October

Kilmacolm Horticultural Society - ‘A Spirit of Adventure’

World War 1 Remembrance Concert

New Community Centre, Kilmacolm 7.30pm

We will hold a raffle to defray expenses, and hope you will join us for refreshments after the flower demonstration. For information on joining the Kilmacolm Horticultural Society, please contact Jill Russell, on 01505 872393.Annual membership £5.

Thu 16 October OUTLOOK

Kidston Hall, Kilmacolm 2pm to 4pm

We will hear from three Charities - Ardgowan Hospice, Save the Children, and Christian Aid. There will be stalls to raise funds and we would appreciate any contributions of unwanted, but new small gifts for the Tombola stall. Topics each afternoon are followed by tea and refreshments, plus the chance to speak on community issues.

Fri 17 October

Royal British Legion Clubhouse, Bridge of Weir 7.30pm In attendance will be the Steadfast Silver Band from Port Glasgow, also a choir from Bridge of Weir Primary who will sing songs from that era.

Also pupils from Gryffe High School. We hope that this will be well attended. The evening will be free and we hope to finish at 9.30pm -10pm.

Jimmy Livingstone The Old Library, Kilbarchan

Book your tickets £12 from 01505 706070 or visit the Centre. The concerts continue to be very popular. Details of these can be viewed on line www.kipcokil.com and on the Village noticeboard.

Thu 23 - Sun 26 Oct Hobby Crafts/Crafts For Christmas

SECC, Glasgow 9.30am to 4.30pm

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Deadline for our November 2014 issue - please make sure we get your news and ad bookings by this date!

A more relaxed way of Christmas shopping!

Here you can focus on enjoying the shopping experience - avoiding the hassle of the high street - and finding something a bit different for your family and friends from over 200 exhibitors.

Saturday closing 5.30pm.

Fri 24 October

Lochwinnoch Holiday Club: Chefs Gone Wild!

RSPB Lochwinnoch

7yrs & under 11am - 1pm; 8yrs & over 2pm - 4pm Learn about some of nature’s tasty delights and build a fire to cook some delicious wild treats, like elderberry fritters and meadowsweet twists.

Please be sure to book in advance. Cost £5 or £2 for members. Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Sat 18 October

Stargazing Evening

Muirshiel Visitor Centre (or Castle Semple Visitor Centre) 7pm to 9pm

Join the Rangers and staff from the Coats Observatory for some night sky exploration at Muirshiel, Renfrewshire’s darkest sky. Mars will be visible for most of the season. Please book as event can be relocated to Castle Semple if adverse weather. Call 01505 842882 Ex 20.

Lilias Day AGM

Sat 25 October

All interested parties welcome, especially anyone wanting to offer their help for next years event.

Bird Feeding & Cookery Workshop

The Old Library, Kilbarchan 7.30pm

Drop In Cafe

Lochwinnoch Parish Church 10am to 12noon All welcome. Entry £2.50

Sun 19 October

RSPB Lochwinnoch 2pm to 4pm

Come and take a master class in bird food making! There will also be different activites to help feed the birds during the winter as well as demonstrations of bird feeding equipment. Cost £5, or £2 for members. Please book as places are limited. Call 01505 842663.

Ladies Night Halloween Disco Kilbarchan Guide Centre 7.30pm to late

Disco, Fancy Dress prizes (optional fancy dress), raffle. BYOB, £5 entry at door.

Classic Cars Return

Castle Semple, Lochwinnoch 11am to 3pm

An opportunity to admire a dazzling array of beautiful classic cars. If you wish to join us please contact janga666@hotmail.com or call 07989319038 to enter your car. Limited to 80 cars and must pre-register to gain entry.

Organ Recital Series

Thomas Coats Memorial Church, Paisley 3.30pm

Steven McIntyre. Assistant organist, St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow. Entry is free. CCTV will allow the audience to see the console and the performer. Www.musicattcm.org.uk

Beith Arts’ 50th Anniversary Year

Beith Community Centre, Kings Road, Beith, KA15 2BQ 2.30pm

Tickets at the door, Adults £11, Concessions £9, Students/Children £3. Refreshments are available during the interval. Newcomers are very welcome. For more information about this and other upcoming events visit www.beitharts.org

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Sat 25 - Sun 26 Oct

Binocular & Telescope Demonstration RSPB Lochwinnoch

An opportunity to choose from a wide range of competitively priced binoculars and telescopes, including RSPB branch, with the added bonus that 100% of the profits goes directly to helping conservation. Free advice available all weekend.

Sun 26 October 16th Annual Ladies Lunch

Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, Glasgow 12.30pm Reception 12.30pm with Lunch 1pm.

Entertainment by Isobel Rutter & Simply Rod. Champagne reception, shopping, 3 course lunch, raffle & games & loads of fun. Tickets £40. For more information call 1041 201 0782 or email helencraig96@btconnect.com www. ronaldmcdonaldhouse.co.uk

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Fright Night

Lochwinnoch Community Walk

Beware the woods tonight! Take part in a guided walk like no other, if you dare!!! Then try out some fun crafts in the visitor centre. Please book and pay in advance. Booking essential. £5 or £2 for members. Call 01505 842663.

This event will not take place on a public holiday

Freaky Fright Night

Three Sisters Bake, Quarriers 10am - 12noon

events

every monday

RSPB Lochwinnoch 6pm to 9pm

Finlaystone Country Estate, Langbank

1st walk 6.30pm - 7.30pm 2nd walk 7.45pm 8.45pm BBQ, games & competitions 01475 540505 for details.

Sun 26 October

Sat 1 November Kilmacolm Community Festive Fair

St Columba’s Junior School, Kilmacolm 10.30am-3pm

Clocks Back

Don’t forget to put your clocks back one hour for British Winter Time!

FARMERS

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1st Saturday

Photographic Competition Autumn Closing

Submit your entries for the Autumn category of the annual competition by midnight tonight to photocomp@muirshiel.co.uk. There’s £50 category winner and £100 overall winner to be won.

Waggity Walk Around Muirshiel Muirshiel Visitor Centre 2pm to 4pm

Cargill Centre, Kilmacolm

All dogs accompanied by adult humans please!

Pawsitive Action will be in attendance to answer any dog related questions. Call 01505 842882 Ex 20 for details and bookings.

10am-2pm (“The Square”)

1st & 3rd Sunday

Loch Lomond Shores

2nd Thur & last Sat 3rd Saturday

Paisley Cross

10am-2pm Tel: 01655 770217

Erskine Garden Centre

10am - 2pm Tel: 0141 814 4626

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Creepy Crafts

Greenock Cut Visitor Centre 1pm to 3pm

With Halloween just around the corner, come along and create your own decorations or costume accessories. Suitable for the whole family. £2 per child. Call 01475 521458.

Fairtrade Stall

Houston & Killellan Church Hall 12noon

Tasteful crafts and quality food products for sale. Please come along and buy some early Christmas gifts and cards or stock up on your Christmas cake and pudding ingredients tea, coffee and homebaking. Fair trade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. We are a Fairtrade Church, please support us.

Knitters of all levels welcome!

Line Dancing Bishopton Primary School 7pm - 8.30pm

All abilities welcome. Call Mellissa on 07970 396212.

every Thursday

Weekly Volunteer Group Castle Semple, Lochwinnoch 12.30pm - 3.30pm

Conservation Volunteers - adult group.

Newcomers always welcome.

every Saturday

Weekly Volunteer Group 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.

Art Exhibition and Sale

Houston & Killellan Kirk, Kirk Rd, Houston 11am - 4pm All welcome. Refreshments available. £3.

Sun 2 - Sun 9 Nov M&Co Headquarters, Inchinnan by Renfrew

Paisley Cross

every Wednesday

Knitting Group

Weekly Volunteer Group

Charity Art Show

10am-3pm Tel: 07977 179 861

10am-2pm Tel: 01655 770217

Find wonderful Christmas gifts and decorations from a range of local designers and crafters and enjoy some musical entertainment from pupils throughout the day. Funds raised will go towards Oxfam’s Rwanda project and Hovinais School in Tanzania. Tickets: £5 inc refreshments and one free raffle ticket. Children free. All welcome. Visit www.st-columbas.org for further details.

10.30am, The Cross, Lochwinnoch

Help vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support – 98% of whose funds come from voluntary donations. For further details contact: Carol Dunbar – Art Show Coordinator - m: 07745 392 117, Susan Selkirk – Macmillan Area Fundraising Manager – m: 07989 416 583, or visit our website: macmillanglasgowartshow.com

Sat 8 November 1st Inchinnan Scout Group Christmas Craft & Coffee Morning Inchinnan Parish Church 11am to 1pm All welcome.

One World Celebration

British Legion Hall, Bridge of Weir 10am to 2pm Crafts and produce from around the world.

Were you inspired by the Scottish Diaspora Exhibition in Paisley?

Would you like to learn more about creative textiles and embroidery? If so then come along to the talks and workshops hosted by Bridge of Weir Embroiderer’s Guild.

Due to popular demand, for novices or those who wish to develop their skills we are now running a Stitch Club, teaching a new embroidery stitch and its variations each month. This will build up a portfolio of stitches and increase confidence in tackling projects inspired by our wonderful speakers.

Our 2014 programme for Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm held at The Bridge, Bridge of Weir.

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.

2nd Wednesday monthly

Inverclyde Carers Outreach Cargill Centre, Kilmacolm 11am-2pm

Email enquiries@inverclydecarerscentre.org.uk or call: 01475 735180.

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 Sunday monthly

Car Boot Sale

Bridge of Weir Main Car Park 9am - 1pm

Setting up starts at 8am, sale from 9am. To rent a car space please call 01505 615992. £5 per pitch. Free entry.

Bridge of Weir Messy Church Bridge of Weir 4pm - 6pm

Please just turn up but if you have any questions, contact Catherine Daly on 07980 649377. We look forward to feeding everyone that turns up!!

Oct 1st - Aileen McLeod - ‘Oh Sew Tartan’; Oct 8th - Stitch Club; Oct 15th - Rebecca Quinton 17th Century Costume; Nov 5th Alison King - Landscape in Triplicate; Nov 12th Stitch Club; Nov 19th Coffee Evening, sales of work, cakes, crafts and chat (NB held at Cargill Hall, Bridge of Weir); Dec 3rd Christmas Evening; Dec 10th - Stitch Club.

If you wish to know more, come along or call Christine on 01505 704354 evenings please.

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KDS - Panto Time!

Preparations are now well under way for this years KDS Pantomime - ‘Jack & the Beanstalk’ - with boys dressed as girls, girls dressed as boys, singing, dancing, various farmyard animals & a nine foot Giant - not to mention a generous portion of participation from you, the audience.

Everyone is rehearsing furiously to bring you the best of entertainment under the watchful eye of our Directive, Mandy.

Pantofacts: Pantomime has its origins in medieval morality plays & developed via Commedia dell’Arte, or Italian Street Performers, Harlequinades, & British Music Hall into the institution that it is today. The essence of pantomime is its topicality & its ability to change with the times whilst retaining the traditional storyline & characterisation. Once girls were played by girls & boys by boys but in Victorian times when, remember, even piano legs were covered “for decency’s sake”, the male members of the audience got a kick out of seeing a boy played by a girl in tights, a tradition that endures to this day, along with the Dame being played by a man. The Dame, although a grotesque caricature, is basically a sympathetic character & although she may transgress, she always turns out all right in the end.

This is the last bulletin before the November issue so, please, make it all worthwhile & set aside the 27th, 28th & 29th November to come along & give us your support.

For tickets pop into the Cross Cafe in Kilmacolm or call 01505 873088.

Beith Arts - 50th Anniversary Year

We at Beith Arts are so excited about our GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY that we have determined that the entire 2014/15 programme of events should be as special as we can make it.

The concert on the 19th October is indeed very special. Our artistes are a first-class Dixieland jazz quartet, called Quattro MacJazz. The leader of this group is Forrie Cairns (clarinet) who has made an international reputation especially in the USA and Europe. He is accompanied by Alistair McDonald (banjo/vocal), Lennie Herd (trumpet) and Roy Percy (double bass), who have all achieved fame as both solo performers and as a group. A full repertoire of Dixie jazz, hot gospel, spirituals and Scottish songs will add up to a concert to remember.

All our concerts begin at 2.30pm in Beith Community Centre, Kings Road, Beith, KA15 2BQ. Tickets at the door, Adults £11, Concessions £9, Students/Children £3.

Refreshments are available during the interval. Newcomers are very welcome.

For more information about this and other upcoming events visit www. beitharts.org

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After our launch of the LEAP electric bike, we are now taking bookings for longer periods. If you’d like to hire the electric bike for up to a fortnight for FREE please call Diane at diane@myleapproject.org or on 01505 842530.

We will need to see photographic ID, proof of address and a deposit of £40 which will be returned to you on return of the bike in the same condition you hired it. We provide a charger, a bike helmet and lock.

Electric Vehicle Charger Destruction

We got up on Saturday 6th September to find that the EV Charger had been totally destroyed. As you can imagine, we were totally gutted. The charger had only just been switched on that day and we were waiting for the go ahead to start using it after a final test. The Police suggested that the culprit thought there might have been money in the charger, and that’s why it was targeted. We would like to confirm there is no money in the EV charger.

LEAP Car Club – Electric Vehicle

The car, a Nissan Leaf, has a range of approximately 90 miles, ideal for shopping trips, hospital appointments and visiting friends. With a network of charging points being installed in Renfrewshire and all over Scotland, the car can be taken much further afield. Parking in Glasgow is free for electric cars at designated spaces whilst they are charging.

The Car Club, which has been successfully running in Lochwinnoch since May 2012, receives funding from Carplus and the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund. The Club was expanded to Bridge of Weir in January 2013 and the provision of the Nissan Leaf has allowed the Club to move into Kilbarchan, where there is a list of members waiting to join!

Members of the community are welcome to come along and try the new out the new Electric Vehicle and should contact Mike Callaghan, the Car Club Coordinator, to arrange a test drive at mike@lochwinnoch.info

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EP! Logo Competition for 11 – 18 year olds

LEAP have a new Youth Education Programme, and to celebrate we are running a competition to design a logo for the programme, YEP! The programme offers a range of projects which aim to give young people green skills, a greater understanding of the ecology of our planet and the confidence to drive the YEP! programme themselves. The top prize will be an opportunity to spend a day with designer Niki Taylor of The Top Project in her studio, creating your own made to measure garment. This is a rare opportunity, not only to get your own logo design used by an innovative organisation but one to work with a highly experienced designer who runs an environmentally responsible business, and to walk away wearing a one off designer garment of your own.

All 11 to 18 year olds who live in; Kilbarchan, Bridge of Weir, Howwood or Lochwinnoch or who attend either Johnstone, Gryffe, Linwood or St Benedict’s High Schools are warmly invited to submit a design. All applicants must register in order to receive the logo design brief and to submit an entry. All details of the submission process including the rules of entry, the deadline, decision making process and announcement dates will be contained in the brief, which can be obtained by contacting Gillian Steel at Gillian@myleapproject.org or on 01505 842530. For more details look at our webpage http://www.myleapproject.org/yep-logo-competition/ or our Facebook page – ‘LEAP - Local Energy Action Plan’ . Good luck everyone!

Car Club Launch Kilbarchan

We will be bringing the Car Club to Kilbarchan. We will have a Ford Fusion parked in the car park at Ewing Street for Car Club members to use. The first 15 members who sign up get their annual membership for £15, a saving of £45! We will be holding a launch event on 11th October between 12 – 2pm outside the Old Library Centre. Come along to find out more about the Club, and see if it could suit your needs.

Langbank Camera Club

The club’s competition subject for the first meeting of the new session was “Sculptures”.

All the photographs submitted were of a very high standard. It was interesting to note the different materials used in the making of the sculptures from sand, wood and metal.

The winning entry was awarded to Gary Ramanathan for his night shot of The Kelpies, designed by Andy Scott, which were illuminated by multicoloured laser projections of flags and synchronised with bursts of gas flames and fireworks.

Somerled & the Battle of Renfrew

In the summer of 1164 Somerled, King of The Isles, brought an enormous fleet into the Firth of Clyde. The ensuing battle at the Ness of Renfrew was a major turning point in the history of the Clyde, the Inner Hebrides, and Glasgow. Somerled was killed, his kingdom was divided and the Clyde coast was gradually absorbed into the kingdom of the Scots.

Second place was awarded to David Robb for his photograph of a sand sculpture of the Last Supper.

Third place was awarded to Derrick McPherson for monochrome photo of the Statue of Liberty.

We opened the 2014/15 session with David Robb providing an excellent presentation of his award winning photographs, which had been taken with his film camera, showing what great results could be achieved without the use of photo editing or digital manipulation techniques.

In October the club will meet as usual on the second Monday of the month but we will be introducing a second meeting which will be held on the last Monday of the month. This new date was added to facilitate Digital Projection Imaging where we will judge and discuss the techniques and creative thinking behind the digital images on the big screen.

More details about DPI will be provided at the first meeting in October and on the club’s website.

The next meeting will be held on Monday the 13th October at 7.30pm in Langbank Church halls. The competition topic for October is “Commonweath Games”.

If you are looking for a photographic club to join please come along to our meetings where you will be made most welcome. The club’s website provides more information about us and what is going on in the club plus it also gives you the opportunity to view the many excellent and interesting images produced by our members. Website address: www. langbankcameraclub.weebly.com.

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Renfrewshire Local History Forum is celebrating this turning point in the history of the West by inviting historians and archaeologists to explore the culture, churches, and ships of the west coast and the mystery surrounding Somerled’s death.

The conference will be held at Renfrew Town Hall on Saturday 4th October. For details and booking, see the Forum’s website at www.rlhf.info. For further information phone 01505 347162.

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Paisley Abbey - Friday 28th November at 7pm

Tickets - £8 available from the Abbey Shop (10am-3.30pm Monday to Saturday), the Abbey office (0141 889 7654) or at the door.

Paisley Abbey (Church of Scotland) - Registered Charity Number SC007633

Paisley Abbey Saturday Recitals 12.30pm on:-

Saturday 4th October - Cheryl and Gordon Cree: singer and accompanist Saturday 8th November - Gemma McGregor (flute); George McPhee (accompanist) Saturday 20th December - Abbey Brass : Programme of Christmas Music Tickets: £5 at the door Paisley Abbey (Church of Scotland) - Registered Charity No. SC007633

Paisley Abbey Cloister Café with home baking 10am-12pm on:-

Saturday 4th October - coffee morning with table top sale Saturday 25th October – coffee morning & Abbey shop Christmas shopping weekend Saturday 15th November - Abbey Stitchers coffee morning and craft sale Saturday 20th December congregation

coffee morning with thanks to the men of the

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Akkordeon Club Niederkassel & the Brian Laurie Accordion Showband Paisley Town Hall, Friday 10th October at 7pm

This will be fabulous evening of music from two orchestras both playing the accordion! It features a programme of true variety and diversity, including pieces from Musical Theatre, Pop, Traditional Scottish, German and Classical.

The Brian Laurie Paisley Accordion Showband has played in Germany and in the USA where the band was the guest performance at the American Accordion Championships, as well as playing in Disneyworld Florida.

Brian’s showband is exciting to watch and encompasses all ages from primary age children to retired adults.

Many family members, parents and their children, brothers and sisters play together making this an unusual and innovative orchestra. Come along and have a great night of entertainment! Tickets available for £5. Please call 0141 887 9827 or email briglin2@yahoo.co.uk for tickets. Tickets can also be ordered & collected from The Brian Laurie Paisley Academy of Music, 3, East Lane Paisley PA1 1QA, weekdays between 3.30pm - 8pm. Contact judy@chasethestage.com for any further media information

Christmas Craft & Coffee Morning 1st Inchinnan Scout Group Christmas Craft and Coffee morning will be held on Saturday 8th November from 11am - 1pm at Inchinnan Parish Church. All welcome.

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In our last issue, a photograph of the Red Arrows accredited to be taken as they flew to Prestwick following the Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, was actually taken near Edinburgh to mark the opening of the Olympic Games in 2012.

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BUSINESS news Kilmacolm Camera Club Yes! The new season has started for Camera Clubbers. KCC has a coruscating cornucopia of camera classics in its 2014-2015 Syllabus.

We’ve got tips and tutorials from visiting speakers and our own members.

There’s an evening excursion organised, where experienced members can share some of their know-how in a practical scenario. There’s even a talk on Russian Photography. And for those who enjoy a bit of competition, we can offer these, too (but, relax, they’re not compulsory!).

Curious to find out more?

Come along to one of our Club Nights. You’ll be very welcome. Here are some more examples of what

Fire Engine Rally This Fire Engine Rally took place in Johnstone in August and it was a fabulous success. MP’s and local councillors were there to join in the fun, and the kids had a ball.

The parade started at the top of the hill, at the Thorn in Johnstone and the fire engines were lead by a pipe band.

The Provost Anne Hall was in one of the engines and took time to chat to local kids and have her photograph taken.

members have been photographing over the summer - “Falkirk Kelpie” (left), by David Addison (taken on a Camera Club outing!); “Dubrovnik” (above), by Janice Stevenson; “Kelvin View” (below), by David Walker.

Venue: Kilmacolm New Community Centre, Room 1.01; Tuesday evening, time 7.30pm.

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

iT blog with Colin Fyfe of Colcom The recent iCloud hacking scandal, in which hundreds of celebrity’s personal pictures and files were accessed and distributed online, highlights again the need for rock solid security throughout our online lives. To be clear, the only ‘scandal’ that came about was the way in which the pictures and the story were used by the press in my opinion. The cynic in me would believe they had a hand in it from the outset.

Further to this, another story broke recently that as many as 5 million Gmail accounts had been hacked, with corresponding passwords posted on some forums. As it turns out, yes, an alarming number had been hacked into successfully although Google insiders say 2% of that number. These reportedly were as a direct result of malware on the client computers and not a direct hack of the Gmail servers. This could have been a keylogger installed on the machine of the Gmail user but another whisper out there was that these hacked accounts could have been as a result of password sharing. By this I mean users like you and me using the exact same details to log into say – ‘smallandnotverysecurewebsite.com’ that we use for our Gmail or iCloud accounts.

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This sounds familiar; I for one would tell my customers not so long ago – “one solid password will do”. We all know things can move quickly in I.T. and “one solid password” will not do anymore.

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Gryffe Valley Rotary

Gryffe Valley’s first major fundraising event of the year is the annual BBQ, which was held recently in Brookfield Village Hall. Some 200 members and guests enjoyed a splendid repast prepared primarily by the Rotary Ladies, with fine steaks etc skilfully BBQed once again by Kilbarchan Scouts. The enthusiastic and indefatigable DJ Archie (a wow on the air guitar!) then ensured that everyone burnt off any excess calories on the dance floor! A most successful evening which raised some £2,300 for good causes – many thanks to all who came along and contributed.

Gryffe Camera Club We had a great first night back on 10th September with a good attendance from current members and it was lovely to see some new faces too! Our opening night gave us the opportunity to show off our new Canon WUX 5000 projector and review last year’s winning images in

high definition, giving us inspiration and sparking a competitive spirit for this season! On 1st October, images for the first round of our league competition will be judged, and the fight for this year’s trophies will begin. On 8th we have a workshop on image processing and view

images taken by budding photographers from the local schools. We have a photography quiz night on the 15th, and then our very own Pat Allan will be giving a presentation on “Slovenia and the Canadian Rockies” on 22nd. To complete the month on 29th the visiting speaker will be Peter Ribbeck, who will be delivering a presentation on “Scottish Landscapes”.

Peter is an extremely talented landscape photographer and you can view some of his images online www.flickr.com/photos/peterribbeck. We can’t wait to learn more about the techniques he uses and get some pointers on how to attempt to produce some similar images ourselves! Some images which inspired us from last year are Meadow and Mountain by Pat Allan, Glenfinnan by Andy Stark and Cheeky Moth by Robert Milne.

Breathing Bad Apparently 1 in 4 of us suffer from bad breath on a regular basis and it can be a real problem for some people.

Bad breath (halitosis) can make you seem unprofessional at work or unappealing socially. The problem is that most people are too embarrassed to say anything so you may not even be aware that you have a problem.

If in any doubt, lick your wrist, leave to dry and then smell, if your wrist smells unpleasant chances are your breath does too.

There are numerous causes of halitosis ranging from bad oral health, smoking and the types of food you eat to dehydration and health conditions. The most common cause is a build up of bacteria that breaks down any bits of food stuck between your teeth and gums releasing an unpleasant smelling gas.

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In addition to the projects which members actively pursue (including several in support of local young people), Gryffe Valley also makes a number of donations to local and international causes which it identifies or which are drawn to its attention. Locally these have recently included: The Ardgowan, Accord and St Vincent’s Hospices; Dyslexia Action and Alzheimer Scotland; Colourful Kilmacolm and Brighter Bridge of Weir; Friends of Glasgow Necropolis; Kilbarchan Scouts.

Internationally, recent contributions have been made to: Freedom from Fistula; Water Aid – which attracted matching funding from central Rotary resources & Mary’s Meals.

Wheelchairs On Water (WOW!) is Gryffe Valleys biggest project to date (the specially adapted boat will cost around £25,000) and already more than half that sum has been raised. Recently President Angus Matheson with Adam McCartney visited the new Tesco store in Linwood, when store manager Colin Caldow handed over a cheque for £500 towards WOW! Colin explained that they were delighted to extend their opening celebrations to support this major project in support of the local community.

To avoid halitosis brush your teeth at least twice a day with a good toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste, floss and use a tongue scraper. Chewing sugar-free gum after meals and snacks will help rinse off and neutralize the acids released by the bacteria in plaque. Drink lots of water and don’t eat between meals. If you have dentures, remove them and soak overnight.

A good mouthwash can help too and, if you are looking for a recommendation, CB12 has been scientifically proven to neutralise the gases that cause bad breath for 12 hours.

If none of this works it might be a sign of a health problem such as a sinus infection, bronchitis, stomach problems or diabetes so check in with your doctor. Cavities and gum disease can also be to blame so regular check ups with your dentist are always really important.

If you have any queries regarding oral health or halitosis specifically don’t hesitate to visit us at Kilbarchan Dental Practice, call us on 01505 704969 or click www.kilbarchandental.co.uk where you’ll find lots more free tips and advice.

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William Hair, Kilbarchan emigrant to Ulster and America The History Spot By Renfrewshire Local History Forum

William Hair was one of the earliest Kilbarchan men known to have settled in America. He was born in Kilbarchan 1694, the youngest of the four sons of William Hair and Margaret Gardiner. His father was a tenant farmer in Birdland who paid a total of one pound and three shillings in Poll Tax in 1695.

Previously the family had lived in Weitlands (Wheatlands). At this time both settlements were fermtouns, small farming settlements usually tenanted by more than one family. Wheatlands still exists today, but Birdland (variously spelled Boreland and Boarland) is long gone.

Detail from Roy’s map, 1755, showing Birdland and Wheatlands As a young man William Hair, like many Scots, moved to Ulster where he worked as a farm labourer. This move was not as successful as he had hoped and William became disillusioned. He and a companion John Paterson, who may have been a John Paterson born at Locherside in Kilbarchan Parish in 1693, set sail from Londonderry on a ship bound for Boston, America, captained by a Captain Dennis.

In 1719 William and John are recorded as single farmers from Ireland who had recently arrived in the town. However, Boston did not want to support jobless new arrivals. William Hair, now in his mid-twenties, and John Paterson were chased out of town because they were single and jobless.

From there, they made their way to Providence and then inland to Brookfield, still in Massechusetts, where new arrivals were made more welcome. In 1720 they were granted a sixty acre lot of land in the north of Brookfield beside Five Mile River, where they set up a Fulling Mill. William built his house on the site.

In his youth William may have had some knowledge or experience in this early-mechanised industry in one of the two fulling mills (known as waulkmills in Scotland) on the Black Cart near Kilbarchan.

William Hair was married three times and, between 1725 and 1755, fathered a large family of seven sons and seven daughters.

When he married his first wife Elizabeth Owen in 1725, he was designated ‘a clothier, and first of the name in Brookfield’. Elizabeth was only fourteen years old when they married. Sadly, in the same year their first child Jane died in infancy.

John Paterson and his wife Mary had a son John, born in 1724, and a daughter, Margaret born in 1726.

Both men still resided in Brookfield in 1748 when sixty-six tax-payers signed a petition to the Town Clerk of Brookfield asking for a second precinct with Parish privileges and a meeting house to be set up in the north of the town.

Among the signatories were William Hair, John Paterson, sen., and John Paterson, jun. The proposal in the petition was rejected and after continued pressure the matter went to the House of Representatives, on March 25th, 1750. Eventually in 1754 an Act was passed, establishing the new Precinct.

A congregational Meeting House was built and a Mr Forbush was appointed as minister.

William’s large family and their descendants, like most eighteenth century Americans, volunteered in the various American conflicts and wars which ravaged the country. Some family members were active in the frontier wars against the native Indians. William’s three eldest sons, Abraham, John and William fought for the British troops in the wars against the French in the 1750s. Twenty years later Abraham Hair fought against the British in the American War of Independence. John Paterson, jun. Also fought for independence as a volunteer from Brookfield in Captain Nathan Hamilton’s company stationed at Ticonderoga Mills in 1776-7. In 1786, after Independence had been won, Hair family members supported local Brookfield man, Daniel Shay, in an insurrection by Massachusetts veterans and farmers to address economic grievances. This was known as Shay’s Rebellion.

Despite ancient wars and conflicts, descendants of William Hair from Kilbarchan still live in New England almost 300 years after William Hair arrived in Boston. Research into the family was inspired by an enquiry, to Renfrewshire Local History Forum from a descendant, Richard Hare of New York who, perhaps following the family tradition, was a USAF Captain in Vietnam.

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Royal British Legion Bridge of Weir Branch

Bishopton Art Group Christmas Art And Crafts Fair Between 10am and 3pm on Saturday 22nd November at Bishopton Community Centre, Gledstane Road, Bishopton, Bishopton Art Group will host their annual Christmas Art and Crafts Fair. Local amateur artists and crafts people will offer a variety of products for sale that will make ideal Christmas presents. The venue has free parking and is a 5-minute walk from Bishopton railway station.

During the afternoon the branch secretary Leslie MacDonald presented Erskine hospital veterans with 2 Ipads and a couple of paintings. The paintings were the work of artist Raymond Moore, a recently deceased branch member. Raymond was a keen artist and sold much of his work in aid of the Royal British Legion Scotland.

Admission to the Christmas Art and Craft fair is free. Tea, Coffee and delicious home baking will be available.

Crochet Classes Crochet Classes every Tuesday at Bishopton Community Centre from 1pm - 3pm. Beginners welcome. Tel: Lynne on 01505 705222 for details.

Art Exhibition After a very successful exhibition in aid of Accord Hospice renowned artist Falconer Houston is having an art exhibition and sale in The Bridge from 13th October to 15th November.

Bridge of Weir SWRI

The first meeting of the Bridge of Weir SWRI will take place on Thursday 2nd October in the British Legion at 7.30pm where Pat Allan will speak about “41Years in Teaching”.

All members and visitors will be made very welcome.

In August, the Royal British Legion Scotland, Bridge of Weir branch, hosted an afternoon of entertainment for a contingent of veterans from Erskine Hospital. With music, drinks, food and bingo being supplied by the branch, all those attending had a very convivial afternoon.

PHOTOS:Leslie MacDonald presents Ipads to Erskine veteran Douglas Cameron with Craig Berry, recreational co-ordinator, Erskine.

Leslie MacDonald, branch secretary and Nichol Gardner, Bridge of Weir branch, presents Harry Butterworth, Erskine veteran, with a painting by the late Raymond Moore. Craig Berry of Erskine is also present.

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 Machar’s Ranfurly Church Guild The Guild commences the new Session on Monday 6th October with a musical evening and harvest supper. We meet on the first and third Monday of each month and all are welcome. We have an interesting syllabus so come along and join us for an evening of friendship and fellowship.

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World War 1 Remembrance Concert On Thursday 23rd October at 7.30pm in the Royal British Legion Clubhouse, Bridge of Weir we are holding a small concert to remember the start of WW1.In attendance will be the Steadfast Silver Band from Port Glasgow, also a choir from Bridge of Weir Primary who will sing songs from that era.

Also pupils from Gryffe High School. We hope that this will be well attended.

The evening will be free and we hope to finish at 9.30pm -10pm.

The Bridge, Bridge of Weir 12 weeks and counting to Christmas!! Please call into The Bridge to see our selection of Christmas Cards, wrapping paper, gift tags, money wallets and choice of colourful notelets.

Alison Bannerman, local artist and trustee of The Bridge, has again designed a seasonal Christmas card for 2014. We also have a selection of Traidcraft Cards. All cards are in packs of ten. The individually wrapped “Greetings from Bridge of Weir” cards proved very popular last year. Buy your cards now while stocks last.

Our 2015 Calendar is on sale and makes a perfect gift for relations and friends. The photographs were again taken by the members of Paisley Colour Photographic Club. The hanging A4 sized calendar incorporates twelve colourful photographs of scenes and landmarks around Bridge of Weir.

Use your local Post Office. serve you.

Donald, Pat and Anne will be delighted to

As well as our stock of Stationery items and Greetings Cards we have a selection of gifts produced by local craft workers. After browsing, enjoy a cup of coffee in the café and take time to appreciate the regularly changing art work on display.

The Bridge – Your Community Centre, Shop and Post Office (Opening Hours: Mon – 9am to 5pm (PO closed 12noon to 12.30pm); Tues & Fri – 1pm to 5pm; Wed & Thu – 10am to 2pm; Sat – 9am to 1pm)

Flu Vaccination Clinics at Houston and Bridge of Weir Surgeries Flu season is approaching so it is time to consider contacting your GP practice to arrange a flu jab. Flu can be a serious illness. Most people only catch flu once or twice in a lifetime and are often significantly unwell for a few weeks. The flu vaccine will not stop the coughs and colds we all get every winter.

Anyone who suffers from a health condition, who is pregnant or who is 65 or over should be immunised.

If you have a health condition, flu can hit you hardest. The vaccine is the safest and most effective way of protecting yourself.

Conditions and diseases which can make flu much more dangerous include: asthma, chronic lung disease, chronic heart disease, chronic kidney failure and diabetes.

Brighter Bridge of Weir - Gambling On A Successful Fund-raiser A wee burst of late summer weather has meant that the village’s planters and barrier baskets are still looking good. And September’s been so dry our volunteers had to go out and about watering everything twice in a fortnight (and maybe again since the time of writing). However, between now and the end of October, the flowers will be removed and replaced with several thousand daffodil bulbs, which will flower in early spring.

Meantime, don’t forget about our Fun Casino Night on 4th October at the British Legion Club in Bridge of Weir. If you haven’t got tickets yet you can call 07810 722 806, or pay at the door (7.30pm start). You’ll have great fun and help us raise funds for our continuing work.

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If you have any of the above conditions or any other serious health condition, even if you feel fit and healthy, please speak to your GP practice to find out if you should have the flu vaccine. Flu can seriously affect you, so it is worthwhile being immunised to avoid unnecessary worry for you and those close to you.

If you have children who suffer from any of the conditions above, they should be vaccinated too. Also this year, pre-school children over the age of two are being offered immunisation, in the form of a simple nasal spray, at their GP practice. Primary school pupils will be immunised in school with the consent of their parents.

If you are pregnant, you are at greater risk of complications from flu.

Having the vaccine now could help you avoid catching flu and protect your baby.

Unpaid carers of any age, including young carers, are also eligible for the flu vaccine.

The vaccine takes around ten days to work and should protect you from flu for around a year. You have to be immunised annually because the virus changes constantly and your immunity reduces over time. Last year’s vaccine will not necessarily protect you from this year’s flu viruses.

The flu vaccine can’t give you flu, but it can stop you catching it.

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Surgeries: - Bridge of Weir - 1st Tues of the month Cargill Hall 11am – 11.30am: Bishopton/ Langbank - 2nd Wed of the month Bishopton Community Library 6.15pm - 6.45pm

The latest meeting of the Tenants and Residents Association was well attended. Our thanks to Councillor Mclaren, the Police and the Renfrewshire Wardens Service for their attendance. As the Police were unable to attend last month’s meeting the crime figures presented covered both July and August. Over this period there were fifteen crimes reported in the village, these included the wilful fire-raising of wheelie bins, attempted shed breakins, smashed windows and a number of sneak thefts from unlocked houses.

To date only three of the crimes have been detected but the Police are following definite lines of enquiry on others.

With the nights drawing in and winter almost upon us various dud streetlights throughout the village have been reported for attention. It is also hoped that owners will insure that any trees or shrubbery emanating from their properties are maintained so that they don’t interfere with street lighting.

Wheelie bins are causing obstructions in many areas of the village.

Businesses and households must remove their wheelie bins from pavements and public areas after they have been emptied, failure to do so could see a charge for the council to remove them.

Footfall at the village’s library situated at the Cargill Hall has been reported as being very low. This is a facility we do not wish to lose from the village but it has to be used more often. Given its small size, Renfrewshire Library Service allow books to be ordered free of charge. The library also offers free internet access and a printing service for a nominal fee.

The Association would like to thank the gentleman who has been cutting the grass near Burndale Kitchens at the bottom of Jock’s Brae and therefore alleviating the problem of drivers being unable to see oncoming traffic and pedestrians.

The next meeting of the Tenants and Residents Association will be held in the Pirie Centre at Freeland Church on the 21st October at 7.30pm.

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bishopton, langbank & bridge of weir Langbank SWRI For our second meeting of this session, there will be a talk about `Erskine Hospital` from David McFadden.Thursday,16th October, The Village Centre at 7.30pm.

During the winter we have a varied programme and would like to invite new members to come along to any of our meetings, these are advertised in the Advertizer and on notice boards around the village.

Meetings are held in the Cargill Hall, Bridge of Weir at 7pm October - AGM - Tuesday 7th

Hearing Aid Centre Personnel are at The Bridge from 1pm to 2pm on the third Friday of every month for the issue of hearing aid batteries and hearing aid checks.

The leaves of brown came tumbling down, remember, in September…... Some of the trees in the parks are now old or have fallen. I need donations of small saplings to replace them, which I can collect. Benches for the parks and footpaths would also be welcome. Thanks.

My Pot-Hole Watch forms can now be found at the Station Road park noticeboard, Langbank, and in Bishopton library and The Bridge. Which roads and pavements need resurfaced?

Crime stoppers are dedicated to fighting crime across the country, and are there as an anonymous route to pass on information about crime. Call them on 0800 555 111, or call the police by dialling 101, in emergency dial 999.

Please note that all bins accept dog poo bags. There is no excuse for leaving bags hanging on railings or trees, and you could incur a hefty fine.

Find a bin and put them in.

Drop into your library and get access to free information resources for work, study, homework and pleasure. Mobile libraries visit Langbank and not so far away is the Bishopton library where you will find a wider selection of books. The Bridge of Weir library is small, but books can be ordered free of charge and there is no limit to the number you can order. You can borrow up to 15 books. They also have Bookbug, a Book Group, free use of the computers, free Wi-Fi, and you can also get tuition for using your tablet and for PCs. A big thank you to all the non politically minded people who got involved with recent canvassing, leafleting, telephoning, and manning of polling stations etc. It was much appreciated. I hope that all Yes and No campaigners will unite in the changes ahead.

I can be contacted by phone on 0300-300-1291 or by email to cllr. james.maclaren@renfrewshire.gov. uk . Check out my Facebook page for more information and articles www. facebook.com/councillormaclaren Working with you and improving our local area. Please feel free to contact me with any of your concerns, and I will be happy to meet with you at a mutually convenient time.

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Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Games Society (RIGS) Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Games Society (RIGS) is a friendly group of board and card game enthusiasts who meet every fortnight on Wednesday evenings at the upstairs cafĂŠ bar at Amaretto in Bridge of Weir. The games we play offer a wide variety of themes and styles and can cover anything from building a city, managing and racing your own NASCAR team, capturing buildings in second world war France or terra forming lands to allow your population to grow. Above all these are games where you are in control of your moves and your decisions are central to your game.

Please feel free to come along and discover this exciting social and interactive hobby.

Our meetings in October are on the 8th and 22nd at 8pm in the upstairs cafĂŠ 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.

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quarriers Congratulations to Violet Simpson Killmacolm Bowling Club congratulate Violet Simpson (pictured left) who won the Scottish District Final of the ladies senior singles.

She then went on to play at the National Championships at Northfield Ayr, where she won the bronze medal.

Violet also won the club championships this year and the gents championship was won by Gordon Porter.

Well done Violet.

Kilmacolm Community Festive Fair Saturday 1st November - 10.30am - 3pm at St Columba’s Junior School, Kilmacolm Find wonderful Christmas gifts and decorations from a range of local designers and crafters and enjoy some musical entertainment from pupils throughout the day. Funds raised will go towards Oxfam’s Rwanda project and Hovinais School in Tanzania. Tickets: £5 inc refreshments and one free raffle ticket. Children free. All welcome. www.st-columbas.org for details.

Glasgow Express (Autumn 2014)

Do you travel from Kilmacolm, Bridge of Weir or Brookfield to Glasgow MonFri and work or study approximately 9am – 5pm?

If you do then you should know of the locally organised coach service which leaves Kilmacolm at 7.45am, outside the former community centre, passing through Bridge of Weir, stopping on Main St outside the Co-op at 7.49am and Lintwhite Crescent at 7.51am, then stopping in Brookfield at 7.55am.

The coach arrives in Glasgow at approximately 8.30am, depending on traffic, making the following stops:• Bothwell Street (outside the former Habitat shop) • Bothwell Street (outside the Clydesdale Bank before Hope Street) • Hope Street (after St Vincent Street) This is a direct service from Kilmacolm through Bridge of Weir and Brookfield to Glasgow via the A737 and M8 and vice versa in the evening.

The return journey leaves Bothwell Street - outside the former Habitat shop - at 5.30pm (the coach will be sitting from 5.20pm) The fare is £3 per single journey to/ from Kilmacolm and £2.60 to/from Bridge of Weir/ Brookfield.

G l a s g o w Academy Pupils The service also collects from the above stops and drops pupils off at Glasgow Academy in the morning. There is no return service at night from Glasgow Academy For more information: glasgowexpress@gmail.com

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OUTLOOK OUTLOOK is a social community group in Kilmacolm, meetings are held in Kidston Hall from 2pm-4pm and are led by the Community Issues team of the Old Kirk.

On Thursday 2nd October the group will enjoy Keep Fit Aerobics led by Eleanor - this is a fun afternoon with exercises designed to be as gentle or as strenuous as you wish.

On Thursday 16th October the group will hear from three Charities Ardgowan Hospice, Save the Children, and Christian Aid. There will be stalls to raise funds for the three charities, and we would appreciate any contributions of unwanted but new small gifts for the Tombola stall.

Topics each afternoon are followed by tea and refreshments, plus the chance to speak on community issues. But mainly OUTLOOK gives you the opportunity to meet for a relaxing afternoon in friendly company everyone welcome.

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Annual Coffee Morning Kilmacolm and Quarriers Christian Aid committee are holding their Annual Coffee Morning in St Columba Church Hall on Saturday 4th October at 10am - 12noon. Entry £2.50.

Stalls include homebaking, paperback books, unwanted gifts and jewellery, Fairtrade. There will also be a sale of pictures, framed or unframed. If you can contribute to any of the stalls, or could donate a Picture to raise funds for Christian Aid, please bring your donations along to the church hall on Friday evening between 6pm and 7pm. Please come along, enjoy coffee with friends, browse the stalls, and support the work of Christian Aid. Thank you. Phone 01505 872393 for more details.

Looking for a Venue?

Children’s Party? Regular Class?

Kilmacolm Guide Hut has been re-furbished and is a fantastic facility in the village with easy access and parking for community events, parties or regular classes. If you are interested in hiring the Hut, please contact Jackie on 01505 873488.

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Arlene Mitchell Hair & Beauty has now been open in Kilmacolm for 8 years.

Arlene has over 19 years experience and, along with her 4 full-time and 1 junior stylists, is trained to a high standard in all aspects of hairdressing.

The salon offers a 20% off student/pensioner discount on Tuesdays & Wednesdays and is also open late on a Thursday evening.

Our full-time Beauty Therapist, Leigh, offers a wide range of treatments.

She stocks the full range of Dermalogica products both for treatments and retail.

The salon can also offer Podiatry with Laura who has had to double her opening hours to accommodate the demand. She also sells a large and varied selection of foot care products from her clinic.

SPECIAL OFFER - from 1st -21st October A blow dry & file & polish £23* (normally £28.50) OR a cut & blow dry with Shellac/Gellish finger nails £41.50* (normally £49.50) *These offers cannot be used with any other offers - terms and conditions apply. Please mention the advert when booking.

Get yourself into shape with the Flabelos machine and lose a dress size in 3 to 4 weeks!

Contact the salon on 01505 871280 for further information.

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kilmacolm & quarriers An introduction to the community of Mérignies - twinned, since July 12th 2014, with Kilmacolm Mérignies is in the département Nord. The population was 2,533 in 2011, and the mayor, Francis Melon, has just been re-elected.

The village is around 20km south of Lille, and just a few kilometres from the Belgian border.

It is 90 minutes’ drive by motorway from Calais, 60 minutes’ drive from Dunkirk, 90 minutes from Paris by car, and 60 minutes via Lille to Paris via high speed TGV train. This area is served by the A25 motorway from Dunkirk/Dunkerque which permits access to motorway routes both to the east and south east, e.g. Luxemburg, Germany, Alsace, the Vosges and Switzerland and further east and south.

The countryside is dotted with attractive dormitory villages, with the airport of Lille/Lesquin (mostly domestic flights) 10km away. Brussels (Charleroi) airport is 60 minutes away by car and served by Ryanair out of Edinburgh.

Many World War 1 and some World War 2 sites of interest are in close proximity. The area is 45 minutes away from Ypres to the north, Mons is 35 minutes to the east and 25 minutes away to Vimy to the south. Many thousands of Scottish soldiers served (and died) near Mérignies in both WW1 and WW2. The cemetery in Mérignies is designated as a Commonwealth War Graves cemetery with nine British soldiers buried there, killed during a rear-guard action defending the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940.

The village has excellent municipal sports and social facilities, a handful of shops, but a number of large supermarkets within easy driving distance.

Some 10 km away is a branch of Auchan- apparently the largest hypermarket in France. It is huge - and a great place to buy wine.

Mérignies resembles Kilmacolm in a number of ways, with leafy roads, attractive countryside surrounding the village, a cycle track, mostly attractive detached housing with large gardens, two fishing ponds and a large municipal pond with park and fishing too. There is a small municipal campsite. There are two golf courses in close proximity, one next to Mérignies.

As regards cycling there is a major annual road-race held in July, and this year the Tour de France came through Mérignies.

There are a number of cycle routes marked.

The population of Mérignies, and the north in general, are well-known for their friendly, fun-loving and welcoming manner, and speak a dialect known as “Chti”, and are known by that name.

Many speak either good or very good English, but tend to be rather modest about their proficiency in English. The community has an excellent orchestra and choir, and many, many other associations and clubs, including a very large seniors club.

With this is mind, the steering committee has been cordially invited to send a party to Merignies and would like to establish if there would be sufficient interest to fill a coach travelling in June 2015. We propose a 6 day/5 night trip by luxury coach with 2 nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast on the overnight Newcastle-Amsterdam ferry. This trip will be offered by an ABTA approved coach company with experience of travel in this part of France. If you are at all interested please contact us by email to kilmacolmtwinning@ gmail.com

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As I write this piece I have just returned from the Referendum count. Inverclyde was more or less a draw, but the massive turnout in Kilmacolm provided a significant contribution to the result. I was delighted with the outcome of the National decision, but either way I was content for “life to go on”, echoing the sentiments of all our Churches.

There is a new ‘dug’ at the Old Kirk Manse. A Dalmation pup called Mungo, now seen regularly in the village. Its name derives from the 6th century meeting of Columba, Mirrin and Mungo, all future Saints, on the banks of the Gill Burn adjacent to the current Old Kirk.

I spoke at the Inverclyde Macular Society and was accompanied by officers from SPT who gave information on MyBus. This service is well used by constituents in Kilmacolm and Quarriers, it provides a door to door free service for passengers with mobility difficulties. For enquiries or new registrations call 0845 128 4025. There are over 500,000 MyBus journeys per annum, with some 40,000 passenger trips by clients in wheelchairs.

I sponsored Colourful Kilmacolm’s successful application to Inverclyde Councils Grants Committee, chaired by my colleague Councillor McColgan, which will provide financial support for the next 3 years. The lead, given by Bridge of Weir, has encouraged volunteers to brighten up our village centre and Birkmyre Park.

In my Depute Provost role, I have attended the Installation of the new Sherriff at the Court in Greenock. I am pleased to say it is the first time I have been inside the building.

I must report a failure. The dead bird in Hugh Rose’s shop window is still there in spite of my efforts to have the new owner remove it. Can I recommend that those offended by this gruesome sight avert their eyes when passing!

I do hope to have greater success by having the benches presented by the Guides and Scouts on Her Majesty’s Coronation in 1953, removed before the demolition of the Institute. Suggestions on a new location welcomed.

My surgeries are 16th October 6pm-7pm Boglestone Community Centre and 25th October, Cargill Centre 11am-12noon.

I can be contacted at david.wilson@inverclyde.gov.uk and 01475 741969, 712727 and 07766 992294.

Ardgowan Hospice Thank You The recent house to house and street collection for Ardgowan Hospice amounted to the excellent total of £3,027. Many thanks to everyone for their generous support. This is much appreciated by the Hospice.

September was a very busy month with much of my time taken up with the Referendum campaign.

In amongst campaigning I had the enjoyable pleasure to attend the 135th Kilmacolm Flower Show in the community centre. The show was awash with vibrant colours and beautiful smells from the numerous floral arrangements. There were also pot plants, planters, vegetables and children’s art works on display, the exhibitors competing for the various trophies. It was a wonderful show.

In my column in last month’s edition of The Advertizer, as I have written in previous editions, I warned of still too many speeding motorists driving through Kilmcolm and called on these drivers to abide by speed limits. Sadly following me writing my column there was a car accident on Port Glasgow Road. Thankfully I believe no one was seriously hurt, but it is a reminder that it is important that drivers stay within speed limits.

At the recent council Environment and Regeneration committee meeting under an item on capital spending I asked for an update on what was happening about the work to repair the drainage on the rugby pitches at Birkmyre Park. As Advertizer readers may remember, myself and my SNP council group colleagues had committed money to be spent on repairing the drainage on the pitches within our budget plans last February. The council had also agreed funding and in partnership with Birkmyre rugby club and St Columba’s School were to take repairs forward. I was informed that negotiations are still ongoing. As we know, the pitches are often unplayable in winter due to poor drainage and so hopefully the council will commence with the work as soon as possible.

My next surgeries in October will be advertised in the local newspaper and through my surgery posters. Anyone wanting to contact me in between surgeries can do so by phoning me through my office on 01475 712727 or on my mobile number 07747 765 839 or by emailing me at jim.macleod@ inverclyde.gov.uk or writing to me at Inverclyde Council, Municipal Buildings, Greenock, PA15 1LY.

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“A night with Richard Sanderson” A night with Richard Sanderson, co-founder of Children’s Vision International, Bogota, Colombia, on Tuesday 14th October at 7pm. Mount Zion Church, Law View Road, Quarriers Village.

Come and hear about the incredible work that this organisation is doing for the needy children from the streets of Colombia. All welcome, Tea & Coffee will be served.

Bridge Classes Kilmacolm Community Centre - Wednesdays from 7.15pm – 9 15pm.

This class will be suitable for beginners and for those who have played a little and who wish to return to the starting point.

For further information call 01505 872345.

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Welcome Back Ashley!

Ashley is now back at work after the birth of wee baby Cairn.

She will be available for appointments on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

To book an appointment, please call the salon on 01505 873800 or 07920 482187.

90th Birthday Celebration

Thank you so much to everyone who came along and helped us to Celebrate our “90th” Birthday.

A great day was had by all! So far we have raised just over £1800 for the MS society, for this we are very grateful to everybody who either donated a prize for our raffle, the local businesses who donated gifts and anybody else who supported our worthwhile cause in any way.

Johanna and Alda would also like to thank everybody who gave them lovely cards, flowers and gifts, they are overwhelmed by the kindness shown by customers, family and friends both old and new!

A special thanks must go to the fantastic St Columba’s pipe band who came along on the day and entertained us, it really helped our day go with a swing. We would also like to thank Mr Simon Hannah of JW Filshill Ltd, who donated our 1st prize of a Sony TV and lots of goodies that were enjoyed by all on the day. Thank You.

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kilbarchan & lochwinnoch Sempill Clan Gather In Lochwinnoch Homeland

Members of the Sempill Clan have just visited Clyde Muirshiel’s Castle Semple Centre to remember and honour their homeland. The current Lord Jamie Sempill, the 22nd in a historic lineage, was welcomed by fellows Sempills or descendants, staff, local historians and other interested parties.

The group of 20, made up of Sempills and Semples (the more recent spelling) alike, made good use of the recently established Semple Trail Heritage Path. There was a symbolic raising of the family flag outside Castle Semple Visitor Centre.

Some had come from as far afield as America, the Netherlands, Denmark and just across the water in Ireland. Their first destination was the Collegiate Church where the first Lord Sempill, John, lies buried having fallen at the battle of Flodden in 1513.

They then went to the Castle Semple Grotto in Parkhill Woods to further tour their ancestral homeland. The Grotto, albeit it a recreation of the original, was used as a sort of hunting lodge and is one of the only remnants still visible of the Castle’s then hunting e s t a t e .

The Castle S e m p l e itself was knocked down when the land was sold to the MacDowell family in the 18th century.

Local Semple enthusiast and retired Countryside Ranger at Clyde Muirshiel, Len Howcutt, was there to greet and accompany the guests, some of them exploring the area for the first time. Back at the Visitor Centre Len joined the group to look at the ‘Estate Map of 1785’, family history panels and discuss the area’s history and folklore surrounding their ancestors. They also participated in the medieval sport of archery, replicating the recreation of the time while enjoying afternoon tea provided by Regional Park staff.

The Semple Trail Heritage Project aims to improve access and interpretation of the 12km route, passing landmarks and gives spectacular views of the area. Download and walk or cycle the route yourself by visiting the ‘Downloads’ page of our website www.clydemuirshiel.co.uk.

That Dream Floor This autumn is the perfect time to invest in your dream floor .....

Stylish flooring that lasts, looks spectacular and feels great underfoot are top priorities in selecting your floor. They are also reasons why more people are choosing Karndean & Amtico for their homes.

Hardwearing, waterproof and easily maintained, they are highly practical choices for your home. The stunning array of styles and variations give you the unique opportunity to design your own floor to suit your decor. Also they do not have the drawbacks of natural

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Kilbarchan Churches During October our Sunday morning services continue as we work towards a united charge.

Sunday 5th October –East Church – Sacrament of Holy Communion at 11am and 6.30pm. Sunday 12th October – West Church at 11am.

Sunday 19th October – East Church at 11am. Sunday 26th October – West Church – Boys’ Brigade Dedication and Enrolment Service at 11am All services will be conducted by the Rev Stephen Smith. Crèche, Junior Church and FEWsion/Bible Class all meet at 10.45am.

The Midweek Fellowship continues to meet in the West Church Session House on Wednesday mornings at 10.30am. Please join us for tea, chat and a short act of worship.

The Guild has two meetings this month. On Tuesday 14th October we meet in the West Church Hall and will hear tales of the Central Hotel in Glasgow. On the 28th October our meeting will be in the East Church Hall when Ian Craig, a local beekeeper from Brookfield will talk to us about beekeeping. Both these meetings are at 2.30pm. All are welcome.

Weavers Cottage Ioanna Nikoli, senior assistant at the National Trust for Scotland’s Gladstone’s Land, on the High Street of Edinburgh, came to the Weaver’s Cottage to accept a new tartan. Visitors to Gladstone’s Land can choose to be photographed wearing it. Photo shows Ioanna in the tartan and weaver and property manager Christine MacLeod.

Kilbarchan NWR Our new season has started well and during October, we have the following meetings planned: Green - bring along a green item and speak about it, book review of “Wake” by Anna Hope, a book about the aftermath of WW1 and the ceremony to inter the Unknown Soldier. We are also going to be reading and acting a Murder/ Mystery play written by an NWR member, the 3rd of a series.

For further information if you are interested in coming along, see the website: www.nwr.org.uk

materials like wood or ceramics, which can dent, score and crack or fade over time.

With over ten years experience in fitting Karndean and Amtico, highly professional standards and excellent customer service, Orchard Flooring is the company to trust with your floor. We also do good quality laminate flooring and carpets, so we can suit any room or budget.

With a home sampling service and advice on picking the floor to suit your home, why not give us a call and be on your way to a stunning floor from Orchard Flooring.

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Following an approach from members of the Scottish Youth Parliament seeking help for young carers, I fully supported their request to the Scottish Government for a Scotland wide free travel card scheme for this remarkable group of young people. The job they do in caring for family members cannot be over estimated. By the same token, Renfrewshire’s young carers need to have the same opportunities for contact with friends and for social and leisure pursuits, which can often be restricted by their caring responsibilities. It is therefore bitterly disappointing that this request has been rejected and I urge the Scottish Government to reconsider its decision.

On a happier note, Renfrewshire Council’s local area committee provides support to many organisations in Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch who do so much to enrich village life. At the summer meetings of the committee, Kilbarchan Singers, Kilbarchan Community Nursery, Lochwinnoch Art Group and Calder Drama Club, were among the organisations to receive grants, all of which I fully supported.

At the September meeting of Lochwinnoch Community Council, there was a lengthy discussion on the proposed transfer of the post office to the Spar.

The meeting was attended by a regional representative from the post office, who was questioned vigorously on the issue of the public consultation and on many of the potential consequences of the proposed move. The village hopes to have these answers soon.

Finally, thank you to those constituents who have contacted me welcoming the improvements from the A737 exit to Kilbarchan. Some residents were initially sceptical about the work undertaken, but have been kind enough to write to me acknowledging the improvements to the visual appearance and their contribution to traffic safety.

My surgeries are on the first Saturday of each month [except January and July] at 9am at the McKillop Institute Lochwinnoch and 10am at the Steeple Hall Kilbarchan Meantime please contact me at cllr.derek.bibby@renfrewshire.gov.uk or by phone 07534 156007.

A little bit of rural history In early September the field between Glentyan Avenue and Mountpleasant, Kilbarchan, was ploughed, harrowed and fertilised. It is locally reported that this is the first time this has happened since 1950.

It’s good to see some care being taken of the land.

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kilbarchan & lochwinnoch Ladies Night Halloween Disco Kilbarchan Primary Parent Council are holding this event on Saturday 25th October from 7.30pm till late in the Kilbarchan Guide Centre.

Disco, Fancy Dress prizes (optional fancy dress), raffle.

BYOB, £5 entry at door.

Lochwinnoch Parish Church BEETLE DRIVE

Friday 10th October 7pm. (Doors open 6.30pm). A fun night with the family. Come along and have fun and a light supper. Cost of ticket: Adults £5. Children £1.50.

Drop in Cafe - Saturday 18th October, 10am - noon. Entry £2.50

Phil and Ali .....

Little Art Show Bobbin’s Coffee Shop, Kilbarchan

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The Old Library, Kilbarchan It is said that lightening doesn’t strike twice. The voluntary team at The Old Library Centre feel as if it does. Twice in two weeks the lead has been stripped off the roof. Nobody heard the thieves or saw anything, not even the blue bin being removed. The bin rubbish was emptied onto the grass beside The Guide Centre. It is thought it had been used to carry the stolen lead. The empty bin was eventually found on the Sustran track at Barrhill Crescent. That is the bad news.

The good news is that computer classes are being offered on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Starting at 10am until 12noon these classes are under the tuition of David Crawford and Rosemary Doyle who are tutors from West College Scotland. Places are limited to 12 for each class.

Phone 01505 706070 to book your place.

The concerts continue to be very popular. Details of these and other Centre activities can be viewed on line www.kipcokil.com and on the Village noticeboard. Jimmy Livingstone is making his second appearance here on Thursday, 23rd October book your tickets now. £12 from 01505 706070 or visit the Centre.

Evening at Maplin’s Holiday Camp Kilbarchan East Church Drama Group. Come and banish the winter blues and join us for “An evening at Maplin’s holiday camp”.

This is not a sketch from a TV programme, but promises to be just as colourful. Two local artists are exhibiting a selection of paintings for sale - both artists paint totally differently, so a visit is highly recommended. Lots of art collectors

The next production by the Drama group is “Hi-de-hi” an adaptation of the popular TV series, which will take place on Thursday 27th, Friday 28th and Saturday 29th November, 7.30pm in the East Hall. Tickets are available from Moira Smith and Cathy Millar after each Sunday service or by calling Moira on 01505 336336. Bobbins will also have a supply of tickets for sale.

Tickets priced £7.

in the area have been inspired by specific subjects while others are looking for something original to brighten up their home or give as a gift to someone special. Artists has kept prices under £100, some only £40 - making this an affordable, dare I say Christmas gift!

We hope to see you all there! Hi-de-Hi campers! This will be a family show with audience participation so make sure you bring along all the family!

Kilbarchan Singers The Kilbarchan Singers is looking to recruit new members, especially male singers. The Choir meets on Monday evenings at 7.30pm in the East Church, Steeple Square, Kilbarchan. A wide range of music is in our repertoire. Choir members do not need to live in Kilbarchan and in fact many members come from the surrounding area. For more information contact the President: Malcolm MacAskill on 01505 346749.

KEEP CALM, START SINGING. IT’S GOOD FOR YOU!

All delicious delights, cakes and slices are all home made, freshly ground coffee or a selection of teas, Bobbins Coffee Shop at Steeple Street, Kilbarchan is a popular choice for morning coffee, lunch or afternoon tea.

Lochwinnoch SWRI The October meeting of Lochwinnoch SWRI is on Wednesday 15th October at 7.30pm in the McKillop Hall. Mrs Sheila Patterson will be giving a talk on “Growing up in Quarriers”. We look forward to meeting members and guests. For any further information, contact Elma Richmond 01505 843193 or richmond32@tiscali.co.uk

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Lilias Day AGM

After a first successful year (despite the weather!) the new Lilias Day Committee will hold its first AGM on Tuesday 18th October at 7.30pm at The Old Library, Kilbarchan. All interested parties welcome, especially anyone wanting to offer their help for next years event.

Lochwinnoch Open Mic Folk Night

Lochwinnoch Folk Club meets on the first Friday of the month, in the lounge bar of Lochwinnoch Golf Club. Entry is free.

Everyone is welcome, whether to perform, or just relax and enjoy the music.

The next evening will be Friday 3rd October starting at 8pm.

We hope to see you there. Thanks once again to Lochwinnoch Golf Club for their support which makes this evening possible.

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Kilbarchan Pipe Band Kilbarchan Pipe Band originally formed from the Local Home Guard in WW11 and it folded in the Mid Seventies. The present band restarted in 2002 after an advert in the local paper attracted several pipers and drummers. Initially, we cut our teeth at local gala days and fetes and have now become regular competitors at highland gatherings across Scotland. We have a complement of over 40 playing members many of them children and young adults and we continue to attract new members.

2014 has seen Kilbarchan Pipe Band grow in numbers and confidence. From our first outing at ADG Solos and Full Band Indoor competition in Sanquhar to the World Pipe Band Championships at Glasgow Green. We have qualified at Grade 4B for the British and European championship finals, gained 3rd place at Helensburgh Games with Best Corps of Drums and 2 trophies at Cowal Games. We have played in Grade 4 MSR and Grade 3 for the first time. Unthinkable 12 months ago! The Band continues to work within the local community supplying instruments and a tutor to the local primary school and we also teach child and adult learners on band nights to help nurture a vibrant traditional music culture within the village. We provide bands and mini bands for a range of community galas and fetes with Lilias Day being our biggest day of the year. We played at gala days and for 9 cruise ships at Clydeport, Greenock this summer and look forward to our winter duties at Remembrance Day, The Tree of Hope at Erskine Hospital and the switch on of the Christmas lights in Kilbarchan.

In 2011 the band were invited to Albert, France for the 95th commemoration of the first day of the Battle of the Somme. We now have the honour of being invited back and are currently fundraising in order to take the full band to France in 2016 for the centennial remembrance.

As one part of this fundraising exercise we are holding a Coffee Morning (with stalls) on Saturday 29th November in the Guiding Centre, Kilbarchan from 10am – 12noon, entry £2.50. Please come along and support us.

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& elderslie The three main Unionist parties have promised extra powers for the Scottish Parliament and I hope that some of that power is passed on to local councils. What was great about the campaign was the number of people who got involved in politics particularly young people. I would expect that all 16/17 year olds get the vote in all future elections.

It is at this time of year that councillors start looking at the council budget for next year. I know there will have to be some difficult decisions but as ever we will be making the protection of front line services our priority.

I would like to pay tribute to the way in which the independence referendum process has rejuvenated Scottish democracy by encouraging a popular interest in politics. This bodes well for the health of Scottish politics in the future.

Following months of negotiation with council officers and discussion with local residents, I am very pleased that the new Driver Feedback Sign at the top of Shuttle Street has now been installed. This is permanent and will replace the former sign which was nearly at Kilbarchan Cross and too far down Shuttle Street to be an effective deterrent to speeding vehicles. I have also had very positive comment from Habbies in Loom Walk and Taylor Avenue as well regarding the introduction of the sign. To me this should not be the end, but only the beginning of measures to slow down traffic in Kilbarchan.

The issue of speeding through Howwood has arisen again. The police have assured the community they will be monitoring the situation. I would hope some action will be taken as some drivers do drive through the village as excessive speeds.

Meet in Howwood Village Hall at 7.30pm

Howwood WRI

Contact me on 0300 300 1291, at my surgeries or by email: cllr. iain.mcmillan@renfrewshire. gov.uk Alternatively I can come to your house to discuss any issues you may have.

Tuesday 21st October Pewtermill Crafts by Mr David Bell Competition - Favourite Brooch Hostesses - Jane Millar & Isobel Brocket Vote of thanks - Cath Love

My petition against the closure of the Royal Bank of Scotland in Lochwinnoch has gathered several hundred signatures and is still gaining support. It is available in most village shops and businesses and I would urge villagers to sign as it will show RBS management the strength of opposition and real anger that truly exists in Lochwinnoch to the closure of their branch. I have written to RBS management and proposed that as they were not keen to come to the last community council meeting that they meet the three Lochwinnoch Cllrs, and a small delegation from the Community Council, that is the very least they should do to explain themselves.

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. I am also available to constituents who can call me on 07534 148224, or email me at cllr.andy.doig@renfrewshire.gov.uk.

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houston, crosslee & brookfield 1st Houston Boys’ Brigade On Saturday 6th September, 1st Houston BB Parents & Friends Association held their annual coffee morning in the church halls. The event was very successful with folks enjoying a wonderful array of homebaking in the tearoom as well as delicious breakfast rolls & sausage.

Thanks to McHargs Bakery for donating rolls, to Robert Alexander Butchers for donating the sausage and to Houston Paper Shop for tuck shop items.

The small hall had a variety of craft and fun stalls to suit all tastes. The lucky winners on the day were Rachel Baird on the 100 square game and Kathryn McCartney won the birthday bear.

The spectacular sum of over £2,100 was raised and our thanks are extended to all who volunteered their time and baking skills. Thanks must also go to those who attended and to the very smartly turned out BB boys who capably manned the stalls and the tearoom.

Commonwealth Games Volunteers I had the pleasure of working with Alan Marshall from Houston, for four weeks during the Commonwealth Games. We both worked with Team Scotland in ‘the village’ (coincidently we were both Baton Bearers in Renfrewshire on the same day as well, Alan in Houston and myself in Lochwinnoch). We also were given the opportunity to lead Team Scotland through the village and up into the tunnel at Parkhead for their appearance at the Opening Ceremony (see photo right).

What a night! I’d just like to say thanks to Alan and to his wife who, on a couple of occasions, gave me a run home to Lochwinnoch during the games.

Hayley Douglas

Houston & Crosslee SWRI We had an excellent evening in September learning about the work of the Hesslilhead Wildlife Rescue Trust. On October 8th we welcome Helen Dunbar who will speak to us on “Mercy Ships”. We meet in The Compass Centre, South Street, Houston at 7.30pm.

The Handiwives will meet on Monday 20th October when Diana Ure will show us how to make “Owls”. The Handiwives meet in the JG Fleming Bowling Green, Houston at 7.30pm.

Visitors will be made very welcome at all our meetings. Please telephone Elaine Johnston on 01505 324827 or email jemjohnston@tiscali.co.uk for further information.

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

What’s on October 2014 Monday to Friday Woodlands After School 01505 615438 MONDAY Embroiderer’s Guild (weekly) 10am; Gym Class - R Hart - 07734 714131; Diaporama 13th - 7.30pm; Young Farmers 6th/13th - 7.30pm; Yoga (weekly) - 1pm Mary Laidlaw 01505 842877.

TUESDAY Paint Pot tots (weekly) - 10am D Campbell - 07789 262350; Yoga (Weekly) - 7pm M/s Lawson 01505 613690.

WEDNESDAY French Class - 3.15pm F. McDevitt 0141 886282; Galaxy Dancing (weekly) - 4pm Laureen 07989 055148; Gryffe Melody Makers 8th/22nd 7pm; Houston Community Council 15th - 7.30pm; Councillors Surgeries 15th - 6.30pm; Camera Club (weekly) - 7.30pm THURSDAY Quilting Group 9th /16th /23rd; French Class - F McDevitt - 0141 886282; SWRI 30th 10am - Margaret Jamieson 702294; Crafty Friends 2nd /16th/30th 7.30pm; Folk Club (weekly) - 8pm FRIDAY SWRI 31st - 10am; Galaxy Dancing (weekly) - 4pm SATURDAY Galaxy Dancing (weekly) - 9.30am SUNDAY Baptist Church -11am & 6pm Booking enquiries to Ian Simpson 01505 612203 or Sandy Young 01505 331488 or The Coffee Shop.

Kidston Ceilidh Come and dance your socks off at our Ceilidh night at the River Inn in Houston. Friday 14th November.

More information in the November issue of The Advertizer.

Houston And Killellan Guild Houston and Killellen Guild are holding their Annual Autumn Coffee morning on Saturday 4th October from 10-30am until 12noon in the Church Hall .There will be a variety of stalls including homebaking, book stall, preserves and much more. Tickets cost £2 to include a cream tea/coffee.

FAIRTRADE STALL HOUSTON & KILLELLAN CHURCH HALL Sunday 26th October at 12noon Tasteful crafts and quality food products for sale.

Please come along and buy some early Christmas gifts and cards or stock up on your Christmas cake and pudding ingredients. Tea, coffee and homebaking.

Fair trade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world.

WE ARE A FAIRTRADE CHURCH - PLEASE SUPPORT US

Brookfield Country Dancing Club Begins on Thursday 2nd October, 7.30pm to 9.30pm in Brookfield Village Hall. The Club meets every two weeks.

New members welcome. No need to bring a partner. Time at the interval for tea and a chat.

Details from Aileen Craig on 01505 322684.

Busy Bees It’s a hive of activity as usual at Houston and Killellan Kirk. We’re still busy organising fundraising events as our new extension takes shape behind the Church. One important upcoming event is on Saturday the 1st November, from 11am - 4pm, when we are holding an Art Exhibition and Sale in support of the Kirk Extension Fund.

Our organisations are now back in full swing. Whether young or not so young, we have something for all ages, as the following selection from our many groups will show: For the young, The Boys’ and Girls’ Brigades and Brownies are well under way. Don’t forget The Sunday Club, which meets in the Church Hall at 10 am.

Slightly more mature types can enjoy the Scottish Country Dance Group (Wednesdays at 8.15pm in the Church Hall), Walking Group (regular Saturdays), The Guild (alternate Tuesdays) and the Senior Citizens Group (every second Wednesday).

For more information, look up the Church website at www.houstonkirk.org.

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Free Support Event In Glasgow For People With Type 2 Diabetes Diabetes UK will run one of a national series of free educational events to provide expert advice and information for people recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in Glasgow in October.

The ‘Living with Diabetes Day’ will be held at the Glasgow Hilton on 6th October. The events are being held at 80 locations across the UK and it is expected that 10,000 people with Type 2 diabetes will attend them over the next two years.

The one-day events are aimed at helping people who have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in the last few years and to provide them with essential information they need to live well with condition. People who have been living with Type 2 diabetes for longer but need to brush up on their knowledge of the condition are also welcome to attend.

Type 2 diabetes is a serious, lifelong condition which can be treated with diet, exercise, medication and/or insulin.

Healthcare professionals will provide information on local healthcare and the services available to people with Type 2 diabetes in the area. They will also advise on avoiding health complications associated with diabetes, such as heart disease, kidney failure, stroke, amputation and blindness, through good management of the condition.

Experts will give workshops on the practical elements of living with Type 2 diabetes, such as diet, exercise, medication, travel and driving.

Places are limited at the Living with Diabetes Day in Glasgow Those interested in attending the event must register online at www.diabetes. org.uk/lwdd or call 0345 123 2399.

Jane-Claire Judson, National Director for Diabetes Scotland, said: “There are around 54,406 people living with Type 2 diabetes in Greater Glasgow and Clyde. and we know that being diagnosed with the condition can have a life-changing effect on people. There is a lot of information to take in, particularly at the time of diagnosis, so these events are a great way to get detailed expert advice in an easy-to-digest way, as well as being an opportunity to meet other people living with Type 2 diabetes.”

Flu Vaccination Clinics at Houston and Bridge of Weir Surgeries See main advert on page 29

Diaporama It’s great to be back. Our first session was sorting out the winter programme which looks varied and exciting. We then spent the rest of the evening looking at shows in progress.

We visited Alhambra Granada with its beautiful gardens, Paris by Night and the Commonwealth Games with ‘ Rhythmic Gymnastics’. We had a sequence of the ‘Red Arrows’ and the air show at Waddington. We looked at a beautiful ‘Nature Notebook’ with images of flowers, birds, butterflies all presented as a book with animated page turning.

Technology has changed so much since photography began and now we have ‘wide screen’ so David documented the changes in ‘New Size’ - a bit of nostalgia for a lot of us!. Hugh demonstrated the interesting possibilities available of using video in AV - to be continued...

Our next meeting on Monday 13th October at 7.30pm in the Carrick Centre, Houston is an ‘Evening with Colin’. Everyone welcome

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OUTDOORS news CMRP Regional Park Round Up ‘Walk about a Bit’ 2014

A lovely sunny day was enjoyed by all on the 11th annual ‘Health Walk’. At the end of the 10 mile walk Senga MacLeod greeting all participants over the finish line and handed out the medals – well done to all who took part.

Volunteer Katie achieves Summit Saltire Award

Gardening: October is the bulbplanting month.

Select a succession of narcissi, fritillaries, alliums, snowdrops, winter aconites, iris reticula and tulips to fill the front of your borders with colour before herbaceous perennials and deciduous shrubs begin to grow. Spring bulbs come from cooler climes than the tender bulbs of summer and autumn, and can be planted and left in place to flower every year as they would do in the wild. It’s important to plant them on a good bed of grit for drainage – bulbs [especially tulips] don’t like wet feet. Label

Volunteer at Greenock Cut Centre Kathleen McMillan has consistently given up her own time to assist the Ranger Service with schools, the Branching Out programme, events and technology (!) amassing a grand total of over 1500 hours in 19 months! This has enabled the Park to put her forward for the highest level of Saltire Award, the Summit. Katie was awarded this on 10th September at Greenock Town Hall with the Park Manager David Gatherer in attendance.

Race2theGames – The Legacy

Advance coaching has just taken place with two RYA Scotland coaches at Castle Semple for some of the ‘upcoming talent’ after the summer of accessible sailing – what this space to see a future Paralympic sailor! Dates are set for the Scottish Multi-Class Access Regatta – Sat 20th and Sun 21 June 2015 with training days running on the Thurs 18th and Fri 19th June.

Please note the date and get in contact if you can help with sponsorship or the organising.

Photographic Competition Autumn Category – Closing

The closing date for the final stage of the competition is coming up. Visit the Park and capture what you think represents autumn at Clyde Muirshiel.

Submit your images by email with your contact details to photocomp@ clydemuirshiel.co.uk. Full T&C’s on our website.

Classic & Custom Car Show – Sun 19th Oct

Back for its 4th year – come to the beautiful lochside location of Castle Semple and view a stunning array of vehicles in the autumnal sun! Car spaces are all booked.......time now to come for a look, enjoy a coffee or a walk and support ‘Finding Your Feet’.

Stargazing Returns to Muirshiel Centre them prominently so you know they’re there from one year to the next – and be sure to plant some in containers as well. Feed and water

The nights are drawing in, but at Muirshiel Country Park this is a good thing as it means there are some amazing views of the night’s sky! Events are arranged for this year on Fri 24th Oct, Fri 21st Nov and Fri 19th Dec. Please book on 01505 842 882 Ex 20 as event can be relocated at short notice due to weather conditions on the road.

Duke of Edinburgh Programmes

Clyde Muirshiel is an approved activity provider to deliver Duke of Edinburgh programmes. We’re currently working on new opportunities for 14 – 25 year olds, no matter what their ability, to do their Duke of Edinburgh at Clyde Muirshiel. There are new offerings contributing mainly to the skill, physical and expedition sections of the award. Look on our website for details.

established clumps of bulbs after they’ve finished flowering to ensure a good display for next year.

To save your back and give you control over planting, use a bulb planter.

Use the planter to cut the holes first, then plant the bulb and backfill as you go along.

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Regular Events

Mondays (put 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.

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Bridge Of Weir Horticultural Soc.

The Horticultural Society’s Flower Show was held on the last Saturday in August. After early clouds cleared, it became a sunny day with a brisk wind.

As the heavy showers on the Friday had been predicted in earlier forecasts, gardeners had been able to cut show items before any damage could be done. The herbaceous borders provided a wonderful range of colours, shapes and sizes and the perfume from the sweet peas wafted deliciously around the hall. As we saw, it has been a very good year for sweet peas.

After the wonderful summer, many fruits and vegetables were worthy not just of the village show but a bench at Chelsea, so it was no surprise that the Neil Ferrier Cup for the overall Best Exhibit in the Show was awarded to Mr Alec Inglis for his magnificent onions and other equally impressive vegetables.

The Society Trophy for the Best Exhibit in the Show for the Children’s Section was won by Miss Abigail Sandham for her ambitious interpretation of a Person or Animal made from flowers, fruit or veg. The cup winners show are listed below, but for a more comprehensive list, please check out our website: www.bowhs.co.uk.

Mr George Meikle, Chairman of the Royal British Legion in Bridge of Weir, was the guest of honour. He welcomed everyone to the Legion and pointed out that the hall is a great venue for all community events. His committee are pleased that the Horticultural Society is a frequent user of the Legion’s facilities and reminded everyone that it is there for villagers to use for functions and gatherings. He had also observed, first hand, just how much work is put in by members of the Society to get the Show ready before the doors open to the public.

September is expected to give us another burst of warm and sunny weather, but there is a packed winter syllabus ready for the autumn meetings when we meet again at the British Legion. We will meet on Thursday 9th October at 8pm when the first speaker for the new season will be Dr Jennifer Miller. We look forward with great interest to her forensic glimpse of “Plants, People, Places”.

Prizewinners: List of Cup Winners

Cairns Cup for Roses - J C Boyd. Cairns Cup for Vegetables - Alex Inglis. John Woodrow cup for Best Pot Plant - Joy McLeod. Mrs William Steele Cup for Pot Plants - Ewen Brown. Cargill Trophy for Cacti - Ewen Brown. Society Cup for Dahlias - Jim Crawford.

AAB Beeton Memorial cup for Dahlias - Jim Crawford. Harold Telfer Memorial Cup for Floral Art - Lorna Campbell. James Barclay Memorial Trophy for Annuals - (excluding sweet peas) Jim Crawford.

William Steele Cup for Sweet Peas - Anna McKenzie. Mrs MA Watson Cup for Herbaceous - Hazel Russell. Society Cup for Gladioli - Katrina Vine. National Vegetable Society Medal & Certificate - Alex Inglis.

Society Top Tray Certificate (vegetables). Alex Inglis. Society Top Vase Certificate - Elizabeth Manson. James Ferrier cup - children 13 –16 - Seonaid Murray. Cairns cup - children 9 –12 - Aisling Murray. Society cup - children under 8 years - Abigail Sandham. Society Trophy for Best in Show – Children’s Classes - Aisling Murray. RHS Banksian Medal - Alex Inglis. Neil Ferrier Cup for Best Exhibit in Show - Alex Inglis.

Off The Wall

Well it’s been a very busy summer for the West of Scotland Drystone Wallers following our successful visit to the Gardening Scotland Show. Two beginners training courses at Kilbarchan in June & September introduced 35 new members of the public to the art & fun of drystone walling. For once the weather was kind and stayed dry. In fact the September course was almost too warm! The courses lead to 4 new members joining the Association to take their skills to a higher level.

Following on from Gardening Scotland, the award winning memorial garden was rebuilt at Erskine Hospital. The size of the garden was increased to allow easy access for wheelchairs around the central water feature which also meant a change in the planting scheme. The whole project was finished early in August and the Garden was formally opened on 18th August by actress Juliette Mills and her husband Max Caulfield who were appearing in “Stars on Parade” in support of Erskine Hospital.

Also appearing at the opening were Pony Major Corporal Mark Wilkinson and the mascot of the Royal Regiment of Scotland “Lance Corporal Cruachan III”. While Max & Juliette chatted to the many visitors and hospital veterans, L/C Cruachan availed himself of the facilities in the garden with a well earned nibble of the turf and a drink from the water feature.

The Memorial Garden will join the Scottish Thistle walls constructed a few years ago as part of the Remembrance Walk being constructed in the Hospital grounds.

In addition to this major project, the Wallers also constructed a stone wildlife & “Bug Hotel” for the RSPB in the grounds of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, and are working with the Dalmally community council to build a stone seat in the new Community Wildlife Garden on the banks of the river Orchy.

Further projects will include another golf course drystone bridge, this time at Kirkintilloch. These are becoming very popular now; maybe a local golf course would be interested in a collaboration? In between all this hard work 3 of our members successfully passed their Intermediate Assessment tests for professional wallers at our test site in Kilsyth.

Ideas are now being canvassed for projects for 2015.

If any community groups are interested in either training courses or a community project details of contacts can be found on our website: www.wsdswa.org. uk/#/contact or Facebook www. facebook.com/ wsdswa

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The Windows on Wildlife Project aims to bring people closer to wildlife, gaining a unique insight to the furry & feathered inhabitants of Castle Semple Country Park. Project Officer Hayley Douglas gives us an update.

Project updates

The Windows on Wildlife Project celebrates its second birthday in October. I can’t quite believe it. Since the start of the project I have worked with over 1500 school children, delivered talks and events to over 2100 people and collected over 500 hours of footage of the badgers, otters, foxes and many other animals that inhabit the local area. WoW indeed! So thank you to all who have attended events, asked questions and watched the footage. Watch this space to see what the future brings.

Wildlife News

Well there has been a bit of a baby boom since the last issue. We have a set of roe deer twins on camera and a trio of otter cubs. The roe deer twins have been named Bracken and Foxglove by Isabel Wylie Robinson who took part in a poll on ‘The Riverside Show’. They are growing well and have started to lose their spots which keeps them camouflaged. The appearance of the otter cubs is great news as there haven’t been any cubs in the areas since 2012. Again can I please remind drivers to watch out for otters on the road between the village and RSPB and if you see any otters on the road or out and about on the lochs can you please let me know.

Have you seen the Windows on Wildlife Project on STV Glasgow? As well as showing the footage collected by the project I have been discussing issues such as deer poaching and hedgehog decline. Do you have an interesting wildlife story to tell or question to ask? If so please get in touch with me on wow@clydemuirshiel.co.uk

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Kilmacolm Horticultural Society

The Winter Lecture on 15th October will be very special indeed to mark the 135th anniversary of the Society. Jane Gordon a highly respected member of the Scottish Association of Flower Arrangers is coming to the New Community Centre, Kilmacolm at 7.30pm to demonstrate her artistic skills for which she has received gold medals at Chelsea, Harrogate and Ayr. Her talk is entitled ‘A Spirit of Adventure’. We will hold a raffle to defray expenses, and hope you will join us for refreshments after the flower demonstration. For information on joining the Kilmacolm Horticultural Society, please contact Jill Russell, on 01505 872393. Annual membership £5.

At the Kilmacolm Flower Show, children from Kilmacolm Primary School entered the Picture Gallery entitled ‘Party Time in the Garden’. Winners in each category were Eilidh Boyd (Nursery/ P1), Cameron Syme (P2,3,4) and Cameron Smyllie (P5,6,7). Congratulations and thank you to all the children who helped to brighten the walls of the Flower Show.

Members and visitors enjoyed the colourful displays staged by exhibitors at the Kilmacolm Annual Flower Show.

Thanks to everyone who helped to make it a success.

Cupwinners: Best Exhibit Class 1 Annuals - D Russell; Best Exhibit Sweet Peas - JJ McCann; Best Exhibit Herbaceous - Helen Cook; Best Exhibit Carnations - Robert McIlvar; Best Exhibit Gladioli - Mary Lochhead; Best Exhibit Roses - Margaret Anderson; Best Exhibit Fuchsias - Elizabeth Manson; Best Exhibit Pot Plants - Jack Taylor; Best Exhibit Tomatoes - Sandy Fyfe; Best Exhibit Planters/ Hangingbaskets - Helen Abram; Best Exhibit Top Vase - Jill Russell; Most Points Pot Plants - Margaret Borthwick; Most Points Onions - Alex Inglis; Most Points Vegetables - Derrick Russell; Most Points Novices - Martin Arthur; Most Points As the weather is starting to get colder, leaves are Annuals - Derrick Russell; starting to fall from the trees and woodland walks begin Most Points Kitchencraft to take on a whole different look. Instead of flowers, Jenny O’Rourke; Most Points colourful fungi can often be spotted along the trails.

Floral Art - Wendy Coughtrie; Many birds also depart for the winter, whilst others arrive in their Most Points Children’s Section place. Look out for flocks of colourful fieldfare and redwings!

- Orla O’Rourke; Best Exhibit If you enjoy watching the different birds that visit your garden feeders, Dahlias, Most Point In Dahlias, why not come along to our “bird feeding & cookery demo”, at the end Most Points In Cut Flowers of October (25th). We’ll have a go at making interesting concoctions Andy Aitken; Most Meritorious for garden birds. There will also be lots of advice on feeding the Exhibit In The Show - Alex birds, so come along for a hands-on workshop that your feathery Inglis friends will appreciate! To book, please contact us at the reserve: Tel. 01505 842 663; Email. Lochwinnoch@rspb.org.uk

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Grow Kilbarchan

Calling all gardeners! Are you having an end of summer clear-out?

Do you have spare spades, forks and trowels cluttering up your shed?

Why not donate them to Grow Kilbarchan’s gardening amnesty!

Having been lucky enough to been offered the garden at the Trust Inn, Kilbarchan, as a growing space, we’re now looking for tools and materials to help us transform the grassy slope into a productive garden.

So if you have anything you think we might find useful, please contact us at growkilbarchan@gmail.com or join us at our next regular meeting at 2pm in 12th October in the garden of the Trust Inn (or in the Trust of the weather beats us!)

We meet on 2nd Sunday of every month in the garden of the Trust Inn. Join us to catch up on the progress of the projects we’ve been working on, find out about what’s planned for the coming months, and learn more about how you can get involved. All welcome!

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PETS news Pet Fit Club Unfortunately obesity is an increasing problem we see in pets which has significant health implications including poor quality of life and reduced life expectancy.

It occurs when the energy intake is greater than the energy expenditure.

• Animals with a bodyweight 10-20% greater than their ideal weight are classified as overweight.

• Animals with a bodyweight greater than 20% above their ideal weight are classified as obese.

Factors contributing to weight gain, include overfeeding, feeding an inappropriate diet for e.g., feeding human foods or excessive treats, and insufficient exercise. Neutering can also be a factor in weight gain as animals that have been neutered require around 30% less calories than those that have not been neutered.

Pets At Home Fun Day Pets at home in Abbotsinch paisley recently had a fun day, when kids could come along and meet a new furry friend.

It was a fabulous day, and kids came in their droves to meet new friends. They got to hear about how to look after a new pet and learned how to handle them.

The store manager Martin Senior said “It was a great opportunity and the kids loved it.

The Royalheart Greyhound Rescue based in Langbank came along with some of the hounds, and kids also got to meet a hound and enjoy a cuddle”.

Parents could also donate to the Greyhound rescue and they raised over £300 in donations to help these wonderful dogs.

Some health problems can be directly linked to obesity or have a higher incidence in obese animals including, respiratory problems, arthritis and diabetes.

For an animal to lose weight it is necessary to increase the energy expenditure and decrease the energy intake.

Increasing the energy expenditure is achieved by increasing the amount of exercise. In dogs this can be done by increasing the number and/ or the length of walks. In obese dogs, especially those with other associated health problems such as arthritis, this can be difficult initially as they are less willing and able to exercise. It can be achieved by giving multiple short, regular walks rather than a small number of long walks. In cats increasing exercise is achieved mainly through play.

Decreasing energy intake is achieved by reducing the number of calories the animal is consuming. This means sticking to a recommended diet and not feeding human food leftovers or treats. If owners are unable to cut out treats completely they can be replaced with healthier alternatives for example small slices of apple or carrot which are lower in calories.

PetVets has recently launched a Pet Fit Club to support clients wanting to help their pet lose weight. To find out more contact the practice.

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Re-homing Pets

Can you offer a home to any of our featured pets?

Amy is a nice wee cat of around 2 years old - this poor wee soul was dumped and she had obviously had kittens. She has now been speyed and is ready to go to her new home. She would like a quiet home as she needs time and space to settle in after her dreadful experience, but she will come round given some love and attention. ref: LW

Lucy is a gorgeous, affectionate wee apricot and white girl of just under 1 year old. She came into us as a stray and was pregnant. She has since had her kittens and was due to be speyed early September, but you can reserve her now. Ref: AMcS

To contact the Renfrewshire Branch on 0141 876 4133.

Oscar - a 1-2 year old male Labrador Oscar is a lively boy who would suit an experienced owner with older children. He would benefit from plenty of daily exercise and games to play. Oscar would thrive on routine and consistency in his life. Oscar wants is a new owner who will give him the time he needs and the guidance he wants.

Barney - a male crossbreed rabbit Barney is a nice wee bunny who arrived in our care through no fault of his own. He is now looking for a fun new home to call his own.

Barney would enjoy having plenty of toys to play with and getting lots of attention.

www.cats.org.uk Guide Dogs charity shop online offering a wide selection of cards, gifts, diaries, calendars, dog gifts. Registered charity helping train more guide dogs. www.dogalogue.com

To contact the centre about any animals, please call 03000 999 999 or visit www. scottishspca.org/rehoming JAKE - 5/7 year old male Labrador Jake is an adorable boy who is so excited to say hello to you, his whole body wags! He loves to be on the go and is full of beans.

Jake can be a bit worried at first so needs a calm, quiet home to help him settle. He can live with children who are 14 years old or over and needs a secure garden. An active home to give him the exercise he needs and loves would also benefit him.

MAC - a Smooth Collie - 6/12 months old Mac is a handsome boy who is typical of his breed.

He loves to be on the go, playing with toys especially squeaky ones. He is a clever chap and loves to be learning new things. He also loves his exercise and long walks. Mac can live with children who are 16 years old or over and needs his own secure garden. Someone who has collie experience would help him settle into his new environment.

Dogs Trust Rehoming Centre, 315 Hamilton Road, Uddingston, Glasgow, G71 7SL. Open: 12noon - 4pm (including weekends); 12noon- 7.30pm on Tuesdays; closed: Wednesdays

Dogs Trust Gifts for Christmas We have lots of wonderfully waggy gifts! Our fab new range is packed full of wonderful gift ideas for everyone; human and hound!

You’ll find yuletide essentials, gifts for the home and clothing. Oh, and of course, dog toys!

Every single purchase and donation helps Dogs Trust to care for thousands of stray and abandoned dogs.

Thank you for your kind support. Happy shopping! www.dogstrustgifts.com

All rehomings are subject to a successful home visit.

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SCHOOLS news Bridge of Weir Primary This term we have welcomed 60 bright-eyed P1s into the fold, with most fully into the swing of things. According to Lily, “In P1 you’re quite lucky because you just have to say ‘Please can you say that slower?’ to your teacher and they do!” For many, starting school has been a much-anticipated event, “…it took me a long time to get here!” exclaimed Cormac.

Lily and Cormac were very enthusiastic about their trip to the RSPB in Lochwinnoch to see mini-beasts up close. Topic work has also been set in context for P3, who enjoyed all things Ancient Egypt on a recent trip to Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. As part of their work on WW1, P6 pupils headed off to the People’s Palace. “The fighting didn’t just happen overseas,” said Erin, “it happened at home too.” Meanwhile P7 students explored renewable energy and windpower at Whitelee Windfarm.

Gregor particularly enjoyed “doing experiments in the lab and seeing the turbines up close – they’re actually very big! “ Threaded through everything the school is doing is our new Health & Wellbeing programme “BounceBack!”, designed to enhance young people’s sense of wellbeing and resilience.

“Friday Fun”, our new take on Golden Time, has already been very well received.

We are delighted to celebrate the sporting achievements of Cameron, Erin, Jessica, Aimee, Andrew, Rory, Ruari and Murray, who came first in the hockey tournament at the Renfrewshire Primary Games in June, and to Grant who was the Renfrewshire runner-up in the Badminton Tournament.

Our friendly Parent Council is next due to meet upstairs in Amaretto at 7pm on Wednesday, 1st October, and new faces are very welcome. Please “like” and share the Facebook page (run and regulated by parents) to keep abreast of goings on! The next event is the Family Quiz Night, on Friday 3rd October, 6.30pm for 7pm at the school.

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Kidston Kids Playgroup, Stay & Play Friday 10th October, or any day in October or November.

Kidston Hall, Kilmacolm 9.45am11.45am Preschool children from Birth

Red, White and Blue Day is a chance for every school in the country to show their support for the huge number of Service families in the UK.

Lochwinnoch Baby & Toddlers

If each school child gave just £1 to wear red, white and blue, the project would raise millions for soldiers, sailors, airmen and their families.

McKillop Hall. 9.30am-11.30am £2/family fee includes tea & children’s snacks.

St Columba Playgroup St Columba Church Hall, Kilmacolm, 9.30am-11.40am

every Tuesday

Bridge of Weir Toddlers Cargill Hall, Lintwhite Cres, BoW Pop along and see us from 9.30-11.30am

Service children are brave and adaptable, but they are also often under strain and can be vulnerable.

Baby Social

Kilbarchan East Church Tots’ Club

St Columba Church Hall, Kilmacolm, 9.30am-11.40am

Kilbarchan East Church Tots’ Club. The club has almost a full complement of children and adults, although’ new Mums and babies will still be made welcome on Mondays from 9.15am11.30am in the East Church Hall.

Three Sisters Bake, Quarriers Vill. 11am Meet mums, drink coffee & eat cake.

St Columba Playgroup

every Wednesday Kidston Kids Playgroup, Stay & Play Kidston Hall, Kilmacolm 9.45am11.45am Preschool children from Birth

St Columba Toddlers St Columba Church Hall, Kilmacolm, 10am - 11.30am For children from birth to 3 years.

Lochwinnoch Baby & Toddlers McKillop Hall. 9.30am-11.30am

Come and Have Some St Fillan’s Primary School Primary 1: The first Monday in September saw us welcome Fun at Kidston Kids! our seventeen P1 children into school for full days. We are

£2/family fee includes tea and children’s snacks.

Kidston Kids in Kilmacolm would like you to come and join us to make friends and have some fun.

delighted to have such wonderful children join us and they have settled beautifully into St Fillan’s Primary School life.

Church Hall, Main Street, Houston

Young Sports Leaders: Our P6 children have been trained by Active Schools coaches in the Young Sports Leaders scheme.

They are now leading a variety of games and activities each lunchtime and doing a wonderful job. Well done P6!

St Columba Playgroup

Primary 7 Buddies: Before the summer holiday, Mrs Kaney trained our new P7 pupils to be ‘Big Buddies’ to support our new P1 pupils. They are doing a marvellous job and have really helped P1 settle into school. Well done and thank you P7.

Kidston Kids Playgroup, Stay & Play

Our Motto is, we can Dance, we can Sing, we can do most Anything! Come and see what you can do!

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning 9.45am-11.45am for pre-school children from Birth.

Kidston Ceilidh Night, River Inn, Houston.

Friday 14th November All welcome!

Please put the date in your diary!

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Nursery Visits: This month Abbey and Woodlands nurseries will visit St Fillan’s Primary School to take part in a PE lesson with our resident PE expert Mrs Munro. We are looking forward to welcoming local nursery children into our school.

Thanks go to Mrs McPherson our Depute Head Teacher for organising these activities.

Renovations: Our renovations are continuing and the school is taking shape. We are very much looking forward to inviting our families into school when all the works are complete.

every Thursday Houston Toddlers Pop along and see us from 9.30-11.30am

St Columba Church Hall, Kilmacolm, 9.15am-11.40am

every Friday Kidston Hall, Kilmacolm 9.45am11.45am Preschool children from Birth

Langbank Under 3’s Church Hall, Langbank 10am-11.45am For children from birth to 3 years

1st & 3rd Friday Renfrewshire Inverclyde Twins Club McKillop Hall, Lochwinnoch 10-11.30am £3. Bring a mug along for a cuppa.

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Kilbarchan Primary Many congratulations to Mrs Littleson who won the National Kelpies Book Prize! Her book “The Mixed Up Summer of Lily McLean” will now be published and in book shops soon. We are all very proud of her at Kilbarchan Primary, and are also very excited to have a real author as a teacher in our school!

Anti Bullying Week To start the new school session, we had an anti-bullying focus week with activities for staff and pupils at all stages. The aims of this focus week were to raise awareness about bullying and to work together to develop assertiveness skills to create a safe and secure learning environment for all pupils. In addition to the special focus week, other activities will take place in school throughout the year. This will help to raise awareness of bullying and help pupils to communicate effectively in conflict situations. The Circle Time approach, used weekly, is one method which is used to discuss anxieties/problems in a secure environment.

Eco Drama - Worm Inspectors On Wednesday 27th August the “Magic Van” with a team from Eco Drama group, supported by LEAP, came to our school. We saw the eco-friendly show “Worm Inspectors”. The show inspires people to “make less waste in the first place”. They gave us our very own wormery food bin for lunch times.

Andrew in P3 said, “I learned that the biggest worms live in the desert and the show was very good.” Poppy and Lydia in P7 said, “It was educational and the whole upper school enjoyed it!” The younger pupils saw a show called “The Worm” earlier in the week, all about worms and composting.

They all thought it was great!

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Kilbarchan Community Nursery On 19th September the nursery marked it’s 30th anniversary with a ‘Birthday bash’. There was an impressive turnout of friends old and new, former parents, staff and committee as well as present day parents, children and staff.

Everyone enjoyed looking round the nursery, seeing the old photographs, having a catch up and enjoying a buffet kindly provided by Mairi’s mum. We were privileged to have one of the nursery’s founders, Joyce McCallum as guest of honour, who told us all about starting the nursery 30 years ago to fill a need in the village.

Joyce then cut the cake, made by new parent and committee member Victoria. Thanks again to all who attended and to the committee who decorated the nursery and helped to make it a memorable evening.

Abbey Nursery Beth Morris and her team at Abbey Nursery have been celebrating recently when the nursery received an Award from Daynurseries. This organisation provides a valuable service for parents when researching childcare options and Abbey was voted 10th out of 707 nurseries in Scotland and this recognition will now be recognised on the Daynurseries website. The Award is based on personal recommendations and we are very proud that Parents took the time to pass on their thoughts – thank you for this vote of confidence.

Meanwhile, with our feet firmly on the ground, it has been business as usual with lots of exciting activities for the children. The Busy Bunnies have been saying goodbye to the butterflies they gave a home to in the playroom and were delighted so many of them lived to fly off in the warmer weather.

In the Little Ladybirds playroom the children are still captivated with the new sensory room and enjoy the intimacy of the smaller space to play together.

The projector provides moving backdrops from ‘at the farm’ to ‘under the sea’ and children take great delight on trying to ‘catch’ these images.

Citizenship is high on the agenda for our Grasshoppers who have been preparing for our second Eco Schools Green Flag inspection as well as collecting clothes to recycle for Mary’s Meals charity. The fine weather has also helped with regular outings to the local woods and a great deal of exploring and gathering of such a variety of ‘treasures’ to bring back to the nursery.

Commemorating the First World War at St Benedict’s Commemorations to mark the centenary of the First World War kicked off with a bang at St Benedict’s High School on Thursday 4th September, when young historians and students of English were lucky enough to watch a production by the Quantum Theatre group, aptly named “Your Country Needs You.” The theatre group used primary sources from the period of The Great War, including songs such as “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary”, prose pieces and poetry to create a realistic, evocative and poignant tribute to the First World War. During the event, the school raised over £300 for Erskine Hospital a fund which is very close to the school’s heart, as in the previous years’ commemorations of Armistice Day, St Benedict’s has been lucky enough to have veterans from the hospital visit the school to work with the pupils, sharing their experiences of war.

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Kilmacolm Primary School We have had a busy start to our new session where we welcomed 29 children into our P1 classes. We wish them every success as they begin their school career. Here is just a flavour of the learning taking place in our school.

P1 and P1/2 are learning about people who help us and hoping to have lots of visits from the Emergency Services. Our P4 class embarked on a trip to the seaside.

They discovered lots of treasures on Lunderston Bay. The sun shone beautifully and they are now ready to tackle their novel study – A Gift from Winklesea. We also celebrated Dahlicious Day by focusing on literacy, particularly Roald Dahl books and stories. The boys and girls dressed up as their favourite characters and as well as enjoying and learning about story writing they also raised funds for Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity. The imaginative and colourful costumes certainly brightened up our day! We are now looking forward to our Fairtrade coffee afternoon in aid of McMillan Cancer Care. P6 and 7 worked hard to organise the event which will took place on Friday 19th September. Parents, Pupils and the school community were challenged to enter our Fairtrade cake show stopper challenge.

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St Columba’s School Pupils help Scotland win Gold at UK Games

Ellie Halliday (SVI), Chloe Hardy (SVI) and Maddie Cleat (SIV) were selected to play hockey for Scotland in the Sainsbury’s 2014 School Games, a multi-sport event which took place in Manchester. The Scottish team beat two of the English team to go through to the final with Ulster. They took Gold with a score of 4-3. Ellie who captained the Scottish team said, “As the underdogs it was especially exciting to win gold.

The team really came together both on and off the pitch.”

The Rector of St Columba’s, Mr David Girdwood, said, ”To have three out of sixteen players in the team is a reason to be very proud. I’d like to congratulate Ellie in particular on her captaining of the team.”

This year our P7 class demonstrated their responsible attitudes by holding an election to elect our House Captains.

Following persuasive arguments and a vote, our House Captains are as follows: Mark Gammon, Gregor Hewitt, Laurie Struthers and Janie Poppy Stewart.

P6 and 7 will be embarking on a magical secret journey aboard the ‘Unsinkable Ship’. This secretive project will be an adventure they will never forget.

P3 and P3/2 are enjoying being back at school and are having great fun exploring their ECO weather topic. ‘I’m a P5 Get me Out of Here!’ has hit our screens. P5 will be exploring the Rainforest, undertaking many challenges along the way. P5 are also responsible for our Rag Bag initiative which encourages our school community to recycle.

Woodlands Day Nursery Our babies have had great fun out in our extensive gardens, searching for crisp Autumn leaves and pine cones to make very creative pictures. We have gone through lots of yellow, orange, red, brown and gold paint as we made leaf prints, string pictures and even a Woodlands tree from handprints for our wall. We have explored the leaves using our senses, listening to them crunch, feeling their rough textures and looking at all their wonderful colours. We are now patiently waiting on some rain for splashing in muddy puddles just like our favourite television character Peppa Pig. The Tweenies were learning about Harvest Time and have been baking their own bread, exploring textures of oats and barley and discovering how to change corn kernels into popcorn which they thoroughly enjoyed.

We recently held a successful Information Evening for their parents who just wanted a little more insight into their children’s learning and daily routine. Mums and dads seemed amused by the wide range of activities available whilst the dads especially, enjoyed exploring some messy play such as Gloop and Moon Sand.

Rising 5’s children have been covering topics such as Golden Rules, All About Me and continuing their learning outdoors as we approach Autumn The children are witnessing the change in their local environment as they explore the woods collecting an assortment of fallen leaves, chestnuts, acorns and pine cones which they use to express their creativity in collage pictures and also matching, counting and sorting activities.

The Out of School Care children were also drawn into the major topic of Scotland last month by joining in on the Referendum by making a ballot box, voting and having a debate about Scottish Independence. The younger children were practicing new skills by knitting squares to make blankets for babies with the help of Christine and one of the children’s granny’s They have been learning about the changing environment due to the seasons and taking advantage the arrival of Autumn by creating wonderful Autumn collages using hand prints and leaf rubbings Eco School is in full swing with children discussing ideas for planting and recycling.

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French E-Pals

Following Kilmacolm’s twinning with Mériginies, a small village in France, the SIV French class are hoping to connect with pupils from a school in the region. They made posters detailing their personalities and hobbies to help find a compatible French ‘e-pal’ and look forward to hearing from them soon.

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Prep have enjoyed learning about the Jungle by creating jungle animals, dressing up and reading lots of jungle stories.

Strawberry Field Nursery Rainbow Building

The children are starting to learn about autumn and are enjoying playing in the leaves wearing our welly boots. We will be going on lots of walks to see how nature changes and collect some leaves to make pictures.

Our outdoor area has been developed incorporating a mud garden and we are spending as much time as possible in our garden. The babies have been busy doing a variety of collage pictures and also enjoying playing outside.

Bright stars building

The 3-5 children have been planning for our new topic ‘’Bears’’. They found a set of muddy paw prints leading out to the garden, which sparked map making, letter writing and an exciting bear hunt! We are continuing to develop our outdoor facilities and have had a member of staff that has attended a 3 day course on forest kindergarten. The children have been enjoying our new rope swing and have now created an outdoor music making centre. As we move into autumn we will be making an outdoor bear cave as part of our topic, and looking at seasonal changes.

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Duchal Nursery School Thank You

Duchal Nursery School, in Kilmacolm, was established in 1968, and has been run as a parents’ co-operative ever since. Throughout its existence parents and friends of pupils have raised funds and made donations to give their children the best start in life with great facilities and opportunities.

In November 2008, we were very privileged to move into our purpose built new nursery building at Birkmyre Park, Kilmacolm.

We are delighted to announce that in August 2014 we paid off the bank loan arranged to fund the build, due to the generosity of all the friends of Duchal, who have contributed to all the fundraising activities over the years.

A heartfelt “thank you” from all the Duchal children, past and present, to everyone who has helped over the years towards creating such an amazing nursery facility, it is a wonderful place to have fun and learn.

After the long summer break it was wonderful to welcome all the boys and girls to the nursery, the big Blue Teddies are enjoying looking after the new younger Red Teddies and showing them around.

We have been learning about colours and opposites including hot and cold using jelly to demonstrate and listening to different music that makes us happy and sad. With a visit from the road safety officer we are learning about safety in the home, the garden and outside in the park and near the roads.

The older children had a fantastic trip to visit the real Peter’s Railway, courtesy of local author Christopher Vine, (www. petersrailway.com) where we saw how a steam engine worked, felt the steam that gradually got hotter the closer to the engine we got. The exhilaration on the children’s faces as they had rides on the miniature railway was wonderful to see.

We are always happy for prospective parents to come and visit the Nursery at any time so please contact Head Teacher Jean McCarthy on: Tel. 874358 to arrange a convenient date. Also visit our website at: www. duchal.com to keep up to date with all the latest news An Open Day is being held at the nursery on Saturday 4th October, 10am – 11am – anyone with young children is welcome to look round the nursery and meet current parents and the teachers. It is an excellent opportunity to visit the nursery and see the wonderful facilities and opportunities that we offer.

Langbank Playgroup Here’s something you might not like to try at home! Playgroup is a great opportunity to get messy and to try something different with shaving foam being an interesting change from playdough but still a great way to practise fine-motor skills by creating circles, smiley faces, spiky hair etc which all help with early writing and concentration skills. Plus we have a fantastic collection of jigsaws for those who like a challenge!

We have lots of interesting activities and events lined up for this term including a trip to the fire station, our usual Gymnastic sessions plus of course meeting up with our friends at Langbank Primary so lots of adventures on a Friday morning.

Please contact our Chair, Jacqueline, for further details on 01475 540728. We will be having another RagBag collection in October so start clearing out your wardrobes now!

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St Columba Church Playgroup The painting stations are always popular at Playgroup and these budding Picassos are enjoying getting creative!

There is always a pile of paintings to take home at the end of the session which is a lovely opportunity for parents to admire hard work. We also enjoy parents and carers coming in to share in the learning when doing a turn on the duty-rota and are always looking out for their hidden talents. Dads and grandpas especially welcome as a male rolemodel. We are regulated by the Care Inspectorate which ensures we maintain our high standards and please get in touch to register for a 2015 space. stcolumbachurchplaygroup@gmail.com Our toddler group runs on Wednesday’s between 10am and 11.30am for children from birth to 3 years. Please contact our Toddler secretary Beth for more information on thebbles@hotmail.com We have our Christmas Craft Fair on Saturday15th November so keep the date free to come along and do some Christmas shopping. Keep up to date with future events by liking us on Facebook - St Columba Playgroup & Toddlers Kilmacolm for further information.

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Chef’s Visit To Gryffe Health and Food Technology Department (HFT)

A fifth year HFT class recently had a special visit from professional chef Brian Maule.

Mr Maule very kindly took time out of his busy schedule to visit Gryffe High. Mr Maule was visiting to teach the pupils culinary knife skills as part of the National 5 course.

He demonstrated using a wide range of vegetables such as carrots, leeks and onions.

The main focus of the class was to teach students specific cutting techniques. One was the Julienne, a way of cutting vegetables into very thin strips. Another was dicing the vegetables into minuscule squares, a method known as Brunoise. Cutting food into the shape of batons is known as Jardiniere. The Macédoine was dicing vegetables into slightly larger chunks than the Brunoise. Finally the Paysanne was a method for cutting vegetables into round, triangle and square shapes.

Some pupils commented on how much they enjoyed the class, saying it was interesting and would be useful when preparing food. The HFT department were very grateful that Mr Maule gave up his time to give the demonstration, and were glad that the event was a success.

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Nomad Music is a network of local music tutors who strive to offer a fun, friendly and exciting musical learning experience.

Our holiday club offers group lessons on guitar, bass, piano or drums, awesome games and a back stage area with pool table, table tennis table and much more.

If wished, there will even be the opportunity to have a jam. Morning sessions for those of Primary school age and afternoon sessions for those in Secondary school.

Nomad Music also runs weekly Saturday Music Clubs throughout the year. From beginners to those who have been learning for some time, we can tailor to each pupil’s individual needs. Even if tuition is received from elsewhere, we can offer a great additional learning experience to help further develop musical skills.

As well as our clubs, all our tutors are available for 1 to 1 lessons in the comfort of your home - it’s never too late to learn! We now offer a 10% discount for lessons taken before 3pm any weekday to learn more about what we can offer visit www.nomadmusicschool.co.uk

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SPORTS news End Of Season Approaches For Golf Orders Of Merit Renfrewshire Golf Union has announced the winners of the Junior Orders of Merit now that all the qualifying junior tournaments have been played. Colin Edgar from Cochrane Castle Golf Club has led the table since the beginning of the season when he collected double points at the Junior County Stroke Play at Caldwell with a two round aggregate of 145. Fereneze’s Josh Beatt put up a good fight, but Colin went on to win the open events at Renfrew (71), Port Glasgow (72), Caldwell (70), Elderslie (71) and a great round of 67 at the Paisley event. The final points were Colin Edgar 930 and Josh Beatt 776. A great season for Colin in Renfrewshire.

In the under 15 category, Angus Frood of Ranfurly Castle dominated the table after a slow start with wins at Paisley (74), Gourock (77), Fereneze (74), Whinhill (76) and Greenock (74). This was a very consistent performance from the youngster and he amassed 887.5 points, a long way from his nearest rival Ciaran O’Brien (Old Course Ranfurly) on 425 points.

Craig Watson Does It Again

When Renfrewshire’s top golfers lined up at Renfrew Golf Club for the final event of the season, the Herbie Pirie Trophy, there was still a mathematical possibility that former British Amateur Champion, Craig Watson from the East Renfrewshire club, could be overtaken in the race for the top of the Order of Merit. Craig led the table with 622.5 points with Renfrew’s Craig Pirie a long way back on 482.5. However, with double points available at the event, Renfrewshire Golf Union President, Andrew Anderson, who does all the mathematical work, advised that Pirie, a relative youngster, still had an outside chance with 300 points on offer for the winner.

Craig with William MacMillan holding the Herbie Pirie Trophy

After the morning round, young Craig recorded a solid 74 with Watson three shots behind on 77.

Could Pirie hold on for a win which would mean that Watson would have to be, at least, in sixth place to tie for the top spot? As it transpired, William MacMillan from Bonnyton intervened to halt Craig Pirie in his tracks. While Pirie repeated his morning round for an aggregate of 148, MacMillan pushed him into second place adding a great round of 67 to his morning effort of 76 for a 143 total.

With 250 points in the bag for second, Craig Pirie had to wait to see if Watson could make it to the top ten which he needed to clinch the Blake Clark Trophy. It came as no surprise when the experienced Watson handed in a second round 74 for a share of fourth spot and more than sufficient points to ensure that his name went on the trophy.

Craig Watson with the Top scores were: William MacMillan – Bonnyton – 76 & 67 = 143. Craig Pirie – Renfrew – Blake Clark Trophy 74 & 74 = 148. Ronnie Clark – Erskine – 75 & 75 = 150. Craig Watson – East Renfrewshire – 77 & 74 = 151 (Best second round).

Bridge of Weir Angling Club (River) Fly Tying for All Beginners’ class 7pm. Experienced fly tyers most welcome. Royal British Legion, Bridge of Weir, PA11 3NR. Weekly from Tuesday 7th October until Tuesday 25th February 2015.

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Kilbarchan Athletic Club On-X, Linwood, 7pm All abilities welcome. Tel: 07941 686990.

5-a-side Football Powerleague Paisley 6pm Tel: Jim Bretherton 01505 874215; or jimbretherton@aol.com

Br of Weir Ladies Badminton Cargill Hall, Lintwhite Cres, 7.30pm

Callanetics Brookfield Village Hall, 7.15pm

Strathgryffe Motorcycle Club The Trust Inn, Kilbarchan 9pm10.30pm Visit www.strathgryffe.org for details.

The Shotokan Karate Club St Benedict’s High School, Linwood, 7.30pm to 9pm.

Check out our website at 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

every Wednesday Greenock Hockey Club Inverclyde Academy School, Greenock, 6.30pm-8pm.

Contact Liz Baldwin, mobile 07944 607005

Callanetics Brookfield Village Hall, 5.15pm, 6.15pm & 7.30pm

every Thursday Kilbarchan Athletic Club On-X, Linwood, 7pm All abilities welcome. Tel: 07941 686990.

Kilmacolm Walkers Birkmyre Park Pavilion, Kilmacolm 10am Walk in and around Kilmacolm. Tel: David Goddard 01505 874192 or email kilmacolmwalkers@talktalk.net

Callanetics Brookfield Village Hall, 9.15am & 10.30am

every Friday Callanetics Brookfield Village Hall, 9.15am & 10.30am

For any further information contact, John Blair 07423 019381 or Beaton Bros Funeral Directors 01505 610555

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Ranfurly Castle Golf Club On 31st August it was Club Championship Finals day for Ranfurly Castle.

The men’s final was competed for over 36 holes

by Gregor Munro (pictured far left) and Conor Toal.

Gregor Munro was the eventual winner.

The Ladies Champion was Denise Cowan who defeated Mary Craig.

Seniors Champion was Geoff Urie defeating Peter Dickie at the 20th hole and in the Mixed Championship

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Spinal Injuries Scotland Launch New Watersports Project Spinal Injuries Scotland (SIS) have been successful in securing funding from Celebrate at the Big Lottery, part of the funding to celebrate Glasgow 2014. The funds are to be used to design tailor-made coaching programmes in sailing and other outdoor activities for their clients at Clyde Muirshiel’s Castle Semple Centre in Lochwinnoch.

The programme was launched by Paralympic Bronze Medallist in wheelchair curling Angie Malone on Friday 15th August at Castle Semple, Scotland’s first Centre of Excellence for disability sailing. Guests were treated to a variety of taster sessions in new adaptive equipment, given the opportunity to speak to our experienced Instructor Team and took part in some activities alongside the service users themselves. These included not just sailing, but also kayaking, canoeing and power boating.

John Clark, Chair of Spinal Injuries Scotland, said: “Glasgow 2014 was a wonderful showcase of sport and inclusion with the integration of the ParaSport in the programme one of its defining successes.

This funding means the people we support can have

Mother and Son partnership, Morag and Andrew Cunningham (pictured right), defeated husband and wife team Bert and Vicky Rennie.

On Monday 1st September the club hosted the PGA Assistant Professionals Event where 60 contestants competed.

The eventual joint winners were Alan Welsh (Cathkin Braes) and Paul O’Hara (Clydeway Golf) with a score of 72.

Ranfurly Castle’s Assistant Professional, David Stein finished 3rd with a score of 75 (all pictured bottom left).

access to new and exciting opportunities, a great example of a Commonwealth Games legacy.”

Renfrewshire Provost Anne Hall was there amongst SIS board members and Clyde Muirshiel Park Authority members to meet those who will benefit from the new programme. Cllr Gilmour, Chair of the Park Authority welcomed everyone to a sunny Castle Semple Centre.

Paralympian Angie Malone shared her experience of sport and how it opens up so many possibilities for wheelchair users and that she was pleased to see this latest development get underway. Angie later

Ranfurly Castle Ladies On Monday 8th September, 42 ladies gathered to celebrate 125 years of Ranfurly Castle Golf Club.

A competition was organised

by Jan MacNab and Lilias Snodgrass in which each of the 18 holes were reduced to 125 yards. With tees placed in unusual spots, a great deal of fun was had by all!

tweeted that she had a ‘fantastic day kayaking using new disability equipment look forward to returning soon!!!!’

The overall winner was Anne Judge, (pictured above in black), but there were many more novelty winners with the prizes all having a link to 125. I’m sure the winner of 125 tees will remember the day for quite a long time!!

Everyone enjoyed a celebration lunch in the Golf Club after the game.

This is the latest event in a line of successes for Clyde Muirshiel Park Authority and follows on from the pre commonwealth games Glasgow 2014 legacy event ‘Race 2 the games’ held on the River Clyde On July 2nd. This involved children from local special schools and adults from local disability organisations racing in accessible Hansa 303 sailing dinghies 33km from Greenock to Glasgow.

It is hoped the legacy of this event and programmes of tuition associated with it will continue to inspire all of those involved and in time produce a Paralympic star competitor in the future.

Gryffe Badminton Club welcomes new members.

Legacy activities coming up at Clyde Muirshiel include a Hansa 303 Class Sailing Academy in September and the Scottish Multiclass Sailing Regatta in June next year. The children and adults involved at Castle Semple are already experiencing the benefits and feeling of independence that sailing provides.

We are a social friendly club meeting on a Tuesday evening 8pm - 10pm at Strathgryffe Tennis Club, Houston. Any further information please telephone Alan on 01505 614276.

More details including who to contact about accessible outdoor activities and facilities at Clyde Muirshiel can be found on the Regional Park website www.clydemuirshiel.co.uk.

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Charity football match This friendly footie match was organised by William Milroy and Kevin McLaughlin, and all the proceeds were given to St Vincent’s Hospice in Howwood.

It was a fabulous day, and so far the match has raised around £5000 for this wonderful hospice.

The Just giving page remains open until 12th October for people to donate to this wonderful cause.

Many ex-pro’s turned up to this match, and showed their talents on the footie ground.

It was a wonderful day, with kids castles and many fun things. Kids also loved to meet the pro’s and have their photos taken.

Trailtroopers Tinsel Dash Returns Sunday 30th November at Finlaystone Country Estate, Langbank 10k adults race starts at 11am, 5k for adults and 12yr plus starts 11.15am and the kids race Mini-Troopers at 1pm Online entries through our website www.trailtroopers.co.uk

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by Lesley Handley Weight Training Weight training in the gym has a lot of misguided beliefs surrounding it in certain populations; women think it will make them bulky and elderly people think it will injure them. The issue is these populations that think weight training is bad could be seeing massive benefits if implementing it in their training.

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Castle Semple Sailing Club Topper Team Racing Sunday 24th August was a great sunny afternoon. Many thanks to Peter for organising us all so well. The forecast for wind was not great and it certainly wasn’t worth starting at 12noon so we delayed for lunch and a light breeze did appear around 1pm.

We managed to rustle up five teams of 2 and the competitive spirit certainly took over with plenty of shouts of “protest” and numerous penalties being taken with two people ending up in the water twice - Angus no less (seemingly handling a topper against enthusiastic young cadets was too much for him!) and Katy W. The cadets Niall, Hector and Ross Mc G, all in different teams, proved to be formidable opponents, obviously Duncan has been teaching them well. Arthur apparently had some sort of an encounter with a stray canoe at one point no doubt he will explain to any willing listener in due course. We even managed to have quite a number of spectators - ring side seats were at a premium due to the applauding from opposing teams on the pontoon and shouts from the water.

Jon and Niall were the eventual winners, with Ross McG receiving a prize for being in the most teams (usual CSSC tactic - he’s learning young!) and Angus for the best capsize (off the pontoon ha ha!).

Have to mention that even though he didn’t take part Crawford received a drenching not of his own volition either. I am sure there will be a retaliation at some point, someone had better watch out!

Many thanks to Duncan and Alan F for starting us off on each race. It was mentioned that never had so many people been seen out in the rescue/ committee boat before - all vying for a birds eye view of the action.

Hopefully we will repeat this event next year.

Inverclyde Leisure Kilmacolm Running Festival

The fact is, building muscle is hard work, and it doesn’t come easy to a huge amount of people. Many men struggle for years to build solid muscular tissue and this struggle is compounded more so in females; as females’ have 10x less testosterone than men, (a key muscle building hormone). You also need a calorie surplus when looking to gain muscle, so you need to eat more than your body normally needs to stimulate new muscle growth. It is rare for a female to increase calories if they are health conscious and trying to improve their body composition.

Inverclyde Leisure put together this wonderful day of family fun.

Muscle creates shape and many women want more shape, firm legs, or toned arms, and to create the ideal body, weight training is actually an essential path to creating that ‘look’. Weights, often heavy weights, need to be lifted to condition the muscles under our fat, and then reduce our fat enough to be able to see it.

The elderly are another population put off by the apparent negatives of weight training. Often there is a perception that there is a high injury risk with weight training in a gym, or perceived as being for the ‘young’.

Strength in old age becomes important as the body naturally declines in overall function/condition, joint integrity, bone strength and muscle flexibility; lifting weights just once a week can protect against all these issues. Strong bones, muscles and joints will dramatically reduce the risk of injury and comes from being active and resisting your body against heavy objects, such as weight training or other activities.

Lesley For more information or advice on any aspect of Personal Training, or for a free consultation contact me on 07512 355 877 or at Lesley_ personal_trainer@hotmail.co.uk.

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Families could enter either the toddle waddle, the 3km, 10km or half marathon.

There was also food stalls in which people enjoyed a hot burger after the race.

Many participated and local MP Iain McKenzie took part and also spent some time speaking to families.

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Kilmacolm Tennis Club Kilmacolm Tennis Club held their end of season Championships in glorious sunshine on 20th September.

Congratulations to all the winners: Mixed Doubles - The Galbreath Trophy - Winners Gillian & Dave Finch, runners up Liz Reid & Sandy Wilson Ladies Doubles - Winners of the En Tout Cas Sheild were Gillian Finch & Val Lawrence, runners up Liz Reid & Helen Abram

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Strathgryffe Celebrate Success

The first City Team Tennis tournament took place at the Bridge of Allan Tennis Club and was won by Strathgryffe. The Strathgryffe team were Eleanor Cochran, Liam O’Brien, Brodie & Arran Kerr and Carla Ward.

The side narrowly edged out Glasgow and Prestwick in the top group. Over 40 children from nine cities including Inverness, Glasgow, Dundee, Stirling, Aberdeen, Prestwick and Carlisle took part in a fantastic day of tennis and the added bonus was a warm up session conducted by Judy Murray, who said: ‘It was a fun day and brilliant to see so many children enjoying tennis.

L a d i e s Singles Winner Gillian F i n c h , runner up Marian Wardell

The Strathgryffe team were coached by Derek Brown, who said: ‘We’ve had a great day. Judy was a great inspiration and we’ve had some really close and exciting matches. We are delighted to come away with a Houston win at the first City Team Tennis Event. ‘

Gents Singles - Winner - Alexander Wilson, runner up Dave Finch Gents Doubles - The Massey Cup - Winners - Alexander & Mike Wilson, runners up Dave Finch & Paul Doherty Boys Under 14 - Winner - of the Jeanette Dunsmore Trophy Keir McNair, runner up Alexander Davies

Glasgow 5k Big Fun Run Bellahouston Park, Glasgow G52 1HH Saturday 11th October at 11am Runfor charity, run for fun...just run!! There’s no pressure, it’s all about getting involved, and enjoying the experience of the day. The events aren’t timed so what’s motivating Big Fun runners is getting together with friends & family (under 5s run for FREE), raising money for a worthwhile cause & enjoying the great outdoors. Enter now at the website www.bigfunrun.com/glasgow

Gold Medals for Rowing Partners Laura and Katy 16 year old Laura McDonald of Lochwinnoch had an outstanding season in both national and international rowing competition. Along with her partner Katy from Edinburgh they were unbeaten all season in the female under 16 double scull category. Along the way they picked up an impressive haul of gold medals starting off with victory at the Scottish championships in May followed up a few weeks later with a fantastic victory at their main target for the year where they beat 42 other crews through heats and final to win the British National Schools championship. During the course of the same regatta Laura also won a bronze medal in the single scull event which similarly had a field of over 30 competitors. This led to an invitation to trial for team GB which they duly won and then travelled to France on international duty where they won their match against the French national team. Success breeds success and they continued their season with a win at the British National Championship in July.

In addition to victory in the under 16 double scull Laura was also part of the gold medal winning under 18 quadruple scull !

Laura on the right at Nantes, France To round out the season Laura and Katy won gold at the Home International championships in Cork, Ireland. This win was all the after victory in the GB-France match. more impressive as they competed up a category in the under 18 double scull. To mark her incredible season Laura was chosen to captain the Scottish Junior team for the Irish trip. Laura has been rowing since she was 10 years old and competing at this level demands a heavy training load with two training sessions per day, 6 days a week.

Laura (left) at the home international in Cork, Ireland, with the captains armband!

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Laura has set her target for 2015 to gain a place in the GB junior team and to compete in either the World Championships in Rio or the European championships in Hungary in the summer of 2015. She is hopeful of gaining sponsorship to help achieve success at world level.

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Kilmacolm/Quarriers area registered childminders. P/time or F/time vacancies for u-5’s and after school. T: 873839.

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• Kilbarchan, Old Library Centre. Tel: 706070 • Kilmacolm, Cargill Centre. Tel: 873994 • Kilmacolm, Brownie/Guide Hut. Tel: 873488 • 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

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BISHOPTON: Primary School: 1st Thurs at 7.30pm www. bishoptoncouncil.com BRIDGE OF WEIR: Cargill Hall: 1st Tues at 7pm (June, September and October (AGM) www. bridgeofweir.org BROOKFIELD: Brookfield Village Hall: 7.30pm in February, April, June, August, October and December on the 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: Parish Church: 1st Tues at 7.30pm

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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:

church lists BRIDGE OF WEIR Freeland Church: Rev KN Gray BA BD. Morning Service 10.30am. Crèche, Sunday School, Lynx and Cornerstone. Eveing Service 7pm www.freeland.org.uk St Mary’s Church Scottish Episcopal Church: Scottish Episcopal Church Delighting to praise God; Showing Christ’s love; Growing in faith. Services Sundays at 10am. We have a regular cycle of prayer for those who live and work in Bridge of Weir. The dates of prayers for local roads are as follows: 5th Oct Kilgraston Road, 12th Oct - Kilmacolm Road, 19th Oct -Kirkinner Place, 26th Oct - Knox Avenue, 2nd Nov - Ladebank Terrace.

For further information, to ask for special prayers, or in pastoral emergency please call the Rector on 01475 705378.

S t M a c h a r ’s R a n f u r l y Church: Rev Suzanne Dunleavy BD DipEd. Sunday services 10.30am. Hearing aid loop system. www. stmacharsranfurlychurch. org.uk All welcome.

Hope Hall: Sun 1pm Sunday School, 4.30pm Gospel Service; Mon 6.30pm Investigators for Kids, 8pm Bible Study and Prayer.

From the Baha’i writings: “Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbour, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face.” For details of meetings call 615641

ELDERSLIE

Elderslie Kirk: Sunday service every week at 11am.

Minister - Rev Robin Allison.

A l l w e l c o m e . We e k l y meetings:- Monday Club every week from 12noon 2.30pm. Light lunch and a varied activity programme.

Midweek Fellowship will meet every Wednesday from 10.30am for Tea/Coffee followed by a short Service of Worship at 11am.

HOUSTON

Houston Baptist Church at Carrick Centre: 11am Family services with SS for children age 5-12; 6pm Eve Service; Mid-week Home Bible Study; For more information contact; Rev D Snelson 01505 612722.

Houston and Killellan Kirk: www.houstonkirk.org 5th October - 11am. 2pm & 6.45pm The Sacrament of Holy Communion.

Church of the Nazarene: Village Hall, Main street, Houston. PA6 7EL. Rev Benito S Coetzee. Family services at 10.30am with full toddler, children and youth activities running concurrently with the service.

Youth meets at 6.30-8pm on Sundays. Word and Table Quiet Service held from 9am - 9.30am every 3rd Sunday. Visit our website: www.houston.nazarene. org.uk St Fillan’s, Main St, Houston: Sun Masses: Vigil (Sat) 5 p m , 9 . 3 0 a m & 11 a m .

We e k d a y M a s s : Tu e s Sat 9.30am except Thurs, 7pm. Reconciliation: Sat 10-10.30am and after Vigil Mass; Thurs 7.30-8pm.

Exposition: As announced.

Baptisms: 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month by arrangement.

Parish Priest: Rev Daniel J McLoughlin, Dip.Th.,MA

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Pastoral Assistant: Sr Mary Frances Collett, RNDM ( Te l 0 1 5 0 5 6 1 3 5 1 4 ) .

“Abbotsfield”, St Fillan’s, Main St, Houston, PA6 7EL. T: 01505 612046, F: 01505 610556. E: parish@ stfillan.org.uk. www.stfillan. org.uk

HOWWOOD

Howwood Parish Church: Sunday Service will start at 10am and there will be a prayer meeting at 3 Bowfield Way on Fridays at 7.30pm.

KILBARCHAN

Services at 11am and in the East and West Churches as intimated in the Kilbarchan Column.

All services conducted by the Rev Stphen Smith.

Creche, Junior church and FEWsion/Bible Class meet at 10.45am. Midweek Fellowship in the West Church Session House on Wednesdays at 10.30am.

KILMACOLM

St Colm’s Catholic Church, Smithy Brae Kilmacolm.

The Very Rev William Canon McDade – Sunday morning family mass at 10am with children’s liturgy.

Teas and coffee after mass.

Rosary Tuesday evenings at 6.30pm. Prayer group at 7.30pm on Thursdays.

Mass on holy days at 7.30pm.

Kilmacolm Old Kirk: Church of Scotland (Charity no. SC009291). www.kilmacolmoldkirk.org. uk. Minister Rev Dr Peter McEnhill (01505 873174).

Morning Worship - Sundays 11 a m , a l l w e l c o m e Sunday School & Crèche available.

St Columba Church of Scotland: (charity no SC007992) Minister Rev Douglas Cranston.

Morning Worship Sundays at 11am. Wednesday break 10.30am. Thursday Bible Study 7.30pm – 8.30pm.

Thursday Prayer Meeting 8.40pm – 9.15pm.

Gospel Services: Scout Hall, Kilmacolm - Sundays 4.30pm, Thurs 7.30pm.

S t F i l l a n ’s E p i s c o p a l (Anglican) Church: Sundays 11.30am

LANGBANK

Langbank Parish Church: Rev Andrew McLean.

Sunday Services 10am with Sunday School, Creche 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 registered in Scotland, No SC015085.

LOCHWINNOCH

Lochwinnoch Parish Church: Rev May Bell.

11.30am Morning Service with 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 6.30pm7.30pm.

QUARRIERS

Mount Zion Church: Law View Road, Quarriers Village. Rev Andy Lunn BSc, 10.30am with Junior Church and Bible Class.

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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sales & wants Items For Sale Baby Equipment Baby bjorn carrier air, white/grey mesh £25, bright star baby bouncer from Asda £15. Both in Excellent condition, from pet and smoke free home. Tel: 07903 494242, kilmacolm.

Portable Toilet and trainer seat from Potette Plus. Blue. 1 liner and hygienic carry bag. Great while toilet training. FREE to collect. Tel: 01505 350283.

Silvercross 3D pram system and matching Ventura Plus baby car seat. Neutral plain black.

Excellent used condition. With all original accessories and instructions reduced to £60.

Grab a bargain. Tel: 07772 173910.

Medela Swing breastpump.

Battery operated and with USA plug. Includes all original accessories and instructions.

Excellent used condition. £50.

Tel: 07772 173910.

Moses basket with wooden stand, cream liner, hood and cover. Mattress with washable cover & 2 fitted sheets. Excellent condition. Pet and smoke free home. £15. Tel: 01505 702135.

Baby Weavers Adventure 3 way baby carrier. Suitable from birth. VGC. Smoke and pet free home. £8 Tel: 01505 702135.

Avent steam steriliser with bottle brush. Good condition. £5.

Neoprene Thermabag (to keep bottles warm). Good cond. £3.

Pet and smoke free home. Tel: 01505 702135.

Chicco 3D Baby Park (play mat).

3m+. In original carry case.

Excellent condition. Pet and smoke free home. £10 Tel: 01505 702135.

Fisher Price Rainforest Jumparoo. Excellent condition, hardly used. Pet and smoke free home. £40 Tel: 01505 702135.

Tixylix baby monitor. Never used, perfect condition. £5. Pet and smoke free home. Tel: 01505 702135.

Clothes & Shoes Gents Shoes, ‘Locke’ make, black brogues, size 10 never been worn, cost £200 from Slaters, bargain at £50. Tel: 07928 661869.

Gents shoes, ‘Barker’ make, light tan, size 8, worn once, modern shoe, cost £150, sell £50. Tel: 07928 661869.

Ladies high heel black shoes size 5, for wedding or other important occasion. £10. Tel: 07517 065917.

Household & Garden Solid Oak ‘old charm’ knee hole desk. £50.Tel: 01505 613741.

Desk – IKEA Wood Top, Metal Base. 1600 x 800 x 700h.

Excellent Condition £30 ono.

Tel: 01505 690757.

Large (6’x3’), traditional farmhouse table in old pine with drawers £75 ono & corner table for computer £15. £80 for both. Buyer to collect. Tel: 01505 872615.

Guest Bed Single folding metal frame. Size W90 L198; as new £20. Tel: 07786 818936.

Two Seater Sofa-bed, colour mink, excellent clean condition. Cost £600 from Harveys.

Sell £300. Buyer uplifts. Tel: 01505 321350.

Two matching dark green leather sofas, either seats 2 adults comfortably. VGC. £100 each or £150 the pair. Buyer uplifts.

Tel. 01475 540442.

G-Plan teak effect bookcase.

Adjustable shelves. Sliding glass doors. Excellent condition. Buyer uplifts. £100 ono.

Tel. 01475 540442.

Junior bed - white with pine slats. Width: 68cm Height at mattress: 47cm Headboard height: 60cm Length: 149cm.

Good condition - needs mattress. Sapllings of Shropshire made - good quality build. Cost £85 new - will accept £25 Tel 07730 541977.

Large wicker laundry basket with removable lining. £25. Tel: 07975 510938.

Wellington boot rack. Holds four pairs. Floor standing. As new.

Buyer collects. £30. Tel. 01475 540442.

Internal Doors. Charity donation.

Tel: 01505 506385.

3 seater settee and 2 seater settee, Mocha, good condition. £180. Tel: Tel: 01505 690140 or 0797 2463865.

Light Oak coffee table, 46.1” x 303/4 with undershelf. £12.

Tel: 01505 690140 or 0797 2463865.

Wooden handmade chest/ottoman. £20. Tel: 01505 690140 or 0797 2463865.

Ikea white single wardrobe, good condition. £75. Tel: 0141 812 5531.

B&Q doors, various sizes, white gloss, nearly new. £300ono.

Tel: 0141 812 5531.

Designer fire surround, cream stone with black marble back plate and black marble hearth, includes electric fire with white pebble coals. 140cm wide by 117cm high. Bought new £795, selling £250 ono. Tel: 07505 126416.

Black tempered glass, TV stand with matt silver legs in excellent condition. Height 53cm (21”) Width 82cm (32”) Depth 45cm (18”). £20 Tel: 01505 610712.

Massage table with hole for face. Cream, cushioned, portable and in great condition.

Hardly used. £50. Tel: 07505 126416.

Lindam Safety Bedrail - stops children falling out of bed.

Extendable to suit different sizes. Lightweight with secure locking mechanism. Size L80.5, H47cm. Used for only 3 months - perfect condition.

Cost new £25 accept £10. Tel 07730 541977.

Wooden Super king size bed & mattress. VGC. £150. Selling due to house move. Tel: 07917 726737. Quarriers Village.

Cream leather recline chair. £50.

Tel: 01505 614503.

Wooden computer desk with lots of storage. Good condition.

Quick Sale £15. Tel: 01505 341049.

Leaf blower (new). Charity donation. Tel: 01505 506385.

Patio parasol. Charity donation.

Tel: 01505 506385.

Electrical & Gas Philips Hostess trolley, mahogany effect. 4 Pyrex glass dishes, heated compartment. Perfect condition. Buyer to uplift. £30.

Tel: 07803 628866.

LG TV 42” screen HD ready, with wall mounting bracket £125, Tel: 01505 874321.

Microwave (white). Good working order. £10. Tel: 01505 842558.

Modern electric heater coal flames front, picture available good condition. £50. Tel: 07974 781769.

Gas Cooker in “absolute pristine condition” just months old, ‘Flavel Milano G50’, Model MLB51NDT. W50cms. £180ono. Tel: 01505 343514 (after 3pm).

Free standing Zanussi ZCG 662 white gas cooker. Only used for 15 months and well below half price. Double oven 79/34 litres, both with catalytic liners. Programmable with LED display. £190. Tel: 01505 863575.

Braun Tassimo pod coffee maker for coffees, hot chocolate, etc.

Excellent condition. £20ono.

Tel: 01505 874949.

Vax Rapide Spring Clean Carpet Shampooer. Excellent Condition. £60. Tel: 01505 871282.

Pets Fish tank. Large Fluval Aquarium fish tank in attractive cabinet design. Comes with all accessories. Quick sale £200. Tel: 01505 341049

Large cage, suit parrot or chinchilla, good condition. £75.

Tel: 0141 812 5531.

Sports Children’s Golf Clubs & Bag: Wilson Deep Red Golf Club & Bag Set - includes bag with stand, driver, utility wood, 5 iron, 7 iron, wedge and putter. Ideal for child age 7-9. Excellent condition, cost £125 will sell for £30. Tel: 01505 690658.

Nike football shoes for men, size 9 grey colour, in very good condition £8. Tel: 07517 065917.

Diving and Snorkelling Set (Professional) for adults. Unused and still in original packaging.

Size 5.5 - 6.5 consists diving mask, snorkel and jet-fin flippers. £5 Tel: 07730 541977.

Wet Suit - Ladies size Large (16 - 18) Crane Surf with diving bootees - size 37 (Euro). Used once. Black with aqua detail. £10. Tel: 07730 541977.

Ladies Raleigh Bicycle, like new. £50. Tel: 01505 321217.

Pool table with pool + snooker balls + cues. 6ft by 3ft. Good condition. £35. Tel 01505 690406.

Pool table 6ft long, 3.3 ft wide, 2.8 ft high, complete with 2 cues and balls, VGC, £75, Tel: 01505 874321.

Table tennis table, Butterfly foldaway, good condition, £90, tel: 01505 874321.

Ladies Specialised Cross Road bike, medium frame, 21 speed, £50, tel: 01505 874321.

Canterbury Rugby Boots, Size 9, Black and yellow, Brand New (still in original box) £35, tel: 01505 874321.

Compact pool table. Green baize complete with brown leather trimmed, white net pockets, cues and coloured balls. Buyer uplifts. £50. Tel. 01475 540442.

3 sets of skis, poles and carry holdall. £60. Tel: 01475 540327.

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Toys/Games/DVD Big City Garage from Early Learning Centre Age3+ was £55 with Spiral Race was £25 and Carry Along City was £40 (for holidays) Excellent condition, ideal Christmas gift, £50 for the lot. Tel: 01505 350283.

Other Items Mapex Tornado 22” Rock Fusion Drum Kit, Black (includes seat and Heavy Duty Drum Set Volume Control Discs and sticks). Good Condition. £100.

Tel: 01505 613238.

Yamaha EZ-220 Full-size keyboard. Rarely Used, as new. £95. Tel: 01505 613238.

Higher Maths, selection of 7 revision text books. HSN Past Paper Solutions and past papers with answers from 2000-2009. £25. Tel: 07531 256199.

Higher Biology, 3 revision books, past papers with answers (2002-2009) and leckie and leckie practice papers. £15.

Tel: 07531 256199.

Higher Chemistry, 6 revision books, practice papers and past papers with answers (2001-2009) £15. Tel: 07531 256199.

Advanced Higher Biology Bright Red revision book, past papers with answers (2003-2010) £5.

Tel: 07531 256199.

Advanced Higher Chemistry, 2 revision books, past papers with answers (2002-2010) £5.

Tel: 07531 256199.

Higher Music How to Pass Revision books with CDs £5. Tel: 07531 256199.

Silver plated spoons, new set of 12. £15. Tel: 07517065917 Silver plated spoons, set of 6. £7.

Tel: 07517 065917 Book ‘official theory test for car drivers’,The highway code -2 books for £5. Tel: 07517 065917 Mechanical pocket watch, 60’s, working. £29. Tel: 07517 065917

Silver ring with Zircon stone 925 silver, size16,5. New with tag on -£32. Tel: 07517065917 Speakers, Denon SC-M2 speakers, 70 watts, 6 OHMS, dark wood finish, great quality, hardly used. £20 Tel: 07730 541977.

Motorola MBP10 Baby Monitor, audio sensor, portable, good digital range, adjustable volume control, sound activated lights, high sensitivity. Used once. £10 Tel: 07730 541977.

Ladies’ travel jewellery case. Half moon shape with carry handle.

Wine pigskin leather with dark grey suede interior and dedicated storage. Good capacity.

As new. £10. Buyer collects.

Tel. 01475 540442 Drive away awning for small caper van. Eg. Mazda Bongo, Volkswagen etc. Brand new and unused - H220cm, W300, L280. Windows, curtains.

Detachable groundsheet and zipped doorways. ‘Outdoor revolution’ brand, model ‘Momentum Cayman’. Complete with quick release fixing kit to drive away and leave when required. All in original holdall. Cost £160. Sell £95. Tel: 01505 615272 Private pilot licence student computer ARCI with instructions.

RRP £75, as new. Sell for £30.

Tel: 07975 510938.

Wanted Items Old records Wanted 45`s & LP`s CASH Paid. Tel: 07710 777571.

Cash paid for Music CDs ( a few or a lot ). Tel: 0141 882 5594 or 07765 115347.

Yamaha DT 175 MX & DT 125 MX. Yamaha RD 250, 350 & 500 - running or not. Cash waiting. Free collection. Tel: 07951 227767.

Cash paid for Copy of book Castles and mansions of Renfrewshire and Buteshire by AH Millar. Tel 01505 331094.

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Catering

Cawley Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Karen Rankin Catering . . . . . . 14

Accountants & Financial

Cleaning & PowerWash

Affluent Financial Planning . . 24 Cheetham & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Fergusons CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Fiona Christie Accounting Serv . . 23 Stewart Independent Financial . . 1

CleanDryCarpets . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Come Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 DS Cleaning (Windows) . . . . . . 14 Gryffe Roofing Services . . . . 15 MattVac Carpet & Upholstery Cl . . Bk Nutech Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Old Mill Chimneys . . . . . . . . . 35 Platinum Cleaning Services . . 5

Architectural Services BOW Design Architect . . . . . . . 16 Casa Homes & Gardens Architect . . 7 Grid Design Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Art, Gifts & Flowers Crafts of Calder Gallery . . . 14 Henderson’s Flowers . . . . . . . . 2

Auctioneers & Valuers Collins and Paterson Auctionee . . 29

Automotive Services

Coffee Shops Bernie’s Cafe Deli . . . . . . . . . 29

Computer, IT & Web ColCom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Computer Repairs . . . . . . . . . . 1 Laptop and PC Repairs . . . . . . 23

Council Notices

AK Vehicle Rental . . . . . . . . . 1 Chips Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Collins Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Gryffe Garage Motor Engineers . . 13

Council Events . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Bathrooms

Alistair Stewart - Driving Ins . . 14 Crosslee Driver Training . . . 5 Paul Ferguson - Confidence . . 7

Affordable Luxuries . . . . . . . 7 AT&B Tiling & Bathrooms . . . . 33 Bathroom Solutions by MPH . . 11 G Woods Bathrooms . . . . . . . . . 6

Bedrooms Burndale Workshop . . . . . . . . . 5,30

Blacksmith & Metalwork Iron House Stoves Limited . . 10,41 McLaughlan Metal Fabrication . . 32

Building Services A O’Hare - Building Services . . 5 BOW Stone Works . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Bridge of Weir Roofing . . . . . 6 DJD Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 DLN Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 I & J Building & Roofing Serv . . 2 James Kerr Joiner . . . . . . . . . 37 Kilellan Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 15 M Addison Joiners & Builders . . 3 MBS Roofing & Building Contrac . . 35 RPH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SMG Roofing & Building Contrac . . 16 SW Scott - Joiners & Builders . . 15 Taylor Made Joinery . . . . . . . . 41 Thomas McMaster & Son Ltd . . 49

Business Services

Driveways A&G Driveways . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk

Driving Instructors

Education Nomad Music Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 51 St Columba’s School . . . . . . . . 49

Electricians Bell Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Delta Electrical Services . . 32 GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 JDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lamont Electricians . . . . . . . . 3 MAS Electrical & Security . . 2

Fencing Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 McLaughlan Metal Fabrication . . 32

Firewood & Logs Auldton Stoves . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Framing Crafts of Calder Gallery . . . 14

Funeral Services Beaton Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . 28 John Roach Funeral Directors . . 30

Garage Doors & Gates Powerdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk

Laptop and PC Repairs . . . . . . 23

Garden Service & Design

Pet Services & Training

3D Garden Design . . . . . . . . . . 43 A Peebles Landscape Contractor . . 43 Apple Tree Garden Design . . . 45 Care & Repair Gardening Servci . . 44 Casa Homes & Gardens Architect . . 7 Craig Kennedy Gardening . . . . 45 DJD Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 DMG Garden Services . . . . . . . . 44 Garden Services . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Glenmoss Landscapes . . . . . . . . 43 I & J Building & Roofing Serv . . 2 MJ Lawnmowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 R Williams Tree Surgeon & Grou . . 45 W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 44 West of Scotland Landscape . . 44

All About The Dogs . . . . . . . . . 46 Auntie Jacquie’s Dog Grooming . . 47 Pet Portraits for Animal Lover . . 47 PetVets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Smart Dog Grooming . . . . . . . . . 47

Gas & Heating Services A&J Plumbing Heating & Gas . . 14 Alba Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 C Hunter Plumbing Heating Gas . . 37 GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 I D Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 4 JBM Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 37 John McKay Gas & Heating Eng . . 15 Mackie Plumbing & Heating . . 16 Phoenix Gas Services . . . . . . . 1

Glazier 1on1 Double Glazing . . . . . . . . 3 JayBee Double Glazing Repairs . . 5 TD Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Hairdressers & Barbers Arlene Mitchell Hair & Beauty . . 33 Ashes Hair & Beauty . . . . . . . . 35 JRS Hairdressing . . . . . . . . . 32 Nix Hairdressing . . . . . . . . . . 34

Health, Beauty & Fitness Arlene Mitchell Hair & Beauty . . 33 Ashes Hair & Beauty . . . . . . . . 35 Beginners Yoga - Sara Marijuan . . 52 Decorus Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ferringtons Hypnotherapy . . . 2 Flu Clinics - Dr Smith & Partn . . 29 Kilbarchan Chiropodists . . . . 36 Kilbarchan Dental Practice . . 7 LaserLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 NLP Positive Changes . . . . . . . 33 Sole Solutions Podiatry . . . . 33

Home Hardware First Domestics . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Gibb Stuart Ironmongers . . . . 31,37 MS All Trades Limited . . . . . . 4

Home Improvements Casa Homes & Gardens Architect . . 7 Ideal Flooring Service . . . . . 2 Orchard Flooring . . . . . . . . . . 36 Prestige Windows . . . . . . . . . . Bk

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Baytree Interiors . . . . . . . . . 5 Burndale Workshop . . . . . . . . . 30,5 Classique Window Blinds . . . . 39 Old Mill Chimneys . . . . . . . . . 30 The Furniture Barn . . . . . . . . . 3 The Shutter Station . . . . . . . . 31

Plasterers 5 Star Plasterers . . . . . . . . .

Alan Donaghue Plasterer . . . .

Bryan Slaven Slater & Plaster . .

Charlie Orr Plasterer . . . . . .

James Kerr Joiner . . . . . . . . .

Kilellan Roofing . . . . . . . . . .

15 16 33 33 37 15

Plumbers A&J Plumbing Heating & Gas . . 14 C Hunter Plumbing Heating Gas . . 37 G Woods Bathrooms . . . . . . . . . 6 GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 I D Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 4 JBM Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 37 JDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mackie Plumbing & Heating . . 16 Shower Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Property Management DLN Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Property, Sales & Let Corum Property . . . . . . . . . . 25,26,27 Dallas McMillan Solicitors . . 24 Kingsley Wood & Co Solicitors . . 1 Lind Letting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Removals @ease Removals & Transport . . 4 The Right Move . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Restaurant & Bars Bernie’s Cafe Deli . . . . . . . . . 29 Cawley Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Retail Gibb Stuart Ironmongers . . . . 31,37 Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The Furniture Barn . . . . . . . . . 3 Wild Rose Flowers Ltd . . . . . . 41

Roofing Bridge of Weir Roofing . . . . . 6 Bryan Slaven Slater & Plaster . . 33 Gryffe Roofing Services . . . . 15 I & J Building & Roofing Serv . . 2 Kilellan Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 15 MBS Roofing & Building Contrac . . 35 RPH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SMG Roofing & Building Contrac . . 16 SW Scott - Joiners & Builders . . 15 Thomas McMaster & Son Ltd . . 49

Solicitors Dallas McMillan Solicitors . . 24 Kingsley Wood & Co Solicitors . . 1

Special Occasions ABC Taxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk

Stoves Auldton Stoves . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Taxis & Minicoach hire ABC Taxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk Johnstone TOA Taxi Co . . . . . . 30

Home Security

Tiling

Bell Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Brookfield Alarms . . . . . . . . . 41

AT&B Tiling & Bathrooms . . . . 33 G J Tiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Gordon James Ceramic Tiler . . 16 Kerr McAuley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Joiners CLH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 DJY Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 James Kerr Joiner . . . . . . . . . 37 JDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 M Addison Joiners & Builders . . 3 McGowan Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . 14 RPH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Saltire Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . 18 SMG Roofing & Building Contrac . . 16 SW Scott - Joiners & Builders . . 15 Taylor Made Joinery . . . . . . . . 41 TD Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Woodburn & Beattie Joiners . . 16

Kitchens Affordable Luxuries . . . . . . . 7 Burndale Workshop . . . . . . . . .5,30 G Woods Bathrooms . . . . . . . . . 6 Taylor Made Joinery . . . . . . . . 41

Locksmiths Arco Locksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Elliott Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Houston Locksmiths . . . . . . . . . 3

Painters & Decorators A Gallagher Painter&Decorator . . 16 Clyde Coast Décor . . . . . . . . . 35 Ian Livingston Decorating . . 14 James Martin - Painter & Decor . . 3 John H Barney . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 John Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 M&E Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Ranfurly Decor . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Travel Agents Arlene Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk Travel a la Carte . . . . . . . . . 3

Tree Surgeon Branch Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Glenmoss Landscapes . . . . . . . . 43 LJX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,44 Purple Tree Care . . . . . . . . . . 45 W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 44

TV & Satellite Derek McBride Aerials . . . . . . 40 Kieran Turner Aerial&Satellite . . 3

Upholstery Services P Thomson Upholstery . . . . . . . 35

Window Cleaners

Advertizers - A to Z @ease Removals & Transport . . 4 1on1 Double Glazing . . . . . . . . 3 3D Garden Design . . . . . . . . . . 43 5 Star Plasterers . . . . . . . . . 15 A Gallagher Painter&Decorator . . 16 A O’Hare - Building Services . . 5 A Peebles Landscape Contractor . . 43 A&G Driveways . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk A&J Plumbing Heating & Gas . . 14 ABC Taxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk Affluent Financial Planning . . 24 Affordable Luxuries . . . . . . . 7 AK Vehicle Rental . . . . . . . . . 1 Alan Donaghue Plasterer . . . . 16 Alba Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Alistair Stewart - Driving Ins . . 14 All About The Dogs . . . . . . . . . 46 Apple Tree Garden Design . . . 45 Arco Locksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Arlene Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk Arlene Mitchell Hair & Beauty . . 33 Ashes Hair & Beauty . . . . . . . . 35 AT&B Tiling & Bathrooms . . . . 33 Auldton Stoves . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Auntie Jacquie’s Dog Grooming . . 47 Bathroom Solutions by MPH . . 11 Baytree Interiors . . . . . . . . . 5 Beaton Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Beginners Yoga - Sara Marijuan . . 52 Bell Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Bernie’s Cafe Deli . . . . . . . . . 29 Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 BOW Design Architect . . . . . . . 16 BOW Stone Works . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Branch Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Bridge of Weir Roofing . . . . . 6 Brookfield Alarms . . . . . . . . . 41 Bryan Slaven Slater & Plaster . . 33 Burndale Workshop . . . . . . . . . 30,5 C Hunter Plumbing Heating Gas . . 37 Care & Repair Gardening Servci . . 44 Casa Homes & Gardens Architect . . 7 Cawley Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Charlie Orr Plasterer . . . . . . 33 Cheetham & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Chips Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Classique Window Blinds . . . . 39 CleanDryCarpets . . . . . . . . . . . 37 CLH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Clyde Coast Décor . . . . . . . . . 35 ColCom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Collins and Paterson Auctionee . . 29 Collins Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Come Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Computer Repairs . . . . . . . . . . 1 Corum Property . . . . . . . . . . 25,26,27 Council Events . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Crafts of Calder Gallery . . . 14 Craig Kennedy Gardening . . . . 45 Crosslee Driver Training . . . 5 Dallas McMillan Solicitors . . 24 Decorus Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Delta Electrical Services . . 32 Derek McBride Aerials . . . . . . 40 DJD Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 DJY Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 DLN Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 DMG Garden Services . . . . . . . . 44 DS Cleaning (Windows) . . . . . . 14 Elliott Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Fergusons CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Ferringtons Hypnotherapy . . . 2 Fiona Christie Accounting Serv . . 23 First Domestics . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Flu Clinics - Dr Smith & Partn . . 29 G J Tiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 G Woods Bathrooms . . . . . . . . . 6 Garden Services . . . . . . . . . . . 45 GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Gibb Stuart Ironmongers . . . . 31,37 Glenmoss Landscapes . . . . . . . . 43 Gordon James Ceramic Tiler . . 16 Grid Design Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Gryffe Garage Motor Engineers . . 13 Gryffe Roofing Services . . . . 15 Henderson’s Flowers . . . . . . . . 2 Houston Locksmiths . . . . . . . . . 3 I & J Building & Roofing Serv . . 2 I D Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 4 Ian Livingston Decorating . . 14 Ideal Flooring Service . . . . . 2 Iron House Stoves Limited . . 10,41 James Kerr Joiner . . . . . . . . . 37 James Martin - Painter & Decor . . 3 JayBee Double Glazing Repairs . . 5 JBM Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 37 JDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 John H Barney . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 John McKay Gas & Heating Eng . . 15 John Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 John Roach Funeral Directors . . 30 Johnstone TOA Taxi Co . . . . . . 30 JRS Hairdressing . . . . . . . . . 32 Karen Rankin Catering . . . . . . 14 Kerr McAuley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Kieran Turner Aerial&Satellite . . 3 Kilbarchan Chiropodists . . . . 36 Kilbarchan Dental Practice . . 7 Kilellan Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 15 Kingsley Wood & Co Solicitors . . 1 Lamont Electricians . . . . . . . . 3 Laptop and PC Repairs . . . . . . 23 LaserLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Lind Letting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 LJX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,44 M Addison Joiners & Builders . . 3 M&E Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Mackie Plumbing & Heating . . 16 MAS Electrical & Security . . 2 Matthews Cleaning Services . . 16 MattVac Carpet & Upholstery Cl . . Bk MBS Roofing & Building Contrac . . 35 McGowan Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . 14 McLaughlan Metal Fabrication . . 32 MF PVC Windows and Doors . . . 39 MJ Lawnmowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 MS All Trades Limited . . . . . . 4 Nix Hairdressing . . . . . . . . . . 34 NLP Positive Changes . . . . . . . 33 Nomad Music Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Nutech Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Old Mill Chimneys . . . . . . . . . 35 Orchard Flooring . . . . . . . . . . 36 P Thomson Upholstery . . . . . . . 35 Paul Ferguson - Confidence . . 7 Pet Portraits for Animal Lover . . 47 PetVets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Phoenix Gas Services . . . . . . . 1 Platinum Cleaning Services . . 5 Powerdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk Prestige Windows . . . . . . . . . . Bk Purple Tree Care . . . . . . . . . . 45 R Williams Tree Surgeon & Grou . . 45 Ranfurly Decor . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 RPH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Saltire Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Shower Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Smart Dog Grooming . . . . . . . . . 47 SMG Roofing & Building Contrac . . 16 Sole Solutions Podiatry . . . . 33 St Columba’s School . . . . . . . . 49 Stewart Independent Financial . . 1 SW Scott - Joiners & Builders . . 15 Taylor Made Joinery . . . . . . . . 41 TD Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The Furniture Barn . . . . . . . . . 3 The Right Move . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Shutter Station . . . . . . . . 31 Thomas McMaster & Son Ltd . . 49 Travel a la Carte . . . . . . . . . 3 W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 44 West of Scotland Landscape . . 44 Wild Rose Flowers Ltd . . . . . . 41 Woodburn & Beattie Joiners . . 16

DS Cleaning (Windows) . . . . . . 14 Gryffe Roofing Services . . . . 15 Matthews Cleaning Services . . 16

Window, Consv & Repair 1on1 Double Glazing . . . . . . . . 3 JayBee Double Glazing Repairs . . 5 MF PVC Windows and Doors . . . 39 Prestige Windows . . . . . . . . . . Bk TD Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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