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he festive season is upon us and once again, the Bridge of Weir Festival Committee is busy organising Santa’s Sleigh to visit Houston, Bridge of Weir, Kilmacolm, Brookfield and Quarriers. We take this chance once again, on behalf of all those Santa is due to visit, to thank Gordon Lethorn and his magnificent Gala Team who organise the event.

Various local organisations take turn-about to follow the sleigh each night with a door-to-door collection. The group doing the collection that night benefits from the proceeds. The collections taken at Morrisons (Johnstone) and the Co-operative (BoW) are donated to local charities. See the dates for each village on page 20 and please give Santa and his helpers your support.

Regular commuters through Bridge of Weir might recognise the front banner picture as one of Gibb Stuart’s (Home Hardware) windows.

Every year without fail, Sandy and his team go to great efforts to create a colourful and dynamic display; this year is no exception - a visual extravaganza to brighten up the dark winter evenings.

For those with hectic schedules and unable to make the shops during normal hours, Gibb Stuart is staying open on Thursday evenings in the run up to Christmas. The shop will be open until 8pm on Thursdays 27th November, 4th and 11th December, with special offers in-store on those nights, and an Easiyo event on the 4th.

In Bridge of Weir, The British Legion, The Bridge and Bernie’s Cafe will be staying open late for the Christmas Lights switch-on. In Kilbarchan, Bobbins will also stay open late for the Christmas Lights switch-on.

Ideal for a nice warming cup of tea or coffee!

Our January 2015 issue will be delivered from 28th December 2014.

Look out for it dropping through your letterbox! If you live within the boundaries of the villages of Bridge of Weir, Brookfield, Houston, Howwood, Kilbarchan, Kilmacolm, Langbank, Lochwinnoch or Quarriers and have not received a copy, please get in touch with The Advertizer on 01505 613340 or email info@advertizer.co.uk with your address.

Finally, a reminder that our deadline for January 2015 will be Wednesday 10th December. It seems too early to be talking of 2015, where does the time go? Please make sure we receive your articles, etc., in plenty of time!

Wishing everyone a merry and hopefully a restful festive season! And, a happy and prosperous New Year.

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pick up a copy Bishopton: Post Office, Woodrow’s Store, Keystore, Library, Ingliston Country Club Bridge of Weir: Gibb Stuart, Bernie’s Cafe, Lochnagar, The Bridge, Library (Cargill Centre) Erskine: Library, Garden Centre, Sports Centre, Swimming pool Houston: Co-op, Carrick Centre, Post Office, Newsagent Howwood: Village Store, St Vincent’s Hospice Johnstone: Henderson Kilts, Papa Mac’s, Library Kilbarchan: Sheridan’s Store, Campbell’s Newsagents, Bobbins, Old Library Centre Kilmacolm: Newsagent, Pieri’s, Cross Café, Gibb Stuart, Cargill Centre, Library Langbank: Finlaystone Visitor Centre Lochwinnoch: Keystore, McKillop Centre, Library, Castle Semple Centre, Newsagent Quarriers: Three Sisters Bake

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Travel blog

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by Maureen Horton of Travel a la Carte

Carcassonne and More

Entering the enchanting walled town of Carcassonne, strategically situated on a rocky spur between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, evokes feelings of awe and intrigue. Its fascinating history stretches back two thousand years from the Romans, Arabs, Cathars, Crusaders to today’s armies of tourists. Boys large and small, young and old can buy shields and wooden swords, and imagine they have been transported by a time machine to Medieval times to live the legend Sir Lancelot!

Getting there has become so much easier with Ryanair commencing flights from Glasgow next year. Hotels for all budgets are plentiful on the outskirts of the town which is surrounded by large parking areas served by navettes to ferry you up to “Le Cite” where there are only 2 hotels within its walls:- The atmospheric Le Donjon and Hotel de Le Cite, the place to stay if you would like to splash the cash!

Once you have finished exploring the ramparts, battlements, dungeons and the stunning Cathedral relax on a barge for a slow gentle cruise on the Canal du Midi, gliding under avenues of plane trees, planted to protect the water level from the summer sun.

Another new route recently announced

by Easyjet is Glasgow to Bordeaux twice a week from the end of June until the end of August.

This opens up huge possibilities for exploring the South West coast of France, or the magnificent Pyrenees mountain range before heading inland and heading home from Carcassonne......

We can help you get there.

Personalised Christmas vouchers are available by phone or by popping into our Travel Boutique in Kilmacolm

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LOCAL news

Saks & Hart is a stunning new shop in the heart of the Ayrshire countryside.

A delightful surprise to all who walk through the modest doorway of the lovingly restored Old Byre, it specialises in country and period interiors, offering a range of beautiful furniture, mirrors, lighting and home accessories, as well as a range of elegant gifts and exquisitely scented candles.

The shop sits next to Dalgarven Mill in a truly idyllic setting, by the river.

Easily accessed off the A737, it has car parking, a coffee shop and riverside walks.

The Old Byre has three large rooms, each of which offers a different style from the others. You’ll experience a taste of rustic farmhouse, with a spot of Scottish shooting lodge, along with a sprinkling of French chateau.

The shop also stocks a large range of Autentico Chalk Paint, which comes in over 140 gorgeous colours, with many easy to use waxes, glazes and sealers – great for transforming furniture!

Balaclava Day The battle of Balaclava took place in the 1854, and the newly formed Greenock branch of Argylls went all out to celebrate this battle and remember those that were lost in this battle.

They paraded at the Well Park in Greenock, alongside The Provost Robert Moran, and Councillors Gerry Dorrian and David Wilson. And afterwards had an afternoon of remembering at a nearby club. This will now be a yearly celebration of remembering those that went before us.

The newly launched Christmas range is full of stunning new gifts ideas and lots more to make your home beautiful at Christmas.

More information about the shop, including directions and contact details, can be found on the website www.saksandhart.com and facebook page.

Opening hours:- 10.30am until 5pm Wednesday to Saturday and 12noon until 5pm on Sundays.

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Xmas Craft Fayre

Carol Service

Sunday 7th December 11am to 4pm, Lochwinnoch Annexe

Paisley Abbey Tuesday 16th December 11am

Santa’s Grotto, Children’s face painter, fairground rides, sand art, jewellery, arts & crafts, tea room, sandals & bags and a host of other goodies. Bring the kids along for a great family day out.

Please join us for the traditional 9 lesson carol service. £5 donation at the door.

The children of Paisley Abbey Choir and St Columba’s School Choirs will be taking part. All welcome.

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Youth Speech Competitions The Annual Youth Speech Competitions organised by Renfrew Speakers Club recently took place with S3 students from 21 teams from schools across East Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Areas taking part.

The winning team from each of the three areas are shown in the photographs.

The East Renfrewshire Winners were a team from Mearns Castle High School proudly showing their ‘Ice Wedge’ Trophy with the Competition Chairman Bill Leeming, a Past President of Renfrew Speakers Club in the background.

The Runners Up team were from Barrhead High School.

The Renfrewshire Winners were a team from Gryffe High School again proudly showing their ‘Ice Wedge ‘Trophy with on the far left Janice Neilson, Renfrewshire Education Officer and next to her their teacher/ coach Jennifer Higgins and Bill Leeming on the right. The Runners Up was a team from Linwood High School.

Inverclyde Winners were team No 1 from St Columba’s High School again proudly showing their ‘Ice Wedge’ Trophy with the Competition Chairman Tony Cowden who is the Secretary of the Greenock Speakers Club on the left and on the right Yvonne Greeves representing the Royal Bank of Scotland, one of the Competitions sponsors.

Sweeping the board, the Runners Up was team No 2 from St Columba’s High School.

All of the teams participating were presented with an Association of Speakers Clubs Certificate of Achievement which will prove a useful contribution for their future CV. These winning teams and the runners up teams went forward to the Grand Final Competition held in the Normandy Hotel, Renfrew on Wednesday 26th November to battle it out for the John Richardson Quaich Trophy.

Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Games Society 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 café bar at Amaretto in Bridge of Weir. The games we play offer a wide variety of themes and styles and can cover anything from expanding your empire in the ancient middle east, managing and racing your own NASCAR team 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 December are on the 3rd and 17th at 8pm in the upstairs café 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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The sponsorship provided by Renfrewshire Council, Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce and the Royal Bank of Scotland to fund these Competitions is gratefully acknowledged by Renfrew Speakers Club.

ACCORD Light Up A Life Procession Friday 12th December 6.45pm from Mary Russell School Torch lit procession to the Hospice for the switching on of our Christmas lights. All welcome You can sponsor a light on our tree in memory or in honour of a loved one.

Forms will be available on the night.

ACCORD Christmas Fayre Paisley Town Hall Saturday 6th December 10am – 6pm

ACCORD’s major fundraiser with loads of attractions for supporters of all ages. There will be face painting, bouncy castles, tearoom, lots of games, competitions and stalls with a few surprises and guest appearances as well. Why not come along and enjoy the fun!!

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British Heart Foundation Appeal The British Heart Foundation in Greenock recently launched their appeal to fill a bag and donate.

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Breast Cancer Awareness 2014 Recently Greenock’s Cancer Research shop celebrated the Breast Cancer Awareness Day and were surprised by the visit of two local Councillors who dropped by unexpected to show their support.

Cancer Charity worker Lynn Anderson and Greenock’s town

This appeal was led by MSP Stuart McMillan, pictured (above right) with volunteers.

Waterloo Road also donated a lot of clothes and items to the shop and a lot of people came in to see all these items, and the appeal seemed to go really well.

clown, Tommy Armstrong were dressed well in their pink outfits and many locals were delighted to pose for photographs.

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Sma Shot Fashion Show A night of fashion through the ages, was thoroughly enjoyded as 8 models strutted their stuff onto the catwalk, showing outfits that are on show in the cottage from one hundreds years ago.

It was a night of fun, as their was also a raffle and many people bought from the gift shops upstairs.

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Christmas at Gowanlea The delicate scent of fresh pines from the trees, the warming aroma of the mulled wine and the sharp sparkle of morning frost on a beautiful wreath - all of this pieces together a festive season worth remembering.

With the days becoming shorter and nights colder our all new indoor viewing area gives you a cosy, soft lit space to see this years’ choice of trees in all their yuletide glory. Our fantastic selection of premium quality trees range from the truly traditional Norway Spruce to the modern day favourite Nordmann Fir - we have a tree fit for every home so come in out of the cold, relax and let our welcoming and professional staff cater to your every need.

There is an abundance of festive treats to be found at Gowanlea including our ever popular wreaths which are lovingly handmade right here and can of course be made to order in all kinds of colours and sizes. Our vast range of Christmas plants stretch from the striking reds of the traditional Christmas poinsettia to the humble winter- flowering Schlumbergera (Christmas Cactus) - from the decorative hyacinth planters to the stunningly simple cyclamen. These plants would make a beautiful living gift for a loved one, which could last year after year, or would even decorate your home just in time for the holiday season.

We also offer a unique reservation system on trees and wreaths so why not visit our website at www. gowanleanurseries.co.uk and find out how you can guarantee the perfect tree or wreath at the touch of a button. Our complete Christmas package extends far beyond the holidays and we will be offering a tree recycling service available through the New Year. We warmly welcome you into Gowanlea this Christmas time with open arms, aiming to provide the unbeatable local service we pride ourselves on all year round.

Christian Aid Christian Aid have designed a booklet for Advent with a page a day leading up to Christmas, emphasising the needs of thousands who live in daily poverty or medical emergencies. Ebola is terrifying, refugee camps struggling with overcrowding from war zones are terrifying, and so is the healthcare and nutrition of thousands of families living in poverty in the poorest countries of our world. Will you help to make a difference as the days count down by giving to Christian Aid’s Christmas Appeal ? The UK Government has pledged to match every pound donated, until February 2015, thereby doubling each contribution. Plus, gift-aid can apply if you pay UK tax.

My Advent journey with Christian Aid is available in the church vestibules and at the Kilmacolm Cargill Centre reception desk, If you would like further details of the Xmas Appeal, call Jill Russell on 01505 8723893.

Dental Blog

by Sheila Macintyre, Practice Owner, Kilbarchan Dental Practice

Caring for Your Smile this Christmas

This month we’ve got more advice and tips about caring for your smile over the festive period as well as some ideas for Christmas presents!

There is no avoiding the fact that the endless supply of sweets, cakes and other sugary temptations is part and parcel of the Christmas experience.

Enjoy a wee treat but try not to overindulge and try to eat your sweet treats in one go after a meal rather than picking at them throughout the day.

You should also be wary of cooked starches such as crisps that break down into sugars, the dried fruit in Christmas cake and mince pies as well as sugar-loaded fizzy drinks. Try opting for water when you are thirsty and crudités or nuts for snacking – nuts offer a healthier alternative to crisps as they contain calcium and vitamin D that both promote good dental health.

If you are a wine lover it is better to drink white instead of red to avoid staining your teeth. Cheese is a great partner for wine - not only is it a rich source of calcium it helps balance out the PH in your mouth to cut down the damaging effects of acid and helps kill bacteria that cause tooth decay and gum disease.

Blood Donor Sessions Mon 1st Dec 4pm - 7.30pm

Boglestone Community Centre, Dubbs Pl, Port Glasgow PA14 5UD

Tue 2nd Dec 2pm - 3.45pm & 5.15pm - 7.30pm

St Mirin’s Cathedral Parish Hall, Incle Street, Paisley PA1 1HR

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Mon 8th Dec 4pm - 7.30pm

Kidston Hall, High Street, Kilmacolm PA13 4BP

Fri 19th Dec 4pm - 7.30pm Community Centre, Greenock Road, Bishopton PA7 5AU

If you are looking for ideas for Christmas presents why not try an electric toothbrush as a stocking filler. A number of our patients have given teeth whitening treatments as gifts and our facial rejuvenation is also becoming increasingly popular. You might also want to consider trying our airpolishing treatment either before or after Christmas to remove unwanted stains from red wine, coffee and smoking.

If you have any queries regarding oral health 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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WHAT’S on December

events Until Sat 29 Nov Mother Goose

Tweedie Hall , Ardlamont Square, Linwood Johnstone Phoenix Theatre Group present this amateur production of Mother Goose, the Pantomime. Evenings, doors open 7pm, curtain up 7.30pm Saturday matinees, doors open 1.30pm, curtain up 2pm No performance Sunday.

Adults £11, concession £10. Call 07748 827727 or 0141 577 0002 for tickets.

Until Sat 20 Dec Paisley Artists 102nd Annual Exhibition & Sale Paisley Museum

Held in the Paisley Museum and Art Galleries Opening Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri 11am - 4pm; Thurs 11am - 9pm; Saturday & Sunday 10am - 5pm. Admission free. Www.paisleyartists. com

Thu 27 - Sat 29 Nov KDS Jack and The Beanstalk

Kidston Hall, Finlaystone Road, Kilmacolm

Come along and give your support to the Kilmacolm Dramatic Society’s latest pantomime.

Evening performances will be at 7.30pm (doors 7pm) and there will be a matinee on the Saturday 29th November at 2.30pm (doors 2pm). Tickets available from the Cross Cafe in Kilmacolm or by calling Rosie Thirde on 01505 873088.

“An evening at Maplin’s holiday camp” Kilbarchan East Church Hall 7.30pm

Kilbarchan East Church Drama Group. 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.

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Xmas Ice Rink, George Square, Glasgow

by Duncan McEwan from PCPC

Sat 29 November

Happy 1st birthday Wild Rose!

Wild Rose Florists, Kilmacolm

To help us celebrate, please join us for a glass of fizz & have a look at our beautiful wreaths & arrangements for Christmas. We will be offering 10% off all Christmas orders placed on the day.

2nd Bridge of Weir Guides Coffee morning St Machar’s Church - Bridge of Weir 10am to 12.30pm

Fundraising for one of our Guides, Kim Simpson who has been selected by Girlguiding Scotland to visit Sangam, the WAGGGS World Centre in India. Christmas gifts and homebaking on sale.

Birds for Beginners

RSPB, Largs Road, Lochwinnoch

Join us for a workshop session ideal for beginners to birdwatching. Cost £5 or £2 for RSPB members. Please book in advance.

01505 842663.

Strictly Does Lochwinnoch Charity Dance Competition

The Annexe, Lochlip Rd, Lochwinnoch 7.30pm

Supper dance. Tickets £10 per adults, kids £5. For a registration form, please call 07766 116551.

Johnstone Christmas Lights Houstoun Square, Johnstone

Houstoun Square, Johnstone. Entertainment starts at 12noon, Lights switch on at 4.30pm.

Sun 30 November Trailtroopers Tinsel Dash

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

Beith Arts Sunday Concerts 50th Anniversary Year Beith Community Centre 2.30pm

Caledonian Fiddlers Fiddlers’ Rally Paisley Abbey 7pm

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

Our concerts last about two hours, with an interval of twenty minutes when refreshments are available. Prices are as follows: Adult £11, Concessions £9, Students and children £3 each.

There is easy wheelchair access, and guide dogs are welcome.

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Until Wed 24 Dec Mrs Claus at Pollok House

2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G43 1AT 11am - 3.30pm

Enjoy a truly magical family Christmas when you bring the children to meet the award-winning Mrs Claus. The house will be decorated from top to toe, each room with a different theme. You’ll find a mouth-watering daily festive lunch in the Kitchen Restaurnt plus plenty of gift ideas in our gift shop and tasty treats in our food shop. Not open 25/26h Dec & 1/2 Jan.

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Santa Sleigh, Houston From 6pm

See page 20 for a list of specific roads.

Tue 2 December Santa Sleigh, Houston From 6pm

See page 20 for a list of specific roads.

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Thu 4 December

Craft Sale by local crafters

Late Opening at Bernie’s

Great ideas for Christmas. Free entry and mince pies

Take away a cup of warming chilli, soup, hot choc or coffee to comfort you while watching the switch-on of Xmas lights. Come in and warm yourself afterwards with our special event menu.

Table bookings being taken.

The Bridge - Bridge of Weir 2pm to 4pm

Sounds International Christmas Concert

Somerville Weir Hall, Quarriers 7.30pm

Tickets £5 from Quarriers or on the door. All proceeds to Quarriers. www.singglasgow.co.uk

Wed 3 December Santa Sleigh, Houston From 6pm

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Port Glasgow Christmas Lights The Library, Port Glasgow Town Centre

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Bernie’s Cafe Deli, Neva Place, Bridge of Weir

Gibb Stuart Late Night opening St James Terrace, Kilmacolm & Main Street, Bridge of Weir - until 8pm

Extra discounts and special offers in our shops both in Bridge of Weir and Kilmacolm. Call 01505 612287 for Bridge of Weir or 01505 872662 for Kilmacolm.

Inchinnan Primary Xmas Fayre Inchinnan Primary School 6pm to 8pm

Start your Xmas shopping early, we’ve got Santa, home made decorations by the children, home baking, Scentsy burners, sweets, flowers , Xmas wreaths, cards, tombola, raffle prizes and tea/ coffee & mulled wine .. Not to be missed.

Fri 5 December

Entertainment from 6pm.

RSPB Winter Talk (Wildlife of Tanzania)

RSPB, Largs Rd, Lochwinnoch 7.30pm - 9pm

Lochwinnoch reserve manager, Zul Bhatia, gives us his yearly talk about Africa. Cost: £5 (£2 for RSPB members). Booking essential as spaces are limited. Tel. 01505 842 663.

Fundraising Musical Concert

St Columba’s School, Duchal Rd, Kilmacolm

In aid of Jillian Craig’s Year in Cambodia with Project Trust in St Columba’s Senior School Hall, Kilmacolm. Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm start.

Tickets £7. To buy a ticket please call 07523 317093 or email: jillian.craig97@yahoo.co.uk

Thu 4 December

Santa Sleigh, Houston From 6pm

See page 20 for a list of specific roads.

Quarriers Christmas Lights Quarriers Village Centre

Entertainment from 4.30pm

Kilmacolm Christmas Lights Cargill Centre, Kilmacolm Entertainment from 6pm

Howwood Christmas Lights

Santa Sleigh, Houston

Howwood Village 7pm

See page 20 for a list of specific roads.

RSPB Local Group Meeting

From 6pm

Wrap up well and bring a torch!

McMaster Centre, Renfrew 7.30pm

Greenock Christmas Lights Clyde Square, Greenock

Entertainment from 6pm.

Sat 6 December

Bridge of Weir Christmas Lights

Santa Sleigh, Houston

Carol singing at 6.15pm, switch on of lights at 6.45pm then Ho Ho Ho Santa arrives!! Followed by refreshments and entertainment in the British Legion Hall with Stedfast Band. All brought to you

by Bridge of Weir Community Council.

See page 20 for a list of specific roads.

Freeland Church - Bridge of Weir 6.15pm

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There will be an illustrated talk entitled An Introduction to Britain’s Bats by Derek Whittle.

The meeting will be held in the. All welcome.

From 6pm

Meet Santa!

The Co-operative, Livery Walk, Bridge of Weir

Come along from 12noon to meet the man himself!

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Sat 6 December ACCORD Christmas Fayre Paisley Town Hall 10am to 6pm

Loads of attractions for supporters of all ages.

There will be face painting, bouncy castles, tearoom, lots of games, competitions and stalls with a few surprises and guest appearances as well. Why not come along and enjoy the fun!!

1st Houston and Crosslee Scout Group Christmas Fayre

Scout Hall, South St, Houston 10am to 1pm

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RSPB Binocular & Telescope Demonstration RSPB, Largs Road, Lochwinnoch

Choose from a wide range of competitively priced binoculars and telescopes. FREE advice available all weekend. On the Saturday (6th), there will be a special Swarovski display too to peruse, with a Swarovski expert on hand! Tel. 01505 842 663.

This will hopefully be as successful as last year as this is an important fund raiser for our group. Come along and do a bit of Christmas Shopping.

Charity Ladies Day

The River Inn - Houston 12.30pm to late

Raising funds for Quarriers. Prosecco, Buffet, Canapés & Disco. Guest speakers: Isobel Rutter & Bill Copeland. Full payment £20pp) to be made at time of booking. Visit the website at www. riverinn.co.uk or telephone on 01505 613288 for further information or to book.

Winter Wonderland Xmas Fayre Linwood Parish Church 10am to 12noon

All of the usual stalls will be there and Santa will be dropping in! Mince & apple pies and shortbread, Tea & coffee. Entry £2.50, Children free.

Pop Up Shop

South Barlogan Farm, Kilmacolm Rd, Bridge of Weir 10am to 4pm

Horny Beasts and others will be holding this Pop Up Shop this weekend. Christmas gifts, home accessories, wreaths, preserves, artisan baking and more. Phone 07779 661474 for more details.

Sun 7 December

Xmas Craft Fayre

Kilmacolm Community Centre 11am to 4pm

RSPB Wildlife Explorer Group Natural Fun & Games

RSPB, Largs Rd, Lochwinnoch 10am -12noon

Ages: up to 14yrs (under fives must be accompanied by a parent/guardian). Cost: £2.

Booking is not necessary. For more info, please visit the Lochwinnoch Wex website: www.rspb. org.uk/groups/lochwinnochwex. Tel. 01505 842 663.

RSPB Candlelight Winter Guided Walk

Santa’s Grotto, Children’s face painter, fairground rides, sand art, jewellery, arts & crafts, tea room, sandals & bags and a host of other goodies.

Bring the kids along for a great family day out.

Bridge of Weir Messy Church

Freeland Church, Main St, Bridge of Weir 4pm

Come along and make a Christingle. There will be other Christmas crafts available and we will then have our Christingle service followed by a meal.

We welcome everyone and would be delighted to see you all. If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Daly on 07980 649377

RSPB, Largs Rd, Lochwinnoch 5pm to 7pm

Make and decorate your own lantern to take out on the trails and enjoy an extra special guided walk by candlelight. Booking essential as space is limited. This walk is weather dependant and may be subject to change at short notice. Cost: £5 or £2 for RSPB members. Tel. 01505 842 663.

Bishopton Christmas Lights Bishopton Community Centre 6.45pm

The village Christmas tree lights will be switched on by Bishopton Princess Olivia MacDonald.

Between 6.20pm and 7pm she will be joined by carol singers and the community are invited to join in too.

Mid Gavin Nursery Xmas Fayre Mid Gavin Nursery, Beith Rd 10am to 2pm

There will be a great variety of stalls, home baking, bottle stall, craft stalls, games for the children, bouncy castle and of course Santa.

Come along and join in the fun. To keep up to date with all the goings on at Mid Gavin Nursery, visit our website at www.midgavinnursery.com

Christmas Fayre

Kilbarchan Community Nursery, Meadside Avenue, Kilbarchan 10am to 12noon

George Square, Glasgow 9.30am

Where: George Square Starts at: 9.30am Entry Fee: £15 Adult £5 Child (under 16) Register online www.glasgow.gov.uk/index. aspx?articleid=13261

Mon 8 December Santa Sleigh, Quarriers Village From 6pm

Meet Santa in our magical grotto! Christmas decorations and tombolas! A fab fun filled day!

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Christmas Fayre

Steeple Street, Kilbarchan 7pm

St Paul’s Church, Johnstone 10am - 1pm

Home baking, toys, sweets, bric-a-brac & jewellery. Tea, coffee & mince pies available.

Christmas Coffee Morning

Kilbarchan West Church Hall. 10am - 12noon

Tickets priced £2.50 at the door. Stalls include home baking, crafts, white elephant and Red Robin.

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Glasgow Santa Dash

Kilbarchan Christmas Lights Bobbins Cafe will be open late so you can enjoy a warm drink while watching the event.

Tue 9 & Wed 10 Dec Santa Sleigh, Kilmacolm From 6pm

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Sat 13 December

Festive Tinsel Walk

Christmas Chill Night at Bernie’s (adults only)

Castle Semple Centre, Lochwinnoch 11am

The Renfrewshire Walking Network circular walk around Lochwinnoch. Wear a bit of tinsel or a festive Christmas hat to get you in the mood for the carol singing along the way. Call 01505 842882 X20 to book.

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Thu 11 December Gibb Stuart Late Night opening St James Terrace, Kilmacolm & Main Street, Bridge of Weir - until 8pm

Extra discounts and special offers in our shops both in Bridge of Weir and Kilmacolm. Call 01505 612287 for Bridge of Weir or 01505 872662 for Kilmacolm.

Rebecca Wright & Donald McKay

Carrick Centre, Main Sreet, Houston 8pm to 11pm Traditional Scottish and contemporary Australian songs with warmth and heart.

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Bernie’s Cafe Deli, Neva Place, Bridge of Weir 5pm to late

Not enough “windows” in your diary to catch up with all your friends before Christmas? Why not meet up at our place and let us do the work for you? All you have to worry about is enjoying our relaxed atmosphere with your friends. No morning after clean-up for you! Special, seasonal menu. Booking advised.

RSPB Festive Fun & Christmas Tree Sale

Buying a Christmas tree is fun. Make it even more special by joining us for some Christmas capers! Games & crafts for the kids, mince pies and mulled wine for the adults, plus a special guest appearance from Father Christmas! Cost: £5 (£2 for RSPB members) – Adults free. Tel. 01505 842 663.

RSPB Family Volunteering

RSPB, Largs Rd, Lochwinnoch 1pm to 4pm

RSPB Lochwinnoch is YOUR reserve and YOUR backgarden! 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 6 months (Sep to Feb). Contact us for more information. Please book in advance as spaces are limited. Tel. 01505 842 663.

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Swan Chat

Torchlit procession from Mary Russell School to the Hospice for the switching on of our Christmas lights. All welcome. You can sponsor a light on our tree in memory or in honour of a loved one.

Forms will be available on the night.

Learn what’s best to feed swans and have your questions answered in this keeper style talk. Pop along at any time during the allotted time slot.

01505 842 882 Ex 20

Castle Semple Visitor Centre 1pm to 2pm

Bridge of Weir Choral Society Christmas Concert St Columba Church, Kilmacolm 7pm

Tickets £8 available from Alison McAuslane 01475 520280, or at the door on the night.

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Santa Sleigh, Bridge of Weir From 6pm

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Morrison’s Supermarket, Johnstone

Come along from12noon to 3pm to meet the man himself!

Tue 16 December Santa Sleigh, Bridge of Weir From 6pm

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Scout Hall, Barrs Brae, Kilmacolm

The 42nd Kilmacolm Scouts will be selling Christmas trees sourced from Finlaystone. Free delivery by the scouts! Have a browse for some last minute Christmas gifts or stocking fillers at the Christmas Fayre inside the scout hut. Thank you to everyone in the local community who supports the Kilmacolm Scout Group.

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Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, Lochwinnoch 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.

Sat 20 December

Join the Rangers for this very popular event and make some decorations to welcome the yuletide season. 3 sessions 11am, 1pm & 2.30pm. £2.50 per head. Call 01505 842882 X20 to book.

Sun 21 December Bring the whole family to make some beautiful wreath decorations, a great way to get everyone feeling festive. 2 sessions - 11.30am and 1.30pm. £2.50 per head. Tel 01475 521458 to book.

Fri 26 December Boxing Day Dip

Lunderston Bay, Cloch Road, near Gourock 12noon

Support Children and Young People with Cancer throughout Inverclyde by joining us in the annual sponsored event. Call Katie on 01292 692113 or email katie.grier@clicsargent.org.uk

FARMERS

markets

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This event will not take place on a public holiday

every Wednesday

Knitting Group

Three Sisters Bake, Quarriers 10am - 12noon

Knitters of all levels welcome!

Line Dancing

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

Youth volunteer Group - age 12 - 18 years.

Newcomers always welcome.

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.

Table Top Sale

Linwood Parish Church, Blackwood Ave 11am-1pm

This is a free event. Call 01505 328802 for details.

1st Sunday monthly

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

1st Saturday

Cargill Centre, Kilmacolm Loch Lomond Shores

From 6pm

10.30am, The Cross, Lochwinnoch

last saturday monthly

Please join us for the traditional 9 lesson carol service. £5 donation at the door. The children of Paisley Abbey Choir at St Columba’s School Choirs will be taking part. All welcome.

Santa Sleigh, Bridge of Weir

every monday

Lochwinnoch Community Walk

Castle Semple, Lochwinnoch 10am - 12noon

10am-2pm (“The Square”)

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events

Weekly Volunteer Group

Accord Hospice Carol Service Paisley Abbey 11am

Christmas Tree Sale

Stargazing Evening

Mon 15 December

From 6pm

All abilities welcome. Call Mellissa on 07970 396212.

The Cut Visitor Centre, Greenock

7 Morton Avenue, Paisley, PA2 7BW 6.45pm

REGULAR

Bishopton Primary School 7pm - 8.30pm

Christmas Wreaths

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Meet Santa!

Can’t get round all the family (in-laws/out-laws) on Christmas day? Or just fancy a relaxed meal away from the hustle and bustle of home and demands of Christmas? We can help you out with another great family night in our relaxed, home from home atmosphere. No planning, shopping or frantic tidy-around to worry about! Bliss! Very special, seasonal menu. Booking advised.

Castle Semple Visitor Centre, Lochwinnoch

From 6pm

Santa Sleigh, Bridge of Weir

Bernie’s Cafe Deli, Neva Place, Bridge of Weir 5pm to late

Christmas Decoration Making

From 6pm

Sat 13 December

Family Christmas Night at Bernie’s

Sun 14 December

Santa Sleigh, Brookfield

Accord Hospice Light Up A Life Procession

Fri 19 December

RSPB, Largs Rd, - Lochwinnoch 10am to 5pm

Fri 12 December

Santa Sleigh, Bridge of Weir

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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!!

1st & 3rd Sunday

10am-3pm Tel: 07977 179 861

2nd Thur & last Sat

Paisley Cross

10am-2pm Tel: 01655 770217

3rd Saturday

Erskine Garden Centre

10am - 2pm Tel: 0141 814 4626

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KDS - Jack & The Beanstalk Not long to go now before our production of ‘Jack & the Beanstalk’ takes to the stage, & all the months of hard work come to fruition. This pantomime, written

by James Barry, directed by Mandy Robinson & performed by our band of stalwarts who give so much, production after production, is a reworking of the 1890 Joseph Jacobs version which was itself a reworking of earlier versions.

The earliest surviving written version of this story is The History of Jack and the Bean Stalk from 1807, but the story is certainly older, The Story of Jack

Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean having been performed in 1734, & the giant’s cry “Fee! Fie! Foe! Fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman” appearing in Shakespeare’s King Lear in the form “Fie, foh, and fum, I smell the blood of a British man” - & that’s your panto fact!

Performances are at 7.30pm on the 27th, 28th & 29th, with a matinee on Saturday at 2.30pm.

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Sounds International Christmas Concert Tuesday 2nd December 7.30pm Somerville Weir Hall, Quarriers

East Renfrewshire-based community choir, Sounds International, has been singing to raise funds for Quarriers in the run-up to Christmas for several years.

This year, instead of taking part in the annual Princes Square fundraiser in Glasgow, the choir is staging a full evening of music in a Christmas Concert.

Tickets cost £5 (from Quarriers and at the door on the night) for what promises to be a very special night with Sounds International singers and appearances by 17-year-old jazz saxophonist Richard Scholfield. There will also be a raffle and all proceeds from the event will go to Quarriers.

For details visit www.singglasgow.co.uk

You are more than welcome.

Tickets are available from the Cross Cafe in Kilmacolm & from Rosie Thirde on 01505 873088.

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Beacon Arts Centre Aladdin - 28th Nov - 6th Dec

Tickets - £10, Family of 4 - £35, Groups - Buy 10 get 1 free. Family of 4 and Group offer can be booked at box office only. It’s panto time again – oh yes it is! This year our story is set in the Far East… Naw, not Fife! CHINA!

Cinderella - 12th Dec - 3rd Jan £8 to £18

He’s back and looking for love…she’s looking to go to the ball. Pantomime fun for all the family starring River City’s Paul James Corrigan, Still Game’s Jane McCarry, Samantha Shields and a host of Scotland’s top talent.

It’s a Wonderful Life - 18th - 21st Dec - £7 to £8

The story of the most inspirational film of all time. Six actors perform the characters of 1940s radio actors, who in turn portray the dozens of characters of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’.

The Nearly New Year Hogmanay Show 31st Dec - 8pm - £10 to £18

Join us in traditional Hogmanay style to celebrate the coming of the New Year with The Beacon’s Nearly New Year Hogmanay Show starring Alan Beck (Caledon) and his wife, the fabulous Polly Kirwan Beck.

Hogmanay Ceilidh - 31st Dec - 10:30pm £29.50

Bring in the bells at the beacon – continue your New Year celebrations with us after The Nearly New Year Hogmanay Show; call us on (01475) 723 723 for more info & to book.

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MEET SANTA! Saturday 6th Dec: Festival

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Bridge of Weir Co-op 12noon

Saturday 13th Dec: Festival

December dates -

each night from 6pm

We will be setting off each night at 6pm and will try to finish each route by 8.30pm. If there are any roads left not done on a night these will be done first on the next night to make sure no area is missed. The Group collecting each night is shown against that date.

Christmas Lights Switch-On Sat 29th November Johnstone Town Centre 12noon to 5pm Lights on at 4.30pm

Wed 3rd December Port Glasgow From 6pm at The Library

Thu 4th December Greenock From 6pm in Clyde Square

Thu 4th December Bridge of Weir from 6.15pm

Fri 5th December Howwood, The Triangle 7pm

Fri 5th December Kilmacolm & Quarriers Quarriers Village at 4.30pm Kilmacolm Cargill Centre at 6pm

Sun 7th December Bishopton Community Centre, 6.45pm

Mon 8th December Kilbarchan, Steeple Street, 7pm

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Morrisons 12noon to 3pm

HOUSTON: Monday 1st Dec: 41 Club South Mound, Glenartney, St Fillans Dr, Manse Cres, Hagart Rd, Speirs Rd, Glebe Gdns, Four Windings, South St, North St, Fleming Rd, Burnlea Cres, Houstonfield Quad, Houstonfield Rd, Kirk Rd, Kilmacolm Rd, Fields Lane, Cricketfield Lane, Old School House Lane, Barochan Rd.

Tuesday 2nd Dec: World Challenge Team 1 Crosslee Cres, Leeburn Ave, Craigholme, Woodside, The Beeches, Birch Gro, Riverside, Broomfield, The Meadows, Brackendene, Crossways, Neuk Cres & Ave.

Wednesday 3rd Dec: Festival Crosslee Pk, Dunnet Dr, Whirlie Rd, Back o’Hill, Strawberry Fields, Whirlie Dr, Pine Gro, Mill Brae, Crosslee Gdns, Brierie Hills Cres & Rd, Brierie Lane & Gdns, Goldenlee View, Brierie Hill Gr, Earlsgate, Brierie Ave.

Thursday 4th Dec: Houston Guides Leman Dr & Grove, Alwyn Ave, Bream Pl, Viking Cres, Cormorant Ave, Forties Rd, Claymore Dr, Piper Rd & Ave, Ninian Ave, Brent Cres, Murchison Rd, Hutton Ave, Hewett Cres, Dunlin Cres, Berl Av.

Friday 5th Dec: Hope Hall Locher Cres & Gdns & Ave & Way & Gait, Gryffebank Ave, Gryffewood Cres & Way, Gryffebank Close & Way, Cunningham Gdns, Crawford Rd.

Saturday 6th Dec: World Team Challenge Team 2 Netherburn Ave & Gdns, Craigburn Ave & Place, Locherburn Place, Ave & Grove, Craigburn Cr, Woodburn Pl, Hillside, Hillfoot, Fulton Gdns, Beatrice Gdns.

KILMACOLM: Tuesday 9th Dec: Rotary Kilmacolm South: setting off from the Pulman Pub and all points along that direction out towards Lochwinnoch

Wednesday 10th Dec: Kilmacolm Guides Kilmacolm North: setting off from the Scout Hut and all points along High Street and side streets.

BRIDGE OF WEIR: Friday 12th Dec: Bridge of Weir United Torr Rd, Horsewood Rd, Fetlar Rd, Kennbank Cres & Rd, Thriplee Rd, Lomond Cres, Barrcraig Rd, Carruth Rd. Lawmarnock Rd & Cres, Glen Brae, Troon Dr, Glendentan Rd, Turnberry Dr, Barassie Dr.

Saturday 13th Dec: Festival Elm Rd, Loch Rd, Loch Pl, Mill O’ Gryffe Rd, Mimosa Rd, Lintwhite Court & Cres, Moss Rd, Broom Place, Gryffe Gate, Gorse Cres, St Machars Rd, Hillview Rd, Church Rd.

Monday 15th Dec: 1st Bridge of Weir Guides Eldin Pl, Hazelwood Rd, The Grove, Shillingworth Pl, Earl Pl, Ranfurly Rd, Bonar Cr, Watt Lane, Montrose Terr, Kilgraston Rd, Watt Rd, Ranfurly Pl, Bankhead Rd, Kilbarchan Rd.

Tuesday 16th Dec: 2nd Bridge of Weir Guides Clevans Rd, Donaldfield Rd, Thornwood Dr, Southbrae Ave, Rosemount Lane, St Andrews Dr, Dalmahoy Cr, Belleisle Cr, Sunningdale Dr, Prieston Rd, Gryffe Rd, Kilbarchan Rd.

Thursday 18th Dec: Brighter Bridge of Weir Glengowan Rd, Strathgryffe Cr, Kilmacolm Rd, Kilallan Ave, Woodside Ave, Warlock Rd, Beech Ave, Castle Rd, Park Rd, Southview Cr, Freeland Dr, Warlock Dr, Houston Rd.

QUARRIERS: Monday 8th Dec: Senior Guides

BROOKFIELD: Sunday 14th Dec: Rotary

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Celebrate Burns Night

Fri 23th January - Glynnhill Hotel, Renfrew - 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Scottish Huntington’s Association, is organising a Red-Hot Firewalk challenge to raise vital funds for people affected by Huntington’s disease, their families and carers. This exciting fundraising event will be held at the Glynhill, Renfrew (www.glynhill.com).

A firewalk is inspirational and empowering. It is as the name suggests: a barefoot walk over 10 feet of red-hot wood embers measuring around 1236 degrees Fahrenheit. No tricks, no special effects.

Just you and the fire…

By taking part, not only will you be ‘celebrating Burns in style’ but all money raised will benefit families affected by Huntington’s disease across Scotland.

We need to raise vital funds in order to ensure we can continue to support people living with Huntington’s disease, their families and carers.

So if you have a burning desire to take part, please call me on 0141 848 0308 or email linda.byars@hdscotland.org to register and receive a fundraising pack. All we ask is that you pay part of £30 and commit to raising a minimum sponsorship of £100.

Event Format: 6.30pm - Arrival / Registration - Glynhill, Renfrew; 7pm - Training Session - Function Suite; 7.30pm - Firewalk - Private Car park; 8.30pm - Back to function suite, for certificates, celebrations, raffle, tea and coffee This is an ideal opportunity to socialise with other families affected by HD, so, why not make a night of it at the Glynhill Hotel.

To see what a Firewalk is really like, view photographs and comments from our previous Firewalk on our Facebook page (Scottish Huntington’s Association).

Bring In The Bells at The Legion, Bridge of Weir We will be holding a dance on HOGMANAY 2014 in the Legion Social Club. The band will be WATERLOO SUNSET and the tickets are £10 which can be purchased at the bar or on the door. The time of the Dance will be 8pm1.30am and after 10pm everyone in the club should have a ticket.

Beith Arts Sunday Concerts

Our October concert was an amazing success: Quattro MacJazz showed us how hot Dixieland jazz should be played, with great skill and aplomb!

Their improvisations were wonderful, and each member of the group was totally at home with the music they played - and we could all see how much they enjoyed themselves. We hope that they could see and hear how much we enjoyed their music, and how their standard of playing impressed us.

We promise the large audience who came to hear them that we will do our best to have them back - and soon!

Our November concert on Sunday 30th, will present Mr McFalls Chamber, another talented group who are going to bring us up to date about tangos.

They will tell us something about the changes in music which brought about the popularity of tangos in the 1920`s and `30`s, and will demonstrate the style which took many parts of the world by storm. This will be a nostalgia trip for some of us who went dancing some years ago, and the group have had wonderful reviews for their performances. So it`s looking very optimistic for our third concert of our 50th Anniversary Year.

We welcome newcomers to all our concerts. You can look us up on our website (beitharts.org) and find out what we`re about, and all details of our performances, which are held in Beith Community Centre, Kings Road, Beith at 2.30pm on Sunday afternoons. Our website contains dates and details for our entire season, if you would like to know more. Prices are £11 / £9 for adults, and £3 for students and children (pay at the door). Our regular audience is very friendly, and you will be made welcome by everyone. We look forward to seeing you there.

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Parking Scheme Amended to Support Business and Residents

New parking changes introduced in Greenock are to be amended to ensure they continue to support local businesses and residents.

Inverclyde Council’s Environment & Regeneration Committee has unanimously agreed to increase Greenock town centre on-street parking – currently set at a maximum of 30 minutes – to a maximum of two hours.

Several Greenock streets will be removed from the scheme altogether and restrictions will be lifted on Saturdays.

The Committee also agreed that while these permanent amendments go through their formal consultation period – which could see them introduced by 16th January 2015 – the Council informally suspended from Monday 3rd November 2014 enforcement of the parking restrictions on these streets.

Council car parks in Greenock town centre – including £1-a-day car parks – will be unrestricted on the four Saturdays in December 2014.

Keith Wilson, owner of Smiths store in West Blackhall Street, Greenock has been surveying traders in the town to assess the impact of the parking scheme and raising the issue with the council.

He said: “Every local authority in the country has undoubtedly got a tough job to keep a growing driving population happy while allowing our high streets to thrive and keep traffic moving but we as traders particularly feel that our local council has acted in a very responsive, balanced and measured way to resolve this issue.”

“It is the hope of the local traders that the proposed changes will be made as quickly as possible before local shops are even more adversely affected.

As local shops, we wholeheartedly agree with, and support, the principle behind the parking strategy. We recognise it has been designed to address parking issues in Inverclyde and to provide parking opportunities for all road users.”

“However, we were very concerned that the limited parking time 30 minutes would increasingly have a very negative impact on our already challenged high street. It is clear that the restriction of 30 minute parking is simply not long enough for a positive customer experience and every customer and

Mrs Claus at Pollok House

2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow South Side G43 1AT 11am - 3.30pm - 29th November to 24th December Enjoy a truly magical family Christmas when you bring the children to meet the award-winning Mrs Claus at Pollok House!

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business survey carried out has underlined this. Had the restrictions of 30 minute parking been allowed to continue, we would inevitably have seen further deterioration in the town centre’s shopping experience with the real potential of the loss of further local businesses by Christmas.”

Under the new plans, changes to the parking scheme include: Reduce parking restrictions period to Monday to Friday (8am to 6pm) for both on and off street parking.

Terrace Road, West Stewart Street (from Jamaica Street to Kelly Street) Jamaica Street (from West Stewart Street and Union Street); Station Avenue and unnamed streets serving 51-57 Cathcart Buildings and 59-67 Cathcart Buildings. These will be removed from the parking disc operation area and changed to on-street unrestricted parking areas.

On-street parking using the parking disc in Greenock town centre will be increased from 30 minutes to 2 hours.

While the formal public consultation takes place the Council will informally suspend from Monday 3rd November 2014 enforcement of the parking restrictions on the above named streets.

Council car parks in Greenock town centre – including £1-a-day- car parks will be unrestricted on the four Saturdays in December 2014.

A further report will be brought back to the council on options around a residents parking scheme for Greenock Town Centre.

Any change to a Traffic Regulation Order must undertake a specific consultation period of 21 days and requires approval by Committee and the Council who formally make the order.

A 6 week period is then allowed for any legal challenges to the Council’s process in promoting the Orders. If there are no challenges it then becomes effective.

It was proposed to advertise the two amended Traffic Regulation Orders and commence the consultation period on Monday 3rd November 2014.

The consultation ended on 24th November and, subject to there being no maintained objections, it is proposed to hold a Special Committee to approve the amended TRO’s with a view to having the orders made by the Council on 4th December 2014. The effective date of the TRO’s would be 16th January 2015.

The most up to date information on parking in Inverclyde is published online at the Council website which has a dedicated parking section.

December at Finlaystone

Xmas tree sales throughout December – Cut your own tree and make it a family adventure Monday 1st December - Wreath Making 10am - 2pm Make your very own wreath in time for Christmas, made from holly, ivy & yew from the Estate. £9.50 for materials. Pre booking essential.

The House will be decorated top to toe - each room in a different theme!

You’ll find a mouthwatering daily festive lunch in The Kitchen Restaurant, plenty of gift ideas in our gift shop and lots of tasty treats in our food shop!

Santa’s Grotto 11am-4pm

Join us on Sunday 30th November for a performance by the Clarinet Choir.

Tickets to visit Mrs Claus are £6 per child which includes a gift. Children must be accompanied by an adult – entry is £6.50 per adult, £5 per concession (over 60s, unemployed and student). Over the festive season Pollok House is open daily, except 25th & 26th Dec and 1st & 2nd Jan from 10am-5pm (last entry 4.30pm).

Santa’s Grotto - £9.50 per child (includes 1 accompanying adult free)

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• Saturday 6th December, Sunday 7th December • Saturday 13th December, Sunday 14th December • Saturday 20th December, Sunday 21st December • Monday 22nd December Santa’s coming to Finlaystone; follow the magical Santa trail to find Pre booking is essential, call early to avoid disappointment.

Finlaystone Estate, Langbank, Renfrewshire, PA14 6TJ 01475 540505 info@finlaystone.co.uk www.finlaystone.co.uk

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ON the road

Paisley in International Spotlight as Monte Carlo Rally Returns

LEAP Car Club

It was recently announced that Renfrewshire will again host the only UK start leg of the event – one of the most famous and glamorous in motorsport.

We have 2 cars in Lochwinnoch and 1 each in Kilbarchan and Bridge of Weir, parked centrally for ease of use. LEAP provides a car only when you need it, so you are not paying insurance, MOTs, servicing or breakdown cover for a car to sit outside your house.

Paisley is getting set to shine in the international spotlight once again when the Monte Carlo Classic Rally returns to the town in the new year.

Paisley sits alongside Barcelona, Copenhagen, Turin and Reims as host cities for the start legs, placing the town in illustrious company.

The Rally is coming back to Paisley after a very successful debut in 2014 when tens of thousands came out to see the ‘grand depart’ as cars headed off to France.

If you have friends coming over for Christmas and need more car space, why not consider using LEAP Car Club? We offer a £20, three month membership.

Contact Mike on 01505 842530 for details.

Around 70 cars – including classic Porsches, Mini Coopers and even Linwood-built Hillman Imps, went over the ramp in front of the striking backdrop of Paisley Abbey.

The 2015 event will take place in the same venue, with the cars setting off at 7pm on Wednesday 28th January.

This year’s rally will see rule changes meaning drivers leaving Scotland will have an extra night’s sleep on the 2,600km-trek through the Channel Tunnel and over the Alps to the south of France.

Organisers believe the Monte has produced a £5 million economic spin-off since it returned to Scotland in 2011.

Douglas Anderson, chair of the Rally Start Committee, said: “The rule change is an endorsement of how much the French organisers value the Scottish start and we are looking forward to another great event, starting from Paisley Abbey.

“The changes will make the event more accessible for those wanting to start from Scotland. We’ve already had interest from Scandinavian crews for this year.”

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Weir Networking What a brilliant meeting we had in November in Amaretto, who did us proud as usual, “Thank you Marco!”

Thank you so much to Glen Smyth who, as an excellent warm up, got everyone going. And a huge thanks to Tom Winton as the main speaker who gave us a lot of food for thought - so well presented.

Tom Kennett made my day as I wore a Kennett watch for the whole meeting and loved it! Fabulous watches Tom. We were delighted to hear that Tom Kennett WON the award for Best young Business of the Year at the Rocco Awards 2014.

Tom Kennett is pictured right - thanks to Andy Stark of The Studio, Bridge of Weir, for taking photos of the event.

The “hot spots” were well handled by Carmen Creative and Karen Anderson Healthcare.

The buzz in the room was brilliant, so thank you to all who supported Weir Networking.

Weir Networking is a Business Networking Group for local Businesses to get together and make contact. Points of contact are Mo Ferrington and Colin Cumming.

The next Weir networking meeting is on Friday 16th January 2015 at 9.30am at Amaretto, Bridge of Weir.

Hope to see some new faces at the event!

Mo Ferrington

iT blog with Colin Fyfe of Colcom Microsoft’s Office Word is now available free of charge to iPad owners.

This is quite a telling turnaround in procedure at the Washington based company and is one of many decisions made by Microsoft in recent months that points to the company’s recent shake up since the current CEO, Satya Nadella, took the reins after disappointing results post Windows 8. Go to the App Store and fill your wellies for some free (albeit fiddly) document editing.

Other news at Microsoft has been the interest surrounding the development of Windows 10. People are saying they are skipping the version name ‘9’ in case it clashes with poorly written software coded for Windows 98, The ‘9’ being the possible confusion. Personally, I just think they couldn’t wait to get to double figures or perhaps to say that they too have an ‘OS X’ like Mac. First reports of Windows 10 sound promising; the Start menu is back so my new favourite thing Classic Shell will become redundant. This enables

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Mike Cruise’s image “Urban Kingfisher” wins at Paisley Colour Paisley Colour Photographic Club were very pleased to welcome Roy Smith, AFIAP DPAGB Hon SPF (Ayr), to judge the first of the session’s three bimonthly competitions recently held in the McMaster Centre in Renfrew. Club members could submit up to three digital images each and detailed

consideration was given to each of almost a hundred images by Roy. He had the difficult task of having to rank the top images which covered a wide range of subjects in each of the three categories: Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced.

After the many opportunities for photography during the summer break there was a range of fantastic images vying to be highly ranked in the Advanced section of the competition.

In the Introductory section “Autograph” by Leonard Esakowitz was awarded third place. In second place was “Foxes” by Frank Donnelly and the winning image in this section was the sport shot by Kevin Moulds entitled “Not Again”.

Alison Smart was awarded the top three positions in the Intermediate section. Her third place image was “Muriwai Reflections”, “Going For It” was second and Alison’s image “Tea-time At The Blackhouse” was judged to be the best in this section.

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Roy judged Duncan McEwan’s brilliant Commonwealth Games image “Eye Contact” and beautiful landscape image “Loch Duich” to be in second and third place respectively but it was Mike Cruise’s wonderful capture “Urban Kingfisher” which won the top award of the night, the winning image in the Club’s 1st Bimonthly Competition of the session.

For further details about PCPC and updated members galleries please view: www.paisleycolour.co.uk

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Local Businesses Support Gryffe Valley Rotary GVR continues to receive great support from wide range of local businesses, including: • Bridge of Weir Leather who have generously sponsored the club’s 10K run for the past 2 years to raise funds for disabled sailing at Castle Semple loch, including the current WOW (Wheelchairs On Water) project. David Bird recently came along to a meeting and gave an overview of the history of this very successful local business with an impressive international list of clients.

• The Malcolm Group, who are also corporate members and who have also contributed significantly to the WOW project.

• Gibb Stuart have regularly donated prizes for the annual Young Chef competitions in local schools, and for fundraising raffles.

• The new TESCO store at Linwood made a donation to WOW, and the Johnstone branch of Morrison’s have enabled occasional collections for international disasters and other good causes.

• Local opticians have cooperated in collecting old spectacles for recycling o needy people overseas.

ROTARY is for Communities – and so are local businesses! To keep in touch with what we all do, why not find us and like us on facebook.

Purple Night!

A full house of 70 members and friends gathered at the Shimla Cottage restaurant in Bridge of Weir for the second year running to raise funds for Polio Plus – Rotary’s drive to eradicate polio from the planet. With great support from Tabi Shafiq and his team, everyone enjoyed a great evening of fine cuisine and a grand total of £850 was raised. With the Gates Foundation providing matching funds, that represents another step towards the challenge of finally getting rid of this deadly disease. Everyone wore something purple – the colour of the dye that children dip their fingers into to signify that they have been inoculated.

Suds Are Us! Beaton Bros are corporate members of Gryffe Valley Rotary and over a recent weekend they organised a fund raising car-wash at their premises in Bridge of Weir, in aid of projects in the local community. Three generations of the Beaton family rolled up their sleeves and power cleaned over 100 cars, with water spray, suds galore and buckets of hard work. Their magnificent efforts raised some £530, which will help to finance upcoming projects like the young carers outings and the various competitions organised with local schools. Many thanks to “Team Beaton” and to all those who brought their cars along – some have not been as clean for quite along time!

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The History Spot Castle Semple Temple

Anybody travelling from Glasgow to Ayr by train, or driving on the A737 from Johnstone to the coast will be puzzled by an octagonal stone building on top of Kenmuir Hill, between Howwood and Lochwinnoch. The building is the most prominent feature on Castle Semple Estate, and commonly known as the ‘temple’. The prominence of the building has generated much speculation about its purpose.

Dating from shortly after the building of Castle Semple house in the early 1730s, the purpose of the ‘temple’ has been romanticised and lost.

Ideas range from a place for viewing hunts to a local lovers’ meeting place.

The tradition that it was a hunting lodge dates from the 1780s, when the estate’s deer park was moved to Kenmuir Hill. However the deer weren’t for hunting, but were captive, to impress visitors. The whole of Kenmuir Hill was surrounded by walls and ha-has (boundary ditches with a stone face on one side, which could not be seen from a distance, giving the impression that the deer were free to roam).

The original purpose of the temple was simply a landscape feature or ‘folly’, designed to be seen from the mansion house and by visitors arriving at Castle Semple. It also served as a summer house with panoramic views. The design of the building probably comes from James Gibbs ‘Book of Architecture’, published in 1728, a sort of architects scrapbook of ideas. Gibbs described his designs as ‘summer houses in the form of temples of an octagonal form’.

According to a survey of 1780, the summit of Kenmuir Hill around the temple was originally planted with trees, forming twelve radiating avenues, a feature which was fashionable on estates at the time. The inspiration dates back to 1733, when surveyor John Watt, who originally laid out the estate for the McDowalls of Castle Semple, took sightings from the summit of the hill to distant features. These included Misty Law, the castles at Barr and Elliston, and church steeples as far away as Glasgow and Renfrew. But did the mapped trees ever exist on such a rocky, exposed hilltop? In fact they are indicated on Ordnance Surveys and a few survive in late Victorian photographs and sketches.

Inside the octagonal temple, the main floor (now gone) was elevated above a basement and accessed by an external stone stair, also now completely gone.

Some of the basement windows were false and always blocked off, and the remainder were barred. The basement was entered from a low door under the stair. Inside the ruin are the remains of a fireplace and a very fine ashlar chimney in the roof. In the centre of the roof was a cupola matching the original on top of Castle Semple House. Externally, the panels between the ashlar details and window surrounds were originally harled and limewashed, and the building would have stood out on the skyline even more than it does today.

In the 1830s, Andrew Crawford of Lochwinnoch described the temple as being badly damaged by fire, following a lightning strike. However it was repaired, and the roof and glazed windows were still intact in late Victorian photos. However the condition of the temple deteriorated with the decline of Castle Semple house, and the breakup of the estate. It is only thanks to the quality of construction that it is still upstanding today, despite the loss of its roof. On a sunny day the walk to the summit is worthwhile and provides panoramic views of the area, and down Castle Semple Loch past the site of the McDowall’s mansion. © Stuart Nisbet 2014

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bishopton, langbank Coffee morning & bridge of weir Special Delivery of Christmas Cards in Bishopton and Erskine

By Bishopton Christian Aid Group between Monday 8th to Sunday 21st December

Bishopton Christian Aid Group and their band of supporters will again be providing a special delivery of Christmas Cards in Bishopton and Erskine, including the new houses in Dargavel .

During December your cards may be handed into : • The Co-op, Costcutters and KeyStore in Greenock Road from Monday 8th until Noon on Sunday 21st, • The Salon in Greenock Road from Monday 8th until Noon on Saturday 20th • The Cornerstone on Saturdays 13th & 20th 10am to 2pm and Sundays 14th & 21st from 12.30pm until 2pm • The Community Centre Car Park on Saturdays 13th & 20th from 10am to 2pm • After Church on Sunday 14th and 21st.

The requested donation is 20 pence per card.

Help make it Christmas in the Developing World.

I thought I would tell you more about village trusts this month.

The aim of a village trust is basically to improve the village and village life. Bishopton has its own trust called the Bishopton Community Development Trust so I feel that Langbank and Bridge of Weir have a bit of catching up to do. In Langbank current projects include upgrading the West Ferry car park and a village garden. Projects in Bridge of Weir include upgrading roads and pavements for adoption and we are planning to build a cycle track from Bridge of Weir to Gryffe High School. I would also like to see a new footpath from Bridge of Weir to Kilbarchan. Funding may come from many sources including the council, National Lottery and individuals, which can then be distributed as and when by the trustees.

I would be looking for at least 6 members to run each trust. Training would be available through Engage Renfrewshire and trust members can network with other trusts in the area. Would you be interested in becoming a trustee or even make a donation to the trust?

It is good to see some resurfacing work to pavements and roads in Bishopton. I am expecting more of the same in the near future. Speeding traffic continues to be a concern though.

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, along with road closure notices 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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Saturday 29th of November at St Machar’s Church Hall, Bridge of Weir 10am -12.30pm.

The 2nd Bridge of Weir Guides are fundraising for one of our Guides, Kim Simpson who has been selected by Girlguiding Scotland to visit Sangam, the WAGGGS World Centre in India. There will be Christmas gifts and homebaking on sale. All welcome.

Bishopton Christmas Tree Light Switch On Ceremony & Carol Singing At 6.45pm on Sunday 7th December at Bishopton Community Centre, Gledstane Road, Bishopton, the village Christmas tree lights will be switched on by Bishopton Princess Olivia MacDonald.

Between 6.20pm and 7pm she will be joined by carol singers and the community are invited to join in too.

Bishopton Community Centre Association and Bishopton Parish Church have organised the Christmas tree light switch on and community carol singing. It will take place outdoors in the Community Centre’s car park, adjacent to the Christmas tree and mark the start of Bishopton Parish Church’s bi-centenary celebrations. The carol singers will include children and adults from community organisations. Song sheets will be distributed for everyone else to join in. Hot ‘Fairtrade’ drinks will be available from the Community Centre.

The Community Centre car park will be closed to allow the ceremony to take place. It is recommended that motorists should leave their cars at home and walk to the Centre. It is likely to be cold and those attending should wrap up appropriately. In the event of bad weather, the carol singing will take place inside the Community Centre.

Iain Smeaton, Chairman of Bishopton Community Centre Association said, “Bishopton Community Centre Association is delighted to be involved in organising the Christmas tree light switch on and community carol singing.

It promises to be a good community event for all of the family.”

Jack Watson, Chairman of Bishopton Parish Church’s Bi-Centenary Committee said, “In 2015 Bishopton Parish Church will be celebrating their bi-centenary. The Christmas tree light ceremony and carol singing being held at Bishopton Community Centre will be a wonderful opportunity for everyone to celebrate the oncoming season of goodwill and Christmas celebrations. Other events are being planned for the New Year.”

The Pirie Information Centre

The Pirie Information Centre is situated within Freeland Church, Main Street, Bridge of Weir and is open Monday, Tuesday and Friday mornings from 10am-12 noon. We stock up to date bus timetables, train timetables, theatre information, out and about leaflets, passport forms, information about Further Education Classes etc etc.

We also have a Village Information Booklet which gives information about all that is happening in the Bridge of Weir area together with contact numbers. Please feel free to come in and have a browse.

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Annual Christmas Concert Sunday 14th December St Columba Church, Kilmacolm 7pm

Final rehearsals are taking place for Bridge of Weir Choral Society’s annual Christmas concert which will take place on Sunday 14th December at St Columba Church, Kilmacolm. Please note that this year the concert will begin at 7pm.

The choir will perform a programme consisting of choruses from the Bach Magnificat in D and a selection of traditional Christmas music and carols both old and new.

Our guests this year are the Renfrew Burgh band whose members have also been preparing an exciting programme of Christmas favourites. Mark Browne will be at the organ for the evening and of course, there promises to be plenty of carols for everyone to sing.

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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.

We look forward to you joining us for an evening of Christmas celebration.

Tickets are £8 from members, the Village newsagent, Kilmacolm or at the door on the 14th December. Telephone Alison McAuslane 01475 520280 to reserve.

More information at www.bridgeofweirchoral society.org.uk

Gryffe Voices Santa Sleigh Bridge of Weir SWRI Christmas Party - Wednesday 3rd December

This will take place in the British Legion at 7.30pm. All members will be very welcome.

Santa will be travelling around Bridge of Weir on Friday 12th & Saturday 13th, Monday 15th, Tuesday 16th and Thursday 18th December.

Please see his list on page 20 to see where he’ll be each night from 6pm.

Gryffe Voices is a new community choir, for all adults who enjoy singing. We meet on Monday evenings from 8pm to 9.45pm at Freeland Church, Main Street, Bridge of Weir.

We sing pop, rock , folk , gospel, songs from around the world and musicals. Come and join us if you like singing and want to have fun, whether or not you read music.

For more details contact gryffevoices@gmail.com.

Bingo Night Sunday 7th December - Royal British Legion, Bridge of Weir

Santa takes a rest from his sleigh duties on Sunday 7th December to make way for the Festival Prize Bingo Night in the Royal British Legion Scotland. Eyes Down 7.30pm. £2 entry pay at the door - includes a light buffet.

Langbank SWRI Christmas Party - Thursday 11th December 7.30pm

The meeting in theVillage Centre will be our Christmas party with buffet supper, quiz etc.

Open Fundraising Evening

For the Langbank Parish Church Fabric Fund, on the 15th January, will take place at Gleddoch House Hotel, with a Fiddlers Rally featuring the Bearsden Fiddlers.

Tickets will be available.

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Bridge of Weir Community Council welcomed John Wallace Renfrewshire Council Roads Engineer to the November meeting.

The meeting heard that new traffic calming measures are being introduced at the Kilmacolm entrance to the Village.

Shillingworth Place

A planning application, ref: 14/0831/PP, has been lodged for the erection of 50 residential houses with associated infrastructure, open space and landscaping, on the northern boundary of Shillingworth Steadings, Kilgraston Road, Bridge of Weir.

Neighbour Notification will be undertaken and consultation carried out in line with the statutory processes and in due course the application will be considered by the Planning & Property Board. Details can be viewed on the Renfrewshire Council website.

Christmas is coming! at The Bridge 63 Main Street, Bridge of Weir

The wait is nearly over – the festive season is upon us. Now is the time to buy your Christmas cards, wrapping paper, gift tags and your essential calendar and diary for 2015.

Support your village – 1) buy locally 2) send Christmas cards individually designed for your village 3) view local scenes throughout 2015 as you turn over the months in the Bridge of Weir calendar.

Use your Post Office to send your cards and parcels. The important Christmas stamps are now available – Donald, Pat and Anne will be delighted to ensure you are well supplied.

Within our stationery section you will find a wide variety of padded and postal bags, boxes, wrapping paper, string and wrapping tape to ensure your gifts reach their destination securely wrapped.

Still to purchase Christmas gifts? Pop into The Bridge during the afternoon of Tuesday 2nd December when a group of local crafters are holding a Craft Fair. Consider a painting from our current art show or items from our permanent display of local craftwork

Late Night Opening - 4th December

Switch on of Christmas Lights - Late night opening - We look forward to serving you free tea and coffee between 6.15pm and 8.15pm on Thursday 4th December.

To all the residents of Bridge of Weir we wish you a happy Christmas and a happy and healthy 2015. Our grateful thanks are extended to our wonderful volunteers and our ever supportive customers.

The Bridge – Your Community Centre Shop & Post Office

(Opening Hours: Mon – 9am to 5pm (PO closed 12 noon to 12.30pm); Tues & Fri – 1pm to 5pm; Wed & Thu – 10am to 2pm; Sat – 9am to 1pm) Closed 25th and 26th December 2014 and 1st and 2nd January 2015.

Monthly Car Boot Sale Unfortunately, due to lack of trades, Bridge of Weir will no longer hold a monthly car boot sale.

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A request was made for further traffic calming measures on Lintwhite Crescent and it is anticipated improvements will occur either at the end of this financial year or within the next round of capital works.

A member passed over a list of 15 junctions where road markings are missing or in very poor condition.

The long time temporary barriers on Main Street at the Old Station are to remain for a considerable period as monies cannot be found for the bridge repair.

The Police reported that 2 house breakings had occurred within the Village recently no one has been arrested. They informed us that detection of this type of crime often takes time sometimes a pattern is identified which leads to the culprit being caught or forensic evidence will eventually come to light.

In the lead up to Christmas the Police advise all householders and business’s to be more vigilant and lock up their premises.

The Christmas Lights Sub-committee reported that preparations are well underway for the switch on ceremony on Thursday 4th December.

The Open Forum focused on rubbish being dumped on the banks of the River Gryffe, it seems some people have little consideration for others.

BRIDGE OF WEIR COMMUNITY COUNCIL Meetings:- Tuesday 2nd December, Cargill Hall, Lintwhite Cres, Bridge of Weir Future meetings: February 3rd, March 3rd , April 7th, May 5th, June 2nd 2015.

Make a Christingle with Bridge of Weir Messy Church

On Sunday 7th December at 4pm, why not come along to Freeland Church Hall and make a Christingle. There will be other Christmas crafts available and we will then have our Christingle service followed by a meal.

It is a truly wonderful way to remember the real meaning of Christmas whilst also remembering the work of the Children’s society to “Help us bring light and hope to children living in poverty.”

A Christingle is made from an orange which represents the world. This has a red ribbon wrapped around it, indicating God’s love wrapped around the world. Dried fruits and sweets represent God’s creations and the candle in the middle represents Jesus, the light of the world who brings hope to people living in darkness.

This is an ideal event to come to with or without children. You are particularly welcome if you will be attending alone. We welcome everyone and would be delighted to see you all. If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Daly on 07980 649377.

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Christmas Art Show A gentle reminder that the Christmas Art Show at the Bridge has already attracted lots of art lovers, a few prints have been chosen as Christmas gifts.

There is a wonderful selection of paintings and prints for sale, water colour and oil originals, some local scenes along with a selection of colourful paintings by Phyllis Mulligan and Alison Bannerman.

Christmas at Bernie’s On Wednesday 4th December we’re staying open late for the Christmas Lights Switch-on. Take away a cup of warming chilli, soup, hot choc or coffee to comfort you while watching the event.

Come in and warm yourself afterwards with our special event menu. Table bookings being taken.

(Opening Hours: Mon – 9am to 5pm (PO closed 12 noon to 12.30pm); Tues & Fri – 1pm to 5pm; Wed & Thu – 10am to 2pm; Sat – 9am to 1pm)

On Friday 12th and Saturday 20th December, we’re staying open late! Families welcome until 8.30pm. Then we’re open until 11pm for adults only.

Crochet Classes

Every Tuesday at Bishopton Community Centre from 1pm - 3pm.

Beginners welcome.

Tel: Lynne on 01505 705222

Join us on Saturday 13th Dec for an Adult Christmas Chill Night– Not enough “windows” in your diary to catch up with all your friends before Christmas? Why not meet up at our place and let us do the work for you? All you have to worry about is enjoying our relaxed atmosphere with your friends. No morning after clean-up for you! Special, seasonal menu. Booking advised.

On Friday 19th Dec, join us for a Family Christmas Night. Can’t get round all the family (in-laws/out-laws) on Christmas day? Or just fancy a relaxed meal away from the hustle and bustle of home and demands of Christmas? We can help you out with another great family night in our relaxed, home from home atmosphere.

No planning, shopping or frantic tidy-around to worry about! Bliss!

Very special, seasonal menu. Booking advised.

Lace Group Bridge of Weir Lace Group meets fortnightly, on Tuesday mornings, throughout the winter. If you are interested please phone 01505 613967.

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Earlier this year I was delighted to support an application from the Community Council for council funding through the Local Area Committee for new Christmas Lights for Bridge of Weir.

The lights are a fantastic attraction and brighten the village up during the shortest days of the winter.

Bridge players welcome If you have been playing bridge for some time, you are welcome to join us on Monday evenings to play duplicate bridge in a friendly, informal atmosphere. Sessions take place at the Bridge Community Centre, 63 Main Street, Bridge of Weir.

The Centre opens at 7pm and we start around 7.15pm. If you need a partner we should be able to arrange someone for you to play with. For further details please contact John Fraser (01505 347754) or Alasdair McIntosh (01505 320403).

Come and see Bridge of Weir’s Christmas Illuminations!

Bridge of Weir Community Council is holding it’s Annual Christmas Lights Switch-on at Livery Walk on Thursday 4th December, and this year thanks to Renfrewshire Councils Local Area Committee funding, we have new enhanced lights.

Despite a cut of 17% in the council’s budget from the Scottish Government I was delighted to see the resurfacing of Lintwhite Crescent in Bridge of Weir and the footpath through the playing field in Langbank as well as patching work on Newton Road and Houston Road in Bishopton.

With the closure and sale of the Village Shop in Langbank the Community Council have been discussing where to locate the two benches outside.

The proposal is to keep ‘Billy’s Bench’ with the post box (which is fitting) and to relocate the other bench to the path on the playing field next to the new football pitch.

2014 has been a momentous year – the World Cup (if, like me, you like football), the Commonwealth Games - a resounding success that will live long in the memory – it was great to see so many people out locally participating in and supporting the baton relay, and the referendum. Now is the time for all of Scotland to accept the result and move on – for politicians of all sides to address the real issues facing families – the rising cost of living that puts pressure on family budgets, the drive to suppress household income through squeezing incomes and the need to create employment and opportunities for young people. That is what I will be focussing on in 2015. Can I take this opportunity to wish everyone in Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank a joyful Christmas and a peaceful new year.

The event begins with a Carol Service at 6.15pm in Freeland Church with Bridge of Weir Primary School Choir. After the service the village Festival Queen Cori Rankin and attendants Sarah Feechan and Hannah McCannWillis will lead the procession to Livery Walk for the switch-on at 6.45pm where Greenock Stedfast Silver Band will be playing and Santa should arrive, hopefully in style! To greet all the children.

E-mail: cllr.michael.holmes@renfrewshire.gov.uk Surgeries: 4th Monday: Langbank PS (from 6pm) and Bishopton Library (from 6.45pm) and Cargill Hall, Bridge of Weir 4th Wednesday (from 6.30pm). Tel: 0300 300 1295.

Refreshments will be served for all in the Royal British Legion Club until 7.30pm.

LEAP will soon be stocking a variety of draught-proofing and energy saving materials for sale. We will stock draught excluding strips, pipe lagging, chimney balloons, low energy bulbs and all sorts of things to make your home more comfortable and keep energy bills down. As a nonprofit organisation, we will be charging a very reasonable price for items.

Please keep an eye on our shop windows in Bridge of Weir.

There will be collecting buckets in both the Church and Legion and members of the Community Council will also be around at Livery Walk, please give generously for the Community Council to continue with funding this event in the future.

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quarriers Kilmacolm-Mérignies Twinning on Facebook!

To keep to date with all the twinning news why not take five minutes to look us up on Facebook. We now have a Facebook page to complement our articles in the local press. You will be able to visit us at: Kilmacolm-Merignies Twinning and will find information about Merignes, our plans and intended projects and news from the twinning Society meetings.

Please feel free to add any comments and share with friends. We are keen to hear from you and what you would like to gain from the many opportunities that the twinning can provide.

Fundraising Musical Concert Wednesday 3rd December - St Columba’s Senior School Hall

In aid of Jillian Craig’s Year in Cambodia with Project Trust in St Columba’s Senior School Hall, Kilmacolm, on Wednesday 3rd December.

Doors open 6.30pm for 7pm start. Tickets £7, available from Gibb Stuart Home Hardware, Kilmacolm and Bridge of Weir.

To buy a ticket please telephone 07523 317093 or email: jillian.craig97@yahoo. co.uk

Christian Aid Christian Aid have designed a booklet for Advent with a page a day leading up to Christmas, emphasising the needs of thousands who live in daily poverty or medical emergencies.

Ebola is terrifying, refugee camps struggling with overcrowding from war zones are terrifying, and so is the healthcare and nutrition of thousands of families living in poverty in the poorest countries of our world.

Will you help to make a difference as the days count down by giving to Christian Aid’s Christmas Appeal ? The UK Government has pledged to match every pound donated, until February 2015, thereby doubling each contribution. Plus, gift-aid can apply if you pay UK tax.

MY ADVENT JOURNEY WITH CHRISTIAN AID is available in the church vestibules, the Kilmacolm Cargill Centre reception desk, If you would like any further details of the Christmas Appeal, please contact Jill Russell on 01505 8723893.

Thank You

Kilmacolm Friends of Ardgowan Hospice are most grateful to all who supported their Coffee Morning and Christmas Fayre on Saturday 8th November.

This resulted in the excellent total of £1,783. In addition, sales of Christmas cards amounted to £255. Many thanks!

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With up to 20-year guarantees you can relax for many festive seasons to come knowing that your floor is looking its best!

Orchard Flooring have 14 years’ experience in fitting Karndean and Amtico and are happy to offer advice on picking the best options for each room. With a home sampling service why not give us a call and be on your way to a stunning floor from Orchard Flooring.

You can contact Scott on 01505 229584 or 07563 633432 E: sjmproducts@ hotmail.com website- www.orchard-flooring.com

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This deficit is largely predicated on continuing austerity at a UK Government level passed onto local Councils by the Scottish Government and by the Scottish Government’s own policy of imposing Council Tax freezes.

Remembrance services carried even greater poignancy, with this year being the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of WW1. The service on Sunday 9th was led by clergy from St Columbas, the Old Kirk and St Fillans. Following a request from Lord McLay, whose family have three names on the memorial, several trees were cut down. It can now be much more clearly viewed from a distance. The short act of Remembrance at the Memorial Board in the Cargill was conducted by the Reverend Peter McEnhill. There were some 80 villagers attending to observe the 2 minutes silence on the 11th hour of the 11th day.

On the afternoon of the 11th, Baroness Goldie and myself accompanied the Reverend Douglas Cranston and other clergy of all faiths, for a service of Remembrance at Greenock Prison. Douglas is the Padre to the prison and we were well received by the both male and female audience.

I attended, with the Provost, a memorial service on the 25th October to commemorate the Battle of Balaclava on the same day in 1854. This engagement was famous as the “Thin Red Line” of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, who stood firm against the Russian Cavalry. The service was conducted by the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Association with the colours of the 93rd honoured. I am proud to be the Honorary Patron of the local Army Cadet Force and they are named the Balaclava Detachment.

These young men and women can be regularly seen making their way to weekly meetings in their fatigues and have a close association with the Argylls.

I was naive enough to hope in my November piece that our new traffic wardens would “use a dose of common sense”, silly me. They were in the village four times in one week and on one day there were 6 of them! There was an outcry from our shopkeepers and on the 14th I visited 26 of them to record tales of woe. The village has coped well in the past 3 years without traffic wardens, removed by the police, and I am afraid that senior council officers did not heed my many appeals to be proportionate in the issuing of parking tickets.

The proposed Greenock Windfarm on Corlic Hill was unanimously rejected by the Planning Board on the 5th November after a determination hearing in the Greenock Town Hall. Planners proposed refusal and this was endorsed

by Historic Scotland, BAA at Glasgow Airport, Historic Scotland, Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, Kilmacolm Community Council, the Civic Trust and many local residents. There were 700 objectors and 1 in favour. The decision now goes to the full council in December. Corlic Hill is not the place for a windfarm and I wonder how often we have to tell the developer NO THANKS. I am looking forward to the nativities, plays and carol services associated with Christmas in the schools in my ward.

St Columba’s have identified 13 pupils from 2010 who have achieved 1st class honours degrees this year. Rebecca Meredith and Megan Girdwood have been awarded Double Firsts at Cambridge, difficult enough to be accepted for Oxbridge far less gain a First.

My December surgery is on the 13th 10am-11am at the Cargill Centre.

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

If these policies continue the financial situation facing the Council will be very bleak and if we do have to make £15.3m of savings there will be significant impacts on Council services and staff and in turn on you as the consumers of these services.

It is important that we hear your views before we make any decisions on savings. The Council will be undertaking the most wide-ranging budget consultation that we have ever conducted. There will be a range of ways for you to express your views. We would urge residents to take part in the budget consultation as it is important for you to have your say and examine the detail of any proposals officers put forward.

We can assure you that the feedback we receive from the community will inform the difficult decisions that elected members will ultimately have to make.

At a meeting of the Education & Communities Committee on 4th November there was unanimous approval for option three in relation to next year’s refurbishment of Kilmacolm Primary School. This option, which was generally favoured by parents and staff, means that the nursery class will be maintained onsite in temporary accommodation while the primary school will decant to the former St Stephen’s High School building in Port Glasgow.

As we get closer to the decant more information relating to the logistics of the move will be provided by the School Estates Team, who will work closely with the school community.

This year’s Christmas lights switch ons will take place on Friday 5th December, beginning in Quarrier’s Village at 4.30pm and moving on to Kilmacolm at 6pm.

Last month we reported that enforcement by the Council’s parking attendants had begun across Inverclyde. Since then we have received complaints about their actions within Kilmacolm. The complaints related to specific instances where the enforcement by parking attendants was viewed as heavy-handed. We have raised these complaints with the relevant officers.

It is important to remember however that the parking attendants are enforcing regulations that have existed for a long number of years and were previously enforced by traffic wardens employed by the Police. The Council has agreed that officers will undertake a review of the parking strategy for Kilmacolm and report back by summer 2015 with appropriate recommendations.

Councillor McColgan

My surgeries this month are on Saturday 13th December, 10am – 11am in Kilmacolm Community Centre and Monday 22nd December, 6pm – 7pm in Clune Park Resource Centre.

You can reach me on 01475 712727 (during office hours) and 07881 280016 (anytime) or by emailing me at james.mccolgan@inverclyde.gov.uk.

Alternatively you can write to me at Inverclyde Council, Municipal Buildings, Greenock PA15 1LY. You can keep up to date with my work as a Councillor by visiting my website: http://jamesmccolgan.com. You can also follow me on Twitter @ jamesmccolgan.

Councillor McCabe

My surgeries this month are on Tuesday 9th December, 6pm - 7pm in Kilmacolm Community Centre and Tuesday 23th December, 6pm – 7pm in Boglestone Community Centre.

You can also contact me directly to discuss any matters that are of concern to you by telephone on 01475 712020 (during office hours) and 871368 (home) or by email to Stephen.McCabe@inverclyde.gov.uk. Alternatively you can write to me at 10 Victoria Gardens, Kilmacolm PA13 4HL. You can keep up to date with my work as a Councillor by visiting my blog: http://councillorstephenmccabe.blogspot.com/ and follow me on Twitter @ Kilmacolm1.

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kilmacolm & quarriers Santa Sleigh Whist Drive Friday 20th February

Hosted by the Kilmacolm and Port Glasgow Agricultural Society at 7.30pm held in New Community Centre Kilmacolm. Tickets £3 includes supper.

Santa will be travelling around Kilmacolm on Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th December.

He will visit Quarriers on Monday 8th December.

Please see his list on page 20 to see where he’ll be each night from 6pm.

Outlook

OUTLOOK is the social community group in Kilmacolm, formulated for friendship and fellowship.

The group is led by a team from the Old Kirk, meetings are held in Kidston Hall, Kilmacolm on 1st and 3rd Thursdays monthly, from 2pm-4pm.

On Thursday 4th December, Dr Peter McEnhill will explain ‘Carols and their origins’ - giving us an opportunity to learn more about some of our most popular Christmas carols. Afternoon Tea, community issues and dates for your diary complete the programme.

Christmas Party!

On Thursday 18th December its the OUTLOOK Christmas Party, with games, gifts, quiz and music. OUTLOOK is a welcoming group open to everyone - please join us.

Kerbside Glass Recycling

The majority of residents who already recycle from the kerbside, using their blue bins, brown bins and food waste containers, will receive a 40 litre black box for the storage and recycling of glass.

Boxes are scheduled for delivery to households between 1st and 14th December. First uplifts are due on black bin collection days during week commencing 8th December and week commencing 15th December.

The new fortnightly collection service will complement the existing kerbside collection services and allow householders to recycle clear and coloured glass bottles and jars including sauce bottles, wine bottles, spirits bottles, sauce jars, baby food jars, beer bottles, medicine bottles.

Metal screw tops and labels do not have to be removed. Please do not put broken glass, window glass, tumblers, spectacles, cans or plastic bottles in your black box.

Please ensure your black box is presented for collection by 7am on your black/residual bin collection day.

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Here in Mount Zion Church, Quarriers Village, we are really looking forward to the first Christmas in our new building in Law View Road.

If you are free we would like to give you a warm welcome to our special “Carols by candlelight” service on Christmas Eve at 7pm. We will be singing the traditional carols and enjoying some musical items, puppetry and our special black light finale.

All this will be followed by seasonal refreshments.

We hope you will want to come and celebrate the

Party Venue true meaning of Christmas with us as a community in Quarriers Village.

We’d also like to welcome you to our Christmas family service on Sunday 21st, and again on Christmas morning, when we will continue to make the Lord Jesus the heart of Christmas.

Both services are at 10.30am.

Village Parking

Business owners in Kilmacolm have expressed concern about the short stopping time allowed in the parking areas around the village. With wardens out recently and drivers being fined for staying beyond the 30 minute limit, the shop keepers contacted local councillors to see if the time limit could be extended. Our councillors have commented on this on page 36.

Details on restrictions in the Inverclyde area are available online at www.inverclyde.gov.uk/parking

Christmas Shop Window Competition organised by Kilmacolm Community Council

Friday 5th December Free Kids Competition- All Ages “Find the Christmas Elf” Entry Forms from the New Community Centre 9.30am - 5pm Winners from each age group will be drawn at the Christmas light switch on, 5.30pm.

Raffle - Win a Christmas Hamper, you can buy your tickets from the Community Centre all day on Friday 5th December, the winning ticket will be drawn at the Christmas Light switch on. Proceeds from the raffle to be donated to a local charity.

All our local shops will be open and have specially decorated Christmas windows so please come along and support our local businesses and community.

Remember if we don’t use them we’ll lose them!

Looking for a Venue Christmas Party? Children’s Party? Regular Class?Kilmacolm Guide Hut has recently 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.

Christmas Lights switch-on

The Christmas lights switch-ons will be on Friday 5th December beginning in Quarrier’s Village at 4.30pm and moving on to Kilmacolm at 6pm.

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.

On Remembrance Sunday last month I attended the service at St Andrew’s church before then going to the war monument service at Port Glasgow town centre. This year’s service was particularly poignant remembering that it is a century since the First World War began. The trench warfare of ‘The Great War’ was horrific. This year’s service at St Andrew’s was the last one performed by the Rev Andrew McLean as he sadly retires in January. I was particularly proud this year to hear my cousin the Rev Stuart Stevenson of Hamilton Bardrainney church give a reading.

It is that time of the year again as we approach the Christmas lights switch on throughout Inverclyde. The lights will be switched on in Quarrier’s Village at 4.30pm and Kilmacolm at 6pm on Friday 5 December. It is always excellent to hear the school children singing carols and to see the lights switched on which helps brighten up the dark nights of December.

December is always a busy month for school Christmas services and I always try to attend as many as I can. It is a great pleasure seeing the joy of the Christmas period on our young people’s faces.

Last month I again had a complaint that some parents who are going to pick up their children at St Columba’s Junior School are parking over some residents driveways on Park Road and so blocking them from getting in or out of their homes. This is unfair and is something none of us would like happening across our own driveways. I was also informed that some drivers are also parking on the pavements there which are inflicting some damage on them. Any damage to pavements ends up costing us all as council tax payers in the end. I have passed these complaints on to the relevant authorities. I would please urge any drivers going to pick up their children to park their cars appropriately.

Finally, I would like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year when it comes. I hope Santa is good to everyone.

My next surgeries in December 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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kilmacolm & quarriers 42nd Kilmacolm Scout Christmas Post & Christmas Trees There will be a lot going on in the lead up to Christmas this year in the Kilmacolm Scout Group.

Once again we are pleased to announce that we will be providing a Christmas card postal service. We will deliver Christmas cards to residential areas of Kilmacolm. To ensure the safety of our young people, we can only deliver to residential areas – so no farms or rural properties!

From the 1st December until 4pm on the 12th December, you can post your Christmas cards in the Scout post box in either The Kilmacolm Community Centre or The Cross Café. A minimum 20p donation is kindly requested for each card. The cards will be delivered during the weekend of the 13th and 14th December.

The Scouts will be selling Christmas trees sourced from Finlaystone at the Scout Hall on the 13th December. You will find no better service! Free delivery by the scouts! While you are at the scout hall, why not have a browse for some last minute Christmas gifts or stocking fillers at the Christmas Fayre inside the scout hut.

Thank you to everyone in the local community who supports the Kilmacolm Scout Group.

Christmas Celebrations at St Fillan’s, Kilmacolm Saturday 13th December

Monthly Brunch & Browse will be a Christmas Fair with stalls and special extra treats 10am - 2pm.

Sunday 21st December

Children’s Service for Christmas 4pm.

Monday 22nd December

Community Service of Nine Lessons and Carols followed by Mulled wine and mince pies 6pm.

Sunday 28th December

End of Year Evensong when we remember those who have gone before us.

All welcome to our church in Moss Road.

Disaster averted!

This was the picture of the Knapps bonfire one day earlier than expected. After vandals set the fire alight the night before the event, it was thought that there would be no fire on the night to keep visitors warm during the fireworks.

But thanks to a monumental effort by locals, who collected a whole new bonfire in a day, the fire was kept smouldering through the afternoon and re-lit in time for the firework display to go ahead in the evening.

Well done everyone - just goes to show what can be done with people power!

Photo: Juliet Loudon

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PGHS Prize-giving

Craft fair and Ceilidh Lochwinnoch

Throughout the year, Port Glasgow High School pupils’ hard work and effort are recognized and celebrated through Merit Award and Distinction Award Ceremonies but everyone; pupils, parents, staff and school partners look forward to the glam and glitz of our annual Prize-giving, and this year our ceremony was outstanding.

Congratulations goes out to all our prizewinners, and a huge deal of thanks goes to the school staff & pupils working behind the scenes, and performing on the evening, this was a very exciting and successful prizegiving ceremony.

Thanks also go out to Mr Glen Miller, Mr Stuart McMillan, Mr Ryan Kane and Ms Jean Johansson, our parents for their on-going support, but also our Sponsors and partners who play a big role in supporting the school and making this event possible. This year’s Sponsors were; ABC Taxis, Arlene Mitchell Hairdressers, Beacon Arts Centre, Colin Love Fishmongers, Cross Café (Kilmacolm), DP Apparel, Flower Vogue, The Gryffe Advertizer, The Iron House, Frank Munro Opticians, Texas Instruments, REL Group, Sangamo, St Andrews Church, and Tesco (Port Glasgow).

List of Prize Winners: Merit Award Certificates - awarded to pupils from each year group, to recognise & celebrate their hard work and achievements throughout the year S1: Morgan Bailey, Sophie Brown, Zoe Campbell, Nicole Findlay, Scott Kelly, Eilidh Kennedy, Nicole Mason, Molly McBride, Kristi McCann, Taylor Mitchell, Ambika Nahar, Beth Roxburgh and Claire Steele S2: Courtney Archibald, Julia Ballingall, Rachael Barron, Courtney Bowie, Ryan Collins, Murin Keith, Rhys Lappin, Marina Manda, Alan McAnally, Niamh McKenna, Emily McLaughlan, Katlyn Peacock, Lucy Pollock and Chloe Sharp S3: Morgan Bovaird, Adam Docherty, Melissa Fitzharris, Gemma Hanley, Rachel Holdsworth, Kirsten Irvine, Chloe Marsh, Chloe McCann, Amber McIntosh, Murray McKechnie, Iona McNair, Ethan Robinson and Courtney Thomas S4: Lauren Boyce, Amy Boyland, Billie Brennan, Amy Cannon, Sara Davidson, Ben Hessinger, Daniel McKechnie, Stephanie McKinnon, Cailean McLeish, Kieran Murphy, Kirsty Pollock, Daniel Richardson, Mary Smith, and Connor Ward S5: Amber Alexander, Reiss Armstrong, Hayley Clark, Adam Greer, Louise Hair, Anna Lojko, Kurt Rigby, Andrew Scott, Fiona Semple, Kieran Smith, Amy Spence and Rachael Swann S4 Academic Prizewinners : Amy Bain (Business Administration and Drama); Amy Boyland (Art and Design); Rebecca Brown (Business Management and Physics); Kyle Campbell (Physical Education); Amy Cannon (Home Economics); Sara Davidson (Modern Studies); Bethany Fitzharris (Music); Rebecca Gault (Graphic Communication); Ross McMath (Computing, English, History and Mathematics); Jamie McKenzie (Design and Manufacture); Stephanie McKinnon (Biology, Chemistry and French); Daniel Richardson (Geography) and Kerryann White ( Practical Woodworking) S5 Academic Prizewinners : Stuart Anderson (Business Management, History & PE); Reiss Armstrong (Mathematics and Music); Luthais Arthur (Chemistry and Physics); Lucy Ballingall (Drama); Hayley Clark (Art & Design); Ross Gray (Practical Craft Skills); Adam Greer (Information Systems); Megan Lindsay (English and French); Toni McCluskey (Care); Lindsey McIntosh (Hospitality); Kurt Rigby (Geography); and Hannah Scanlon (Spanish)

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There was a large turn out to the Lochwinnoch Arts Festival Outreach Craft Fair on Saturday 8th November. Beautiful crafts and much more was on show at the McKillop.

Also a great night at the Fall Ball with Clamjamfrie in the evening. A total of £640 was raised for the Johnston High School senior pupils Borneo Fund (Money was raised between Ceilidh and serving tea coffee and cakes at Craft Fair) A special thanks to the Mum’s June, Louise, Lee and Helen!!

S6 Academic Prizewinners : Georgia Barr (Product Design); James Baxter (Graphic Communication); Shannon Campbell (Business Administration and Modern Studies); and Jayne Newton (Biology) Prizewinners from the wider curriculum Religious Education - Amy Boyland Personal Development - Kyle Axworthy John Muir Award - Andrew Crawford Young Scot - Quality Awards - Curtis Newell and Katie Small Community Sports Leadership Award (Level 5) - Cameron Burns, Shannon Campbell, Leanne Hughes, Daniel Ingram, Ross McKinnon, Lee McMath, and Danielle Rennie Duke of Edinburgh Award (Bronze) - Kirsten Irvine, Amber McIntosh, Iona McNair and Chloe Marsh Saltire Awards This is for recognizing the time and effort S6 pupils put back into the school and wider community. They volunteer to undertake roles of responsibility such as peer reading, organizing events, charity work, sports ambassadors, girls and boys brigade etc.

And the pupils with the most hours clocked up are: Ioannis Mandas, Katie McGuire, Lee McMath, Beth Ferguson and Curtis Newell

Like other residents of Kilbarchan I was shocked to learn of the armed robbery at the village Co-operative store on Sunday 9th November, which left the two staff who were threatened deeply distressed.

I have been advised by the Area Commander Police Scotland Simon Wright, that additional patrols have been put in place in the village, particularly as we head towards Christmas.

I have also written to the regional manager Co-operative stores, to ask him to review the Co-op safety and security procedures to wherever possible offer greater protection to both staff and the general public.

The police have also increased their patrols in Lochwinnoch which, has recently seen a spate of anti social behaviour and vandalism, an issue discussed at length at the November meeting of the community council.

Named Awards

Incidents of this type in both Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch are thankfully rare, however I will continue to work closely with the police the council and all the agencies who have a responsibility for the protection of the public.

Finlaystone Award for Achievement in Acting - Nicola Bain

On a much happier note, I am pleased that the resurfacing of the main road through Kilbarchan is now virtually complete and ahead of schedule.

Brabender Cup for Community Service Curtis Newell The Marilyn Stirling Cup for Outstanding Musical Achievement - Adam Greer The Samantha Beaton Memorial Cup for Fitness - Connor Duffy and Sophie Williams Port Glasgow High School Sports Award Ryan Gray Port Glasgow High School Arts Award - Amber Alexander Peter Neal Award for Musical Excellence Reiss Armstrong

I will soon be requested by officers of the council to put forward suggestions for next years resurfacing and repair programme for roads and pavements.

I am asking residents of Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch to send me their suggestions of what streets should be included.

Given the Councils present funding not everything will, or can be done, but this remains a high priority for me.

Winter is now upon us and I have asked council officers to ensure that everything is in place in regard to its winter service plan, in order that the council can respond effectively to episodes of severe weather.

‘The Future in Hand’ Award for Leadership in the School Community -Ryan McKeown

The run up to Christmas is always a busy time and a sad time for those who have suffered loss or are on their own. Our villages have a fine tradition of looking after one another and this is particularly important at this time of year.

Elizabeth Crawford Memorial Prize - Stephanie McKinnon

I wish all of you, those who are away from home, and those working over the festive period a happy and peaceful Christmas.

Port Glasgow High School Former Pupils Award for Citizenship - Ioannis Mandas

McLeod Trust Scholarship Campbell and Emma McKechnie

Shannon

Runner Up to Dux - Luthais Arthur Emily Hannah Dux Trophy for 2013-2014 Reiss Armstrong (Reiss gained four Highers and an Advanced Higher).

My next surgeries are on Saturday 6th December at 9am at the McKillop Institute Lochwinnoch and at 10am at the Steeple Hall Kilbarchan .

I will not be holding surgeries on Saturday 3rd January Please get in touch anytime at cllr.derek.bibby@renfrewshire.gov.uk or phone 0300 300 1274 or 07534 156007.

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My wife and I were delighted to attend the recent 30th anniversary party for Kilbarchan Community Nursery, which has served the village so well over the decades. In 1999 the Community Nursery moved to a new purpose build site next to Kilbarchan Primary School, and our son, Iain, who is now at university, was one of the first in the new building so the party brought back many happy family memories. I also recently attended the opening of the new informal school crossing at Kilbarchan Primary which I have long supported. Hopefully this will help to alleviate congestion at peak times.

A big congratulation to Johnstone High pupil, Caitlin Armstrong, from Lochwinnoch, for recently organising a massive Coffee Morning for MacMillan Cancer Support in the Annexe, a very worthy charity, and a terrific morning was had by all. Over £1,000 was raised and Caitlin is a credit to her parents, her school, and her community. Following a meeting with RBS management I am also working with Johnstone Credit Union to promote the idea of a Lochwinnoch Credit Union to benefit the village.

Christmas will soon be upon us and I would like to publicly thank all those individuals and groups who do so much to keep the fabric of community life alive in Lochwinnoch and Kilbarchan all the year around with their efforts. I also want to say that serving Johnstone North, Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch, as your Councillor is a great privilege and a pleasure, and I wish all my constituents and their families a Happy Christmas and a Good New Year in 2015.

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. Please note my surgery on Wednesday 24th December is cancelled as it is Christmas Eve, but I am always available to constituents who can call me on 07534 148224, tweet me on CllrAndy4Ward8 or email me at cllr.andy.doig@renfrewshire. gov.uk.

Christmas Fayre Saturday 6th December 10am to 12 noon Kilbarchan Community Nursery

Kilbarchan Community Nursery are gearing up for the biggest fundraiser of the year, and hope to make this year’s a huge success.

We invite you to bring your wee ones to meet Santa in our magical grotto!

Why not purchase a few Christmas decorations and try your luck with our two tombolas!

If you already have plans for the 6th, we would really appreciate donations to the tombola (don’t forget to buy yourself a ticket too!).

There are lots of ways to support our community nursery.

We hope to see you at the Nursery, Meadside Avenue, Kilbarchan, for this fab fun filled day! Don’t forget your granny, granddad even an auntie or two as well!

Christmas Coffee Morning Saturday 6th December West Church Hall, Kilbarchan 10am – 12noon

Tickets can be had at the door priced £2.50. Come along and enjoy a chat and a cuppa with friends while shopping at the various stalls – craft, baking, white elephant and Red Robin.

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Christmas Fayre Saturday 6th December from 10.30am-12noon Kilbarchan East Church

Santa Claus will be visiting Kilbarchan East Church Christmas Fayre in the halls, when there will be the chance to have your photo taken with Santa, and an array of gifts to suit all tastes and pockets to purchase. Tea/ coffee with mince pies and shortbread are included in the very reasonable entrance price of £2, children free.

Kilbarchan Churches

We are busy in December, with Communion at 11am and 6.30pm on 7th in the East Church, followed by the Gift Service on 14th in the West when gifts will be donated for the children of Easterhouse and the Paisley Women’s Refuge.

The children present their Nativity Play in the East on 21st at 11am. On Christmas Eve, the service at 7pm is in the West and at 11.30pm in the East, where on Christmas morning at 10.30am there will be a short service of worship to celebrate the birth of Jesus-please come along and join us.

The service on 28th is in the West and on 4th January in the East, followed by an informal communion, both services at 11am.

The Guild meets on Tuesday 9th December in the West Church Hall at 2.30pm. This will be our Christmas get together and will include a Christingle Service. All are welcome.

The services in December are as follows :• Sunday 7th December – 11am and 6.30pm Communion Service in the East Church • Sunday 14th December – 11am Gift Service in the West Church • Sunday 21st December – 11am Nativity in the East Church & 6.30pm Nine Lessons and Carols in the East Church • Christmas Eve 24th December – 7pm Family Service in West Church, 11.30pm Watchnight Service in the East Church • Christmas Day 25th December – 10.30am Christmas Day Celebration Service in the East Church • Sunday 28th December – 11am Service in the West Church You will be made most welcome at all or any of these services.

Nine Lessons and Carols with Kilbarchan East Church Choir Sunday 21st December at 6.30pm in the East Church, Kilbarchan

This Christmas service will be followed by coffee and mince pies in the hall. All are welcome to this joyful celebration of the Christmas story.

Winter Wonderland Christmas Fayre Saturday 6th December 10am - 12noon at Lochwinnoch Parish Church.

All of the usual stalls will be there and Santa will be dropping in!

Mince & apple pies and shortbread, Tea & coffee.

Entry £2.50, Children free.

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kilbarchan & lochwinnoch Car Rally at Lochwinnoch Despite the weather being horrendously wet, people came out in their hundreds to see these old cars.

Young and old braved the flooding and had a fabulous day hearing all about the cars and the history of them.

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.

Scottish Country Dancing

Our Scottish Country dance class is well into its winter term, meeting every Thursday 8pm - 10pm in the Kilbarchan Guide Centre. New dancers or experienced dancers are all welcome to come along and join in or try it out - its great exercise for both mind and body as well as a lot of fun.

LEAP Shop

LEAP will soon be stocking a variety of draught-proofing and energy saving materials for sale. We will stock draught excluding strips, pipe lagging, chimney balloons, low energy bulbs and all sorts of things to make your home more comfortable and keep energy bills down. As a non-profit organisation, we will be charging a very reasonable price for items.

Please keep an eye on our shop windows in Lochwinnoch.

Our class ends on December 11th with our informal Party Night. If you dance in our locality, you will be most welcome to come for the evening and join in as our guest. Glass of wine, cheesy nibbles and lots of fun dancing - nothing fancy.

Contact Les Lambert at 01505 704398 for further information.

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SWRI

There is no meeting in December so we wish all members and friends a Very Happy Christmas and a healthy and prosperous 2015.

We look forward to seeing everyone in January

Women’s Register

This session draws to a close with a speaker from LEAP which should be very interesting.

We shall be compiling a new syllabus in January. If you wish to learn more about NWR and joining our group, please visit the website: www.nwr.org.uk

LEAP’s Yep! at Lochwinnoch Craft Fair

November 8th saw Leap’s Youth Engagement Programme being showcased at Lochwinnoch’s Craft Fair.

This gave all the participants of the Programme the opportunity to show off items made by them. Hand carved spoons from the Crosscut green woodworking skills, a range of red carpet ‘show stoppers’ from the Recycle or Dye team along with photographs from their ‘antifashion’ shoot.

There was also a green woodworking skills workshop by Green Aspirations Scotland and a foraging ramble led by Mark Williams of Galloway Wild Foods. Loops and Cycles, a short film made by the cycle journeys and filmmaking group was shown in the cafe throughout the day. In the evening the first Yep! Swish (clothing swap) event took place at the same venue, organised by Dani Rossi of Wear, Love, Swap.

The whole day involved a great deal of preparation and hard work and thanks to the generous voluntary help from parents and Yeppers! Was a great success!

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howwood & elderslie Christmas Lights switch-on The Howwood Christmas lights switch-on will be on Friday 5th December.

Meet at the Triangle at 6:45pm for 7:00pm SWITCH ON! Young and not so young are invited to come along and watch the lights being switched on Wrap up warm and bring a torch. THIS IS A MUST NIGHT FOR ALL THE FAMILY! Father Sean has kindly agreed to preside. A special guest is expected to arrive from the North Pole for this event so all boys and girls will have to be especially good over the coming weeks.

Howwood WRI Tuesday 16th December - Howwood Village Hall at 7pm

Christmas Get Together with Taste & Try Santa Bag - Give & receive.

Competition - favourite Christmas Cracker. Vote of thanks - Anne McCallum. Please note that the start time tonight is 7pm!

At the recent meeting of the Howwood Community Council its’ chair Robert Scarsbrook retired from his post. I would like to wish him all the best for the future and thank him for all his work as chairperson of the Community Council. I would also like to wish the new Chairperson Linda Smith good luck in her new role I was as at a civic function ran by Renfrewshire Council for the Johnstone Pipe band. They won a category in this years world championships in Glasgow. They are a great bunch of people and obviously work very hard to reach that level.

Their members come from all over Renfrewshire and beyond so well done to them.

AT&B is your new bathroom and tile specialist. We supply the finest tiles, bathrooms and walk -in showers.

Offering a range of prestigious Spanish tiles and providing a quality fitting service where required. We are also pleased to offer a bespoke tiling service for design or unique projects.

Our tradesmen, whose work has featured in TV programmes such as Channel 4’s ‘’ Home Show’’, have over 25 years experience.

AT&B supply respected brands at affordable prices. We offer a free advisory service. Open to trade and public.

You are invited to visit our boutique showroom Open Tues –Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 11am-3pm.

The council recently announced its plans to invest in sports pitches throughout the area. The football pitch in the village does not feature in those plans however if any club is interested in taking it over or leasing it would like to hear from them.

The recent remembrance service in the village had a very good turnout. I was particularly pleased with the number of young people who attended.

Given the decreasing number of soldiers who took part in the 2nd World War it is important to keep this tradition alive So I’ll close now by wishing you all a great Christmas and healthy new year.

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.

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.

Retirement can come too early for many people who want and are able to remain active. Probus clubs are organizations for men and women who have retired from their profession or business and want to maintain a social network with others who have similar interests. Each Probus club is sponsored by a Rotary club and meets at least once a month for fellowship and to hear guest speakers. Today, there are over 300,000 members in approximately 4,000 Probus clubs worldwide.

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

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houston, crosslee & brookfield Brookfield Country Dancing Club Thursday 11 December from 8pm - 11pm The Carrick Centre, Main St, Houston

Thursday evenings from 7.30pm until 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.

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Houston and Killellan Kirk Art Exhibition and Sale

The Art Exhibition and Sale held in the Kirk on 1st November was highly successful.

Over 120 people visited the exhibition and 40 paintings were sold which raised over £2,000 towards the Kirk’s building fund.

Our thanks go to all who helped to make the exhibition a huge success, especially the local artists who displayed amazing talent with their paintings.

1st Houston and Crosslee Scout Group Christmas Fayre Saturday 6th December at the Scout Hall in South Street, Houston from 10am until 1pm

Our Annual Christmas Fayre will thopefully be as successful as last year as this is an important fund raiser for our group.

Diaporama

Traditional Scottish and contemporary Australian songs with warmth and heart.

Our November meeting featured our chairman, David McKelvie. It was a very mixed set of sequences from humorous pieces, some ‘oddball’ to some reflective ones about Gourock, Port Glasgow, the Clyde and the tragic loss of a tug on the river.

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Santa Sleigh

Santa will be travelling around Houston from Monday 1st to Saturday 6th December.

He will visit Brookfield on Sunday 14th December.

Please see his list on page 20 to see where he’ll be each night from 6pm.

We had a tour round the Bounty and visited lots of places including Liverpool, Cardiff and Hawaii. To get us in the mood for next month he showed a sequence ‘Corromandel Xmas’ with Santa going through Mercury Bay in Whitianga, Australia.

Next month is the Christmas competition on Monday 8th December, 7.30pm at Carrick Centre, Houston. Visitors welcome.

This January, why not start the year with an empty jar and fill it with notes about good things that happen. Then, on New Year’s Eve, empty it and see what awesome stuff happened that year.

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Charity Ladies Day Saturday 6th December, River Inn

Come along to our Charity Ladies Day at The River Inn on Saturday 6th December, raising funds for Quarriers. With great guest speakers and fabulous entertainment, this is definitely a date not to be missed. Prosecco, Buffet, Canapés & Disco. Doors open 12.30pm till late. Guest speakers: Isobel Rutter & Bill Copeland.

Full payment £20pp) to be made at time of booking.

Visit the website at www.riverinn.co.uk or telephone on 01505 613288 for further information or to book.

Houston Kirk

The Kirk Postie will be delivering Christmas Cards anywhere in Houston, Crosslee and Brookfield for only 20p a card. The sorting office in the Church Hall will be open from 10am to 12noon, and again from 7pm to 8pm every day from Monday 8th to Thursday 11th December. Cards may also be taken to the Church on Sunday 7th December. Delivery is guaranteed not later than Thursday 18th December. This year the proceeds will go towards raising money for young carers in Renfrewshire.

On 1st November we held our Art Exhibition and Sale, which was a great success and helped raise money towards the Kirk Extension Fund. Thanks go to all the local artists who exhibited, including a number of talented Kirk members. The many helpers on the day also deserve our gratitude.

From the proceeds of the sale the building fund is increased by a fantastic £2,068 before gift aid is claimed.

Houston Crafty Friends

We are a group of ladies who meet at 7.30pm on the 1st and 3rd Thursday in the month in the Carrick Centre in Houston. We do our own crafts and have a coffee and a chat. We would welcome any new members. No crafting experience necessary, just come along. Telephone - Lorna Cairns 01505 612844 or Shirley White 01505 610721.

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OUTDOORS news Kilmacolm Horticultural Society

Kilmacolm Horticultural Society celebrated the 135th Anniversary of its formation with a Dinner at Kilmacolm Golf Club on 19th November. One hundred members and guests attended.

The Annual General Meeting was a brief affair, with a report of the year, Lectures, Outings, Flower Show, and fundraising Coffee Morning. Mr Ken Graham was elected as Vice President of the Society, in recognition of his many years served on the committee, with special emphasis as convener of the Flower Show. Mr Andrew Spence was elected as Vice President after twenty years on committee giving his loyal support. Guest of honour for the Dinner was Mr George Irvine, president of Gourock Horticultural Society; George spoke eloquently of the highs and lows of running horticultural societies while competing with many other clubs, societies and sporting activities for membership. Two special guests - Roy Wilson joined us from Northern Ireland, and Janet Hughes from France. Both Roy and Janet were active on the committee for many years before their ‘emigration’, they received a warm ‘welcome home’ from many friends attending the Dinner and entertained us with tales of gardening ‘overseas’. The next winter lecture will be held on Wednesday 21st January 2015 with the popular return of Louise Bustard, senior curator at Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Louise will present her visit to the “Gardens of the At a recent ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ seminar held in French Riveria and Italy’s Lakeland Stirling our chairman, Peter McKerrell, was presented Gardens”, a lecture guaranteed to with a certificate by Ursula Hauptmann-Smith of Keep entertain everyone. Please support Scotland Beautiful, in recognition of the achievements of the Society, come along and enjoy Colourful Kilmacolm in our first year. Colourful Kilmacolm was just one a first class evening, followed by of many groups throughout the country recognised for their efforts in refreshments. Everyone welcome. their neighbourhood. This can take many forms: adopting a neglected Membership £5.00 annually. For piece of ground and developing a community garden for local residents, further details please contact Jill encouraging the use of local woodland by developing paths and improving Russell on 01505 872393. access, developing a wildflower area in a local park, maintaining displays in tubs and planters. With 122 groups from all over Scotland represented at the seminar, it is good to realise that we are part of a bigger picture.

Colourful Kilmacolm

Thanks to all who were able to attend our AGM last month. A packed room (was that the promise of refreshments?) heard a review of the past year along with some ideas for the future and members were able to make useful suggestions to the committee. The full annual review can be viewed on our website www.colourfulkilmacolm.org.uk and anyone wishing to join us can also go there to download a membership form. If you prefer, you can phone Peter (01505 872448) or Diane (01505 872611).

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CMRP Round Up Festive Opening Hours

Whatever the weather there’s a hot cuppa and some retail therapy available at Castle Semple, open daily 10am - 4pm. Muirshiel and Greenock Cut are open weekends only from 11am - 3pm. All Centres will be closed on Christmas & New Year’s Day and will close early at 2pm on Christmas Eve & New Year’s Eve, reopening at 12noon on Boxing Day and 2nd January.

Get your Gift Vouchers for Xmas Now!

Have you got someone adventurous in the family? Get them a Clyde Muirshiel Gift Voucher! They can be used on any of our amazing activities covering a wide variety of sports such as kayaking, canoeing, sailing, cycling, archery etc.! Purchase at Castle Semple Centre!

Photographic Competition Autumn & Overall Winner

Congratulations to Ronnie McFadyen of Gourock, the overall winner of the Clyde Muirshiel Photographic Competition 2014! Ronnie wins £100 in addition to the £50 he won for his springtime entry ‘Butterfly on Flower.

Other seasonal winners included Richard Cree, Graeme McFadyen and Louise Bishop, who were awarded £50 each. See their entries in the exhibition at Muirshiel Centre in December and Greenock Cut in January.

Stargazing Returns to Muirshiel Centre

The last event of the year is Fri 19th Dec (what a great way to feel Christmassy!) but there are more arranged for Jan - Mar. Please book on 01505 842 882 Ex 20 as event can be relocated from Muirshiel Centre to Castle Semple Centre at short notice due to weather conditions.

John Muir Award Art Exhibition

See art created by West College Scotland art students whilst completing their John Muir Award at Greenock Cut Centre in a unique exhibition. The Centre is open weekends only 11am - 3pm.

Ride 63 Club News & Ride Out Info!

A Community Cycle Group ‘Ride 63’ is up and running. More info on when they’re going out on their Facebook. Email the Secretary at ridesixtythree@gmail.com to become a member or email the Park at routes@clydemuirshiel.co.uk for more information.

CMRP Online

Keep up to speed with events and activities taking place on the Park’s Facebook facebook.com/ClydeMuirshielRegionalPark or Twitter @ Clydemuirshiel pages.

Lastly… Merry Christmas!

And a Happy New Year to all! 2014 has been a wonderful and diverse year for the Park and we would like to thank you all for your support.

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 12.30 – 3.30pm. Last session Thurs 18th Dec, resumes Thurs 8th Jan. Saturdays Greenock Cut Conservation Volunteers, Adult group, 10.30am – 2.30pm. Last session Sat 20th Dec, resumes Sat 10th Jan. Sundays Castle Semple Young Volunteers, 12-18 yr olds, 10am - 12noon. Last session Sun 21st Dec, resumes Sun 11th Jan.

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Windows on Wildlife Update

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.

Wildlife News

At this time of year, with many of us commuting to and fro in the dark, wildlife is often caught out on the roads. On top of this we have been experiencing a lot of flooding with the loch’s water levels increasing by five feet on some days.

Unfortunately, on Halloween, a male otter was killed on the A737 near the Risk cottages. Worried that it was one of the WoW otters I went to check it out but the otter had disappeared. However, a few hours later I received a phone call to say that the Hay’s at Risk had removed the otter from the roadside. My thanks to them. I went to see the otter and thankfully it wasn’t Rob, the big dog otter. It looks like he was a transient male looking for a territory. I took him to get weighed and he topped the scales at a whooping 10.6kg. He is now with Glasgow Museums who will use him to find out more about otter biology. A few days after this, a car missed hitting one of the otters on the A760 as it crossed the road between the two lochs. Please be aware that due to the flooding the otters are using the roads more and if you see one can you please let me know on my mobile - 07506 037113.

Things haven’t been quiet with the badgers either. Old Boy, our big boar, was involved in a territorial dispute with another male badger and suffered an injury to his front left leg. He disappeared from the cameras for about a week and when he reappeared his leg looked a lot worse. However, after a few more days of recovering in the sett his leg was back to normal and he, along with the others, are now concentrating on putting weight on for the winter.

The roe deer are now in their drab winter coats and as the vegetation dies back, are becoming easier to see in the woods. I got a cracking bit of footage the other week when a female lay down in front of the camera and started to chew the cud. Being ruminants, just like cows, roe deer re-chew their meal to help with digestion.

After it swallows each parcel of food it then regurgitates another and starts chewing again. To watch the clip use the following link to YouTube https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCiBbp54Ulk&feature=youtu.be

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Kilbarchan Beekeepers Five Simple Steps To Help Bees

Find out more on how you can support pollinators including Honey Bees at http://www. wildlifetrusts.org/Bees-needs November was the month for the Kilbarchan Beekeepers Annual Honey Show and we had a great turnout and submissions for the Judge to consider. Most people will associate Honey bees with the main product of Honey, and there are so many types, runny clear honey (which can be light medium or dark), set honey, pressed Heather Honey, Comb honey, and chunk honey. Honey is also represented in baking categories using set recipes, such as Cake, Shortbread and Tablet. There is also Mead and categories for wax products.

We were honoured to have a Scottish Beekeeping Association National Honey Show Judge Enid Brown officiating.

This year’s Fulton Trophy went to Duncan McGilp for his excellent Comb Honey exhibits, the Duncan Cup for the overall points winner for all classes was presented to Ian Craig who also won the Thomson Cup for best in show for the quality of his 6 Jars of Honey.

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Brighter Bridge of Weir A LITTLE LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT

Brighter Bridge of Weir were represented at the One World event held at the British Legion Hall in the village in November. The event seems to have been very successful and certainly B r i g h t e r Bridge of Weir benefitted from attending.

Last month also saw Brighter Bridge of Weir’s intrepid volunteers out among the flowers for (probably) the last time this year. The summer plants have been removed from the village’s planters and replaced by winter-flowering pansies and violas, as well as next spring’s daffodil bulbs. So, is it feet up and relax until the spring, then? Not a chance!

Now it’s time for the group to turn its attention to brightening up the village for the festive season. The Community Council’s new lighting display in Livery Walk will be augmented once again by additional lighting provided

by Brighter Bridge of Weir. As well as the area immediately around the Community Council’s show in Livery Walk, the group plan to install more lights along Main Street, with the help and support of businesses and residents there. The group’s Chair, Alice Johnstone, told us, “We’ve been doing this for a few years now, and each year it’s got a little bit better.

We’ve made some improvements for this year and will be relying once again on the good will of the local community to get things up and running.”

Treasurer Margaret Greenlees added, “It’s fantastic how much people will do, letting us make use of their property and even their electricity, to join in the community Christmas spirit.”

And on the subject of the support of businesses and residents, Brighter Bridge of Weir would like to express their gratitude to all who have supported them throughout 2014, and wish all the Advertizer’s readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Enid tasting the baking and testing the wax candles for burning quality.

Interested?

KBA meet during the winter months in the Steeple hall at 7.30pm. If you are interested in beekeeping, you will be more than welcome to join us. The remaining Programme is as follows: 9th December - AGM 13th January - Beekeeping DVD’s Ian Craig in receipt of two 10th February - The Role of the Bee Disease Trophies on the night of the Inspector and Bee Honey Show

Disease Update

10th March - Integrated Pest Management and Queen Rearing If you are interested in beekeeping for yourself or the whole family, anyone is welcome. Contact Ian Craig, the KBA Secretary on 01505 322684 or via e-mail beekeeper30@btinternet.com if you would like to know more!

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RSPB Lochwinnoch

Now that the chilly days are upon us, there is lots of wonderful winter wildlife to be explored here at the RSPB Lochwinnoch! We have had several exciting recent bird sightings; including both a red headed smew and a bittern being spotted on the Barr Loch, as well as some beautiful wintering whooper swans enjoying the high water in our new channel. Another fantastic recent sighting has been of a lovely male otter right out the front of the visitor centre – what a lovely surprise on a cold winter morning!

On Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th December, we will be holding a binocular and telescope demonstration in the visitor centre. We will have a wide range of competitively priced binoculars and telescopes on display and for sale; including RSPB brand, with the added bonus that 100% of the profits goes directly to helping conservation! Free advice on optics will be available all weekend and, on the Saturday (6th), there will also be a special Swarovski display, with a Swarovski expert on hand to answer any queries!

We will be offering the opportunity to explore the RSPB Lochwinnoch Reserve by night as part of our candlelight winter guided walk on Saturday 6th December at 5-7pm. Visitors will be able to make and decorate their own lantern to take out on the trails, and then use these to light the way as they are guided through the reserve whilst hearing stories about the reserve and viewing wildlife in a new and unique way! Following this, we will be offering hot drinks in the wildlife hide to cosy up before heading back to the visitor centre. To book, please contact us at the reserve: Tel. 01505 842 663; E: Lochwinnoch@rspb. org.uk - Cost: £5 or £2 for RSPB members. This walk is weather dependant and may be subject to change at short notice.

Graham Duncan, First Gardener at Greenbank Garden (N.T.), Clarkston, brought with him a variety of houseplants to illustrate his talk. Plant husbandry, including pest and disease control, was his main focus but he also advised on plant choice and successive flowering with particular reference to spring bulbs. Mr Duncan reminded the amateur gardening audience of the dangers of Botrytis at this time of year and that deadheading and removing lower leaves or leaves that have already dropped from Geraniums (Pelargonium spp.) is essential. These indoor/outdoor plants should be kept barely moist through the winter and also in frost free conditions. They come from South Africa.

Turning next to Cyclamen, our speaker mentioned that these familiar houseplants are, in the wild, woodland perennials and are suited to cool, shady conditions. Cyclamen are also prone to Botrytis; watering from below was therefore recommended.

Amongst the flowering houseplants that Graham Duncan brought along were Streptocarpus and Christmas cactus. He said that leaf cuttings of Streptocarpus could be taken across or down the mid-vein and spoke about Streptocarpus ‘Denim’ as being a good cultivar. He also noted that Christmas cactus is epiphytic in the wild.

Maidenhair fern (Adiantum), dwarf Aspidistra (Cast Iron plant) and variegated Aloes were considered as examples of foliage plants. The latter, we were advised, should be potted into a well - drained, gritty compost. The Aspidistra, as its common name suggests, will tolerate a range of conditions and the fern thrives in a shady location.

On a seasonal note, our speaker talked about Pointsettias and that we should remember where they come from – Mexico – and not subject them to cold conditions. This includes transport from garden centres or supermarkets particularly if the weather turns cold.

The presentation concluded with a range of questions.

The AGM will take place on 11th December at 8pm in The Bridge, Main Street. January’s meeting will be a joint meeting with the SWRI on 8th January, 2015 at the earlier time of 7.45pm back in the Royal British Legion. Bobby Carruth will be speaking about, “ Vegetables in Small Gardens”.

Also, why not make buying your Christmas tree an event for the whole family this year! We will be holding a Christmas tree sale on Saturday 13th December from 10am-4pm, as well as providing crafts and games for kids, the chance to meet Santa and even mulled wine and mince pies – so come along and enjoy the festive fun!

See RSPB posters (right) for events. Also check the ‘What’s on’ section in this issue of The Advertizer.

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The garden in December

Viburnum bodnantense ‘Dawn’ is a vigorous and upright-growing shrub with dark green leaves which fall just as the sweetly scented clusters of pale pink flowers start appearing. Plant by the path to the front door, or a wellused part of the garden, to enjoy its long- flowering period from October to March. Despite being one of the longest-flowering of all winter shrubs and moderately frost-tolerant, the blooms do drop quickly after cutting.

Plant between autumn and spring in well-drained/light, moist soil and in full sun or partial shade.

After flowering prune established specimens, removing some of the oldest branches to the base and apply a mulch of well-rotted garden compost around the base of the plant. An under-planting of spring crocuses and snowdrops will complement this lovely shrub.

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Clyde Muirshiel Announce 2014 Photographic Competition Overall & Seasonal Winners

Clyde Muirshiel is delighted to announce that Ronnie McFadyen, of Gourock Inverclyde, is the overall winner of the Year of Homecoming 2014 Photographic Competition. This year was a little different as we asked YOU to pick the winners! You voted in your hundreds on the Regional Park’s facebook page to select our four seasonal winners. Our judge then picked the overall winner from the 4 finalists.

Each of the seasonal winners won £50 but it was Ronnie who scooped the overall prize of £100 with his springtime entry ‘Butterfly on Flower’. The competition was judged by Marc Turner of PFM Photography who has covered a lot of the Park’s Sailability events including Race 2 the games. Marc said: “The winner in my view would be the image of the Butterfly, as they are very tricky to focus with Macro photography such as this and in such detail. The delicate colours and composition are very natural.”

The first season to be judged was the winter category and its winner was Richard Cree, of Beith, with his entry ‘Molly in the Snow’. This image was of his dog in mid run at the top of Windy Hill. Richard’s achievement is quite remarkable as his photo was taken on his iphone!

Kilmacolm Camera Club

Our camera season continues to offer a programme of infinite variety.

Our first internal competition was our Summer Assignment, based on images of Glasgow taken this summer. Our judge was Andy Stark, of Gryffe Camera Club. Andy provided a very thorough, and instructive, critique on everyone’s entries. This time, the winning image was “Projected Light on St Gregory’s”, by David Walker, who also took third place with “Flowing Lines of Transport.” In second place was “Reflections”, by Jane Robertson. The three images are shown here.

We also had a fascinating, and inspiring, talk from three members of the Renfrewshire Astronomical Society.

Jim Wood, Colin Anderson and Iain Martin demonstrated how you could capture images of planets and nebulae in the local night sky. They even took the trouble to bring along some of their own photographic hardware (and software) – some serious pieces of kit! Some made by their own bare hands!

We were entertained by Alasdair Sinclair EFIAP, CPAGB, of Penilee Camera Club, his talk entitled “Compositing Images and Competition Tips.”

This provided a wealth of useful advice on how to use Raw digital files, correct over/ under- exposed images and apply some of the important rules when composing landscape shots. Some very helpful tips for us all, whether beginners or advanced.

Something in there that catches your eye? Curious to find out more?

Just pop in some evening and see for yourself. Venue: Kilmacolm New Community Centre, Room 1.01; Tuesday evening, time 7.30pm. Contacts: Billy Blair, Tel: 873383; Janice Stevenson, Tel 873595.

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Eye View’ and ‘Setting Sail’.

Graeme hails from Johnstone and visits the Regional Park regularly with his camera and his family – his son jumping off the Castle Semple pontoon was the subject for another of his entries! He chose to put ‘A Bird’s Eye View’ forward for the grand prize.

Summer was won by Graeme Hewitson with not one but a tie between two of his images ‘A Bird’s

The last category was Autumn and this was won by Louise Bishop with her entry ‘The Calm Before the Typhoon’. Louise is local to Lochwinnoch and studying photography at West College Scotland.

Robert Tabor from the Photography Department in the Paisley Campus said, “Louise has been taking excellent pictures since she started her HND in Photography here at West College Scotland.

It’s great to see her skills getting a wider audience, and well done to her on getting a superb image” Louise said: “I have never won anything before, but to win recognition for my work as a photographer feels absolutely brilliant” The Park have printed a selection of the most popular from each season to form a small exhibition which will now tour the Regional Park’s three Visitor Centres. The full catalogue of submissions will be available to view digitally on the Park’s TV screens in the Visitor Centres and via Facebook www. facebook.com/ClydeMuirshielRegionalPark).

See their entries in the exhibition at Muirshiel Centre in December and Greenock Cut in January.

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Langbank Camera Club

Last month, we hosted our first Projection Digital Image (PDI) event.

The evening was a great success so we will be hosting more evenings, one was in November and four more between January and April 2015 – meeting on the fourth Monday of the month at 7.30pm. Viewing the club members’ images on the big screen prompted a great deal of discussion from a technical and compositional perspective. At the next meeting of the PDI we will be considering “Street Scenes” in monochrome with judging and discussion of the images afterwards.

The main meeting of the club was a very poignant one with part of the evening given over to an excellent and informative presentation by ‘Gardening Leave’, a charity dedicated to the support of military veterans through the use of horticultural therapy. The second half of the evening was spent viewing and judging of our monthly print competition which was ‘A shot at Dusk or Dawn’. The prints entered were very diverse making the final judging difficult. The winning entry was produced by John Davies for his image “The Ponds”, second place was awarded to James Goodall for his “Erskine Bridge Sunset” and third place awarded to Derrick McPherson for his dusk shot of “Over the Horizon”.

The festive season is upon us and, since this will be the last club news for 2014, we would like to wish all readers of the Gryffe Advertizer a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

If you are lucky enough to receive a new camera for Christmas and are unsure of what it can do, our January meeting is just made for you. It is a “Bring your Camera” night to discuss and explore all those terms, buttons and menus on the camera. If you would like some impartial advice before Christmas, please feel free to contact us or better still come along in person to our next meeting in December, see details below. The club’s syllabus is available and can be viewed at the club website.

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To continue our lessons in achieving great photographs, Pat Allan presented her incredible images from Slovenia and the Canadian Rockies on 22nd Oct, delivering a fascinating talk on her travels and sharing some direction on composing a n d capturing Landscapes.

P e t e r Ribbeck’s inspirational delivery and display of his outstanding images on 29th Oct was incredibly motivating. Peter’s dedication to the art clearly showed in his dawn and night shots, and he has produced many exceptional images. Many thanks to Peter for sharing his stunning portfolio, which can be viewed on his Facebook page www.facebook. com/PribbeckPhotography.

As befitting the 5th November, there were fireworks at the Carrick Centre as Fiona Oldfield gave us her excellent judging decisions on our “Scapes” images! Her critique was very detailed and informative, and we are really grateful for all the time that she devoted to studying the 100 entries. Results from the competition can be viewed in the news section on our website www. gryffecameraclub.co.uk On 12th Nov, we were treated to a display of Street Portraiture from Charles Hamilton, who has discovered and captured so many wonderful characters and faces in his work. James Dunlop presented his collection of images entitled Sunday Outings to us in the second half of the evening, and treated us to a variety of different photographic categories including events, macro, nature and creative shots. Thanks to both Charles and James for a very enjoyable and informative evening!

The December meeting will be held on 8th December. The theme for the night is “Composition” and the competition topic is “Winter” with time set aside for impartial advice on camera selection.

The main J a n u a r y meeting will be held on the 12th January at 7.30pm, “Bring your Camera” night and the competition topic is “Street Life”. The PDI evening will be held on 26th January at 7.30pm. Check website for topics and competition. All club meetings are held in the Langbank Church Halls, Langbank.

All visitors are welcome to our club nights. Membership of the club is only £10 for the first year, so come along and give your camera and yourself an evening out. If you wish to find out more about the Langbank Camera Club please visit our website: www.langbankcameraclub.weebly.com Or contact Derrick McPherson at langbankcc1@gmail.com

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Coming up in December, we have the first stage of the third round of our League competition, where the images we submit will be judged by our own members. On 10th December, we have the opportunity to view the top 50 images from clubs affiliated to the Glasgow District Photographic Union (GDPU) in this year’s travelling John Duffy Portfolio.

Winning images are “Sunrise on Lake Bled” by Pat Allan, “Dunes” by Rick Bolton, “Old Man of Stor” by Ronnie Logan and “Barn and Tree” by Robert Chambers.

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PETS news Pet Blog

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Raving about Rabbits Rabbits are the third most popular pet in the UK. There are three main points to consider to ensure your rabbit leads a healthy, happy life: 1.Rabbits are sociable Wild rabbits naturally live in large social groups. Pet rabbits should therefore be kept in pairs or groups. This provides companionship and allows rabbits to carry out normal behaviours such as mutual grooming. Rabbits that are kept alone suffer from loneliness, increased stress levels and increased health problems.

The ideal pairing to avoid potential aggression between rabbits is housing a neutered male with a neutered female.

A Pet’s Paradise Recently, William Weir and Myra Wright of the PG Pets Paradise shop took over a pet shop in trouble in Greenock.

The owner decided to retire and the kindly couple bought the shop and kept on the supervisor.

With the recent re-launch of this shop, the couple were delighted to have MP Iain McKenzie drop by to help out with the launch.

Many people came along, kids loved to play with the toy dog and the furry animals, and adults enjoyed the lovely spread prepared.

2.Rabbits are active Wild rabbits cover an area equivalent to six football pitches every day.

This means your pet rabbit needs plenty of space to exercise, a hutch or cage is not enough. Ideally rabbits should have free access to a run or enclosed area in the garden (or house if an indoor rabbit).

As a general rule a hutch or cage should be large enough for a rabbit to take three hops and tall enough for a rabbit to stand upright in. A run should be a minimum of eight feet long (approximately four rabbit hops!). It is also useful to provide tunnels and toys within the run for your rabbit to keep them active and entertained.

Best Wishes to PG Pets Paradise as they also help out many animal charities by having cans to donate and food bins to allow locals to pop in a can to help animals in need.

3.Rabbits eat grass

CatFlap

Rabbits are designed to eat grass for several hours every day. Rabbits have continuously growing teeth and a complex gastrointestinal system designed for this high fibre diet. The wrong diet can lead to severe dental and gastrointestinal problems in pet rabbits.

CatFlap is a charity based in the south side of Glasgow who are desperate to hear from people in the local area of Bridge of Weir and surrounding areas who would like to help.

The ideal diet for your pet rabbit is composed of approximately 80% good quality hay, 15% fresh leafy vegetables and 5% good quality commercial rabbit food, in a uniform pellet mix. Starting out with these three basic rabbit facts can make a big difference to the health and welfare of pet rabbits.

They are on the look out for foster carers who would be willing to help and foster cats for a short time until a permanent home can be Photo - MP Tom Harris lending his support and popping along to their local found.

Christmas Fayre If you can help can you please contact Catflap through their facebook page thanks.

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Re-homing Pets

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

Barry is a lovely, friendly black and white boy of 2/3 years old. Could you give this young boy a new home where he will be allowed to go outdoors. Ref: TA

Animal Support and Rescue This charity are now based at a local farm in Howwood, after starting up in 2012.

We are desperately looking for Fosterers within the Renfrewshire area to foster a cat. This could be for a few days, a few weeks or sometimes a few months. We pay for all veterinary treatment, food and litter and the equipment that goes along with it. The more fosterers we have the more cats we can care for. If you are perhaps a pensioner and don’t want to take on the responsibility of another permanent long term cat, fostering could be the answer. If you are interested please contact us on 0141 876 4133.

To contact the Renfrewshire Branch on 0141 876 4133.

Rufus - 5-8 year old male crossbreed.

Rufus is nice lad who is full of fun and mischief. He enjoys going for walks and playing with his toys.

Rufus is looking for his forever home with owners who are around most of the day and can include him in their day to day activities.

Given time to settle this handsome lad will make a rewarding, loyal companion.

Ben - 2-3 year old male crossbreed rabbit. Ben is a friendly boy who can also be a little cheeky. He will require regular brushing as his coat is prone to becoming matted. Ben would love to meet a new owner with the appropriate knowledge and accommodation to look after him.

To contact the centre about any animals, please call 03000 999 999 or visit www.scottishspca.org/rehoming Dodger - 2-5 year old male terrier. Dodger is a quiet boy who once he gets to know you loves to play with a tennis ball!

Dodger needs a home with children who are 14 years old or over and his own secure garden to play in. He needs a calm, patient home to let him settle and come round to his new environment in his own time.

The founder is Jaine McPherson who continues to run this wonderful charity, with her small team of volunteers, who work to ensure the animals have clean beds, and lots to eat.

They were recently delighted to be made one of Pets at Home in Abbotsinch’s charities, which means the raffles and donations that are raised by customers of this shop, go to this charity and the Royalheart Greyhound Charity.

They have now 20 horses, ponies, chickens and dogs and are desperate to hear from people who would like to donate items for their charity shops, bedding, and any other item they could sell to raise funds. They are also about to do a fund raising day in Pets At Home Abbotsinch and would love for people to come along as they are bringing some of the small ponies.

Locals kids are pictured here, helping to look after the animals and stealing a cuddle at the same time.

Johnstone Cat Rescue We are struggling to cope and would appreciated any help you can give with fundraising.

Please call Sheena on 01505 337321 for further information on how to assist

Bonnie - Age 8+ Female Crossbreed. Bonnie is a lovely wee girl who loves to play especially if you throw a ball for her. She loves to go for long walks and do lots of training. She also loves lots of cuddles of people she knows.

She hasn’t had any experience of being around children so can live with children who are 14 years old or over. A calm environment would suit her best. Bonnie needs a secure garden.

Dogs Trust Rehoming Centre, 315 Hamilton Road, Uddingston, Glasgow, G71 7SL. Open: 12noon - 4pm (including weekends); 12noon- 7.30pm on Tuesdays; closed: Wednesdays All rehomings are subject to a successful home visit.

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SCHOOLS news Gryffe Camera Club Schools Photographic Competition The four primary schools, Bridge of Weir, Houston, Kilmacolm and St Fillan’s, who entered the Gryffe Camera Club Schools Photographic competition have been waiting eagerly for the 2014 results. The five judges from the camera club and The Rotary Club of Gryffe Valley spent many hours considering the merits of the entries and club members provided critiques to follow these thoughts. The standard was high, as usual, and the winners showed great skill with the camera. The three winning entries from each school are then judged as a school panel and this year the trophy was awarded to St Fillan’s Primary.

Gryffe Camera Club has been running this competition for many years and latterly support from The Rotary Club of Gryffe Valley has enabled the competition to continue. Mr John Douglas, Youth Service Convenor for Rotary, presented the trophy to St Fillan’s in front of a delighted and proud audience of pupils.

Well done to all pupils from the four schools who went out and took their images and submitted for the competition. Without them there would be no competition.

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every monday

Kidston Kids Playgroup, Stay & Play Kidston Hall, Kilmacolm 9.45am-11.45am Preschool children from Birth

Lochwinnoch Baby & Toddlers

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

St Columba Playgroup St Columba Church Hall, Kilmacolm, 9.30am11.40am

every Tuesday

Bridge of Weir Toddlers Cargill Hall, Lintwhite Cres, BoW

Pop along and see us from 9.30-11.30am

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

St Columba Playgroup St Columba Church Hall, Kilmacolm, 9.30am11.40am

Howwood Playgroup Howwood Church Hall 9.45am-11.35am

Duchal Nursery School

every Wednesday Kidston Kids Playgroup, Stay & Play

Our topic has been “Taking Care of Babies” so you may have seen us taking our “babies and buggies” out for a walk around the park!! This has tied in well with all our activities for Children in Need. The children had great fun dressing up as super heroes, baking Pudsey Cakes and learning all about the need to care for children and building awareness to raise money for such a great cause.

Howwood Primary This term, Primary 7 have been learning about elections. They had to come up with their own political parties and their own ideas to create a better Howwood. They came up with five different parties and the parties were The Howwood Village Party, The Clean & Clear Party, The Scottish Supporters, The Politically Persuasive Party and the U Gov party. All the party leaders wrote their own speech and had to create a party political broadcast to broadcast to the whole school. Then the pupils voted on who they thought was the best.

The winning party was U Gov! The views the U Gov party put forward were; better broadband in Howwood, updated park facilities, adding speed-bumps to promote safe driving and to cut down litter around the village.

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Kidston Hall, Kilmacolm 9.45am-11.45am Preschool children from Birth

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

We are enjoying our trips across the park to St Columba’s for our PE lessons and learning lots with Madame Camelford in our French lessons – our children definitely benefit from an all round early education!!

Our weekly lunch club is as popular as ever giving the children a bit of independence and time socialize with their friends over lunch!

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

Howwood Playgroup Howwood Church Hall 9.45am-11.35am

every Thursday Houston Toddlers Church Hall, Main Street, Houston

There are a few limited spaces in the nursery at present, if you are looking for a place for 2015, please do get in touch. We are happy for visits to see our facilities and meet the teachers at any time, please contact Head Teacher Jean McCarthy on: 874358. Also visit www.duchal.com to keep up to date with all the latest news

Pop along and see us from 9.30-11.30am

As the end of term gets closer we start to get in the mood for the Festive season – and can’t wait for our annual trip to the Tron Theatre in Glasgow for much Christmas hilarity.

Kidston Kids Playgroup, Stay & Play

No doubt our Nativity concert will bring plenty of smiles to everyone’s faces especially when our jolly friend in red arrives!! The excitement is mounting as we learn our festive songs!

For children from birth to 3 years

St Columba Playgroup St Columba Church Hall, Kilmacolm, 9.15am11.40am

Howwood Playgroup Howwood Church Hall 9.45am-11.35am

every Friday Kidston Hall, Kilmacolm 9.45am-11.45am Preschool children from Birth

Langbank Under 3’s Church Hall, Langbank 10am-11.45am

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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Kilmacolm Primary The Nursery has been learning about characters in a variety of stories.

They have enjoyed making their own stories and acting them out. They have been learning to talk about their feelings and have been creating cape of compliments for other pupils in their class.

As part of P1 and P2/1 topic of People Who Help Us, they were visited by the Community Safety Wardens and the Traffic Police. They had their finger prints taken and were allowed to sound the siren in the Police car.

P1 and P2/1 have thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere of the Halloween season which culminated in a superb Halloween Parade. P2/1 have been writing some wonderful poems and stories based on a Halloween theme.

P3/2 and Primary 3 are diving under the waves to explore the World Under the Sea. They are also hoping to develop their Wildlife Garden and have already added a bird house and a log pile.

Thank you very much to Mrs Wilson for providing us with the bark for our garden.

P4 are developing green fingers by planting bulbs for the Edina Science Project. They are recording weather measurements throughout the project as well as maintaining a blog on their project which is regularly updated. They are also getting ready for the Port Glasgow Bulb Show by planting pots of bulbs for that competition.

As part of Remembrance Day, Primary 4 visited the local war memorial in the village and laid a poppy wreath as a mark of respect.

P6 are continuing to sail the sea on our Titanic voyage. As part of a home learning project, P6 and P7 were asked to demonstrate their knowledge of Titanic by creating a model of the ‘unsinkable ship’.

P7 organised and held a hugely popular and successful Fairtrade coffee afternoon where pupils, parents and the wider community were invited to purchase some delicious treats in order to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Care. We also held a Fairtrade ‘Bake Off’ competition where we invited pupils, parents and staff to enter a show stopper cake for judging. We had many fabulous and mouthwatering entries which were judged by staff from the Co-operative and Wild Flour. The winners were Mrs Cameron, followed by Lenny Kooijenga (P7) and Mia Wager (P3) for their very creative entries.

P5 are enjoying exploring the animal habitats afforded by the rainforest, investigating recently discovered species and even inventing their own.

Our Sportshall Athletics Team had their first athletics meet and performed very well. Furthermore, they demonstrated excellent sportsmanship and our school values of determination and aspiration throughout the competition.

Langbank Playgroup Healthy Eating and Halloween don’t normally go together but this motley crew are certainly enjoying their apples after successfully dookin’ for them! We had a wonderful Halloween party with superheroes, witches, pumpkins and even a Simba the Lion.

We enjoyed Monster Freezes (aka Musical Statues) and also What’s the Time Mrs Tumble plus various Halloween crafts.

We are always busy with free play, crafts, storytime and songs plus lots of physical play and are now enjoying record numbers of children attending. We’ve also had another very positive Care Inspectorate visit receiving grades of Good and Very Good across the board. Please contact our Chair Jacqueline for further details on 01475 540728 and visits welcome any time. Many thanks also to all who contributed to and supported our fundraising Blingo Night which was a great success and very impressive to see so much bling in our wee hall!

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Kilbarchan Primary Millie the Cow At Kilbarchan Primary we hold Food Focus Fortnight every year. This is when we learn all about food and where it comes from, and food hygiene. This year representatives from The Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) came to our school as part of this project.

First of all, a farmer came to teach us all about milking cows and the different types of grain they use on the farm.

Then a farmer’s wife came along to teach us about the life of a cow and the skills needed to work on a farm. We even got to try out milking a big plastic cow by hand which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. Over all, Food Focus Fortnight was a big success and we can’t wait for next year!

Children in Need 2014 We held our annual “Children in Need” day on Friday 14 November. Pupils and staff dressed up as their hero or a superhero.

We held “the best assembly ever” which was star studded with lots of different famous celebrities, including Pudsey Bear, the “Children in Need” mascot.

Pupils had the chance to “Guess Pudsey’s Birthday” and buy “Pudsey” and “Blush” wrist bands. The money is still being counted but we had a fabulous day! Well done to everyone for giving so generously!

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St Fillan’s Primary The Travel Plan Committee organised a Be Bright Day on Friday 7th November. There were lots of really bright clothes! Our second Health Day took place on Friday 21st November. Children were involved in a range of health related activities over the course of the day and wore their PE kit to school. P6 are thoroughly enjoying their swimming lessons. A big thank you to our parent helpers for their support.

Our links with local nurseries continue to be extended and children from local nurseries will visit us again this month and take part in PE activities with Mrs Munro. We continue to support local high schools through offering work experience placements for pupils who are considering a career in teaching. During the week beginning 10th November, we had pupils from St Benedict’s High School undertaking their work experience placements in our school.

P7 sold poppies in the lead up to 11th November and the school commemorated the date with a two minute silence at 11am. Four P7 pupils were chosen to represent the school in a Maths Challenge at St Benedict’s High School on 12th November. Mrs McKay and the Fairtrade Committee were invited to participate in a Renfrewshire wide Fairtrade steering group.

They attended their first meeting on Thursday 20th November in the RSPB Centre in Lochwinnoch. Children participated in some fun, Scottish themed learning activities on Friday 28th November to celebrate St Andrew’s Day and can wore some tartan to school.

Preparations are underway for our annual Christmas concert. This year, P1-3 will entertain you with ‘It’s a Party!’ nativity. P4-7 children will then add to the festive spirit with renditions of Christmas songs.

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Lochwinnoch Primary School Our Fangtastic Halloween Disco On the 30th of October Lochwinnoch Primary School held its annual Halloween disco, as always it was another fantastic night for everyone.

The Halloween disco took place to celebrate Halloween and the night the dead walked.

The fangtastic disco was held in our awesome Halloween themed assembly hall. There were paintings of Halloween settings that we made for our house event in October. The winner’s picture was Semple.

The disco was DJ’d by Mr DJ, who played a variety of songs from Frozen’s ‘Let it go’ to ‘YMCA’ by the village people. We all loved his rainbow hair and that he didn’t hear us. Children commented by telling us: “There were lots of amazing songs” “It was loud” a primary 7 told us. “We got to run about and have fun”. The disco was a great opportunity for everyone to meet up with their friends and have fun. We are already looking forward to next year’s disco, we hope you enjoy the pictures.

Bridge of Weir Primary School A hundred years will be a lifetime for a few, but for most primary schoolchildren it is a hard-to-conceive span of more than ten of their lifetimes. How then, on this very special anniversary of the start of WW1, to make such a distant event relevant? Over the past few weeks, we have led all our pupils through a variety of interdisciplinary activities to help them understand what life was like for people in the trenches and at home in 1914.

P5 pupils experienced a day in the life of a 1914 schoolchild, including drill, knitting, and writing with fountain pens, though mercifully not eating tapioca! In P4, Stanley enjoyed the junk modelling homework challenge, for which he constructed a 1914 ambulance, while Melissa (and Melissa’s Dad) fashioned a steam train. Such projects piqued interest at home, and photos, artefacts and stories emerged, many of which were shared at school.

It was a time of rich reflection in more ways than one, “I didn’t think four years was a long time,” said Murray (P6), “but once we started learning about life for soldiers in the trenches, it seemed a REALLY long time.” Rebecca particularly enjoyed work on the propaganda posters, which encouraged young men to enlist. Our Sharing the Learning

open afternoons for P4-P7 revealed considerable research and presenting skills, as family and friends were treated to a film montage of the children’s discoveries. Poignant “letters from the trenches”, poetry and striking wall displays were testament to pupils’ reflection and empathy. All were in good voice for renditions of wellknown songs from the era!

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St Columba Church Playgroup & Toddlers Turning 3 is such as milestone! We always enjoy celebrating birthdays at Playgroup and make it a sociable occasion, sitting down as a group to sing “Happy Birthday” after a hectic morning playing. Many thanks also to everybody who contributed to a very successful ragbag appeal in October which raised a great amount for funds.

We now have a vacancy for an Assistant Playleader to commence mid-Jan, working 8.45am to 1pm on a Mon, Tues and Thurs morning in the St Columba Church, Kilmacolm. We cater for children from 2 yrs 4mth to 3 – 4 yrs and experience with this age group is preferred. Managed by a voluntary committee of parents, the Group is regulated by the Care Inspectorate. Interviews will be held on the afternoon/ evening of Tuesday 16 December. For more details and an application pack, email Beckie on rebeccajefferis@yahoo.co.uk Our last session of the year for toddler group will be Wednesday 10th December 10am to 11.30am for children from birth to 3 years. We will restart again on 7th January. Please contact our Toddler secretary Beth for more information on thebbles@hotmail.com

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Congratulations to Jessica, Indeah, Esme, Libby, Luci and Rachael, who took part in the SSAA Primary Schools Road Relay Championships. Hearty well done to Rachel, Lottie and Eve who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively in Gryffe Camera Club’s competition.

Stop Press........On Friday 14th November we (pupils AND teachers!) dressed up as Super Heroes for Children in Need and raised an amazing £490. During our open afternoons we also collected £364 for Erskine thank you to everyone for your wonderful generosity.

Happy Christmas!

Inchinnan Primary School Xmas Fayre Inchinnan Primary School Xmas Fayre takes place on Thursday 4th December at Inchinnan Primary School, from 6pm till 8pm.

Come along and start your Xmas shopping early, we’ve got Santa, home made decorations by the children, home baking, Scentsy burners, sweets, flowers , Xmas wreaths, cards, tombola, raffle prizes and tea/coffee & mulled wine .. Not to be missed!

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Kilbarchan Community Nursery

There was a fantastic turn out for the nursery’s first ever lantern parade on 14th November. Thank you so much to everyone who purchased a ticket, joined us all on the night and helped to raise funds for the nursery.

Well done to all staff, committee members and of course the children for all their hard work to make this evening a success. A very special thank you to Astrid for introducing the idea to celebrate the festival of Saint Martin, from her native Germany and helping us with the words of the songs.

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Woodlands Day Nursery The Woodlands Christmas fayre was a fantastic event. Thank you to everyone who helped made this event a success.

Baby Room In October the children enjoyed a spooky month. They took part in some ghostly activities such as spooky spaghetti and wiggly worm jelly. During the month of November we explored the topic of senses with activities to enlighten our babies developing senses. We have already made textured feely gloves, smelly socks and experienced some food tasting.

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The children have also been learning about ‘People who help us’ and were very excited to have visits from the police and fire services who gave them lots of information about the work they do and about keeping safe.

Our Christmas Fayre is our next fundraising event on Saturday 6th December in the nursery from 10am - 1pm where there will be gift stalls, tombola, face painting, home baking and a special visit from Santa, we hope to see you there.

In October the children had lots of fun learning about autumn and Halloween.

Our Halloween party was a great success and the children had fun dressing up as their favourite characters. During November, we focused on safety both indoors and outdoors. We will also be celebrating Diwali and St Andrews Day. In December we are looking forward to celebrating Christmas.

Rising 5’s In October we enjoyed a spooky week to celebrate Halloween. The children baked spooky cakes, made scary pictures and dressed up. A small group of children visited the Lego exhibition at Paisley Museum. In the busy month of December our pre-school children will be performing the Fairytale Land Nativity Show.

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The children are busy with winter activities and festive art and crafts.The Primary 5 to S1 children are relishing playing with their new games, Simon Swipe, Rubiks Race and Pumpaloons to name a few.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year It’s been a busy few months at Mid Gavin Nursery. We invited parents and grandparents to our MacMillan Coffee afternoon and they joined us in a cup of coffee and tasty treats and raised a grand total of £312.55 for the National Cancer Charity.

The Ladybirds and Buzzy bees have been learning all about themselves by making collages and pictures using their hands and feet and bringing pictures to nursery of themselves and their family for our wall displays. The children in the Butterfly room have recently completed their topic of Scotland and even went to the local Morrison’s to purchase Scottish produce which they used to make soup for lunch. We have all been very busy collecting the fresh eggs on a daily basis from our happy hens in the garden and parents have been purchasing them daily. The children have recently been to the Transport Museum, RSPB in Lochwinnoch, local library and the Lego Exhibition in Paisley Museum and looking forward to performing the Christmas concert to the parents on the 12th December.

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Our Christmas Fayre will be held on Saturday 6th December from 10am – 2pm. There will be a great variety of stalls, home baking, bottle stall, craft stalls, games for the children, bouncy castle and of course Santa. Come along and join in the fun. To keep up to date with all the goings on, visit our website at www.midgavinnursery.com

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Gryffe High pupils in ‘MAD’ show

Bangers for Kilmacolm Scouts Kilmacolm Scouts sizzled sausages and melted marshmallows in our new camp site, cooked on old washing machines!

A local farmer has donated a piece of local land very generously for the group to use. This is a site used many years ago by local cadets and Boys Brigade. The Group is looking forwards to using the site more next year.

1st Houston & Crosslee Scouts The sections have all been busy with the Investiture of new boys and girls who have joined or are moving up from younger age groups. A number of the parents were invited to see their children presented with a certificate and new badges. Included in the Scout Investiture were the first girls to join the group. Congratulations to all the boys and girls and

they can now look forward to a variety of badge work and games throughout the next 6 months.

A number of the sections held Halloween Parties at the end of October and the children enjoyed games throughout the evening. This years prizes for the cubs saw the usual high standard of costumes.

There was also representation from the group at the Armistice Day Service at Houston and Kilellan Kirk as well as laying a poppy wreath at the war memorial in Houston after the service. Due to restricted space in the church, numbers of children were very limited this year.

The group is now gearing up for its major fundraiser event of the year. The Christmas Fayre will take place on Saturday 6th December at 10am. Donations for the bottle stall and home baking stalls would be appreciated and these can be dropped off at the hall on Friday 5th December after 7pm. The Committee and Leaders would also welcome some help from parents to set up the hall.

Pupils worked very hard to prepare for this show where they displayed Music, Art and Dance/ Drama. In a very fast moving performance, the audience need to keep up with a fine display of pupil artwork including costumes, photography and textile designs. Pupils had also made huge poppies from tissue paper.

These created a beautiful background for the drama and poetry which had a Remembrance theme this year. There was a lovely solo of the Last Post. The choir, jazz band and senior pupils provided a selection of styles of music.

Fabulous lighting effects added to the atmosphere and the audience were treated to home baking at the interval. Headteacher, Mr Johnson thanked pupils and staff for all of their hard work and in particular Mrs Wilson who is Faculty Head of Art and Technical. The show aptly finished with a lively dance routine to the tune of Pharrell William’s ‘Happy’.

An Amazing Collection for local Food bank

Trinity High pupil, Kevin Milliken came up with the idea that Renfrewshire schools could support food banks and Gryffe pupils and staff were certainly happy to support the idea.

Gryffe pupils recently exchanged being allowed to wear non uniform for a day with bringing in some food to help boost the supplies of a local food bank. The response from pupils and staff was absolutely overwhelming. Pupils were asked to deliver their food first thing in the morning to the library. It soon became apparent that moving the food was going to be a major operation. The food was handed over to the Trussell Trust who give emergency food to people through a network of local food banks. Headteacher, Mr Colin Johnson said “I would like to thank all pupils/ staff/parents for their contributions to our Food Bank appeal. As you can see we managed to gather so much that it took an hour to load it all into the Trussell Trust Food Bank van.”

Johnstone High School S6 took part in a team building weekend in Perthshire which resulted in a massive success. Events such as Mountain Biking, treasure hunts and quizzes have helped developed team work between the pupils.

A very successful series of concerts were organised and produced by S6 pupil in order to raise funds for their yearbook. Over the course of the two evening they entertained hundreds of parents and pupils with songs, dance and the odd joke. The event raised around £1000.

In addition 6th year coordinated a series of events in aid of Children in Need. Football matches, tug of war and a school version of the hit TV show ‘Take Me Out’, as well as a non uniform day, raised around £1500 for the charity.

Poppy Scotland are now £200 better off due to the exploits of Caitlin Armstrong of S1 who made and sold poppy shaped shortbread in the run up to 11th November.

Proceeds from the Prize Raffle this year will help to go towards sending Douglas Robinson who is one of our Explorer Scouts to the World Jamboree in Japan next summer. The group are very honoured and delighted to have local representation at this event and it will be fantastic opportunity for Douglas to meet other teenagers from across the world.

The Explorers have also been busy with Douglas Robinson, Campbell Finnie, Iain Richie and Mark Price all completing their Bronze Duke Of Edinburgh Awards.

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Finally - the school filled exactly 50 crates for the local Foodbank as a result of the efforts of the pupils.

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Houston Primary Nursery Ambassadors

On Friday 30th October, the Nursery Ambassadors from P6 visited Woodlands, Strawberry Fields, Abbey and Houston Primary School Nursery.

Once they got to know each other a little bit better, they then dressed up as a character from their favourite story and then read it to the nursery children.

They look forward to meeting up again to support the nursery children with their Christmas shows.

Playground Makeover

Last session the pupils of a Houston PS and Nursery raised money from recycling their unwanted textiles and by holding special Eco themed days to purchase items that would enhance the outdoor space. The upper school pupils chose a ‘We’ve Got Talent’ mural to perform to their peers as part of music and drama lessons and also just for fun at play times and lunchtimes. The younger pupils chose a penalty shoot target that they have to aim at to score points and the nursery children chose to purchase a pirate ship, where their imagination can take them on a journey of fun adventure.

Christmas Fayre

On Thursday 4th December from 6.30pm-8.30pm, we will be holding our annual Christmas Fayre. Please come along to this fundraising event where you will be able to purchase a variety of high quality Christmas gifts and of course Santa Claus will be there too!

Foodbank

As part of the Harvest Festival, pupils were asked to bring in food items for people less fortunate than themselves. The donations were taken to Paisley’s Foodbank by Mrs Murray and Mrs McPherson, their boots and back seats were bulging with bags and boxes. Thank you to all those who contributed.

Operation Christmas Child

At assembly Mr Coetzee from the Samaritan’s Purse came in to tell the pupils of this very worthwhile cause. The pupils were amazed to discover that some of the requested items were toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap! If you wish to take part please return your filled shoeboxes by 28th November.

Renfrewshire Road Race

The winning streak continued when P6 and 7 again gave it their all in the Renfrewshire Road Race, on 6th November. Twelve boys and girls from each stage made the most of weeks of training in PE to take part in the athletic event at the On-X leisure centre in Linwood. Battling the cold and drizzle, they lined up alongside pupils from neighbouring primaries as they took on loops of the outdoor track. Best-placed Houston pupils were P7’s Beth Moglia, Fraser Taylor and Harris Cunningham and P6 Cate Meiklejohn who came overall 5th and 6th in their races, and classmates Jude Jackson, who came 7th in the Boys’ race, and Innes Durrant, who came 8th in the Girls’ race. Huge congratulations to all who took part.

PGHS Prizegiving The winner of the Emily Hannah Dux Trophy for 2013-2014 was Reiss Armstrong (Reiss gained four Highers and an Advanced Higher). Reiss is pictured being presented with the trophy by Head Teacher Mr Dick.

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

At our weekly Saturday Rock Club we offer group lessons on guitar, bass, piano and drums. In addition, there is also the opportunity to play some awesome games and chill out in our back stage area, where there is a pool table, table tennis table and much more. If wished, a pupil can also choose to work towards playing their instrument as part of a band, where our tutors are on hand to offer guidance and advice. 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 musical learning experience to help further develop their musical skills. Sessions for P1 to P7’s and S1 to S6’s.

As well as our clubs, all our tutors are available for 1 to 1 lessons in the comfort of your own home. From age 6 to 106, it’s never too late to learn! We now offer a 10% discount for lessons taken before 3 pm any weekday.

Looking for a Christmas gift? Vouchers for lessons are now available - the perfect stocking filler!

For more information on what we can offer please visit www. nomadmusicschool.co.uk or pop along to one of our open days in January and talk to our tutors.

Lastly, we would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year . Best wishes for 2015!

Port Glasgow High There is always something going on in Port Glasgow High School. Over this first term the staff have gone above the call of duty and raised £500 for Ardgowan Hospice.

The events started with the ice-bucket challenge and with a rolling programme of nominations, a number of staff and pupils got wet and cold including the senior management team. Thanks to the staff of the Home Economics and Learning Support Departments who supported our S3 pupils in hosting a very successful staff coffee morning and raffle. Staff have not only shown off their culinary skills by making and selling Tablet, but they have demonstrated some degree of musical ability too by taking to the stage and performing in the Staff Concert. While the staff Band (Ms Lawrie on drums, Mr Bruce, Mr Munro, Mr Dick are all on guitar, and Mr Bryden on lead vocals) are usually the headliners of the concert, this year they had some tough competition by Mr ‘snakehips’ McGarvey. However it was the classroom sketch by Mrs Barclay & Ms Harper that stole the show, and it was the success of this that led to the Halloween plans. Unbeknown to the pupils the staff plotted to attend school on the 31st October dressed in school uniform. For some

members of staff their old school uniforms were not too old – and still fitted, however for others the cobwebs needed to be dusted off (or a bigger size borrowed!). Staff and pupils really engaged with the fun element of the day – some staff who’s uniform was not up to PGHS standard were given uniform slips, and for those whose attitudes and behaviour did not match the expected high standards found themselves on detention – this was the busiest detention day to date.

Overall the staff and pupils of Port Glasgow High School know how to work hard and play hard, as a result we are proud to support our local community by donating £500 to Ardgowan Hospice. What will next term bring?

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It costs £25 a year to join the Gryffe Hillwalking Club! And you are welcome to come along on two of our Club trips on the third Sunday in every month BEFORE joining so you know what we are about and to help you get fit if you are new to hillwalking. You can see the trips and dates we are planning this year on the website at http://www.gryffehillwalkers.co.uk/ outings.html

Kilbarchan Athletic Club

We are a sociable crowd wanting to help others enjoy the Scottish outdoors as much as we do.

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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

Cargill Hall, Lintwhite Cres, 7.30pm

Club membership of the Mountaineering Council of Scotland for 1 year, including your own copy of their quarterly magazine and club liability insurance (for your info about £15 of the £25 goes to MCofS as reduced cost club membership) Fellow members advice and good company on our monthly Sundays walks over the year starting October 2014 through to September 2015

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

The Shotokan Karate Club

Entitled to go on our Weekends, usually 2 per year.

Club Sundays every month in 2014/2015

Typically 15-25 of us meet up for a walk once a month, travelling by car or hired bus (the bus is at extra cost of £12 per person per trip). We do not have leaders as such and encourage everyone to learn the skills they need to go on Scottish hills in any weather conditions.

Suitable clothing and footwear are required. We tend to split into smaller groups so that a variety of walking levels are catered for.

In between times many of us arrange ad hoc trips by telephone, email or Club Facebook during the year.

International trip in 2015 What can you do next?

If you want to find out more contact Paul Prior – club chairman – 07747 847 181 or email paul@foursys.co.uk Or come along to the Fox and Hounds pub in Houston at 8.00pm on the Monday before the third Sunday in the month when we all get together to discuss the next Club walk, or just have a blether!

Woodlands Primary School, Linwood, 7pm - 8pm & 8pm - 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

We are planning to make a week long trip to the Italian Dolomites in summer 2015 to tackle the famous “via ferrata” created by WW1 solders to get around the mountains.

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Brookfield Village Hall, 7.15pm

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

every Thursday Kilbarchan Athletic Club On-X, Linwood, 7pm

Group Fitness Classes at KNCC

All abilities welcome. Tel: 07941 686990.

Kilmacolm Walkers Birkmyre Park Pavilion, Kilmacolm 10am

Kilmacolm New Community Centre

Walk in and around Kilmacolm. Tel: David Goddard 01505 874192 or email kilmacolmwalkers@talktalk.net

Various fitness classes are held at the New Community Centre from Monday to Friday. See website www.inverclydeleisure.com for details. Classes can be booked on line or by calling Birkmyre Gym on 01475 715750, For further information email aileen. cameron@inverclyde.gov.uk

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Callanetics Brookfield Village Hall, 9.15am & 10.30am Woodlands Primary School, Linwood, 7pm - 8pm & 8pm - 9pm.

Check out our website at www.linwoodkarate. co.uk

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Strathgryffe Tennis & Squash Club Presentation Evening Strathgryffe juniors swept up most of the main trophies at the Strathgryffe Tennis & Squash Club annual Club Dinner on Friday 24th October.

The event, which is held at Strathgryffe, was the prize giving for the Open, Veterans and Handicap Events for both the squash and tennis sections.

In the Open tennis events, seventeen year old Lee Wishart won the Gents Singles title; the Gents Doubles partnered with Glen Smyth and was runner up in the Mixed Doubles playing with sixteen year old Katherine McPhie.

Katherine also won the Open Ladies Singles and the Ladies Doubles partnered with Anna Daisley (15). The Open Mixed Doubles was won by Alexander Wilson (15) & Sophie Dunlop (20) The squash Gents Singles was won by Chris Patrick and the Ladies Singles by Morgan McGuire (21).

In the Veterans Singles categories Greig Fraser won the Gents and Carol Barnes won the Ladies tennis titles. The squash Gents was won by Gary McIlree.

The club is offering Free Adult/Intermediate taster sessions for squash. If interested email:squash@ strathgryffe.net or call 01505 615100.

Sporting Blog

Kilmacolm Tennis Club Awards Night Kilmacolm Tennis Club ended a very successful season with their annual ceilidh and awards night in October.

Among the awards presented was the Senior Ladies Doubles shield won by Isobel Evans (left) and Jean Johnstone.

With a number of great Kilmacolm team successes this year, the team trophy was closely fought.

Runners up by a whisker were the Ladies 1st team of Liz Reid, Val Lawrence, Gillian Finch, Helen Abram, Carole Marr and Nicky Stirrup who won Division 3B and have been promoted to Division 2B. Captain Liz also paid tribute to Sian Nicol, Marian Wardell and Freda Robertson for stepping in when needed.

But the overall winners were the Men’s 3rd team who also won their division.

Pictured are from left to right are Campbell McLundie, Paul Holbrook, James Wood, Captain John Davies and Alistair Robertson and posted missing when the photographer was on duty but part of the winning team - Graham Robertson, Scott Torrance, Cameron Davies, Jack Love, Stuart Love, Jon Ventham and Roddy Davidson.

Kilmacolm is a friendly tennis club run by a hard working dedicated committee of volunteers. We support tennis for all ages and standards.

So whether it is social tennis, coming along to your first group or individual lesson as an adult, playing superleague or team tennis or our mini tennis coaching for the kids we have something for everyone.

Although the main tennis season is over we play throughout the year on high quality, floodlit courts so join us on Facebook to find out what’s going on this winter or email sian@nicolkilmacolm.freeserve.co.uk to find out more about the club. See you on court!

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by Lesley Handley

Why You Need Water…

One of the first questions I ask a client about their nutrition is ‘How much water do you drink per day?’, and, for most of them it is usually not a lot!

It is often a hard task to get someone to drink the recommended daily water intake as many feel it is (a) an awful lot (b) it’s too hard (c) they forget or (d) they don’t want to be running to the toilet every half hour (which, by the way, settles down and doesn’t last forever).

Water does a lot more than just quench your thirst! Your body is around 60% water and virtually every cell in your body needs it. You constantly lose water through sweating, breathing and elimination, so you need to drink sufficient amounts every day to replenish your supply and maintain good health. You can go weeks without food but probably only last 5-7 days without water. When the water in your body is reduced by just 1%, you become thirsty. At 5%, muscle strength and endurance declines significantly and you can become hot and tired. At 10%, delirium and blurred vision can occur, and a 20% reduction could be fatal.

5 main functions – 1. Water helps you to digest food, and carries nutrients to all the cells of your body 2. Water removes waste and toxins through sweat, urine and elimination 3. Water helps keep the body at the right temperature by cooling it through perspiration when it gets too hot 4. Water keeps the delicate tissue of the eyes, ears and nose moist, healthy and working right 5. Water acts as a shock absorber for your eyes, brain and other organs, cushioning them and protecting them from damage Try and make sure you drink enough water, not only will it make you feel and look better it will keep the body functioning properly. For every KG of body weight drink 30ml of water, so a 70kg individual requires 2.1 litres of water a day (If exercising add 0.5-1 litre for every hour of exercise).

Take the water challenge – try it for 2 weeks and see how much better you feel and function!

Lesley

For more information and advice on any aspect of fitness or nutrition contact me on 07512 355 877 or at Lesley_personal_trainer@hotmail. co.uk

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Renfrewshire Golfers Double Victory Get Into The Swing Of Things Budding golfers are being given the chance to try the sport for free thanks to the launch of a new coaching programme offered by Kilmacolm Golf Club.

The free sessions, aimed at beginners or those returning to the game, will cover the basics, including set-up and grip, putting, chipping, short and long irons.

Iain Nicholson, Kilmacolm Golf Club’s PGA professional, said “The sessions give anyone interested in trying golf the ideal opportunity to give it a go alongside people in a similar situation in a relaxed and enjoyable environment.

After the 12 week taster sessions, follow-up coaching and the option to take up Introduction to Golf membership will be available.

The programme starts on January 12th and runs each Monday (7-8pm) until March 30th and will be held in St Columba’s Church Hall, Kilmacolm with the final week up on the driving range at Kilmacolm Golf Club. The sessions are open to adults and children from aged 10 (accompanied by an adult) and all equipment is provided.

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Balyarrow Bonspiel The event Sunday 19th October marked the occasion when 5 curling clubs from around Scotland got together to compete for the Balyarrow trophy. All 5 clubs had previously celebrated their 150th anniversary of affiliation to the Royal Caledonian Curling Club in 1996 and had, on the suggestion of Strathendrick Curling Club, gathered at Perth ice rink to participate in a bonspiel.

History The Balyarrow Curling Club was started in 1724 and was a thriving club in Fife up until it disbanded in 1940. Like many such clubs it relied on outdoor ice and made use of local curling ponds.

Ian Turnbull, a past president of the RCCC, decided to retain the name of this ancient club by commissioning a trophy incorporating some of the medals won by the club over the years. The trophy is a distinct design with 5 sides to reflect the 5 clubs, Bridge of Weir, Strathendrick, Falkland, Haddington and St.Andrews who were to play for it every 3 years.

Seventh heaven This was the 7th occasion of competing for the trophy with the competition taking the format of a bonspiel, the highest up club taking the trophy. Over the years this has been relatively evenly spread, however, on this occasion the bonspiel was won by Haddington by a slender margin over Bridge of Weir, so the likelihood will be that the venue will revert to Murrayfield Ice Rink in 3 years time. The day was organised by Bridge of Weir, previous winners, and held at the Greenacres Ice Rink.

There was a distinct lack of champagne and celebration at Erskine Golf Club when the Renfrewshire Golf Union A team returned to the clubhouse, after achieving the victory over Dunbartonshire Golf Union which was required for the West League Championship title. This may well have had something to do with the fact that both golfers and spectators were cold and wet having experienced weather which was not conducive to outdoor activities. The victory was toasted with hot soup and Bovril.

In the first game, Matt Clark, having travelled 150 miles from Aberdeen to be there, was one down with three to play against Dalmuir’s Steven Stewart but showed his international class and determination to win Photo - Team Captain one up. Team captain, Ronnie Clark, and Ronnie Clark Michael Daily were on home soil and they both took advantage with convincing wins.

Andy Farmer (Kilmacolm) then made it four with a 5 and 3 win over Kevin Smith (Windyhill) and Whitecraig’s Gordon Stevenson made sure that the Championship trophy stayed in Renfrewshire for the thirteenth year in a row when he shook hands with Chris Prior (Bearsden) at the fourteenth.

The remaining golfers were then offered the choice of continuing their games or settling for a half and the comfort of the clubhouse. Much to the delight of the spectators, they opted for the latter although the course had withstood the challenges of the weather remarkably well.

Congratulations to Ronnie Clark, team manager David Macfarlane and the A team squad which won all its matches and secured the Championship with a match in hand.

In the Youth Championship, Renfrewshire needed a victory over Dunbartonshire at Milngavie and for league leaders, Ayrshire, to lose against Lanarkshire to win the league. Ayrshire lost by 3 matches to five and Renfrewshire won 6.5 to 1.5 to make it a double.

Ranfurly Castle Golf Club Week beginning 20th October was a busy one for the members of Ranfurly Castle.

On Wednesday 22nd, 51 ladies enjoyed an evening of chatter and good food. Lady Captain, Eileen Walker, presented prizes to all the seasons Medal winners at the end of the night.

On Thursday 23rd, 65 gentlemen gathered for their Annual Dinner where the speaker was Professional golfer Gordon Sherry, winner of the Amateur Championship in 1995.

A special medal was held on Sunday 3rd August to celebrate the Clubs 125 year Centenary. Sally Smyth was the winner of the Ladies special Gold Medal and this was presented to her at the Ladies dinner.

Winner of the Men’s Medal was Gordon Robertson with Angus Frood winning the Junior Medal.

Interested in joining Bridge of Weir CC - contact Ken on 01505 863023 or David on 01505 613632.

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Halloween Run For The Inverclyde Gryffe Foodbank Badminton Club Local Greenock Harriers, got out their running shoes for the annual Halloween Race this year, and decided to run it for the Inverclyde Foodbank.

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.

Many harriers took to the cobbles and ran for this wonderful cause.

Adult Tap Lessons

Up to now, the total raised is over ÂŁ300 and the kids were proud that this money will be given to the foodbank before Christmas.

Councillor Chris McEleny ran this race as he is a keen sponsor of many causes in Inverclyde and also went back to the clubhouse afterwards to find out what else he could do to support this cause.

Learn a new skill and have fun exercising.

Suitable for beginners upwards.

Saturday lunchtime: The Cargill Centre, Kilmacolm.

PA13 4LE. For more information please contact, Gail Ashley (MBATD) on 01475 531336. www.gailashleyschoolofdance.co.uk Email: contact@gailashleyschoolofdance.co.uk

He is also keen to get involved in Poverty Inverclyde, to see how the Council can come to the aid of many needly people around the festive season and the year ahead.

Kilbarchan Amateur Athletics Club Success Kilbarchan AAC Trio get 1, 2 in West District and National Cross Country Championships.

Jack Patton runs for Kilbarchan AAC. Both he and his club mates have had recent success in two significant cross country competitions.

They finished first in the west district cross country championships which were held at Birkmyre Park Kilmacolm and then 2 weeks later the trio finished 2nd in the whole of Scotland at the National XC Championships held at Cumbernauld.

Both races comprised of a 2.5km relay leg by an U13, U15 and U17 runner. The Kilbarchan trio consisted of Jack Patton U13, Andrew McAngus, and Euan Trout.

There was also success for the girls team who also got silver at the National Champs.

PHOTOS Birkmyre West District (118) National XC Champs Cumbernauld (388)

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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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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: Delighting to praise God; S h o w i n g C h r i s t ’s l o v e ; Growing in faith. Services Sundays at 10am. We have a regular cycle of prayer for those who live and work in Bridge of Weir: 30th Nov Livery Walk. For information, to ask for special prayers, or in pastoral emergency call the Rector on 01475705378.

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 a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich.”

For details of meetings call 615641.

ELDERSLIE Elderslie Kirk: Sunday service every week at 11am.

Minister - Rev Robin Allison.

All welcome. Weekly meetings:- Monday Club every week from 12noon 2.30pm. Light lunch and a varied activity programme.

Midweek Fellowship will meet every Wed 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. 30th Nov 1st Sunday in Advent - 9.45am Early Worship Service, 11am M o r n i n g Wo r s h i p , T h e Sacrament of Baptism; 7th Dec 2nd Sunday in Advent, 9.45am Early Service: The Sacrament of Holy Communion. 11am Morning Worship: Gift Service.

Immediately after Morning Worship, Kirk Creations Christmas Gift Sale. 7pm Arkleston Singers Christmas Concert. 14th Dec 3rd Sunday in advent, 11am

Morning Worship; 15th Dec 7pm. Service of Readings and Carols; 21st Dec 4th Sunday in Advent 11am Morning Worship: Sunday Club Nativity Play. 7pm A Service of Remembering; 24th Dec 11pm Christmas Eve: Service of Carols and Watchnight Service; 25th Dec 11am Christmas Morning: Worship with all the family and your presents.

Church of the Nazarene: Vi l l a g e H a l l , M a i n S t , 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. www.houston. nazarene.org.uk St Fillan’s, Main St, Houston: Sun Masses: Vigil (Sat) 5pm, 9.30am & 11am. Weekday Mass: Tues-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 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 Stephen Smith. Creche, Junior church and FEWsion/ Bible Class meet at 10.45am.

Midw eek F ellow ship in the West Church Session House on Wed’s 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.

councillors

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

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

Morning Worship - Sundays 11am, all welcome 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: Christmas Celebrations:Sat 13th - Monthly Brunch & Browse will be a Christmas Fair with stalls and special extra treats 10am - 2pm.

Sun 21st - Children’s Service for Christmas 4pm. Mon 22nd - Community Service of Nine Lessons and Carols followed by Mulled wine and mince pies 6pm. Sun 28th End of Year Evensong when we remember those who have gone before us. All welcome to our church in Moss Road.

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 No SC015085.

LOCHWINNOCH Parish Church: Rev May Bell.

11.30am Morning Service with Sunday School and Crèche. Drop in Cafe, Sat 15th Nov, 10am - 12noon.

Drop in for tea, coffee, biscuits, scones & cakes. £2.50 entry and no charge for children.

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 6.30pm-7.30pm.

Spiritualist Church,Lochlip Rd: Thurs 6th Nov, Thurs 20th Nov, Thurs 4th Dec, Thurs 18th Dec. All services commence 7.30pm.

QUARRIERS Mount Zion Church: Law View Road, Quarriers Village. Rev Andy Lunn BSc, 10.30am with Junior Church and Bible Class. Wednesdays prayer and bible study at 7pm.

Fridays prayer and bible study at 10am.

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sales & wants Items For Sale Baby Equipment Clippasafe Walking Harness and Reins Pink (3 pairs) and Clippasafe Wrist Link Pink, all as new, £2 each. Tel 01505 874870.

Stair gate Lindam white, fits opening from 75 cm - 100 cm, wall mounted VGC £20 Tel: 01505 874870.

Britax Baby Safe Car Seat black, height adjustable, suitable fr birth until appr. 2 yrs old, 5 point safety harness works with 3-point seat belt, Britax Babysafe Belted Base or Britax Babysafe Isofix Base. Exc cond. £25. Tel 01505 874870.

Mothercare car seat universal 0-13 kg/9-18 kg. £15. Tel: 01505 874870.

Two Red/pink Mothercare potties incl. Child toilet seat £5 each good cond. Tel 01505 874870.

WeeRide Classic Front Mounted Children’s Safest Bike Seat, Ages 1-4, VGC x 2, bought for £90 sell for £45 each. Tel: 01505 874870.

Bricks Trolley Mothercare good condition £10. Tel: 01505 874870.

Britax (Eclipse) child’s car seat in lovely condition. Birth-4yrs. £10. Tel: 01505 842558.

Clothes & Shoes Labelled high quality clothing size 14/16. Offers to charity.

Tel: 01505 506385.

Complete Brownie Uniform (small), VGC. T-shirt & long sleeve top (24”), hooded zip top (26”), cotton leggings (20” waist), sash and sling bag. All for £25. Tel: 01505 843943 after 6pm.

Gents Formal Dinner Suit 42” Reg Dbl Brst Jckt. Trous 30” Leg; can adjust to 32”/36” Waist. Exc cond. + 2 x 16” Collar Cotton Evening Shirts; 1 x Wing Collar + 1 x Standard Collar, + black studs. All £45..

01505 873165 Helly Hanson Black Waterproof lined shell jacket, age 14 years.

Hardly worn in near perfect cond, cost £50, Taped seams, detachable lined peaked hood, high collar, Velcro cuffs. £20.

Call 01475 540309 Can email pics.

Gents tuxedo (Black) jacket & trousers uk size 32 large complete with white dress shirt 15.5” collar worn once, dry cleaned! £85 ono. Tel: 01505 228 395.

Ladies “ Coast “ Black and white check coat size 10. £30 Tel: 01505 613805.

Ladies, Chris Brasher, brown leather walking boots - size 8.

Ex. Condition. New £90. sell £30. Tel 07801 286333.

Black Isabella Oliver Maternity Wrap Top in size 10. £25 ono.

Tel: 07764 461800.

Size 14 black/white silk/velvet beautiful ball gown. £40 ono.

Tel: 01505 506385.

Two mini Boden boys jackets.

One rain jacket, grey with red and white stars. Age 3-4. One navy winter jacket with red fleece3 lining. Age 4-5. Both worn but still VGC. £15 for both. Tel: 07828 267073.

Household & Garden Desk 106 x50cm beech on casters. Pull-out shelf. Good condition. Buyer uplifts. Can dismantle for transport. £20.

Tel: 01505 321928.

Sideboard. Curved 2-door beech.

90 x 46cm x 68H. Good condition. Buyer uplifts. Can dismantle for transport. £20. Tel: 01505 321928.

3 uplighters in white plaster. £15.

Tel: 01505 614475.

Blue leather suite. 2 x two seater settees plus armchair. All with beech frames. Suit conservatory. £90. Tel: 0141 887 9678.

2 Seater bed settee. £75. Tel: 01505 506385.

2 internal doors. Offers to charity.

Tel: 01505 506385.

Sofa - Large 3 seater traditional.

Velvet mink/taupe. Good cond. £400 ono. Tel: 01505 673585.

King size bed frame & integral headboard. Velvet mink/taupe. £300 ono. Mattress available separately. Under 2 years old. Great cond. Tel: 01505 673585.

Flymo Micro Lite - like new, in box £25. Call 01505 872601.

Kentucky Oak Veneer Dining Table (Extends) plus 4 matching chairs. Prime cond. £75.

Tel: 01505 391348.

Guitar stand - A-frame, black metal, padding on arms. £10 Tel: 01505 872442.

One For All URC6410 Universal Remote Control. Only used once - bought for hospital then no longer required. Easy to set up. Big buttons for easy TV zapping. Copy functions (fully customizable). £5 Tel: 01505 872442.

Ironing Board Beldray. 45” L x 13” W Height adjustable £5.

Tel 01505 872813.

Morphy Richards Turbo Steam iron. £5. Tel 01505 872813.

Cream fabric two and three seater sofas. Good condition. £100. Tel: 01505 704512.

High Backed Office Chair Dark Blue Cloth 5 roller legs, height adjustable £20. Tel: 01505 610408.

Beech coloured Office Desk with two drawers (1 for filing) L48.5”x W29.5” x H 31” Exc cond .photo available £30. Tel 01505 610408.

Electrical & Gas Dyson Vacuum Cleaner DC22.

Exc Cond. £50. Tel: 01505 615272.

Acer Aspire One D270 LU.SGA0D.018 10.1 inch Netbook - BLUE (Intel Atom N2600 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 320GB HDD, LAN, WLAN, Webcam, WiFi, Windows 7 Starter) £100 ono Tel: 01505 872442.

Loewe TV, Xelos 37SL (37” screen). Exc cond with remote control, manual and stand.

Only used for 6 months. £275.

Tel: 07523 317093.

AEG Lavazza A Moda Mio coffee machine. Hardly used, incl coffee capsules. Makes espresso, cappuccino, caffe latte with milk frother. £50 Tel: 01505 873177.

Baxi Windermere Gas Stove Cast Iron Steel with coal hearth glass door full install instructions. Bridge of Weir.

Email:bensloch@hotmail.com or Tel: 07791 688240.

Pets Fish tank. Fluval Roma 90 aquarium with cabinet and all accessories, also Aquastart starter/ hospital tank with heater. £60 Tel: 01505 873330.

Dog cage new 61cms x 92cms x 99cms. £25. Tel: 01505 873177 Sports Ladies Bike, 20” frame, Suitable for town use. £40. Tel: 07791 688240 or email bensloch@ hotmail.com Dutch Gents Bike, 23” frame. £100. Tel: 07791 688240 or email bensloch@hotmail.com Boys bicycle, red Carrera Blast 16 inch for 4-8yr olds. Exc cond, hardly used. £60. Tel: 07973 550916.

Ski bag - “Swix” doubled padded.

Brand new unused. £30 Tel: 01475 540575.

Ice Skating boots, size 5. Offers to charity. Tel: 01505 506385.

“LUCAS” 27 HOLE; 12 volt / 26Ah Battery + “NRG” Battery Charger including cables. Suit Motocaddy electric golf cart.

Battery charged never used.

Selling as golf cart cannot be repaired by manufacturer. £45.

Tel: 01505 873165.

Exercise cycle Pro-Form 800TR, includes health and performance programmes, cd player, fan etc. Cost £500. Bargain at £150. Tel: 07950 261902.

Ez Glide Bolt 3 wheel golf trolley £45. Tel: 07980 695414.

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Ski Boots, Salomon size UK 8 red. Save yourself money hiring ski boots. Can email pics.

Tel: 01475 540309. £15.

Ski/Snowboard Helmet, size S, 54-56cm, age 7-12 years ish smart silver/grey, original box & helmet bag for storage Suitable for a boy or girl, adjustable, Great cond. £12. Tel: 01475 540309.

2 Chitech boys bikes. Evasion Magna 16inch and Torrid Magna 20”. VGC. Inc helmets. £35 each.Tel 07801 286333.

Raleigh Kool boys bike - 16inch.

VGC. Cost new £125, sell £45.

Tel 01505.613374.

Graco Junior Maxi car seat converts to booster seat. Exc Cond. Sell £20. Tel 01505 613374.

Fisher Price indoor Smart Cycle. Plugs in to TV. Learning adventure games/drive/race - great fun. 3-6yrs. New £80.

Sell £30. Tel: 07801 286333.

Wii Sports Console Package with Wii Fit Balance Board & Wii Fit Games £50. Tel: 01505 872562 Gary Fisher 17.5” Gents Hybrid bike. 21 gears. Front suspension. 2 spare tyres. £150 Tel. 01505 872562.

Vintage Bicycle Raleigh Superb Roadster 23” Green Gents frame hub gears chain guard stainless steel wheels good tyres. £180. bnesloch@hotmail.com 07791 688240 bridge of weir.

Falcon ladies bike 202 frame atb very clean condition 16 gears. £50. bensloch@hotmail.com 07791 688240 bridge of weir.

Trail-gator Bicycle tow bar. Red. Attaches the child’s own bike to the adults. Brand new.

Still in box. £25. tel: 07828 267073.

Toys/Games/DVD Wizards of Waverley Place 2x DVD, Season 1 volumes 1 & 2, VGC. £10. Tel: 01505 872442.

Big City Garage from ELC Age3+, comes with Spiral Race and a Carry Along City ideal for holidays. Play attached or separately. Exc cond. £49 ono.

Tel: 01505 350283.

Sylvanian Families Car and Caravan, including family and accessories, Exc Cond, in original boxes, £20 Tel: 07968 048446.

Sylvanian Families Cottage, including family and furniture, Exc Cond, £10 Tel: 07968 048446.

Sylvanian Families Canal Boat, in original box, £5 Tel: 07968 048446.

Vtech InnoTab2 (pink) includes: camera, video and microphone. Ideal for ages 3-5. Four games included. Mains adapter (included) or 4xAA batteries. £25. Tel 01505 843943 after 6pm Bear Factory Wooden Wardrobe, Great Condition, £5 Tel: 07968 048446.

ELC Knights castle, 6 knights, king & queen, dragon £50.

GLTC castle mat £15. Tel: 07973 550916.

‘Puky’ balance bike (2yrs-4yrs), black with front and rear brakes with kickstand. Never used (unwanted present). Cost £120 will for £60. Tel: 01505 842558 Toy Pram by Mamas & Papas. suitable for young toddler as it is quite sturdy for balance Height 55cm to hand push rail With folding hood & removable rain cover. Turquoise blue.

01475 540309. £7.50.

Kids Pop Up Tunnel, Tent & Play House; 3 items for indoor or outdoor play. Folds flat for storage Tunnel is H 46cm x L 110cm, Tent is L 110 cm x W 110 cm x H 90 cm Play House is H 124 cm x W 80 cm x L 80 cm £15. Tel: 01475 540309.

Nintendo DSi XL bronze, exc cond, screen protector on from new & kept in case. Comes with case, 2x pens, 2x disc holders, charger. PLUS 4x games! Viva Piñata (U), Zoo Tycoon (3+), Big Brain Academy (3+), World of Zoo (3). £50 Tel:01505 872442.

Sylvanian Families Car (red) with picnic hamper and 5 assorted figures (inc. elephants), exc cond £15. Tel: 01505 844933.

Sylvanian Families boat, complete with accessories and 4 hamster figures, VGC. £20.

Tel: 01505 844933.

Sylvanian Families School, complete with furniture and accessories, exc cond £20. Tel: 01505 844933.

Sylvanian families caravan, complete with 4 rabbit figures £20, VGC. Tel: 01505 844933.

Sylvanian Families starter cottage, complete with furniture and 4 rabbit figures, exc cond £20. Tel: 01505 844933.

Rocking Horse. Hand made.

Suit child to 12 years. As new. £150. Tel: 01505 612896.

Other Items Boxed unused Canon powershot A480 digital camera. £35 Tel: 01505 613805.

HP Photosmart C4680 All-inOne printer/scanner/copier completely untouched, never taken out of box! cost £53 including. HP300 black ink cartridge. Will accept £20. Tel: 01505 871261.

Large Rucksack, Karrimor Alpinist 5KS - 100E. £15 ono. Tel: 01505 703204.

12 Glass Ball Shape Display Vase/Centrepiece 20 x 17cm. £3.00 each – Boxed. 12 round mirror plates D20cm. £1.50 each. 01505 873844 or 07817 749904.

Brand new Valencia acoustic guitar with case . Never been used, unwanted gift . New £100 sell £60. Tel: 01505 613805.

Halfords Roof Bars, complete load carrier 3, fits most vehicles with fitted rails. £20. tel: 01505 690662.

Halfords Roof Box, grey, 420 litres. £65. tel: 01505 690662.

Wanted Items G Plan teak coffee tables or similar in teak. Tel: 01505 690610.

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.

Wanted - Dress Sporran for gents Highland Dress Outfit. must be in VGC. Estimated cost between £100 and £120.

Tel: 01505 704398.

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business directory by category Accom/Hotel & B&B

Coffee Shops

Cawley Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Bernie’s Cafe Deli . . . . . . . . . 33 Cross Cafe Kilmacolm . . . . . . . 39

Accountants & Financial Affluent Financial Planning . . 25 Cheetham & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Fergusons CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Fiona Christie Accounting Serv . . 24 Stewart Independent Financial . . 1

Computer, IT & Web

Architectural Services

A&G Driveways . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk

ColCom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Computer Repairs . . . . . . . . . . 1 Laptop and PC Repairs . . . . . . 26

Driveways

Architectural Drawings . . . . . 24 BOW Design Architect . . . . . . . 14 Casa Homes & Gardens Architect . . 7 Grid Design Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Driving Instructors

Art, Gifts & Flowers

Education

Crafts of Calder Gallery . . . 16 Henderson’s Flowers . . . . . . . . 31 Memorare Memoriam Cards Ltd . . 5 Paisley Artists Annual Exhibit . . 21

Auctioneers & Valuers Collins and Paterson Auctionee . . 2

Automotive Services AK Vehicle Rental . . . . . . . . . 1 Chips Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Collins Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Gryffe Garage Motor Engineers . . 23

Bathrooms Affordable Luxuries . . . . . . . 7 AT&B Tiling & Bathrooms . . . . 43 Bathroom Solutions by MPH . . 11 G Woods Bathrooms . . . . . . . . . 6

Bedrooms Burndale Workshop . . . . . . . . . 8

Blacksmith & Metalwork Iron House Stoves Limited . . 34 McLaughlan Metal Fabrication . . 6

Building Services A O’Hare - Building Services . . 5 BOW Stone Works . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Bridge of Weir Roofing . . . . . 6 DJD Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 DLN Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 I & J Building & Roofing Serv . . 2 James Kerr Joiner . . . . . . . . . 36 Kilellan Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 14 M Addison Joiners & Builders . . 3 MBS Roofing & Building Contrac . . 7 RPH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SMG Roofing & Building Contrac . . 16 SW Scott - Joiners & Builders . . 14 Taylor Made Joinery . . . . . . . . 57 Thomas McMaster & Son Ltd . . 55

Business Services Laptop and PC Repairs . . . . . . 26

Care Services & Homes Pacific Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Cleaning & PowerWash CleanDryCarpets . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Come Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 DS Cleaning (Windows) . . . . . . 16 Gryffe Roofing Services . . . . 15 MattVac Carpet & Upholstery Cl . . Bk Nutech Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Old Mill Chimneys . . . . . . . . . 12 Platinum Cleaning Services . . 5

Alistair Stewart - Driving Ins . . 16 Crosslee Driver Training . . . 5 Paul Ferguson - Confidence . . 7 Nomad Music Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Electricians Bell Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Delta Electrical Services . . 39 GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 JDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lamont Electricians . . . . . . . . 3 MAS Electrical & Security . . 2

Entertainment Inverclyde Council . . . . . . . . . 37,37

Fencing Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 McLaughlan Metal Fabrication . . 6

Firewood & Logs Auldton Stoves . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Caledonian Wood Fuels . . . . . . 14 W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Framing Crafts of Calder Gallery . . . 16

Funeral Services Beaton Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . 44 John Roach Funeral Directors . . 41 Memorare Memoriam Cards Ltd . . 5

Garage Doors & Gates Powerdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk

Garden Service & Design 3D Garden Design . . . . . . . . . . 48 A Peebles Landscape Contractor . . 49 Casa Homes & Gardens Architect . . 7 Craig Kennedy Gardening . . . . 46 DJD Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 DMG Garden Services . . . . . . . . 49 Garden Services . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Glenmoss Landscapes . . . . . . . . 46 Gowanlea Nurseries . . . . . . . . . 12 I & J Building & Roofing Serv . . 2 MJ Lawnmowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 R Williams Tree Surgeon & Grou . . 48 W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 48 West of Scotland Landscape . . 46

Gas & Heating Services A&J Plumbing Heating & Gas . . 5 C Hunter Plumbing Heating Gas . . 19 GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 I D Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 45 JBM Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 32 John McKay Gas & Heating Eng . . 14 Mackie Plumbing & Heating . . 14 Phoenix Gas Services . . . . . . . 1

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Plasterers

1on1 Double Glazing . . . . . . . . 3 JayBee Double Glazing Repairs . . 16 TD Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

5 Star Plasterers . . . . . . . . . 15 Bryan Slaven Slater & Plaster . . 2 Charlie Orr Plasterer . . . . . . 4 James Kerr Joiner . . . . . . . . . 36 Kilellan Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 14

Hairdressers & Barbers Arlene Mitchell Hair & Beauty . . 38 Ashes Hair & Beauty . . . . . . . . 39 JRS Hairdressing . . . . . . . . . 41 Nix Hairdressing . . . . . . . . . . 37

Health, Beauty & Fitness Arlene Mitchell Hair & Beauty . . 38 Asea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Ashes Hair & Beauty . . . . . . . . 39 Beginners Yoga - Sara Marijuan . . 63 Clyde Physiotherapy and Pilate . . 61 Decorus Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Ferringtons Hypnotherapy . . . 3 Healing Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 In A Rut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Jenna Mutton Beauty Therapist . . 3 Kilbarchan Chiropodists . . . . 42 Kilbarchan Dental Practice . . 13 LaserLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 NLP Positive Changes . . . . . . . 45 Sole Solutions Podiatry . . . . 38

Home Hardware First Domestics . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Gibb Stuart Ironmongers . . . . 17 MS All Trades Limited . . . . . . 4

Home Improvements Casa Homes & Gardens Architect . . 7 Ideal Flooring Service . . . . . 3 Orchard Flooring . . . . . . . . . . 35 Prestige Windows . . . . . . . . . . Bk

Home Interiors Baytree Interiors . . . . . . . . . 5 Burndale Workshop . . . . . . . . . 8 Classique Window Blinds . . . . 6 Old Mill Chimneys . . . . . . . . . 12 The Furniture Barn . . . . . . . . . 2

Home Security Bell Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Brookfield Alarms . . . . . . . . . 43

Joiners CLH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 DJY Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 James Kerr Joiner . . . . . . . . . 36 JDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 M Addison Joiners & Builders . . 3 McGowan Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . 14 RPH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Saltire Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . 16 SMG Roofing & Building Contrac . . 16 SW Scott - Joiners & Builders . . 14 Taylor Made Joinery . . . . . . . . 57 TD Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Woodburn & Beattie Joiners . . 16

Kitchens Affordable Luxuries . . . . . . . 7 Burndale Workshop . . . . . . . . . 8 G Woods Bathrooms . . . . . . . . . 6 Taylor Made Joinery . . . . . . . . 57

Laundry & Ironing Alpha Laundry Services . . . . . 7

Leisure & Recreation Inverclyde Leisure . . . . . . . . . 63,63

Locksmiths Arco Locksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Elliott Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Houston Locksmiths . . . . . . . . . 3

Painters & Decorators A Gallagher Painter&Decorator . . 15 Clyde Coast Décor . . . . . . . . . 5 Ian Livingston Decorating . . 16 James Martin - Painter & Decor . . 3 John A Kilburn . . . . . . . . . . . 45 John H Barney . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 John Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 M&E Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Ranfurly Decor . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Pet Services & Training Auntie Jacquie’s Dog Grooming . . 53 Dogs & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Pet Portraits for Animal Lover . . 52 PetVets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Smart Dog Grooming . . . . . . . . . 53 Suzanne’s Grooming Pad . . . . . 52

Plumbers A&J Plumbing Heating & Gas . . 5 C Hunter Plumbing Heating Gas . . 19 G Woods Bathrooms . . . . . . . . . 6 GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 I D Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 45 JBM Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 32 JDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mackie Plumbing & Heating . . 14 Shower Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Property Management DLN Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Property, Sales & Let Corum Property . . . . . . . . . . 27,28,29 Dallas McMillan Solicitors . . 25 Kingsley Wood & Co Solicitors . . 1 Lind Letting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Removals @ease Removals & Transport . . 36 The Right Move . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Restaurant & Bars Bernie’s Cafe Deli . . . . . . . . . 33 Cawley Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Retail Alexander Barr Coal Merchant . . 33 Crofter Crafts . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Gibb Stuart Ironmongers . . . . 17 Henderson’s Flowers . . . . . . . . 31 Horny Beasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Saks & Hart Country Living . . 8 Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 The Furniture Barn . . . . . . . . . 2 Wild Rose Flowers Ltd . . . . . . 39

Roofing Bridge of Weir Roofing . . . . . 6 Bryan Slaven Slater & Plaster . . 2 Gryffe Roofing Services . . . . 15 I & J Building & Roofing Serv . . 2 Kilellan Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 14 MBS Roofing & Building Contrac . . 7 RPH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SMG Roofing & Building Contrac . . 16 SW Scott - Joiners & Builders . . 14 Thomas McMaster & Son Ltd . . 55

Solicitors Dallas McMillan Solicitors . . 25 Kingsley Wood & Co Solicitors . . 1

Special Occasions ABC Taxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk

Stoves Auldton Stoves . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Taxis & Minicoach hire ABC Taxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk Johnstone TOA Taxi Co . . . . . . 4

Tiling AT&B Tiling & Bathrooms . . . . 43 Gordon James Ceramic Tiler . . 16 Kerr McAuley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Travel Agents Arlene Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk Travel a la Carte . . . . . . . . . 3

Tree Surgeon Branch Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Glenmoss Landscapes . . . . . . . . 46 LJX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,47 Purple Tree Care . . . . . . . . . . 48 W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 48

TV & Satellite Derek McBride Aerials . . . . . . 57 Kieran Turner Aerial&Satellite . . 3

Upholstery Services P Thomson Upholstery . . . . . . . 43

Window Cleaners DS Cleaning (Windows) . . . . . . 16 Gryffe Roofing Services . . . . 15 Matthews Cleaning Services . . 15

Window, Consv & Repair 1on1 Double Glazing . . . . . . . . 3 JayBee Double Glazing Repairs . . 16 MF PVC Windows and Doors . . . 6 Prestige Windows . . . . . . . . . . Bk TD Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Advertizers - A to Z @ease Removals & Transport . . 36 1on1 Double Glazing . . . . . . . . 3 3D Garden Design . . . . . . . . . . 48 5 Star Plasterers . . . . . . . . . 15 A Gallagher Painter&Decorator . . 15 A O’Hare - Building Services . . 5 A Peebles Landscape Contractor . . 49 A&G Driveways . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk A&J Plumbing Heating & Gas . . 5 ABC Taxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk Affluent Financial Planning . . 25 Affordable Luxuries . . . . . . . 7 AK Vehicle Rental . . . . . . . . . 1 Alexander Barr Coal Merchant . . 33 Alistair Stewart - Driving Ins . . 16 Alpha Laundry Services . . . . . 7 Architectural Drawings . . . . . 24 Arco Locksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Arlene Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk Arlene Mitchell Hair & Beauty . . 38 Asea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Ashes Hair & Beauty . . . . . . . . 39 AT&B Tiling & Bathrooms . . . . 43 Auldton Stoves . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Auntie Jacquie’s Dog Grooming . . 53 Bathroom Solutions by MPH . . 11 Baytree Interiors . . . . . . . . . 5 Beaton Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Beginners Yoga - Sara Marijuan . . 63 Bell Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Bernie’s Cafe Deli . . . . . . . . . 33 Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 BOW Design Architect . . . . . . . 14 BOW Stone Works . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Branch Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Bridge of Weir Roofing . . . . . 6 Brookfield Alarms . . . . . . . . . 43 Bryan Slaven Slater & Plaster . . 2 Burndale Workshop . . . . . . . . . 8 C Hunter Plumbing Heating Gas . . 19 Caledonian Wood Fuels . . . . . . 14 Casa Homes & Gardens Architect . . 7 Cawley Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Charlie Orr Plasterer . . . . . . 4 Cheetham & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Chips Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Classique Window Blinds . . . . 6 CleanDryCarpets . . . . . . . . . . . 41 CLH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Clyde Coast Décor . . . . . . . . . 5 Clyde Physiotherapy and Pilate . . 61 ColCom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Collins and Paterson Auctionee . . 2 Collins Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Come Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Computer Repairs . . . . . . . . . . 1 Corum Property . . . . . . . . . . 27,28,29 Crafts of Calder Gallery . . . 16 Craig Kennedy Gardening . . . . 46 Crofter Crafts . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Cross Cafe Kilmacolm . . . . . . . 39 Crosslee Driver Training . . . 5 Dallas McMillan Solicitors . . 25 Decorus Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Delta Electrical Services . . 39 Derek McBride Aerials . . . . . . 57 DJD Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 DJY Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 DLN Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 DMG Garden Services . . . . . . . . 49 Dogs & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 DS Cleaning (Windows) . . . . . . 16 Elliott Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Fergusons CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Ferringtons Hypnotherapy . . . 3 Fiona Christie Accounting Serv . . 24 First Domestics . . . . . . . . . . . 16 G Woods Bathrooms . . . . . . . . . 6 Garden Services . . . . . . . . . . . 47 GasMan Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Gibb Stuart Ironmongers . . . . 17 Glenmoss Landscapes . . . . . . . . 46 Gordon James Ceramic Tiler . . 16 Gowanlea Nurseries . . . . . . . . . 12 Grid Design Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Gryffe Garage Motor Engineers . . 23 Gryffe Roofing Services . . . . 15 Healing Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Henderson’s Flowers . . . . . . . . 31 Horny Beasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Houston Locksmiths . . . . . . . . . 3

I & J Building & Roofing Serv . . 2 I D Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 45 Ian Livingston Decorating . . 16 Ideal Flooring Service . . . . . 3 In A Rut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Inverclyde Council . . . . . . . . . 37 Inverclyde Leisure . . . . . . . . . 63 Iron House Stoves Limited . . 34 James Kerr Joiner . . . . . . . . . 36 James Martin - Painter & Decor . . 3 JayBee Double Glazing Repairs . . 16 JBM Plumbing & Heating . . . . . 32 JDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Jenna Mutton Beauty Therapist . . 3 John A Kilburn . . . . . . . . . . . 45 John H Barney . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 John McKay Gas & Heating Eng . . 14 John Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 John Roach Funeral Directors . . 41 Johnstone TOA Taxi Co . . . . . . 4 JRS Hairdressing . . . . . . . . . 41 Kerr McAuley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Kieran Turner Aerial&Satellite . . 3 Kilbarchan Chiropodists . . . . 42 Kilbarchan Dental Practice . . 13 Kilellan Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 14 Kingsley Wood & Co Solicitors . . 1 Lamont Electricians . . . . . . . . 3 Laptop and PC Repairs . . . . . . 26 LaserLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Lind Letting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 LJX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,47 M Addison Joiners & Builders . . 3 M&E Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Mackie Plumbing & Heating . . 14 MAS Electrical & Security . . 2 Matthews Cleaning Services . . 15 MattVac Carpet & Upholstery Cl . . Bk MBS Roofing & Building Contrac . . 7 McGowan Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . 14 McLaughlan Metal Fabrication . . 6 Memorare Memoriam Cards Ltd . . 5 MF PVC Windows and Doors . . . 6 MJ Lawnmowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 MS All Trades Limited . . . . . . 4 Nix Hairdressing . . . . . . . . . . 37 NLP Positive Changes . . . . . . . 45 Nomad Music Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Nutech Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Old Mill Chimneys . . . . . . . . . 12 Orchard Flooring . . . . . . . . . . 35 P Thomson Upholstery . . . . . . . 43 Pacific Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Paisley Artists Annual Exhibit . . 21 Paul Ferguson - Confidence . . 7 Pet Portraits for Animal Lover . . 52 PetVets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Phoenix Gas Services . . . . . . . 1 Platinum Cleaning Services . . 5 Powerdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bk Prestige Windows . . . . . . . . . . Bk Purple Tree Care . . . . . . . . . . 48 R Williams Tree Surgeon & Grou . . 48 Ranfurly Decor . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 RPH Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Saks & Hart Country Living . . 8 Saltire Joinery . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Shower Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Smart Dog Grooming . . . . . . . . . 53 SMG Roofing & Building Contrac . . 16 Sole Solutions Podiatry . . . . 38 Stewart Independent Financial . . 1 Suzanne’s Grooming Pad . . . . . 52 SW Scott - Joiners & Builders . . 14 Taylor Made Joinery . . . . . . . . 57 TD Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The Furniture Barn . . . . . . . . . 2 The Right Move . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Thomas McMaster & Son Ltd . . 55 Travel a la Carte . . . . . . . . . 3 W B Smith & Son . . . . . . . . . . . 48 West of Scotland Landscape . . 46 Wild Rose Flowers Ltd . . . . . . 39 Woodburn & Beattie Joiners . . 16

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