Konect Broxburn November 17

NOVEMBER 2017

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Awareness for premmie babies in West Lothian Plus local WHEN CRAIGLOCKHART businesses, community WAS “DOTTYVILLE” information & more!

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The community magazine for Uphall, Broxburn & Winchburgh

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WHAT’S ON

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ovember is Prematurity Awareness Month and our charity interview this month ties in with this – I interviewed Broxburn-based Community Ambassador for the charity Bliss, who work with families of preterm babies; see page 8 and please consider joining in the walk she has arranged on 17th November in Livingston.

Bonfire night is coming up of course. Deer Park and Livingston Cricket Club both have their annual displays, details are on the what’s on page. The recipe this month is the delightfullynamed snickerdoodle cookies, an American recipe which is our nod to Thanksgiving this month, but also the cinnamon gives it that lovely “cold-day comfort” flavour and an ideal snack for bonfire night and beyond.

For the local history column my attention was drawn to some new research that revealed the Edinburgh location of a famous meeting of the three great anti-war poets, Owen, Sassoon and Graves; so I’ve written an article on the local background to some of that poetry.

And local businesses and organisations are gearing up for the festive season, so this month’s magazine sees more than a sprinkling of Christmas-related offers and events...

Helen-Jane, Editor hj@konectdirectory.co.uk COVER IMAGE: Coady Dorman (right) raising awareness of ‘Bliss’, See P8

FEATURES Local People Health & Beauty Garden Project Local History Property Matters Music Review Recipe & Food Notes Visit West Lothian Parents in West Lothian

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COMPETITIONS & PUZZLES Crossword & Sudoku

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COMMUNITY What’s On Clubs & Classes

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

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CHARITY OF THE MONTH

LITTLE LIGHT WALK FOR WORLD PREMATURITY DAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2017

Having a premature baby can be a very frightening and stressful time. Last month I met with West Lothian resident Coady Dorman, whose son was born at 29 weeks, and she described how it was to go through the experience and what she is doing now for other parents of premature babies.

“You face so many questions – from practical things like how to care for this tiny, tiny baby, to emotional worry and fear about whether they will be OK. It’s especially frightening when you’re finally sent home, and you’re alone without the hospital staff on hand,” says Coady. “I was given a leaflet about the charity Bliss, and I don’t know how I would have managed without their help.”

National monuments will be lit up purple for World Prematurity Day on 17th November.

Coady has organised “A Little Light Walk” in Livingston, where everyone is invited to carry a light of hope for all the babies who are born too soon, too small and too sick. Bring your torch, lantern, tealight or glowsticks and join the walk which will be from the Civic Centre in Livingston at 6pm (£1.00 donation per person walking). The walk is pram friendly. There will also be an information and raffle table at St John’s Hospital during the day.

Happily, Coady’s son Matthew is now a healthy 3 year old. “We got him home eventually 2 weeks before his normal due date!”

Coady has been fundraising for Bliss ever since she could after Matthew was born, and last year she noticed they were looking for volunteers to become community ambassadors. She began as a Bliss Champion within St John’s Special Care Baby Unit, and this year she took on the added role of Community Ambassador and has been very busy developing the services in West Lothian.

Bliss works hand-in-hand with health professionals to ensure care for babies on the neonatal unit is of the highest possible standard.

The charity also provides training and facilitates a community where professionals can share information and support each other to provide the best possible care. But Coady explains that the emotional support is equally as important - looking after the mental health of the parents.

“It’s about being a listening ear, as someone who understands what it feels like, reducing the feeling of isolation, answering questions and reassuring parents that support is available.”

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John’s Special Baby Care Unit in Livingston, as well as social media activity to promote the charity, fundraising efforts and to make people aware of the services that are available. She is also working to get information on prematurity out to antenatal groups so that parents are better informed and therefore hopefully less scared (“it’s one of those things you never think will happen to you and is a shock when it does”).

Bliss exists to give every baby born premature and sick babies in the UK the best chance of survival and quality of life. If you would like to help support the charity’s vital work, you can donate to Bliss at bliss.org.uk/appeals If you are a parent in need of support, contact the Bliss helpline on 0808 801 0322.

Helen-Jane Shearer interviewed Coady Dorman for this article. Helen-Jane lives in West Lothian with her family and is the editor of Konect magazines.

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HEALTH & BEAUTY

In times of intense emotional arousal whatever the emotion being experienced - there can come a point when the intelligent part of our brain (the neocortex) becomes unavailable for use, as of it were ‘off-line’.

This scientific discovery, called Emotional Hijacking, is crucial in the understanding and managing of our inner worlds.

As a problem-solving organ, it is entirely normal for the brain to chew over challenging issues.

But when our neocortex is ‘hijacked’ due to the emotional temperature, the only part of our brain left to try to think with is our emotional brain - the ancient survival part where ‘the guard’ (Amygdala) is in charge. The decision process here is fast and basic - fight or flight ... right or wrong. A wonderful mechanism for maximising survival in the face of a hungry lion, it is not built for working out what on earth to do with life’s modern challenges. No wonder things go so easily wrong when we’re upset.

Isn’t it wonderful to realise that we’re not awful or stupid ... but when it seems we are, we’re just using the wrong part of our brain.

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LOCAL HISTORY

How the tranquil surrounds of Craiglockhart - and a meeting at Baberton Golf Club - produced the most graphic and moving anti-war poetry of the 20th century.

Edinburgh Napier University’s Craiglockhart campus is an imposing building, purpose-built in 1880 to house a luxury spa establishment: Craiglockhart Hydropathic. Patrons could take water-based cures including Turkish, Russian and swimming baths, hot and cold plunges, spray and vapour baths, as well as all the usual hotel facilities and day trips. The list of treatments and services, printed on a piece of ivory silk, gives the impression of a no-expenses spared establishment. Success as a hydro however was short-lived; it hit financial difficulties, changed hands a couple of times, and in 1916 was requisitioned by the army as a military hospital.

Craiglockhart specialised in treatment of shell-shocked officers, at a time the military was struggling to understand and treat the masses of soldiers suffering from psychological trauma. The former luxury establishment was down at heel, but as a psychiatric hospital the building was ideal with its rooms overlooking the Pentlands, and its grounds, sporting and entertainment facilities.

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It was however a battleground of a different sort; prevailing British military medical thinking, as well as society in general, viewed psychological illness as a cowardly cop-out and sufferers generally were treated in a punitive manner, not “sent on holiday in the Scottish countryside.”

There was an element of shame in leaving the battlefield without being physically wounded.

A series of commanding officers came and went - possibly due to the friction between the medics in the War Office and the doctors at Craiglockhart - each with a different approach to the perplexing issue of the masses of traumatised men. One doctor in particular, Dr WHR Rivers, pioneered controversial treatments based on getting patients to acknowledge and talk about their traumas and educating them about the genuine nature of their illness. This was at a time when other treatments included repression, punishment and electric shock. And while the Craiglockhart admissions register lists “neurasthenia” (the official term for shell shock) as the most common ailment, in some cases minor physical illnesses are listed instead;

‘migraine’, ‘glycosuria’, ‘gas poisoning’, and ‘compound fracture of toe’ for example are not obvious reasons to be admitted to a shell-shock hospital and suggest a denial on the part of some staff to acknowledge psychological factors.

According to Dr Rivers the local Director of Medical Services nourished a deep-rooted prejudice against Craiglockhart and asserted that he “never had and never would recognise the existence of such a thing as shell-shock.”

In the tranquil surroundings and the careful treatments, the mutilation, blood and mud quagmires haunt the young patients. One of the officers admitted in 1917 was 24 year old Wilfred Owen, traumatised by his experiences at the Somme and placed under the care of Dr Brock.

Brock encouraged his patients to face up to their trauma rather than repressing it. He advocated finding them work related to their pre-war occupations, socialising and getting involved in the community. Besides facilitating Owen’s English teaching placement in Tynecastle High School in Edinburgh, Brock encouraged Owen to describe his war experiences in his poetry - to concentrate on actual experiences not fantasies.

Thus Owen started writing his war poetry at Craiglockhart. He was pleased by the arrival a couple of months later of Siegfreid Sassoon, already a published poet. The friendship and mutual sharing of ideas between the two poets, along with Dr Brock’s treatment plan, was instrumental in Owen’s literary output.

DULCE ET DECORUM EST (LAST VERSE)

If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

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WILFRED OWEN Drafted just before the Baberton meet, and revised two days after it. Owen also took his poem ‘Disabled’ to Baberton for the other two poets to review.

poems of all. In October 1917 Graves visited Edinburgh to see Sassoon. On the day Sassoon had a golf match arranged at Baberton Golf Club that he wasn’t It’s ironic that keen to cancel, so Sassoon himself, he asked for the Three of the most significant whose poetry also meet to be there; literary figures of the 20TH century treats of the utter Owen was tasked insanity of war, was with collecting met at Baberton Golf Club sent to “dottyville” Graves and taking (as he nicknamed him to the Club.

Craiglockhart) Thus three of the because he was deemed...insane. He had most significant English literary figures of the published an anti-war protest and was refusing to 20th century met at Baberton Golf Club. Owen is return to the hellish front lines, actions for which he often referred to as perhaps the most powerful would have been court marshalled and potentially war poet in English literature, and according executed. He was spared because his to historian Neil McLennan, “The boost fellow officer, the writer and poet Robert Owen received from being endorsed by two Graves, had persuaded the authorities that established figures inspired him to write Dulce he was suffering from shell shock. et Decorum est and Anthem for Doomed Youth, regarded as two of the most influential poems of Another event seems to the 20th century. This meeting was key to Owen’s have been the catalyst for success - it connects Owen to Graves and development of one of the founds their friendship. Graves invites Owen most powerful anti-war to his January 1918 London wedding - you KONECT BROXBURN | 23

do not do that with someone you have met only once unless they make an impression.

Both Sassoon and Graves help with the posthumous publication of his Owen’s poems and his post-war recognition.”

Owen, and separately Sassoon, were eventually declared fit to return to the front line; Owen was killed just one week before the war ended.

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After the war, Craiglockhart became a convent, and later a catholic teacher training college.

It was purchased by Napier College which eventually became Edinburgh Napier University and is now their business school campus.

Historian Neil McLennan (pictured left) with the commemorative plaque and the 3 violins.

This article was contributed by Helen-Jane Shearer. Helen-Jane lives in West Lothian and is the editor of Konect magazines.

With thanks to Neil McLennan (above) for permission to reference his research. Historian and senior lecturer at University of Aberdeen, Neil has been researching Wilfred Owen for many years, and was actively looking for the venue of the famous meeting of the three great war poets. He finally found it in letters from 1917 in archives at Southern Illinois University.

Neil delivered a talk at Baberton Golf Club on 13th October 2017, exactly 100 years after the meeting. The event was marked by the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at Merrilees Gate, the site of the original club house, and serenaded by music from three violins, the Wilfred Owen, the Seigfried Sassoon, and the Robert Graves, crafted by Edinburgh violin maker Steve Burnett from the branch of a sycamore at Craiglockhart dating from the time it was a war hospital.

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PROPERTY MATTERS

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Having an open house can concentrate the viewings around a fixed time

The keys to selling any property are price, location and exposure. You can’t change the location of your property, and the market determines the price. However, an Estate Agent can make significant inroads into how powerfully your property is exposed to the market.

One of the most effective methods is the “open house”. This is where the property is advertised as being open for anyone who wishes to view it at a certain time, usually during a weekend.

Very common abroad, the open house is rapidly gaining popularity in the UK, and for good reason.

Firstly, one of the best sources of qualified buyers is via the neighbours. Everybody knows someone who is selling and people tend to buy in an area which is close to their existing network of friends and acquaintances. This is known as socio-demographic mirroring.

When a property goes on show, it is marketed intensely in the neighbourhood so that every neighbour is aware that the property is for sale. If they know anyone who is buying, they are highly likely to invite them round to see the property, or at least look at it on their behalf.

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they liked the balance of agent accompanied viewings and promotional open viewings forming part of their sales campaign.

Open house days tend to be very relaxed, and they create an environment where buyers do not feel in any way under pressure, but can take their time to consider a property’s merits. Because of this, we find that more people register their interest during an open house than they would through the usual advertising channels.

As a “celebration” of a property, an open house can promote intense buyer activity which often prompts a sale, as everybody wants something that everybody else wants!

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PUZZLES

MUSIC REVIEW

Don’t lose your Spark!

CROSSWORD

On 21st October 2012 I saw Sparks at the HMV Picture House, before Edinburgh decided that what it needed was to lose one more mid sized venue for live music in place of the urgent need for another branch of Wetherspoons.

As I sat agape trying to work out how these men who had entranced me on TOTP in 1974 could be so apparently unchanged and vital there was also a nagging worry. That tour, Two Hands One Mouth, consisted only of Russell and Ron, piano, voice and nothing else. Astounding performance, but was this purely an artistic re-invention, or was a band just too expensive? Were Sparks on their uppers?

Solution in the December edition of Konect ACROSS: 7. Type of fruit (6), 8. Opulence (6), 9. Touch (4), 10. Start (8), 11. Modified (7), 13. Impede (5), 15. Remove from home (5), 17. Water closets (7), 20. Calculation (8), 21. Horrid (4), 23. Male relatives (6), 24. Snub (6) DOWN: 1. Manufactured (4), 2. Horse’s fastest pace (6), 3. Observed (7), 4. Chubby (5), 5 Specialist (6), 6. Piece of jewellery (8), 12. Splitting (8), 14. Advisory group (7), 16. Cold (6), 18. Caring (6), 19. Slightly drunk (5), 22. Lie in wait (4)

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Oh me of little faith. New album”Hippopotamus” restores that dizzying sensation of time being an arbitrary concept by sounding as fresh, inventive, and melodic as anything from the heights of Kimono My House. The opening track is a risky but brief misstep, mimicking the stripped down sound of the previous tour, before the layered majesty of “The Missionary Position” draws a clear line back to the classic “Amateur Hour” with considerable adult wit and style.

Russell’s cool eye casts about the modern world, highlighting absurdity, emptiness, and magic in equal measure.

The band - being a complete touring band again - recently played the Queens Hall and I did not go because of my fear of seeing the brothers diminished. Further proof that your reviewer is an idiot as the show, by all accounts, was another triumph. As their current single says, “Edith Piaf said it better than me/Je ne regrette rien”/Pretty song but not intended for me.”

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FOOD & DRINK

Milk & Cookies!

These classic American cookies are crisp at the edges, chewy in the middle and have a delicious cinnamon sugar coating. Try them warm from the oven with a milkshake or hot chocolate – perfect for bonfire treats, and, as if you need another excuse, America is celebrating Thanksgiving this month!

Ingredients: 115g unsalted butter, softened 100g dark muscovado sugar 2 tbsp maple syrup 175g self-raising flour

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Place the butter and muscovado sugar in a large bowl and beat with a wooden spoon until creamed. Beat in the maple syrup. Sift over the flour and beat in with the wooden spoon to form a rough dough.

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Mix together the granulated sugar and cinnamon on a flat plate. Divide and shape the dough into about16 walnut-sized balls (keep them roughly shaped – not smooth) and roll each ball in the cinnamon sugar. Place, well spaced, on the prepared baking sheets.

Flatten each ball of mixture slightly with your fingertips.

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VISIT WEST LOTHIAN

West Lothian is set to light up this month with everything from spectacular fireworks displays to the turning on of the Christmas lights!

November is a month most commonly associated with the magnificent spectacle that is Guy Fawkes night so make sure to head along to one of the many displays taking place right across the region.

The historic village of Kirknewton are holding a fireworks event on November 2nd followed on the 4th by the annual fireworks and bonfire display held at the iconic Hopetoun House. This year’s theme at Hopetoun is ‘Fire and Ice!’ Information at www.hopetoun.co.uk

talent of Daniel Sloss. The young comedian has received many fantastic reviews and was a sell out act at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. For one night only, Thursday the 16th, the Scottish comedy star will be performing at Howden Park Centre with his show “NOW”. Add some laughter to your life this month.

Information at www.howdenparkcentre.co.uk Christmas will soon be upon us and to get us into the festive spirit, Christmas tree lights will be turning on across West Lothian later in the month.

Head along to the Linlithgow Advent Fayre on November 25th to witness the famous switching on of the Christmas lights and torchlight procession.

There is so much to be done this November so make sure to get the dates in your diary and enjoy this magnificent month of fireworks and festivities.

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Linlithgow is going to be home to some of Scotland’s most beautiful voices this month as the Royal Conservatoire Voices take to St Michael’s Parish Church. This concert will offer a variety of group and solo performances with a wonderful mix of music styles.

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PARENTS IN WEST LOTHIAN

“ Paper Pants! ”

...retrieve your naked escapee toddler only to discover he is in fact a floater Here’s a weird question for you; do you float?

Something that I had always thought was universal as far as the human body’s abilities, was that of being able to float in water – to lie back in a pool or at the beach, spread out like a star fish, and bob on the surface indefinitely.

A recent trip to the swimming pool at Xcite Livingston made me rethink my assumption …

Channa had a rare Saturday off the other week, so we seized on the chance to get our little fishes ‘splashing’ (that’s Quinn’s word for swimming).

Getting changed was an exercise in extreme multitasking, and so many fascinating questions arose.

Is it possible to get changed using one hand, while restraining a child with the other, and leaning against the cubicle door to stop it being flung open by your other child?

What is the etiquette to be displayed when enticing your naked son back from the nextdoor cubicle that he’s squeezed under to?

How many gleeful shouts of ‘Mummy’s boobies!” is too many per minute?

And then the swim nappies … If you’ve never had the pleasure of dealing with swim nappies, let me explain. These are like normal nappies, except they are not absorbent.

“Nicola”, I hear you say, “You’re just describing paper pants.”

Aha! (You may want to read this next bit in a sensual, Marks and Spencer’s advert voice) These are not just paper pants, these are particularly ill-fitting paper pants, fashioned carelessly from the world’s most scratchy material.

In any case, barely had the swim nappy made contact with Penny’s tiny buns than she had used the handy easy-rip side panels to remove it.

Four swim nappies and an exponential increase in Mummy’s reaction speeds later, and Quinn and Penny were looking ready to go in a full-body wetsuit-style swimming costumes, which made them look like elderly lady swimmers from the 1920s.

And in we go, armbands on (the kids that is) and armed with more confidence than could possibly have been merited. As the babies splashed around clinging to Daddy, I laid back and floated for a few seconds on my back, enjoying the feeling of buoyancy.

“How are you doing that, Nicola?” Channa was aghast for some reason – despite being someone who has swum competitively in his youth. I soon realised why, as he passed me the babies and laid back trying to float too – he immediately began sinking to the bottom like a stone. He tried and tried but was simply unable to stay at the surface of the water, much to my and several other swimmers’ amusement.

As if conducting some kind of primary 3 classroom science experiment, we had a high old time for the rest of our session trying to find out if the kids were sinkers or not.

For the record, Quinn and Penny are floaters. Stop chuckling …

The monthly Parenting column is contributed by Nicola Jengaenga. Nicola lives in West Lothian with her two pre-schoolers and hubby Channa.

They juggle hectic work schedules with the everevolving demands of their two tiny overlords and also squeezing in time for each other!

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WHAT’S ON

SATURDAY 4TH NOVEMBER

Fireworks at Livingston Cricket Club 7.30pm, free entry, donation buckets available. No parking at the Club on the night, please use Livi South train station to park.

SUNDAY 5TH NOVEMBER

Fireworks at Deer Park 7.30pm sharp for display. Dine & Display or Display only tickets available, see www.deer-park.co.uk for details and booking.

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Christmas Craft Fair Livingston Crafts Association 40th Annual Craft Fair. St Margaret’s Academy, Howden South Road, Livingston. 10.30 am till 4.30 pm. Free Admission.

SATURDAY 11TH NOVEMBER

Highland Society Monthly Ceilidh Strathbrock Community Centre, Broxburn. Members £6.00. Non-Members £7.00. 7.30pm to 11.00pm.

Music by Frank Morrison Trio. Piper Alvis Kerr and singer John Caskie.

SUNDAY 3RD DECEMBER

Christmas Crafts at Beecraigs Country Park Come and try your hand at making a Christmas wreath. Materials will be provided. Suitable for families. Meet: Sutherland Building, by Animal Attraction, Beecraigs Country Park Time: 2pm 3.30pm Cost: £3.80 per wreath. Booking essential, call the Countryside Rangers on 01506 284516 or email mail@beecraigs.com SATURDAY 9TH DECEMBER

Christmas Craft Fair & Fun Day Over 40 suppliers of Christmas craft products, raffle and tombola. Many other activities for children including Santa’s Grotto, Christmas photobooth, candy cart, festive drawing activities and more.

Organised by the Events and Hospitality students at West Lothian College with a percentage of proceeds going to local charities. Inveralmond High School, 11am to 3pm. More information on facebook: search for Christmas Craft Fair and Fun Day.

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CLUBS & CLASSES

SPORTS, HOBBIES, LEARNING, SUPPORT GROUPS & MORE...

Alive & Kickin

Albyn Park, Greendykes Road. A programme for older members of the community to remain active. Run by Broxburn United Sports Club and includes: WALKING FOOTBALL Tues 10.30am to 12pm, £3 per session with tea/coffee after.

WALKING CLUB on Thurs 10am. Community walk starting and ending at Albyn Park. Free, everyone welcome. INVIGOR8 MULTI SPORTS Thurs 2-3.30pm £2 per session. Try new sports and learn new skills. Each session is 1 hour of the new sport plus an inspirational/informative chat for 30mins. For more info contact Leigh Lauder at Albyn Park 01506 858057 or email ll.lauder@busc.org.uk

Broxburn Swimming Club We cater for swimmers from age 3 upwards and cover all levels of swimming from our Learn to Swim programme up to our top competitive squad.

LEARN TO SWIM: Thursday night (6:00 - 7:00) - Broxburn Swimming Pool.

SQUAD SWIMMING: Monday and Tuesday (7:30 - 9:00) and Thursday (7:00 - 9:00) - Broxburn Swimming Pool; Friday (6:00 - 8:00) - Armadale Academy pool. For further information please contact: broxburn_asc@hotmail.com

BROXBURN Broxburn Woodcraft Club

A members Club located within the community wing of the Strathbrock Centre, 189a West Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5LH. We have a fully equipped workshop supporting all aspects of woodworking including woodturning, pyrography, scrollsawing, the making of toys, furniture, musical instruments, walking sticks and more. For further information use the Contact Us facility on the website: www. broxburnwoodcraftclub.org. Our hours are Mon & Tues 9am9pm, Wed & Fri 9am-12 noon and 6pm -9pm, Thurs 9am-3pm and 6:00pm-9pm.

STRATHBROCK COMMUNITY CENTRE: 189a West Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5LH. Huge range of groups and classes including: MONDAYS: Playgroup (am and pm sessions); Tapestry; U3A, Calligraphy group,Computer Drop-in; Keep fit/Line Dance for over 50s; Zumba, Brownies; WRI; Drama group, Karate. TUESDAYS: Playgroup; Spanish classes; Card making; Line Dancing; Irish Dancing; Ring Craft. WEDNESDAYS: Playgroup, Tai Chi, Scrabble groupl Chatterbook Book Club; Bingo; Computer Beginners Course; Brownies/Rainbows; Dog Obedience. THURSDAYS: Playgroup (am and pm sessions); Art Group; Genealogy; Healty Respect; Lip Reading; Access to Employment; Drama; Hoola Hoop Class; Chilren’s Club, Youth Group; Guitar lessons, Tai Chi. FRIDAYS: Playgroup (am and pm sessions); Carpet Bowling; after school club; Computer drop in; Tai Kwon Do; Polish Community Group; New Christian Life; Model Car Club. SATURDAYS: Guitar lessons; Dance classes; Tae Kwon Do; Computer classes; Weight Watchers.

Please call Strathbrock Community Centre on 01506 771733 or email linda.sayers@westlothian.gov.uk for details of times and more information on any of the groups.

Church Street Baby & Toddler Group

Livingston Highland Society

Strathbrock Partnership Centre, 189 W Main St, Broxburn.

Monthly ceilidhs on a Saturday evening between October and April. Each month we have a different band and guest artist.

New members welcome, contact John Sneddon on 01501 770911 for dates and more details

2 Church Street, Broxburn EH52 5EL. Every Thursday from 09.15-11.00 and is based in the Church Hall behind Broxburn Parish Church. Suitable for children from birth to 3 years.

Each session costs £2 per and includes a healthy snack for the children and a cuppa & biscuit for the grown-ups. Visit our Facebook page for more information www.facebook.com/ BroxburnChurchStreetBabyandToddler

Ladies only outdoor fitness sessions

Craft Cuppa

Albyn Park, Greendykes Road. Mondays 7-8pm, with Broxburn United Sports Club (BUSC) and Burn-It. Doesn’t matter your size or level of fitness. BUSC and Burn-It aim to create a fun fitness session based outside to enable ladies to meet their goals. For more info contact Leigh Lauder on 01506 858057 or email l.lauder@busc.org.uk

Zumba for Kids

Albyn Park, Greendykes Road. With the Poco Loco crew – learn some rocking dance routines using different styles and rhythms. For girls and boys aged 4 – 12. Fridays 1.15-2.15 (P1P3) 2.25-3.15 (P4-P7) cost £3 per week. To book please contact Aidan Forbes on a.forbes@busc.org.uk or Nina Anderson on nina.anderson@live.co.uk or call 01506 858057.

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We are a small group of crafters who meet on Saturday afternoons 1-3 pm at Strathbrock Partnership Centre, Community Wing, entrance B. We meet to share expertise, have a natter and a cuppa. We would welcome anyone who wants to come along. For more info please email craftycuppaclub@mail.com or just come along!

West Lothian Iwama Ryu Aikido Club Broxburn Black Belt Academy, EH52 5BB, Broxburn.

Dedicated to the traditional study and practice of Aikido through ken, jo and taijutsu. The club meets at Broxburn BlackBelt Academy Thursdays 8pm to 9:30pm. Come along and give it a try. For information please call 07784 006851 wliwamaryu@gmail.com

Broxburn Gymanstics Club

Broxburn Academy’s Dance Studio, Broxburn Fun filled gymnastics class for children in P1-P7. Hourly classes on Saturday mornings 10am (Beginner), 11am (Intermediate), Advanced 12pm. First week is a free no obligation trial. For more information please contact Gemma on 07775 900624 or broxburngymnasticsclub@yahoo.co.uk Website: www.broxburngymnastics.com Broxburn Scottish Women’s Institute (formerly SWRI) We meet in Broxburn Community Centre at 7pm on the 2nd Monday of each month from September to May. Contact: Fay Young , tel 01506 854141 or email fayyoungis@hotmail.com

Slimming World

South Parish Church, East Main St, Uphall, EH52 5HY. Tuesdays 3.30pm, 5.30pm & 7.30pm and Canon Hoben Hall, Broxburn, Wednesdays 3.30, 5.30 & 7.30. Please call Lisa on 07736 316400

UPHALL UPHALL COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTRE: Strathbrock Place, Uphall, EH52 6BN. Huge range of groups and classes including: MONDAYS: Carpet Bowls; U3A Singing for Pleasure; Zumba; Craft Group; WRI; Scottish Country Dancing. TUESDAYS: Baby & Toddler; Uphall Outreach; 50+ Friendship Group; Walking Group; Indoor Curling; U3A Art Group; Taekwon-Do; Yellow Teapot Club; Youth Club. WEDNESDAYS: Indoor Curling; U3A Book Group; Cairbrock Association; Parkinson’s Uk; U3A History Group; Tea Dance; Zumba; Fusion Youth Group; Tribe West Belly Dance. THURSDAYS: Indoor Curling Adults with Carers; West Lothian Financial Inclusion Network; Line Dancing; U3A Quiz Group, U3A Music Group; Karate; Yellow Teapot Club; West Lothian Y-Cats. FRIDAYS: U3A Poetry Group; U3A Discussion Group; Children’s Club P3-P6); Reiki; Girls Group (S1 upwards). Please call the Community Centre on 01506 854451 or email denise.doig@westlothian.gov.uk for details of times and more information on any of the groups.

St Andrew’s Court Activity Group

Are you over 60? Looking to get out and meet new people?

Come and join in our activity group in St Andrew’s Court, Uphall, weekly Wednesdays (10am-12). A mix of gentle physical activity, quizzes and games. We also love a good chat over a cup of tea! All welcome, cost is just £1 per session. Get in touch if you’d like more information, with Cyrenians OPAL (Older People, Active Lives) on 01506 815815 or email opal@cyrenians.scot www.cyrenians.scot.

Uphall Playgroup

Uphall Community Education Centre, Strathbrock Place, Uphall, EH52 6BN. For children aged 24 months and over. Open Monday to Friday 9:15 - 11:30am during term time. Choose 1, 2, 3 or 4 sessions per week. Each session costs £5 and includes a healthy snack. See http://www.uphallplaygroup.co.uk/ or tel 01506 854451 for further information.

The People’s Café

Meets the fourth Tuesday of every month 11am - 1.30pm at St Andrew’s Care Home, St Andrew’s Court, 20 Hawthorn Place, Uphall. For people who have any form of dementia, and their carers, to meet others in a similar situation for support and social contact, a cup of tea or coffee and home baking. Come for the whole session or just drop in.

West Lothian Art

West Lothian Art is a group of enthusiastic amateur artists who meet regularly to paint, draw and chat in a friendly, welcoming atmosphere on Tuesday evenings between 7pm and 9pm in Uphall Community Education Centre. If you’d like to know more, please email us at info@westlothianart.co.uk

West Lothian U3A (University of the 3rd Age)

A group of retired people who like to keep their minds active by learning in an informal environment. We meet in Uphall Community Education Centre, Strathbrock Place, Uphall on the third Wednesday of the month at 2 p.m., when we have speakers on a variety of topics. U3A also has a number of interest Groups who also meet once a month, including Art Appreciation, Singing for Pleasure, History, Walking and Cinema. New members are always welcome – please contact the Membership Secretary Helen on 01506 655976. You will find a list of speakers and a full list of Groups on our website u3asites.org.uk/westlothian

Slimming World

South Parish Church, East Main St, Uphall, EH52 5HY. Tuesdays 3.30pm, 5.30pm & 7.30pm and Canon Hoben Hall, Broxburn, Wednesdays 3.30, 5.30 & 7.30. Please call Lisa on 07736 316400

WINCHBURGH Little Flyers After School Club

Winchburgh Community Centre, Craigton Park, Winchburgh, EH52 6RW. Open during term time, from the end of the school day until 5.45 p.m. Collecting from Winchburgh and Holy Family Primary Schools. Please contact 07518 176781 for more information or see www.littleflyersnursery.com WINCHBURGH COMMUNITY CENTRE: Craigton Park, Winchburgh, EH52 6RW. Huge range of groups and classes including: MONDAYS: Junior Youth Club 7.00pm - 9.15pm.

TUESDAYS: Slimming World 6.30pm - 9.30pm. WEDNESDAYS: Keep Fit 9.30am -10.30am; Computer Club 9.30am-12noon; Night Art 7.00pm-9.00pm; Dog Class 7.00pm-10.00pm.

THURSDAYS: Morning Art 9.30am-12noon; Senior Citizens 1.30pm-4.00pm; Little Flyers 3.00pm-6.00pm; Childrens Club 6.00pm-7.30pm; Guitar Club 7.45pm-9.30pm; Table Tennis 7.45pm-9.30pm. FRIDAYS: Little Flyers 12 noon-6.00pm; Scouts 6.15pm- 9.15pm SATURDAYS: Children’s Activity Club 9.45am12noon; Girls Allowed 7.00pm-9.00pm. For more information on any of the groups please contact the Community Centre on 01506 890348 or email julie.witherwick@westlothian. gov.uk. Winchburgh Community Council meetings are held second Monday of every month except January and July. See www.winchburghcc.org.uk

DECHMONT West Lothian Baking Club

We meet approximately every 6th Wednesday 7:30 – 9:30pm in Dechmont Hall to talk about all things baking related. No requirement to be the next Mary Berry! £3 per meeting. Email wlbakingclub@yahoo.co.uk or find us on facebook.

Dechmont 50+ Arts Group

This group of enthusiastic amateur painters meet every Wednesday from 13.30 - 16.00 in Dechmont Memorial Hall to practice their art and socialise. There are a few membership places available and new members would be more than welcome irrespective of their painting skills. For more details email dechmontartgroup@gmail.com or visit their website at dechmontartgroup.wix.com/home.

Gentle Yoga

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