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lochwinnoch no 158 February 2007 Ask for David McLaren or
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Community newsletter produced by lochwinnoch publicity committee for lochwinnoch cc

ing in 1986: the Space Shuttle Chal-


What’s On lenger disintegrated shortly after
launch, Chernobyl exploded, Halley’s
Editorial & copy for Chatterbox
Let us have your stories, notices, infor-
• 1st-14th Feb—Art in the Comet reached the closest point to mation, events and other items of inter-
Earth during it’s second visit to Earth est — either hand-deliver them to the
Park, - 14th is the Final Day at in the 20th century, BSE was first Chatterbox drop-box in the Library or
Castle Semple Centre. identified and the UK and France e-mail: chatterbox@lochwinnoch.info
• 17th Feb Ceilidh - McKillop began talks on the Channel Tunnel. To advertise in Chatterbox
Hall from 8.30pm Tickets £8 Tel: 07899 746403 or e-mail:
In the entertainment world we
chatterboxaccount@btinternet.com
• 20th Feb Pancake Day watched Top Gun, Crocodile Dundee,
Tombola and home produce stalls Alien, Dynasty, Fame, The Bill and
Parish Church 2—4 pm Tickets
£2
Hill Street Blues. We listened to
Debbie Harrie, Simply Red, The Po-
LMEG
Money Available
• Sunday 4th March - lice, Culture Club and Whitney Hous-
for Community
Farmers’ Market—Castle ton. All people I am too young to
have heard of. Projects from
Semple Centre from 11am LMEG
• 17th Feb —11th March The following article was headed Do you have a project or are part
See back page for RSPB and of a group within the village with good
‘Rail News’
Castle Semple/Muirshiel events, ideas but short of cash? – LMEG
‘In 1840 when the Glasgow to Ayr
including Hen Harrier talk, Bat would be interested to hear from you.
event, Watersports courses, etc. line opened Glaswegians flocked to Lochwinnoch Millennium Events
the Ayrshire beaches. The legen-
• Advice Works - every Group has been around now for 7
dary Glasgow and South Western years. Most recently LMEG has been
Tuesday from 10am—12.30 in
Lochwinnoch Library. Railway was absorbed by the IM & involved with the Path around the
SR in 1923. When BR took over Loch, the Out of School Club and
following nationalisation in 1948 Youth Space Project at the McKillop.
the trains were hauled by steam. Thanks to the success of the village
Chatterbox Diesels were introduced in 1959. CLAN Broadband project, which com-
Shortly after this it was decided to pleted with some money to spare, we
Comes Of Age electrify the line, but the project have funding to be used for commu-
didn’t get the go-ahead until 1982. nity projects. Contact Carol Gemmell
THE FIRST CHATTERBOX The target for completion of the on 843858 to find out more.
was issued 21 years ago in Febru- work that included altering 80
bridges, major earthworks and ex- Need a Meeting
ary 1987. The first edition was de- Space?
livered through every door in the tensive rock cutting, was set to be
The meeting room behind the
village; subsequent editions were October 1986 but the work was
library that used to be the office for
– as now – available from various ahead of schedule and the new ser-
the Sustainable Community Workers
outlets throughout the village. vice started in January 1986. Liz Nickerson and Ruth Oldrey is still
The first edition contained snip- The trains consist of three car- vailable for community groups to use
pets of news and a longer article riages capably of carrying 216 pas- for meetings, or other purposes. If
(reproduced below) on the history of sengers with through passenger you need a place to meet, contact
the Ayr to Glasgow railway line. access.’ Carol Gemmell on 843858.
We were in the company of the
gods when Glen Michael brought his
popular cartoon show to the McKillop
and Arthur Montford presented a TV MATTHEW NEW & SONS
Times Challenge Quiz Show also in ROOFING - ROUGHCASTING - BUILDING MAINTENANCE
the McKillop. Emergency Repairs, Storm Damage
There was a plea to paint the rail-
way bridge outside the lemonade fac- Insurance Work, New Roofs, Flat Roofs
tory. I think rather than painting it Roughcasting –UPVC Cladding—Guttering
they pulled it down. It’s no longer Tel No 01505 843400
there. FMB Certificate No 26366
Worldwide there was a lot happen-
over 16 who has not previously
Update from needs to be put in place to pre-
vent a recurrence. As part of been published. Closing Date:
2nd March 2007
Davie Arthur Scottish Water’s Capital Invest-
ment Programme they are cur- If you'd like help in getting
rently investigating the supply started, come along to our writ-
network within our village to de- ing workshops for beginners:
Royal Mail termine which sections of pipe- Every Thursday morning
I’m delighted to announce that work require replacement but 10am-12 noon at Glenburn
normal service has resumed after there is no start date in place for Library, Paisley. Wednesday
the needless interruption during replacement work to begin. These 7th February 7pm at Glenburn
the first few weeks in January - essential works need to be fast Library-writing workshop with
i.e. if you get a postcard through tracked to prevent more of the author Des Dillon. Des will be
your door from the postman in- above interruptions. Over the reading from his own work and
forming you that he was unable to next few weeks I will continue giving advice about how to get
deliver a parcel, you can collect it with my discussions with Scottish started.
from Lochwinnoch Post Office. Water. For more information, or if you
Thanks to all who complained If you are having problems with would like a workshop to be run
directly to Royal Mail and also to your mains water supply then at a library near you, please con-
the Post Office Association who contact Scottish Water’s Cus- tact Morag Smith on 0141
gave terrific support to our cause. tomer Helpline on 0845 601 8842874
My thanks also to the Royal Mail 8855.
Senior Manager who showed the If you are unsuccessful obtain-
requested compassion and under- ing a solution to your problem Litter Litter
standing and over-ruled the deci-
sion to punish our community in
then don’t hesitate to contact me, Everywhere
Davie Arthur on 843507 or email LITTER IS BECOMING a problem in
the first place. david.s.arthur@btopenworld.com this village. Dropping litter in the
streets seems to be the biggest single
Mains Water Supply activity for some members of the
Recently our village has been
plagued with either no water or Letter community and beyond.
I pity the people who have to pick up
dirty undrinkable water flowing I would like to thank all the the rubbish some people drop.
from our taps. villagers who sponsored me In Continental Europe you
Our problems started with a on the Jingle Bells run for don’t have the same problem
burst underground mains supply Arthritis on December 8. because most Continentals
pipe in St.Winnoch Road, which A total of £112 will go to a pro- think dropping litter on the
was a simple run of the mill repair gramme of research being under- street is a pretty disgusting
but when the mains supply water taken at York Hill Hospital by Dr activity.
was reinstated the water pressure Jane Gardiner. The path to the station is strewn
was uncontrollably increased so Many thanks, yours in sport – with junk of all kinds thrown form
much that our ageing mains water keep running! cars: hamburger packaging, bottles,
supply network started to blow Ronnie Brown crisp packets and assorted rubbish
holes. This increase in pressure too varied to mention. It’s not only
was caused by a fault with one of
the in-line pressure reducing Got a story? youngsters who pile litter onto the
streets. I recently stood aghast as
valves. THEN WE WANT to hear from the occupants of a car - ma, pa and
If you were one of the lucky ones, you! A new book of writing by two almost grown up weans – hurled
you had reduced pressure dirty people who live in Ren- loads of trash out of the sunroof win-
water but if your house was in the frewshire. Open to anyone dow.
higher areas of the village like
Crookhill Gardens or one of the
farms then you had no water at all,
apart from the roadside bowsers
and doorstep-delivered bottled
water.
Scottish Water, who had to
draught in reinforcements from For All Your Garage Door Needs
other areas, battled bravely
Garage Doors . Remote Control Openers
through day and night to try to
initiate repairs and resume normal Installation . Repairs . Spares
service. However, with identified
bursts bordering on double figures FREE ESTIMATES 0141 950 1423 GLASGOW
and some residents requesting FREE SURVEYS 01505 842176 AYRSHIRE
work through the night to be sus- FREE INSURANCE REPORTS 01786 820130 STIRLING
pended due to the noise, time was
the enemy. The Cross, Lochwinnoch PA12 4DB
With things getting back to nor- (10 mins from Glasgow Airport on A737)
mal, we now have to look at what
undertaken regarding aircraft noise.
The BAA has launched a new Glas-
gow Airport Noise Action Line, al-
lowing local residents to raise con-
AERIAL & SATELLITE cerns about aircraft noise. The num-
ber to call is: 0141 848 4644.
INSTALLATIONS REPAIRS Concern was raised at the CC
UPGRADES MULTIROOM meeting about the increase in dog
fouling in open spaces, on pave-
Tel: 01505 842056 ments and around play areas in the
Mob:07940 705115 village. Dog owners please take
note—it is an offence under the Dog
Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003 not to
remove and dispose of dog excre-

Advice Works Community ment. Dog fouling bags are avail-


able from Lochwinnoch library and

Surgery Council News from Environmental Services. Local


Authorities and the police have pow-
ers to impose fines. Please play your
Every Tuesday from 10am to The monthly Community Part- part and clean up after your dog and
12.30 pm in Lochwinnoch li- nership meeting took place on 1st scoop up the poop and dispose of it
brary. February. It was reported that safely.
Advice Works can provide advice crime figures are down on previous Consideration is being given to
about entitlement to benefits, check months, with 8 crimes reported for introducing a section in Chatterbox,
you are receiving all the benefits due January ’07 and 4 for December ‘06. which would feature articles, stories
to you, advise on welfare and money ASIST and the Police are active and and items of news from young peo-
problems and fill in claim forms. much is going on behind the scenes ple in the village. It may be that, if
Advice Works can also provide ex- in this area. enough interest is shown, a regular
pert advice on a wide range of topics, ’Young Chatterbox’ page could be
including Mortgage arrears, Credit The Community Partnership featured in future monthly editions
cards, Council tax, Bank loans, and (including the police and the ASIST of the newsletter. The Community
Bankruptcy and Trust deeds. team) will meet again on Thursday Council would like to encourage this
The service is free, confidential 1st March at 2pm at the McKillop venture.
and available to all residents of Hall. Members of the public are wel- If you read Chatterbox and have
Renfrewshire. come to attend the meeting to speak children with a story to tell, please
to the Partnership team or to indi- get in touch with the Chatterbox
vidual members of the team (in con- team direct— Chatterbox contact
fidence). details are given on the front of
this newsletter.
Club Closure A communication has been re-
ceived from British Airports Author-
Copy deadlines for Chatterbox are
the last day of the month prior to the
ity (BAA), following consultations month of publication.
As from 31st January 2007, The Glue
Pot Social Club has been disbanded.
This was a decision taken by the ma-
jority of the members and I would
like to take this opportunity to say a
big thank you to all the people who
have supported/donated to our char-
ity events over the last 6 years or
so. We managed to raise approx.
£5,000 for different charities over
this time. Again, THANK YOU.

On a different note, a few of us


would like to have a Car Boot Sale in
the village, perhaps in the summer
time, and we would welcome sugges-
tions as to which charity could bene-
fit from profits from an event like
this. If anyone knows of a local char-
ity or other good cause, please con-
tact me at vas37@btopenworld.com
and we will keep you posted regard-
ing this project.
Thank you very much, Val Stewart.
News & Events Sun 4 March
Bat Awaking Windfarms
at RSPB, Castle Wake up to Bats! They are, are you?
Muirshiel: 13:45 for 14:00 hrs
THANK YOU very much for printing our
update on the Wind Hydrogen windfarm
Semple & Muirshiel MORE INFO: Tel: 01505 842 803 &
bookings
proposal in the January edition. I notice
that you have asked for someone to write
Sat 10 & Sun 11 March an article in favour of wind power and just
Sat 17 & Sun 18 February Adult RYA Level 2 Dinghy Sailing wanted to make it clear to you and other
Adult BCU 3 Star Kayak Course Course
A two day course for those who have readers that Ladymoor Wind Factory Ac-
This course provides sailors with the
already gained their BCU 1 & 2 Stars: opportunity to improve their skills to tion Group (LWFAG) is not an anti-
Castle Semple: 09:30 16:00 hrs both enable solo sailing: Castle Semple: windpower organisation. However we are
days 10:00 - 16:00 hrs both days anti-windfarms placed within Clyde Muir-
COST: £65 COST: £135 shiel Regional Park.
MORE INFO: Advanced booking MORE INFO: Advanced booking There are currently 10 wind farms pro-
ASAP is essential please Tel: 01505 ASAP is essential please Tel: 01505 posed within Clyde Muirshiel Regional
842 882 Ext20 842 882 Ex20 Park (CMRP).
Sun 18 February Sun 11 Mar These total about 300 turbines and are at
Hen Harrier Talk Aren’t Birds Brilliant: Hunting Hen various stages of proposal, discussion and
An illustrated talk on the Muirshiel Harriers planning. CMRP covers 108 Square Miles
Hen Harriers with CCTV footage RSPB staff will be on hand with tele-
from the 2006 season and earlier: of a designated Area of outstanding
scopes and binoculars, ideal for spot-
Muirshiel: 13:45 for 14:00 hrs. ting Hen Harriers before they head Natural Beauty covering the geographi-
MORE INFO: Tel: 01505 842 803 & up to the moors for the breeding sea- cal area of the Renfrew Heights roughly
bookings. son: Castle Semple: Drop in anytime from Greenock in the north to Ardrossan
Sun 25 February 14:00 – 16:00 hrs. in the south, Largs in the west and Loch-
Conservation Volunteers winnoch in the east. These wind farms, if
Do a bit of healthy outdoor work, it’ll allowed would take up about 30% (and no
keep you fit and be helping the natu-
ral environment all at the same time: Thanks doubt eventually more) of the park.
CMRP is administered by an Authority
Muirshiel: 13:00 hrs. MORE INFO: The Doctors at Lochwinnoch surgery Board consisting of representatives from
Tel: 01505 842 803 & bookings would like to thank Vikki Lee for the
the Councils for Renfrewshire, North Ayr-
Mar kind donation to purchase a nebu-
lizer for the surgery, following her shire and Inverclyde plus Scottish Natural
Sat 3 & 4 March
Adult RYA Level 1 Dinghy Sailing successful Variety Benefit Show. Heritage. The aims and objects of CMRP
Course are available from
This course is an ideal introduction www.clydemuirshiel.co.uk
to dinghy sailing on the safe inland Both the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan and
water of Castle Semple Loch: Castle Step We Gaily the Glasgow & Clyde Valley Joint Structure
Semple: 10:00 - 16:00 hrs both days Plan together with all the Local Plans sug-
COST: £135 Ceilidh gest areas they consider are suitable for
MORE INFO: Advanced booking wind farms and state that CMRP is not
ASAP is essential please Tel: 01505 Saturday 17th February. suitable.
842 882 Ext20
Hooch to the sound of The We are the organisation running the Save
Sat 3 March
Last Tram Tae Auchenshuggle Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park cam-
Spring Arrives
With days getting longer, Visitor at the Step We Gaily Ceilidh in paign to keep the park free of all industrial
Centres will be open slightly longer the McKillop Hall from development including wind farms. A park
at weekends, all month. is a park and under no circumstances
8.30pm. Tickets £8 .
Castle Semple until 17:00 hrs should CMRP be allowed to be turned into
Muirshiel & Cornalees until 16:00 an industrial estate.
hrs
Sun 4 March
Lochwinnoch Spring Farmers
Market
Local producers will have a wide va-
riety of locally grown products for
sale in a very scenic location: Castle
Semple: 11:00 to 14:30 hrs or until
sold out MORE INFO: Tel: 01505
842 882 Ext20
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munity Council of Lochwinnoch through financial
assistance by Lochwinnoch Community Council,
Renfrewshire Council and advertisements. The
editor welcomes all items for possible inclusion but
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