#east dunbartonshire council

[grandmaster-anne]

Posted 11 January 2023 A reminder that the current Allander Leisure Centre will say goodbye to its final customers on Sunday 15 January. It is anticipated that the first patrons will be welcomed to the new, state-of-the-art sports and leisure complex nearby on 6 March 2023. In the meantime, please check out the photos - which include the new pool and a look back at when HRH Princess Anne officially opened the existing centre in 1978. — East Dunbartonshire Council

[scotianostra]

Silvanus.

It was a bit of a grubby day on Tuesday, yes I got some good photos of the mist around the Forth & Clyde Canal, but I don't think the conditions lent themselves to showing this Roman Head at it's best.

Anyway, this has been on my to-do list for ages, named Silvanus, Roman god protector of forests, fields and cattle. Three altars mentioning this name have been found along the Antonine Wall, one of them at nearby Bar Hill.

This is part of a trail along the Antonine Wall, I will hopefully be reporting on more of the trail during the coming year, I have already covered sections of it to the east, the first being at Bridgeness, Bo'ness, The Antonine Wall runs pretty close to my Parkhouse, at Callendar, and the third section I have posted about before is close the Falkirk Wheel, at Rough Castle.

 

Working across central Scotland, the project aims to build better connections for communities and visitors along the length of the ancient site.

It is managed by a steering group of five local authorities. The Antonine Wall became part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site (alongside Hadrian’s Wall and the German Limes) in 2008. It runs through 5 Council areas in central Scotland (West Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, North Lanarkshire and Falkirk with both urban and rural sections.

Archaeological discoveries along the line of the Antonine Wall have determined that construction involved carved stone distance slabs which celebrated the achievements of the Roman Legions responsible for each section of the wall.

The sculpture was installed together with five replica Roman distance stones across the length of the wall, to raise awareness of the World Heritage site.

It was designed by artist Svetlana Kondakova and Big Red Blacksmiths of Broxburn

If you want to visit there are different options, there is a small car park near the structure, alternatively, if you fancy a wee walk stop at the Marina at Auchinstarry and take the walkway on the right of the canal, keep heading east, taking the trail to the left after it leaves the canal side. Walk down the wee hill and cross the bridge, you can go back to Auchinstarry and maybe enjoy some refreshments at The Boathouse Restaurant And Pub there.

[gianttankeh]

When not Usurping, Duff & Robertson have been playing as members of Sonic Bothy Learning Space since 2018. This year SBLS have created a new film for ‘The Festival of Celebration 2020′ which celebrates the artistic achievements of people with autism, learning disabilities and mental health issues in East Dunbartonshire and the organisations that support them. Enjoy!

[the-empress-7]

An interesting thing to note about Dumbarton is it's located in the council area of West Dunbartonshire. I don't know why the local area is an N when the town is an M but it is. East Dunbartonshire also follows the same N convention. It's one of those things that even the locals can't really agree on which should be right.

Thanks anon, I personally have only been as far up north as Aberdeen. 

[skippyv20]

Wonderful!  Thank you😁❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Queen gets Gaelic welcome at school

The Queen has received a Gaelic welcome to Scotland from school pupils in Cumbernauld. Greenfaulds High School is the centre for Gaelic medium education in the North Lanarkshire council area.

It currently has about 90 of its 1,400 pupils being educated in the language. The Queen visited the school at the start of a week of engagements in Scotland and presented awards to pupils as well as hearing a performance by North Lanarkshire Schools’ Pipe Band.

PA MEDIA Greenfaulds High School is the centre for Gaelic medium education in the North Lanarkshire council area

Pupils Hannah Russell, 14, and Breagha Miller, 15, greeted the Queen in Gaelic and then translated the message as she entered the building. Hannah, of Airdrie, said: “I was nervous but it was an honour. "Gaelic is really important to us, so to speak it to the Queen is a big honour. She made us feel really comfortable.” Breagha, also from Airdrie, added: “She was really nice. I was really nervous but fine when she came in.”

 PA MEDIA

Isla Duke, a primary six pupil from nearby Condorrat Primary School, gave a confident Gaelic poetry recital on stage before East Dunbartonshire Schools’ String Ensemble performed Ashokan Farewell. Condorrat primary one pupil Archie Wilson presented the Queen with a posy of flowers, alongside teenagers Elise McCormick and Cameron MacIndoe. Elise, 16, from Cumbernauld, said: “It’s an honour, it’s something I never imagined happening to me. It’s something I will remember for the rest of my life. She just spoke to me about my education and how it must be such a great place to learn in Greenfaulds.”

The Queen left the building while the South Lanarkshire Big Band played, and she waved to members of the public who were cheering and waving flags.

The Royal Family Yesterday The Princess Royal hosted 250 supporters, staff and volunteers at a summer tea party to celebrate the centenary of @savechildrenuk work to protect and support underprivileged children across the globe.

[notheroic]

Can keep an eye on the winds from Storm Gareth by watching the Merry Christmas sign which is still hanging up. I think East Dunbartonshire Council may have forgotten it’s still up. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu6xmT-HsA9aTA4YOY8CVMA-tWHIfL6YzsvyKk0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vcdsgzpf40za

[the-paintrist]

William York MacGregor - Crail Fife - 

Crail ( Scottish Gaelic: Cathair Aile) is a former royal burgh, parish and community council area (named Royal Burgh of Crail and District) in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.

Crail probably dates from at least as far back as the Pictish period, as the place-name includes the Pictish/Brythonic element caer, 'fort'. According to Crail Parish Church's website, the site on which the parish church is built appears to have religious associations that pre-date the parish church's foundation in early mediaeval times, as evidenced by a Dark Age cross-slab preserved in the church. The parish church was itself dedicated (in the 13th-century) to the early holy man St. Maelrubha of Applecross in Wester Ross.

Crail became a Royal Burgh in 1178 in the reign of King William the Lion. Robert the Bruce granted permission to hold markets on a Sunday, in the Marketgait, where the Mercat Cross now stands in Crail. This practice was still continuing in the 16th century, causing concern in the freshly puritanical circles of Edinburgh such that John Knox, visiting Crail on his way to St Andrews in 1559, was moved to deliver a sermon in Crail Parish Church, damning the fishermen of the East Neuk for working on a Sunday. (See Crail Parish Church website: external link below.) Despite the protests, the markets continued and were amongst the largest in Europe for their time.

James V (the father of Mary Queen of Scots) sent for his wife, Mary of Guise, whom he had recently married by proxy in Paris, and she landed in Crail in June 1538. According to Antonia Fraser, "Accompanied by a navy of ships under Lord Maxwell, and 2,000 lords and barons whom her new husband had sent from Scotland to fetch her away, Queen Mary landed at Crail in Fife on 10 June 1538, just over a year since the landing of Queen Madeleine. She was formally received by the king at St Andrews a few days later with pageants and plays performed in her honour, and a great deal of generally blithe rejoicing, before being remarried the next morning in the Cathedral of St Andrews." (Queen Madeleine, the first wife of James V, had landed at Leith in the spring of 1537 and died shortly afterwards.)

William York Macgregor (14 October 1855 Finnart House, Loch Long, Dunbartonshire – 28 September 1923 Oban) was a Scottish landscape painter, and leading figure of the Glasgow Boys.

[noticeablygeese]

Arūnas

Yeah did you know that while being around 1.77 metres tall Arūnas really doesn’t havArgyll (/ɑːrˈɡaɪl/; archaically Argyle, Earra-Ghàidheal in modern Gaelic, pronounced [ˈaːrˠəɣɛː.əl̪ˠ]), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland.

Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata on Great Britain. Argyll was also a medieval bishopric with its cathedral at Lismore, as well as an early modern earldom and dukedom, the Dukedom of Argyll.

It borders Inverness-shire to the north, Perthshire and Dunbartonshire to the east, and—separated by the Firth of Clyde—neighbours Renfrewshire and Ayrshire to the south-east, and Buteshire to the south.

Between 1890 and 1975, Argyll was an administrative county with a county council. Its area corresp

[harpianews]

Scottish Conservative councilor accused of romance fraud

Scottish Conservative councilor accused of romance fraud

Andrew Polson, who headed East Dunbartonshire Council, was suspended by the Scottish Conservative Party in June. With inputs from BBC

[scotland--land-of-beauty-history]

Golden Fields in Stirling, Loch Lomond, Scottish Highlands - The Carse of Stirling, from Kippen, looking towards the Trossachs Hills

Stirlingshire, also called Stirling, historic county, central Scotland. In the west it borders Loch Lomond and incorporates a section of the Highlands. It extends east into the Midland Valley (Central Lowlands) between the Rivers Forth and Kelvin. At the centre of Stirlingshire the volcanic Campsie Fells and Kilsyth and Gargunnock hills form an elevated mass amid the Lowlands. In the east the county fronts the shore of the River Forth estuary. The northern portion of Stirlingshire lies within the Stirling council area. Along the River Kelvin in the southwest the Lennox area is part of East Dunbartonshire, and the area around Kilsyth lies in North Lanarkshire. Southeastern Stirlingshire constitutes the Falkirk council area.

The Stuart kings ruled from Stirling Castle until the union of the English and Scottish crowns. Stirlingshire played a conspicuous part in the struggle for Scottish independence as the site of several of the exploits of Sir William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. The three great battles for independence were fought in the region—Stirling Bridge (1297), Falkirk (1298), and Bannockburn (1314). James III was stabbed to death in a cottage in the village of Milton following the Battle of Sauchieburn (1488). The Covenanters met a disastrous defeat at Kilsyth in 1645. The transitory victory of Prince Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, at Falkirk in 1746 was the last significant battle to take place in the county.

Archaeological research has uncovered evidence of Neolithic settlement in Stirlingshire. The Antonine Wall, locally known as Graham’s Dyke, was constructed by the Romans in AD 142; it connects the Rivers Forth and Clyde and passes through southeastern Stirlingshire. Many Roman relics have been found at Castlecary and Camelon. After the withdrawal of the Romans, the native Picts gradually retreated before the advance of the Anglo-Saxons and Scots. Stirling received a royal charter from David I (c. 1130) and became a trading centre.

Photo by Karl Williams

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Councils and employers urged to back Get Me Home Safely campaign

Unite calls for safe transport home for hospitality workers

Unite the Union is calling on councils and employers to back their Get Me Home Safely campaign. Unite wants the hundreds of councils and authorities across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to follow East Dunbartonshire council’s lead in finding innovative ways to support the late-night workforce.  East Dunbartonshire has made it a requirement of licensing that all hospitality…

[i-remember-manual-typewriters]

Scottish Conservative councillor arrested over romance fraud - BBC News

This guy was the leader of my council, obviously runs the Christian Radio Station and the only candidate my dog tried to bite a few years ago........once again proving my dog has excellent instincts and my holier-than-thou radar pings are still working 🤣🤣🤣

[josephineobohmacleod]

“The Missing Bridge”! Josephine is calling on the Council to replace the bridge which was taken down on Lady’s Mile path, Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire. Taking down the bridge is a very great inconvenience to local residents who love making use of this bridge during their walks and nature explorations. She is also supporting the petition which has been launched by members of the local community. #local #community #eastdunbartonshirecouncil #eastdunbartonshire #kirkintilloch #ladysmilespath https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb3KT0HspGn/?utm_medium=tumblr

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

Scotland lockdown- Glasgow moves to level 4 as travel restrictions become law.

BREAKING 11 council areas across Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 move to level 4 restrictions will be in place for 3 weeks, from Friday 20, and will be lifted on 11 December 📆

They are:

📌City of Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, Stirling and West Lothian.

*City of Edinburgh, Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, Dundee, Fife, Perth & Kinross and Angus all remain at level 3.

** PM Sturgeon also announced that travel guidance banning people from moving into and out of areas in Level Three and Level Four will be enshrined in law from Friday. ⚖️

*** People living in Scotland's toughest tiers could be ARRESTED if they try to leave: Nicola Sturgeon makes it ILLEGAL to travel outside of Level 3 and 4 lockdown areas

He will be bored to death!

Sam: Don't fight the Boredom! 🤼‍♀️

The opportunistic movement he will do it, before the legalizing of regulations on Friday. After this date, he must follow the law. ⚖️

[collective-architecture]

Some progress photos of works being installed as part of the Trails and Tales project for East Dunbartonshire Council. The project will feature 40 artworks at various locations across East Dunbartonshire and is due to complete by Spring 2018. 

Artworks pictured are by Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva and Rachel Barron.

[harpianews]

What are the rules in the new lockdown areas?

What are the rules in the new lockdown areas?

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Coronavirus restrictions have been reintroduced in five of Scotland’s biggest council areas, covering more than a million people. Residents in Glasgow, East and West Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire are unable to make indoor visits to other households because of a rise in cases. Here are the answers to some questions being…