“Come on down to the Mermaid Cafe
And I will buy you a bottle of wine
And we’ll laugh and toast to nothing and
Smash our empty glasses down
Let’s have a round for these freaks and these soldiers
A round for these friends of mine
Let’s have another round for the bright red devil, who
Keeps me in this tourist town
Day: July 23, 2019
PRAISE FOR A SUNNY DAY IN SUMMERTIME
The sun is shining brightly
The trees are clothed with green
The beauteous bloom of flowers
On ev’ry side is seen
And all the world is gay
FIGHT AGAINST CHILD POVERTY GOES ON AND ON
Children had told him about hunger and the shame of poverty, about not being able to afford trainers, TV or food and about their parents’ use of foodbanks. Alston kept them in mind when he drafted his damning report, which he presented in June to hundreds of diplomats from around the world. He told them Britain was facing “a national poverty crisis.”
DOWN MEMORY LANE
This view from the air takes in the controversial site earmarked by Flamingo Land for their tourism and leisure development in Balloch on Loch Lomondside. The date of the picture is 1961. It shows a very different Balloch with the BSD factory with its landmark chimney to the left. The Lomond Shores car park site is Paddy Caulfield’s Drumkinnon Quarry, just above the factory. If you look closely the Maid of the Loch is belching steam at Balloch Pier, at the foot of the railway siding which ran parallel with Pier Road.
SHARE TIME WITH FRIENDS AT ERSKINE’S NEW CAFE
A Forever Friends Bereavement Support Café has been launched at Erskine Edinburgh, sister hospital to Erskine, Renfrewshire.
MUSIC FESTIVAL AND DAY OUT ON THE BELHAVEN BEER
Belhaven Brewery’s award winning beers will be served from tap bars around the brewery grounds including 1719, a specially brewed birthday celebration pale ale, Twisted Grapefruit IPA, current Scottish Beer of the Year, gold-medal winner Twisted Thistle IPA and of course Scotland’s favourite ale, Belhaven Best.