The Old Vale Bar, the evening the late Ben Albone brought his horse, Sir Galahad, in for a drink. The horse had a good bucket, served by proprietor Lewis Montgomery, a legendary publican in Alexandria. The poem that follows is by Billy Scobie.
At The Coffee Station we use the finest strong coffee beans from Italian Aroma Coffee in Clydebank. We get our fresh crispy rolls from McGhees and the cold meat from Morrison and Ritchie butchers in the Vale.
West Dunbartonshire’s MP Martin Docherty-Hughes added a dash of pink to their usual attire to support Breast Cancer Now’s wear it pink fundraiser, which takes place on Friday 18 October.
Clifden RNLI has welcomed its new lifeboat. There was also a big ‘dry land’ welcome for the new Shannon-class lifeboat, the first all-weather lifeboat to use waterjets instead of traditional propellers.
Look out for higher food prices after No Deal Brexit, says TUC
school children from Balloch Primary and St Kessog’s, who created the inscriptions about Balloch around the fountain, were also at the event.
“Domestic abuse is one of the biggest issues in today’s society. Figures show that Argyll and Bute Women’s Aid has already received 68 referrals since just April this year. This is totally unacceptable and something that will not be tolerated.
The new statistics from ISD Scotland show that in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, there are more than 1,000 vacant nursing and midwifery posts and more than 100 vacant medical and dental consultancy posts as of June 30 2019. The vacancy rates in both of these areas equates to 7.3 per cent.
