The old Royal Naval Torpedo Factory in Alexandria. Picture by Kim Huxter
Category: West Dunbartonshire
ALL UNDER ONE BANNER BRAVES WEATHER TO MARCH
BBC Scotland is reporting that tens of thousands of Scottish independence supporters have marched through Glasgow in the first of a series of protests planned for the coming year.
EDITORIAL: THE DEMOCRAT
The press and media have a duty to report and comment on all they consider newsworthy. All politics, for example, is local. Democracy is a fragrant flower which is being trampled on here.
BOOKS: THE PREACHER’S WIFE
Do women exercise more power when they stay in their own female spheres, or when they try to compete on an equal level with men in worlds constructed by and for men? This highly readable and absorbing book is an extended reflection on what it means to be female and famous and religious in the United States of America over the past forty or so years.
GLASGOW PHOENIX CHOIR CONCERT
The choir is looking forward to our first concert of 2020 in St Peter’s Bellsmyre in aid of the church and its work in the community.
SWINGING SIXTIES LADIES WHO GOLFED
Jim Crosthwaite – Here are some local golfers pictured here on a clipping I found in my mother’s photos ( Jean Crosthwaite standing). The names are sitting – Moira McTavish , Mary Meikie, Jannette Flowers, Chici Peter’s. I doubt any of them are still golfing ?