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CYCLING
SUB-GROUP MEETINGS The group welcomes attendance by local citizens, community group representatives, elected members and officers of Glasgow City Council.
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previously...
GUIDED WALK
led by Roger Guthrie
Sunday 18 September
dep. Holmwood House at 1.30 p.m.
and explore the built heritage of the White Cart Way
to Pollok House.
Return bus service available if desired - £2 per passenger
This event is part of Glasgow's DOORS OPEN DAY weekend
and booking is essential :
call 0141 221 6061 or visit
www.glasgowdoorsopenday.com
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Countryside Rangers Visitor Centre, Pollok Country Park
Wednesday 19 October
Reception 7 p.m.
AGM 7.30 p.m.
followed by an
ILLUSTRATED TALK
on
'What lives in the River Cart'
by
Caroline McGillivray of the Clyde River Foundation
BULB-PLANTING
Sunday 30 October
Digging in the daffodils
at the 'Shawbridge weir 'sitouterie'
Watch This Space!
CATHCART HERITAGE WALK
Wednesday 28 July
led by Roger Guthrie
Depart Couper Institute at 6.30 p.m.
Walk will include Cathcart South Church - Weir's factory - New Bridge -
Holmlea
School etc
and finish at Snuffmill Bridge at 8.30 p.m.
Tickets : £5
No booking required.
All welcome
WHITE CART CYCLE DAY
Saturday 19 June
at the Pollokshaws Festival
GREENBANK PARK
10 a.m. - 3.30 p.m.
DR BIKE Clinic - Free Cycle Safety Checks
2.30 p.m.
FAMILY CYCLE RIDE
to Rouken Glen Park and return
Departs Greenbank Park : 2.30 p.m.
led by Go Bike! Strathclyde Cycle Campaign
ALL WELCOME
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
will be held on
WEDNESDAY 14 APRIL 2010
7 for 7.30 p.m.
followed at 8 p.m.by
an Illustrated Talk on
POLLOKSHAWS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
- City Culture and Village Life -
by
TIM MITCHELL
Principal Planner, Development & Regeneration Services, Glasgow
City Council
at the
POLLOKSHAWS BURGH HALL
www.pollokshawsburghhall.co.uk
2025 Pollokshaws Road
SPRING GUIDED WALK
explore the natural heritage
along the four mile walkway
from Pollok House to Holmwood House
led by Glasgow's Countryside Rangers
on
SUNDAY 16 MAY
RV at the Pollok House forecourt at 2 p.m.
Tea will be available at Holmwood House
and a courtesy coach to return to Pollok House
ANNUAL BULB - PLANTING
Sunday 1 November 2009
RV 1030 hrs in Rhannan Road
near junction with Netherlee Road
at entrance to Holmwood House
It was woefully wet but enthusiasm undampened!
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POLLOKSHAWS CARNIVAL
Saturday 20 June 2009
Our cycling sub-group celebrated National Bike Week with a 'Dr Bike'
clinic and stall
in Greenbank Park followed by a guided cycle run along the riverbank
route.
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DOORS OPEN DAY
Sunday 21st September 2008
Walkers assemble at the Pollok House forecourt for a guided walk about the built heritage along the White Cart Way led by archivist ROGER GUTHRIE
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GUIDED WALK
from Pollok House to Holmwood House
discover the natural history of the river and its banks.
Meet at Pollok House forecourt. Return bus service will be provided.
Sunday 4 May 2008 : 1.30 – 4.30.
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Wednesday 23 April 2008 at 7.30 p.m.
OFFICIAL LAUNCH of website
at the Countryside Rangers' Visitor Centre
Pollok Country Park stableyard
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BULB - PLANTING
at
Shawbridge, Pollokshaws
on
Sunday 21 October 2007 from 10.30 a.m.
With excellent assistance from the Parks Dept, a team from the Glasgow
South Soroptimists and some Pollokshields residents, helped to plant
several thousands bulbs
opposite the Shawbridge ‘sitouterie’, and at two selected site in Kirk
Lane Cemetery.
Thanks to the Parks Dept for the bulbs and for preparing the site for
us in advance!
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DOORS OPEN DAY
-in association with Glasgow Building Preservation
Trust -
Sunday 16 September 2007
Annual Guided Walk along the White Cart Way
led by archivist and built heritage specialist Roger Guthrie
of the Alexander Thomson Society
and industrial archaeologist Brian Skillen
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GUIDED WALKS
Cathcart Cemetery
Tuesday 17 July & Thursday 2 August
at 6.30 pm.
Meeting up with some of the historic personalities of Glasgow’s
southside!
Archivist Roger Guthrie tells their stories and leads the way round
their commemorative headstones.
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Linn Park Family Day
first-ever : 16 June 2007
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GUIDED WALK : SUNDAY 13 MAY 2007
Explore the natural heritage along the White Cart Way
From Pollok House to Holmwood House
Depart forecourt, Pollok House : 1.30 p.m.
Led by former countryside ranger, Joe Greenlees
http://www.ntsayrshire.org.uk/Meet-LivingWithBeasties.php
Tea available at Holmwood House.
Bus service ca 4.30 p.m. returns walkers to Pollok House.
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Wednesday 21 February 2007 at 7 p.m.
followed by
“John Muir : Saviour of the Wilderness”
an illustrated talk by
JIMMIE MACGREGOR
Scotland’s most entertaining traveller
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Bulb-planting at Shawbridge - Cart blanche’s Stephen Docherty with some of our local helpers on 14 October 2006.
Our bulb-planting site at Shawbridge
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Head of Parks, Kenny Boyle, at the Cart blanche stall at Newlands Fete
in Newlands Park
9 September 2006
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Commonweath Games Bronze Medallist, James McCallum, leads the Cart
blanche family fun run from Pollok Country Park along the
White Cart Way on the evening of 19 June 2006 – a National Bike Week
Event.
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Happy cyclists after tea at Holmwood House!