Although the weather yesterday was rather dreich and dull, it didn’t dampen the upbeat atmosphere of the Spring Fling. All the wonderful art work on display from our budding artists would have brightened anyone’s day! Many thanks to the artists Avril Paton and Karen Cairns for presenting the prizes to the winners of the competition and for all their support of this event. Thanks also to all our stallholders who came along and added so much interest to the event.
This year we had a petting zoo, which was a big hit with children and adults alike – some of them even got close to the insects and snakes! Special thanks to all of you who helped to set up and run the event – we couldn’t have done it without you and all your efforts are much appreciated! Watch out for more on this in the next Newsletter.
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The Strathbungo Society’s SPRING FLING 2015 at
Queen’s Park Baptist Church Hall
180, Queen’s Drive, G42 8QD
(Next to Rainbow Nursery)
SATURDAY 28TH MARCH 10.30am – 1.30pm
Entry: £1 (includes tea/coffee/cake), children FREE
**Can you DONATE any of the following:**
- Anything chocolate related for the chocolate tombola?
If so, please contact: chair@strathbungo.com
- Home baking, cakes, biscuits for teas/coffees?
If so, please contact: chair@strathbungo.com
- Time? We need helpers for the teas/coffees, door entry, Society stall. If you can spare even half an hour for your community , that would be great!
Please contact: chair@strathbungo.com
You can also bring any donations for the chocolate tombola, teas/coffees to Queen’s Park Baptist Church Hall on Tuesday 24th March 2015 between 7 and 9pm. If you want to let us know about any time you can donate – please pop along and see us!
Many thanks and look forward to seeing you all at the Spring Fling!
Calling all children & young people 0 – 16 years:
Get out your pencils, pens, pastels, paints, crayons and any other media to enter our fantastic annual FREE art competition!
The competition is open to all in the following age groups: Under 5, 5 – 8 years, 9 – 12 years, 13 – 16 years
The artwork can be in any media and paper size on the theme “Strathbungo: Now Or In The Future”
Great prizes include:
- First prize winners : an art lesson/workshop
- Art and craft materials and book tokens
- Winning entries displayed in local cafes and restaurants – Tapa, Gusto & Relish, Little Botanica & Mulberry Street
All prizes will be presented at the Spring Fling on Saturday 28th March 2015, Queen’s Park Baptist Church Hall, 180, Queen’s Drive.
All entries will be displayed at the Spring Fling and you’ll have the chance to vote for your favourite entry. The entry with the most votes will be used as the poster for Bungo In The Back Lanes in June! Plus, every entry will be in the draw for a special art materials prize!
Check out the documents below for entry forms ,competition details and guidelines:
2015 Strath Soc Art Comp Comp guidelines and conditions of entry
Under 5 Entry Form Strath Soc Art Comp
5 – 8 years Entry Form Strath Soc Art Comp
9 – 12 years Entry Form Strath Soc Art Comp
13 – 16 years Entry Form Strath Soc Art Comp
The next Brighter Bungo community clean-up will be taking place between 11am and 1pm on Sunday 8th March. Come along to the Moray Place/Nithsdale Road intersection anytime to take part. We provide all the equipment, just bring yourself.
We will be holding another update meeting re Network Rail on Tuesday 3rd March 2015, 7.30 – 8.30pm at McMillan’s (corner of Titwood Road and Pollokshaws Road). If you haven’t been before and want to be involved, please feel free to come along. Look forward to seeing you next week and many thanks to those of you who have done so much work already!
Teresa
A huge ‘thank you’ to everyone who came to the Committee Meeting on the 20th January – great that so many people are interested in being involved in resisting the proposals of Network Rail to ‘improve’ the line along Moray Place! It was good to have so much input and ideas for how to move forward with this. There will be an update meeting on Tues 3rd February 2015 7.30 – 8.30pm at McMillan’s – corner of Pollokshaws Rd/Titwood Rd. Come along and take part in the campaign. What Network Rail is doing affects us all! If you can’t make the meeting, but want to be added to the e-mail list, please contact:chair@strathbungo.com
Many of you will already know that Network Rail (NR) have postponed the planned works along Moray Place in the wake of individual and Society objections and also from the intervention of our Councillors, MP and MSP on our behalf.
NR have noted to our political representatives and also to the Society that the postponement is to enable them to: “review our procedures whilst working in and around a conservation area as well as looking at various title deeds. The work will be re-scheduled and we will be in contact with all interested parties once the review is complete.”
From discussion I have had with Community Relations at NR, this will not be before the Autumn and they anticipate contacting the interested parties in the summer.
As a result they felt that there was no point in attending the meeting scheduled to take place on the 16th January with Nicola Sturgeon. Very disappointing! However, we are very grateful for the time and effort given to setting this up by Ms Sturgeon and her team.
For the same reason, NR have declined our invitation to our Committee meeting on Tuesday 20th January. However, a full discussion and planned response to NR’s proposals is now essential! Please come along on Tuesday and give your views and any support that you can offer.
There is a real possibility that NR may remove every piece of vegetation along the whole of Moray Place and put up completely inappropriate fencing. That will definitely not be a pretty sight, nor enhance this area! One thing is for sure, the issue is not going to go away and we need to do something about it!
We have been assured of the full support of our political representatives and I want to thank Anas Sarwar and David Meikle as well as Nicola Sturgeon for writing to NR on behalf of all the residents of Strathbungo.
If you can’t make it on Tuesday, but have a comment, question or want to offer support, please contact: chair@strathbungo.com
Look forward to seeing you at Queen’s Park Baptist Church Hall (large lounge), 20 Balvicar Street – the lane at the back of the Church.
Teresa
Chair, The Strathbungo Society
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