Ive been here for 4yrs now and Im interested to know more about Strathbungo. I hope Ive remembered this correctly, I believe a neighbour told me that priests? used to live in the building Im now in. I think she called them Volunteers of the Land? I read that this area also had mining works under it, is that right? Id basically just like to know more about all things Strathbungo and wondered if you know of the best sources of information.What undiscovered treasures & little known facts can I find out about? Thanks.
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I don’t know if anyone can help but i was at bungo at the bells and lost a watch and was wondering if anyone handed it in. It would have been lost between the venue and 30 moray place and is of sentimental value so hope some kind person has found it and handed it to the organisers on the night..thanks for any response.
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Hi and happy new year from Cookie.
Now we are over the Christmas and New Year rush and beginning the New Year. I am finally finding the time to get the other parts of the Cookie Idea off the ground and wanted to let the Strathbungo community know about them.
We will be opening the grocery section of our shop and hope to offer a selection of quality fruit and veg for sale. I have been approached by the Southside Food share to potentially hold their veg boxes and we would like to extend this idea to the residents of Strathbungo as a whole.
We believe in collective buying, it promotes community activity and makes quality products more affordable. Supports local activities and its economy.
We can offer this service also for olive oil and wine and we are olive oil producers and direct importers for wine from small producers.
We hope that people will be interested in this alternative form of supply and commerce.
Our cooking club will be held every Monday night and also potentially Sunday. Cookie on these nights is no longer a restaurant shop but becomes a club for those interested in eating and cooking collectively. This is motivated by our interest in community integration development.
The cooking club offer the opportunity for people to share their family traditions through one of its binding elements..food. It allows people to share and develop their knowledge. Even if you don’t know how to cook an egg you can come along and learn by association in a relaxed atmosphere.
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Pollokshields Heritage has adopted Maxwell Park Station. As well as continuing to maintain planters on the station platform, PH has managed a transformation of the former booking-office room. The room is now available to the community for use as an exhibition space and/or meeting room. The room has electric heating and light laid on but, at present, there if no connection to mains water supply or sewer. That matter is being progressed! The room is available for a modest contribution to PH funds. Please contact PH member Karin Currie on 0141 427 0531 or karin_spalter@hotmail.com for further information.
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Dear all,
Following the successful clean up of litter and flytipping from many of the lanes on 20th Sept, Brighter Bungo, together with the Strathbungo Society are keen to help reduce the amount of litter in the lanes by also keeping the weeds down. In order to do this efficiently, a petrol powered strimmer/brush cutter would be ideal for volunteers to use. If anyone has one they would be willing to donate or sell to us, we would be very keen to hear from you.
Many thanks,
Scott Mackay
Chair, The Strathbungo Society
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If anyone wants a reasonable four foot white fridge free and can uplift asap please email me, i live in Venard Gardens. Linda (lcampsie@hotmail.co.uk).
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Brighter Bungo is a new group looking for volunteers to help keep the back lanes and streets of Strathbungo rubbish free!
If you’d like to help out on a regular basis (all equipment will be provided), or you would just like to support us, please contact Laura at laura@scottandlaura.co.uk.
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I live at 4 Marywood Square. There is a sewage drain under the lane that runs down the side of my building. This drain has become broken and consequently the waste water has nowhere to go but to seep into my downstairs neighbour’s garden. As you can imagine this is not ideal. The water board have said it is the responsibility of whoever owns the lane to repair it. The land owner dept in the council have told me that the lanes are commonly owned but could not be more specific, although the chap suspected the owners would be all of Marywood and Queen Square. He said I would need the titles deeds to be sure who was responsible. Does anyone have easy access to their title deeds. Mine are deposited with the land registry. This problem requires urgent attention. My neighbour has already had a quote for the cose of repairs and it is approx £1,000. Not too bad when split between a number of residents.
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Large quantity of excellent quality compost; in new rubble sacks, approx 15-20Kg £2 ea. You can uplift by car yourself;
A stairclimbing sack trolley is available if you are “just along the road”, or I will deliver using my own van by arrangement.
*Small fee applies for handling & delivery. It is extremely heavy after all! Share a delivery with a neighbour. Dark brown,crumbly and odour-free, the compost is excellent for use as a clay soil improver, for tubs etc. Half is already gone, so be quick!!
0141 424 1172 6-10pm
*(Sorry. no answer machine)
07922 347580 anytime.
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The Master Composters will be holding a training session for volunteers at The Hidden Gardens on Wed 15th April between 3 - 6pm. If anyone would like to come along to learn more about the programme, about composting or about volunteering to help us spread the word on home composting, I would love to hear from you.
The session will cover how to compost successfully, the benefits of composting to the environment and to local communities and how to deal with issues about your compost from ‘concerned’ neighbours.
If you would like to come along then please get in touch with me on mastercomposter@thewisegroup.co.uk or 0141 314 1450 and I will book you a place.
Thanks
Brian
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