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Spotlight on Alan McNeilly

Spotlight on Alan McNeilly

Why would someone volunteer to be Treasurer of the Community Council? Most people might think that such a person has a perverse delight in bean counting or perhaps a measure of insanity. So I asked the current incumbent, Alan McNeilly, why he has been Treasurer for over ten years and uncovered some interesting answers. Alan […]

GWHA Winter update

The Galawater Horticultural Society committee is beginning to plan for the year ahead. The Annual Plant Sale will be held as usual in May further details will be on display nearer the time. Annual and Perennial Plants, any second hand tools and books will be on sale. If anyone has any spare plants, tools or […]

Galawater Singers News Feb 2013

Our Community Choir had a whirlwind and very satisfying weekend in December when we sang at the Pensioners’ Lunch and gave a concert in St. Peter’s Church, Galashiels, following this on the Sunday with a concert in Stow Church. At the Stow concert, it was great to hear three pieces from the newly formed Gala […]

Sound Out News Feb 2013

Sound Out continues to grow. The web site funded by the Community Benefit Fund is under construction. The site will promote the area and the artists who live and perform here. It will have access to photos and videos of events, recordings, the ability to buy tickets for future events, and much much more. To […]

Archive news Feb 2013

Stow Parish Archive is now in possession of three beautiful facsimile volumes of Victorian cuttings books. We have commissioned local furniture maker Rob Thomson to create a display unit that will allow members of the public to look at the books whilst keeping them secure. The Windfarm Community Benefit fund that made this work possible […]

Windfall for Stow & Fountainhall

SSE are holding £27,000 which has been allocated to Stow and Fountainhall as a lump sum grant. Initially, this was for earmarked for an energy efficiency project, now any project that has full community backing is eligible. Initial ideas and proposals are invited to be presented at a meeting to be held at 7pm Monday, […]

Grants Awarded Feb 2013

In the last round of grant applications there were 3 applicants . Stow Community Trust were awarded £1,740. Sound Out were awarded £1,900. Stow Sports Committee were awarded £476.  

Update on Stow Park

Councillor Sandy Aitchison has held discussions with Council officials and it is apparent that there is no one solution that can improve the park and that a number of measures will have to be taken to get it back to its old glory. The first step is to look at drainage and investigations will be […]

Campaign for Borders Rail Feb Update

As anticipated in the previous newsletter, responsibility for progressing the railway was handed over to Network Rail with much fanfare at the Mining Museum in Newtongrange early last November. Just over a month later Network Rail announced that it had appointed BAM Nuttall as main contractor for the actual delivery of the railway in a […]

Into Africa

Into Africa

For several years, Stow & Heriot Church have been linked with a partner church in Malawi, in a small village called Luwatala. Luwatala is in a rural area quite close to Lake Malawi (or Lake Nyasa). Last year, members of the church took the opportunity provided by Presbytery’s sending of a container, and sent out […]

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