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       happened on  Monday 7th - Sunday 27th  June 2010     -         please ignore this  --->

       Glasgow's West End Festival     -     click here for the main site

Become a Member of the West End Festival and help secure the future of Glasgow’s largest arts festival. 
Please write with your name and postal address, contact numbers and email, and we will write back to you with details of membership.
The cost will be £10 per annum.  (please don't send any money just now)


Address to write to - Membership Secretary,  West End Festival,  The White House,  Dowanhill Park,  50 Havelock Street,  Glasgow.  G11 5JE

Phone: 0141 341 0844                    Fax: 0141 341 0855              E-mail: info@westendfestival.co.uk


2011 dates likely to be Friday 3rd - Sunday 26th June

Deadline for inclusion in 2011 is Monday 14th March but please make contact sooner - like now...
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Glasgow University Tours - Tours start at 2pm from Gilmorehill G12 every Thursday, Friday & Saturday. (except  over Xmas & New Year) 
last approximately 1 hour, taking in The University's 104 listed buildings. 

Tickets cost £5/£4 Conc from the box office (+ 50p fee for debit/credit card payments).
For individual and group tour enquiries - tel +44 (0)141 330 5522

or email
boxoffice@gilmorehillg12.co.uk Gilmorehill G12 (bottom of University Avenue at end of Kelvin Way)

The Hunterian Museum within The University main building is was founded in 1807, contains over 1 million objects and is Free
There is a permanent display on Lord Kelvin - Revolutionary Scientist who taught at Glasgow University for 53 years.


  Don't forget Glasgow's other festivals


Glasgow Mela 2010 - Sunday 20 June 2010 - Kelvingrove Park
The Mela (meaning 'gathering' in Sanskrit) is organised by the The Scottish Academy of Asian Arts and is a high profile multicultural music and dance festival for the West of Scotland.

Gibson Street Gala - Kelvinbridge - Sunday 20th June - 12-6 pm
Annual festival with Gibson Street pedestrianised to the Eldon Street Roundabout at Woodlands Road.


  

Glasgow International Jazz Festival 2010 - Friday 18 to Sunday 27 June 2010

Annual Jazz Festival highlighting performers from around the world.  Phone: 0141 552 3552  
Glasgow International Jazz Festival Website


 AUGUST

Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival 2010 - Monday 9 to Sunday 15 August 2010
Piping Live festival began in 2004.  It features some of the biggest names in Scottish and international piping, in outdoor spaces and venues throughout Glasgow.
Visit the website: Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival


World Pipe Band Championships 2010 - Saturday 14 August 2010 - Glasgow Green
The World Pipe Band Championships is the major event in the piping world and the competition culminates in a spectacular March Past of all competitors.  Typically, over 5,000 musicians (230 bands) take part from all over the world, including Canada, USA, Australia, Oman and Tokyo.
Visit the website:  World Pipe Band Championships

 


  

SEPTEMBER

Great Scottish Run 2010 - Saturday 4 and Sunday 5eptember  2010
Each year Glasgow plays host to one of the largest participative events in Scotland - runners can choose between the half marathon, 10k or Junior 3K. The race takes runners past some of the city's most famous attractions and will again feature the hugely popular run over the Kingston Bridge, before finishing in Glasgow Green.
Phone: 0845 2700 166 - Run Glasgow Website has information about where the race takes place and how to enter.

 


  

Glasgow Doors Open Day 2010 - Tuesday 16 to Sunday 20 September 2010
A unique chance for the public to visit some of Glasgow's most interesting buildings over one weekend in September. 
Organised by the Glasgow Building Preservation Trust. Phone: 0141 221 6061 - Glasgow Building Preservation Trust Website

Scotland Doors Open Day - Search


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Strathclyde Police   -   0141 532 2000 - or dial  999   or  112  in an emergency   -   Crimestoppers  -  0800 555 111



   Having a bad day?    Need to talk?   Childline Scotland for free confidential adviceChildline Scotland offers free and confidential advice on 0800 11 11
Online message boards, 1-2-1 chat plus phone calls are free and confidential   www.childline.org.uk 

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The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow, Scotland has 266 inpatient beds, 12 daycase beds, and handles approximately 90,000 out-patients, 15,000 in-patients, 7,300 daycases and 35,000 A&E attendances every year. 

The hospital provides care for newborn babies right up to children around 13 years of age.

Within the community Yorkhill Division provides a wide range of services from four Child Development Centres at - Bridgeton Health Centre, Possilpark Health Centre, Drumchapel Health Centre and the new Southbank Centre in the Gorbals.

These centres run various clinics dealing with speech, hearing, emotional or behavioural problems, as well as organising immunisation programmes in local schools.

A wide range of staff provide these services, including consultant community Paediatricians, psychologists, occupational therapists, speech & language therapists and school nurses amongst others.

In its role as a major academic institution, the Division is home to a number of University departments as well as internationally acclaimed research groups.

The Yorkhill Division's significant commitment to the teaching and training of new doctors, nurses, midwives and other health professionals, ensures that highly trained NHS staff are ready to care for the mothers and Children of Tomorrow.


Kara Russell 



Glasgow City Council  -  0141 287 2000

Strathclyde Police   -   0141 532 2000 - or dial  999   or  112  in an emergency   -   Crimestoppers  -  0800 555 111

Strathclyde Transport  -  0141 332 6811 
- The Subway (Underground)

Glasgow Black Taxis    -   0141 429 7070

City Sightseeing Tour Buses  -   0141 204 0444  - red open top double deck bus

Tee Shirt Printing
 



Common Wheel Project  bicycle donations needed  for re-habilitation and re-sale by mental health charity
Common Wheel exists to provide meaningful activity for people with mental illness by recycling and repairing old bicycles. 

Branches at Maryhill - beside McDonalds - 0141 946 0777)  &  Bridgeton - 0141 550 3854-  Bikes wanted -
Bring along that old bike and we'll fix it up.





Tee Shirt Printing


Sore Back ?       Aching Neck ?         Broken Spirit ?


The Movement Studio - West End - 10 Claremont Terrace - Glasgow - G3 7XR
Just up from An Clachan cafe in Kelvingrove Park

Come and find out about Gyrotonic & Gyrokinesis, try out the machines, receive professional advice from trained instructors about effective pain relief and other classes we do such as Yoga, Pilates, QiGong, Fitness Training, Golf specific Gyrotonic and massage therapy.

Our Southside studio is at The Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, Glasgow, G41 2PE 
http://www.themovementstudio.co.uk

This is where we also work closely with the dancers from Scottish Ballet where their physical conditioning and well-being is absolutely vital for Ashley Page's spectacular version of Cinderella which is at Glasgow's Theatre Royal from 14th - 31st December 2010  (Also in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness & Belfast)




   

Raeburn Supper Club  Read our testimonials and press features - 41 couples married so far 

The Raeburn Supper Club is a modern introduction agency specialising in dinners and events for single people of all ages.  Although not a dating agency in the traditional sense, The Raeburn Supper Club offers its members the opportunity to try lots of new activities and make new unattached friends in both Glasgow and Edinburgh.

With over 350 members, the majority of whom have been introduced through word of mouth recommendation, enjoying regular arranged monthly dinners as well as the new and popular walking programme which has been introduced and every 3-4 months large parties are held in place of monthly dinners.  Christmas Party in December at The Art Club in Bath Street.

You can apply online or download a form and post it.




 




The Coach House Trust

Visit the The Gallery at 518 Great Western Road, Kelvinbridge, G12 8EL (beside Wilton Glazing)
Shop phone: 0141 341 0993 - art & furniture commisions and sales (closed Monday)

Beautifully crafted ceramics and original paintings
Innovative hand crafted bespoke furniture produced from reclaimed Scottish timber






Park Road Pharmacy  -  0141 339 5979  - corner of Park Rd. 100m from Kelvinbridge Subway - 405 Great Western Road, G4 9HY 
The West End's Independent Chemist offering free, friendly, impartial and confidential advice

Gartnavel.com - phone numbers, visiting hours, travel info. and details of all the hospitals in Glasgow

Local Services - shops and services in Kelvinbridge, Hillhead, St. George's Cross

GlasgowGolf.info - courses, contacts, stats & maps

ScottishBallet.info- information, performances, classes, contact details,  dancers and links

GlasgowTheatres.info - info. address & contact details plus direct links to each theatre and box office & ticket lines

www.westendfestival.co.uk - the main site

West End Festival Highland Games - Saturday 26th June 2010 - Hughenden Playing Fields



Paintings on Railings  - Paintings exhibited on Botanic Gardens Railings at Queen Margaret Drive
West End Festival open arts fair - top of Byres Road at Great Western Road
(nearest Subway is Hillhead ~300m - turn right coming out of Subway)
      

Xmas 2010 dates to be announced

Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm
 

ScottishBallet.info         GlasgowTheatres.info        GlasgowGolf.info       Gartnavel.com        supperclub.info     Kelvinbridge.com

donate to  Scottish Ballet  and support the dancer's health and fitness 
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