Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser
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Craigneuk and Old Petersburn tenants’ and residents’ association will meet on Monday, November 11, at 7pm in New Broomfield. The group meets on the second Monday of each month.
The youth club is based at Four Isles community centre and runs on Tuesdays from 6pm to 8pm. The cost is £2.50 per child (including tuck shop); call 07722 477226 for details. The group runs football training for those aged four to 12 at the community centre. Sessions take place on Fridays from 6pm to 8pm; the cost is £1, which includes water and fruit, and participants should wear indoor shoes.
The community centre hosts an over60s group on Mondays from 12 noon until 2pm; a toddlers’ group for kids from birth to three years on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 12 noon; and prize bingo on Tuesdays from 7pm to 9pm. The Touched By Suicide support group meets monthly; call Linda on 01294 274273 for details.
Are held every Thursday at Four Isles community centre, with a beginners’ session from 7pm to 8pm and an advanced class from 8pm to 9pm; for more details, call Billy on 07516 894594.
The next meeting takes place at the All Saints and Rochsolloch primaries’ campus next Tuesday, at 7pm. Call 07880 628108 for details.
The children’s committee’s will be running bonfire night events next Saturday, November 2, in the social club car park; all are welcome to attend.
The village’s community council will hold its AGM in Stanrigg Memorial Hall on Monday, at 7.30pm.
Airdrie North representative Sophia Coyle will hold her next surgery in the village tonight, from 6pm to 6.30pm in Stanrigg memorial hall. Her surgeries are on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Tommy Morgan will have his next surgery on Saturday at 12 noon, in the community centre.
Runs on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at Greengairs parish church hall, from 12.30pm to 3pm. Tea, coffee and home baking are available.
Future entertainment includes a Scots music evening on November 30, featuring the Jacobus entertainment group; tickets cost £4 and are on sale now. The club will be holding prize and money bingo events on Friday evenings from November 1. The club is open to visitors and the hall, games room and lounge can be booked by calling 01236 830436.
Takes place on Wednesdays from 10am to 12 noon at the community hall, for youngsters aged up to three years.
The breaking of the bread is on Sunday at 11am. Sunday school is from 2.30pm to 3.15pm. Evening gospel meeting is at 6.30pm every Sunday, except the last of the month when it runs from 3.30pm to 4.30pm. Prayer and Bible reading is on Wednesdays from 7.30pm to 9pm.
Takes place in the Orange hall on Sundays, with tickets on sale from 8pm and eyes down at 8.30pm. The Lucky Joker is drawn at 8.25pm. Tickets cost £1 from committee members or bar staff.
Meets on Mondays from 6pm to 9pm, in the Orange hall on Baillies Lane. Anyone who would like to play the orchestral flute and drums is welcome; contact John on 07525 064303 for more.
Meets on Tuesdays, and new flute and drum learners are welcome to attend. Call John on 07525 064303 for further details.
Visitors are always welcomed by the Stanrigg mining memorial group and the monument is open to all. Transport can be arranged by calling 01236 830637. People visiting the memorial are asked not to park at the entrance gate as disabled access may be required.
Will hold their annual general meeting next Wednesday, October 30, at 6.30pm in Stanrigg memorial hall.
The clubhouse is available for functions. New and lapsed bowlers are welcome to join, at an introductory cost of £50 for the first season. Call 01698 831012 or email calderbankbowls@yahoo.com.
Welcomes boys from P1-6. The groups meet on Tuesdays at 6pm in Calderbank parish church halls. For details, call Elaine Wood on 07894 728667.
Meetings are held at Glenboig Masonic hall on Wednesdays at 6.30pm. Contact Stephen on 07847 332745 for details. Takes place at Calder parish church on Bute Street on Thursdays at 1pm.
Hatha yoga takes place in Springfield community centre on Tuesdays from 6.30pm to 7.30pm; and at Charlotte Toal centre in Coatbridge on Thursdays at the same times. Call 01236 764217 for details.
The whist club runs on Wednesdays, at 6.30pm; new members are welcome and tuition can be provided. Carpet bowls will run every Monday and Wednesday at 1.30pm; tea will be provided and tuition is available.
For pre-school children take place at Plains Evangelical church at 10.30am on Tuesdays during term time. Contact Sheena on 07525 031515 for details.
Meet at the St David’s and Plains primaries’ campus on Wednesdays. Beavers, for six to eight-year-olds, is from 6.15pm to 7.30pm; Cubs, for ages eight to 10, from 6.45pm to 8.15pm; and Scouts runs from 7.15pm to 8.45pm. Weekly cost is £3; call 01236 609515 for more details.
Will resume in February. Any primary school-aged girls interested in joining the group can call Ann Marie Reilly on 07796 865320 or Jane Lamont on 07500 287613.
Meets on Fridays from 1pm to 3pm in the community centre. Activities include arts and crafts, fitness and cooking. The cost is £1.50, including tea and snacks.
The Girls’ Brigade meet in the church hall on Mondays; all girls welcome. The Boys’ Brigade meet in the same venue on Wednesdays, with Anchor Boys followed by the Junior section. Primary school aged boys are invited to attend.
The One Way Club, for children in P4P7, and Rock Solid group, for high school pupils, runs on Tuesday evenings in the church hall, led by youth worker Jenny. Is held every Wednesday at the church hall from 10.30am to 12.30pm.
People can learn to play musical instruments including guitar and fiddle at St Bartholomew’s church hall on Fridays from 8pm to 9.30pm. Lessons are followed by a folk music session until midnight.
Entertainment includes – Mondays and Thursdays: dancing to live music; Tuesdays: bingo with £ 500 prize; Wednesdays: line dancing; Saturdays: cabaret with top acts, backed by Kenny Campbell; Sundays: dancing to The Reasons. Call 01236 607051 for details.
Takes place at New Wellwynd parish church on Fridays, from 10am to 12.30pm. Stalls include clothing, household goods, toys and bric-a-brac; admission is free.
The Airdrie Fairtrade town group are holding a celebration for 25 years of the Fairtrade mark in St Andrew’s Hospice’s education suite this Saturday, from 11am to 12pm; all are welcome to attend.
Is held in St Margaret’s hall every Wednesday from 7pm to 9pm. Entry is £5 and the class is open to beginners and experienced dancers. Nearly-new sales have now resumed at the church on Broomknoll Street.
Meets on Tuesdays at Beechbank community centre in Whinhall from 7.30pm; call Nan on 01236 767007.
New Beginnings arts and crafts classes are held at One Wellwynd every Tuesday from 2pm to 4pm; all are welcome.
By Love N’Light Recovery Org runs at Pilgrim community centre on Victoria Place each Saturday from 12 noon to 4pm. This includes motivational speakers, a conversational cafe, fun hub, 12 steps
The line dancing group based at the venue will run every Monday from 7pm to 9pm, with camera club on Tuesdays from 7pm to 9pm, chair aerobics from 1pm to 2pm on Wednesdays, and Slimming World class at 6pm on Wednesdays, and 8.30am and 10.30am on Saturdays. Anyone wishing to book the hall can call 01236 428641 during the above opening times. The club can also be contacted by emailing admin@coatbridgeibc.co.uk or via www.coatbridgeibc.co.uk.
Meet on Tuesdays, at 5.30pm and 7.30pm, in St Kevin’s church hall, on Mainhill Road, Bargeddie, and in Shawhead community centre. Further groups take place on Thursdays, at 5.30pm and 7.30pm, at Coatbridge community centre, located in St Andrew’s High School, and at the Time Capsule.
Runs fortnightly walks every second Saturday. Bus pick- up points are Red Bridge at 8.45am and Glenboig at 9am. The club runs a varied programme of walks, each costing £ 13, and all are welcome. Places must be booked by calling Jean Morrison on 07761 761710.
At Old Monkland parish church runs on Thursdays from 10.30am until noon. Tea and coffee are available.
The Margaret Skinnider Heritage Centre, based on Academy Street, is open every Saturday from 11am to 3pm; organisers are asking people to “support their local Irish heritage centre”.
Meets on Mondays from 12 noon until 2pm at Hope Church on Bank Street. Those looking for work are invited for friendly, practical support. Lunch is provided; call 0800 328 0006 to book a place.
The Angel of Love and Light Spiritualist Church meets every Monday at 7.30pm at Coatbridge community centre, on Old Monkland Road (in St Andrew’s High School). New members are welcome along.
Will be holding an open meeting in the near future – those interested in attending are asked to register interest by emailing Coatbridge@live.com.
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