BELLSQUARRY MURIESTON

YVONNE GREEN 01506 440881 YVONNEGREEN55@GMAIL.COM THE COOP

a re supporting Mur i e s t o n Environmental Group (MEG) through their “local causes” scheme.

MEG are grateful to have been chosen again this year and this is how you can help- if you have a CoOp account, log in and then go to this page: https:// membership.coop.co.uk/causes/48887 and “Choose this cause” to support MEG.

Continuing to shop locally not only boosts funds shared with MEG but will help ensure this essential local service can stay with us in these hard times.

LIVINGSTON CRICKET CLUB

As some will be aware we had recently started slowly moving towards re-opening the Kingfisher Bar. However with the most recent change in restrictions this has had to cease. We are closely monitoring

the regulations issued by the Scottish government and obviously want to ensure any return to the club is safe for our members. We have therefore taken the decision to, once again, defer opening until restrictions reduce further. We will open again as soon as we deem it is safe to do so and we are already planning events for next year, which will be our 40th anniversary. Dates to mark in your diary are:

2nd to 4th April 2021 Beer festival 30th May 2021 Garden party

4th September 2021 Gala day We hope to see you all as soon as it is safe for us to open, in the meantime look after yourselves and stay safe.

Livingston Cricket Club would like to remind people that the club is private property and although they don’t stop people walking their dogs, dog walkers should take their dog poo bags home to dispose of, or place them in the appropriate public waste bins provided by West Lothian Council. Please do not leave dog poo bags in or beside the Cricket Club waste bins as due to the club currently being closed, the waste bins on site are not being emptied. Please respect our community club facilities and allow everyone to stay safe

LET ALL YOUR MEMORIES & STORIES WITH STONES BE A PART OF HISTORY.

The Covid19 Lockdown has been a very strange time for everyone. The girls in the 10th Livingston Girl Guide Group wanted to capture the different

emotions, memories and stories they have encountered in 2020 and decided to create a memorial to provide something in history, representing what lockdown was like locally and what the Guides themselves had been through. They have created a rainbow out of coloured stones, which can be seen at Livingston Cricket Club and are now hoping that everyone in the community join in by laying their own stone, with their own story, to describe how they too felt and what they went through or to remember people that they lost during the pandemic. When the memorial was highlighted in the Courier’s ‘Kindness in the Community’ feature, Guide leader Vicky Walker said, “It would be nice to have a memorial that our children and grandchildren can see,”

LIVINGSTON SOUTH COMMUNITY CHURCH

have taken the decision to suspend all church services at Murieston Village Hall and The Lanthorn until further notice in light of current health issues.

THE BELLSQUARRY VILLAGE HALL DEFIBRILLATOR (AED)

is now in its new outdoor locked cabinet. To access dial 999 or 112 and tell operator the location code. You will then be given a code to unlock the box. Turn handle down and it will open. BANKTON MAINS LAWN BOWLING CLUB

is a family friendly club with one of the Best known Bowling greens in West Lothian. We have just under 200 Bowling members as well as up to 60 Social Members. With a well stocked bar It is also a great place just sit and relax and watch the Bowling at the large patio area and well-kept gardens that surround the Bowling green. Hire of the Club Function Suite is Available and the Clubhouse is available for hire for Birthdays, Weddings, Christenings, Funerals, Receptions etc. Bankton Mains is a great function venue with more than ample parking and all the amenities you would expect from a high class function suite, all for a very reasonable hire charge.

For further info phone 01506 460233, email enquiries@banktonmains.co.uk or see website www.banktonmains.co.uk

library placed into storage for now (It will return).

We have lots of plans for next year.. Dates for your diary, weekend May 8-9 when we will hopefully celebrate VE Day anniversary as we had to cancel last year. We hope to have our first Military Vehicle show, which will also take in VJ Day anniversary celebration, again, postponed from this year on weekend August 14-15. If you would like to see what the museum is up to please have a look at our facebook page .

ALMONDELL COUNTRY PARK

New signage in Almondell heralds the arrival of the Shale Trail, West Lothian’s new 16 mile trail between Winchburgh and West Calder, which passes through the park. Unlock the secrets of Scotland’s first oil rush as you walk or cycle through this beautiful green corridor. Discover what lies under your feet, how shale oil was made and its people. See how nature has reclaimed the industrial landscape. supported many children & families with their specially designed school programs, therapy session & clubs. Their animals absolutely love Christmas Trees so if your taking yours to the tip then please drop it into the centre instead. The address is Hope Scotland, Royston Lodge, Bathgate EH48 1JX. Please leave in crate in front of gates.

MILITARY MUSEUM SCOTLAND, LINBURN

Although Military Museum Scotland is closed for the foreseeable future, rest assured we will re-open just as soon as we are allowed to. This latest period of closure will give the time and opportunity to continue with the changes to the Museum. The Museum has expanded into the Library area, with most of the library placed into storage for now (It will return).

We have lots of plans for next year.. Dates for your diary, weekend May 8-9 when we will hopefully celebrate VE Day anniversary as we had to cancel last year. We hope to have our first Military Vehicle show, which will also take in VJ Day anniversary celebration, again, postponed from this year on weekend August 14-15. If you would like to see what the museum is up to please have a look at our facebook page .

The Kirknewton Community Development Trust

On behalf of the KCDT Board we’d like to thank all the volunteers who helped put together the hampers, everyone who took part in the Christmas trail and the Gala Santa driving around the village.

Thanks to the Kirknewton Community Development Trust staff who also help coordinate activity, support groups such as the Community Council & Gala and seek substantial funds into the community to help support activity throughout the year. This year we were very lucky to have had key people in place to prepare and support Covid activity, which looks likely to continue into 2021.

We do rely on external funding to maintain both the staff we employ and such projects and it’s always a big help if we can say many of our community are members of the Trust. Sign up is free, open to anyone over the age of 16 on the Kirknewton postcode and it would be a great Christmas present for us if you could join.

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