District news
Camera Club Members of Carluke Camera Club are looking forward to Friday’s four-way print battle which will be a joint meeting with the local camera clubs from Hamilton, Lanark and Motherwell. Each club will enter a fixed number of prints to be assessed by the judges with points awarded, towards the total points for each club. Friday’s judge will be Bob Collins, a past president of Queen’s Park Camera Club, who is widely respected for his own camera skills. As host club, Carluke will provide a buffet at the interval, thanks to the generosity of its members, and all donations will be very gratefully received. The club resumed its weekly meetings last Friday, with a ‘Where am I?’ competition, based on landscape pictures by Sadie Paterson and Ed Willis. This proved to be a very challenging and enjoyable test for all. Thanks go to Sadie and Ed for their amazing knowledge of Scottish geography and history. The team of John Cannon, Tom Robley and Michael Arthur won first place by a convincing margin, and were each able to take home some very exciting prizes. The club will be celebrating its 40th anniversary with a special dinner on Friday, February 5, as well as an exhibition of the best work of members over the years. To this end, an invitation is extended to all its members, including past members, to enter examples of their best work for the exhibition. Meetings are held at 7.30pm on Fridays, in St Andrews Parish Church hall on Mount Stewart Street, and visitors are always welcome. Full details of the club’s schedule and contact details, are available on its website www.carluke-cc.org. 1st Carluke Scouts The scouting movement started in Carluke 110 years ago during the summer of 1907, after founder Baden Powell held a camp on Brownsea Island in England to test ideas for his book. The camp and the publication of “Scouting for Boys” are generally regarded as the start of the Scout movement. In December 1907 a meeting was held to gauge the interest of scouting in the town of Carluke. The outlook was good and 1st Carluke Scouts were then formed in January 1908 by the Lightbody family, who are still associated with the group today, meeting each week in the Lightbody Hall on Hozier Street. It includes Beavers aimed at children from six to nineyear-olds, Cubs for eight to 10-yearolds, Scouts for 10 to 14-year-olds and Explorers for 14 to 18-year-olds. However, it was another 10 years after the Scouts first began that the 1st Carluke Cubs were formed. The Cubs will celebrate their 100th anniversary in 2018 and the 1st Carluke Scouts company will also celebrate their 110th anniversary this year. To mark this monumental occasion a celebratory dinner and ceilidh is being held on February 2, in the Masonic Hall. The 1st Carluke company would like to invite all their past and present members, as well as Friends of 1st Carluke Scouts to join them in their celebration. Tickets for the event are available by contacting Gordon Nelson on 01555 75226, Tracy Gilhooley on 01555 750286 or any member of the 1st Carluke Scouts or via their Facebook page. Street Level Members of the Street Level youth project would like to thank everyone who has supported the club during 2017. In particular, the group wish to thank the town’s churches who have been behind them from the beginning and the Carluke Choices Shop who, once again, provided invaluable donations throughout the year. The members now extend an invitation to welcome any new members to come along and join them in the new year. Their recent coffee morning held in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support was well