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day, September 27, at 10am. For more information or to stay up-to-date with events see the group’s Facebook page. Bon Accord Social Club Bingo on Wednesday and Friday at 8pm, and on Saturday at 10pm. Saturday sees Steven Watters performing in the club at 9pm. Charity show for the Fortissat Dementia Support Group on October 13, featuring Pat Cairns tribute with Carole Mack, and Legends show on November 3 with JJ Wilson. The club are taking new bookings, so please get in touch if you would like to hold an event there. The function hall is available to hire for events and weddings. For more information, contact the club on 01501 821542 or visit their Facebook page, where photos of the hall dressed for weddings and events are on display. Lodge St John 471 will have their next regular meeting on Friday, September 28, at 7.30pm in the Orange hall. Community council meets on the first Monday of the month in the Community Centre in Kirk Road at 7.30pm. Members of the public are welcome to attend these meetings. See their Facebook page at Shotts Community Council, or ask to be added to their emailing list to be kept up-to-date. Slimming group has classes every Wednesday at 9.30am, 5.30pm and 7.30pm in Epic Studios, Shottskirk Road (above Ladbrokes at Dykehead Cross). For more information about the classes, contact Jacqueline on 07492065611. Everyone welcome. St Patrick’s Furniture Project (Shotts) Why not give the project a visit? Everyone is welcome. The project’s thrift shop at 261 Station Road is open Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, between 10am and 3pm. The warehouse at 100 Calderhead Road is open Monday to Friday, from 9.30am to 4pm. For more information on any of the above, contact the project on 01501 821187. Charity nomination The 1st Shotts Girls’ Brigade Company is in the running for this year’s Asda Foundation’s Green Token giving award. Nominations for all the local groups involved can be found on the notice board, which is located near the exit of the Newmains branch of Asda. Ironworks Bowling Club Closing Day game promiscuous starts at the club at 2pm this Saturday. There will be bingo and dancing in the evening to Billy’s One Man Band, with bingo and dancing to Willie Mack the following week on September 29. Dates to look out for include Lee Scott on October 13, Lauren Kyle and Just Uz on November 2, and Vicky Grant on December 8. Calderhead Erskine Church The Kirk Session has now appointed Rev Iain Murdoch as locum minister for Shotts Calderhead Erskine Parish Church of Scotland. If anyone in the congregation or parish wishes the help of a minister or requires a listening ear, please contact Iain Murdoch on 01555 773891; 07887 595498 (mobile) or email iaincmurdoch@btopenworld.com. Please also let him know of anyone who is sick at home or in hospital. Services at Calderhead Erskine church commence at 11am every Sunday in Shotts and 12.30pm in Allanton. Marble Club Entertainment begins with bingo in the lounge on Sundays at 1.30pm, and on Mondays and Thursdays in the main hall at 9pm. A September weekend special this Saturday will see instrumental duo, Justuz (formerly Miami) plus fantastic vocalist, Liz Clark, from 3pm to 7pm. Tickets, priced £6, are on sale from the bar or from Caledonian Music Agency. The club is available for all types of functions; pick up a booking form from the bar, contact 01501 823303 or see their Facebook page. Boys’ Brigade Company meets in Allanton Church hall on Tuesdays, with Explorers gathering at 6pm to 7.15pm, Seniors at 7pm to 8.30pm, and Brigaders from 7pm to 8.30pm. New members welcome to come along and join any of the above groups. Street dance class is held in the hall of Allanton church at 5.30pm to 7pm on Thursdays. New members welcome. Coffee morning takes place at Allanton church on Thursday, between 11am and 2pm, in aid of St Andrew Hospice; entrance costs £2. Contact Karen Mcnabe or Linsey Mcgowan for further details. Lunch club continues in the church hall from 12 noon to 1.30pm. It serves two course meals of a main course, with tea/coffee or juice, plus dessert all for the bargain price of £4. A take away service is also available. Everyone welcome. Line dancing class continues on Wednesdays with beginners’ and refreshers’ class at 12.30pm to 1.15pm, followed by the main class from 1.15pm to 2.45pm in the main church hall. All ages and abilities will be made very welcome. Bearsden Fiddlers’ The concert, featuring Scottish traditional music both past and present held in the church recently was a great success. Many thanks are given to the fiddlers and everyone who worked so hard to make the night so successful and to everyone who attended. Women’s group resumes on Wednesday, September 26, in the small church hall at 7.30pm. The first week’s programme is an enrolment night and all ladies in the area are welcome to come along and give it a try. The committee encourage members, both old and new, to come along to enjoy the varied entertainment programme which they have organised for the autumn season. Overtown and Waterloo community council meets in Overtown Community Centre on the first Tuesday in each month at 7.30pm. There is a calendar of events planned, starting with a visit from the Scottish Green Party on October 2. The focus will be on protecting the greenbelt and widlife and how local people can be part of this campaign. The committee look forward to welcoming everyone to what promises to be an informative evening. Community nursery and toddlers still have a few vacancies for this session. They meet Monday to Friday mornings in Overtown Community Centre. Anyone who has a child aged three years up to primary school age, or younger who could enjoy the toddlers’ group, should get in touch with the organisers at the community centre on any week-day morning, between 9am and noon.