Essential roadworks toforce closure
A residential road in Barrhead is set to be closed during the day for two weeks next month.
Aurs Crescent is scheduled to be shut from Monday, June 12 until Friday, June 23 to allow essential carriageway resurfacing works on, or near the road.
The road will be closed only during the contractor’s working hours which are 9am until 4pm, Monday to Friday.
All vehicles will be unable to access the closed section of the road throughout the works.
A community choir from Ferguslie Park are yet to come down from an “incredible” opportunity that saw them inhabit the upper echelons of British celebrity society when they performed for King Charles at the recent Coronation event.
The Paisley Daily Express reported earlier this month how the small group of volunteer singers had been contacted by the BBC asking them to sing for the king at a special concert at Windsor Castle featuring the likes of Lionel Richie, Take That, and Katie Perry at the celebration on Sunday, May 7.
Bobbie McCabe, volunteer coordinator at the Tannahill Centre, where the group meets every Monday lunchtime, said she was “still on a high” from their performance and that “it was such an incredible experience”, and “way more” than they’d expected.
Not only did the 14 Ferguslie Park singers have the chance to meet and sing with around 200 members from other community choirs around the UK, but they also got to meet some A-listers and absolute superstars of the music industry.
“We met Take That at our rehearsal and then we sang along with them in the big finale at the concert. And we got to watch the dress rehearsal of Lionel Richie, Sir Bryn Terfel, and Andrea Bocelli,” explained Bobbie.
The concert was attended by an audience of around 20,000 and was broadcast to millions, with the BBC saying that it was watched by an average of 10.1 million over the course of the programme, with a peak audience of 12.3 million.