Blackburn

Joe Stronach 07876266267 Council services are set to relocate to the new £8 million Blackburn Partnership Centre from Wednesday 6 June. To allow the services to be moved, the Library, Customer Information Service (CIS) and the Community Centre will all close early. Blackburn Library in Blackburn Connected will close on Friday 25 May. Blackburn Community Centre will close on Wednesday 30 May. Blackburn CIS will close at 3pm on Tuesday 5 June. The Library, CIS and Community Centre are all scheduled to re-open in the new Blackburn Partnership Centre on Wednesday 6 June. Citizens Advice Bureau West Lothian has an outreach project every second Friday at 9.15, 10.15 and 11.15 am at the Ashgrove Medical Practice. We can help with problems such as benefits, debt, family and neighbour problems, consumer issues, employment, and tenancy issues. To book an appointment phone 01506 654 965. Stop smoking Ashgrove Group Practice, appointments on Wednesdays 9am–noon, please call 01506 654965. Blackburn 1st Boys’ Brigade meet on Tuesdays 6.30pm at Blackburn and Seafield Church Hall. Primary school aged boys all welcome. Call 01506 652825. Blackburn 1st Girls’ Brigade meet on Wednesdays at 6.30pm in Blackburn and Seafield Parish Church. Call Moira Brown on 01506 631833. Stepping Stones for primary school children meet on Sundays at 10.45am in Blackburn and Seafield Church Hall. Call 01506 632847. Blackburn Utd FC Bingo every Wednesday at their facility in Murrayfield Park. All welcome. Blackburn Community Centre Five a side 3pm to 5pm daily. £10 per hour. 5pm to 9.45pm £15 per hour. To book call 01506 653014. Women’s Social Service Club at Blackburn Community Centre has started up again from 1.30pm to 3.30pm every Wednesday until March. New members welcome. Bowling club Sunday entertainment Jackie Clarke. 8.30pm. Also deal or no deal, bingo, tote double and dooh dah bag. Tuesday and Wednesday carpet bowling from 7pm. Thursday bingo eyes down 8.15pm. All welcome. Blackburn Branch Club of the Apprentice Boys Of Derry have been fund raising to tidy up the War Memorial on East Main Street which has been left unkempt for a number of years. Two of our late members Bro Jim Young & Bro Neil Speirs have recently passed away and we thought it fitting to raise money in their memory for the War Memorial. The Club, family & friends raised £3500.00.