Published: Thursday, 2nd May, 2002 00:00
Jubilee money will reunite gala beauties
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CARDWELL Bay Community Council has received £3,000 from Inverclyde Council to help fund an event to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
Councillors agreed at last week's policy and strategy committee to award the grant after considering an application by Cardwell Bay Community Council on behalf of the three community councils in Gourock.
The event will bring together former Gourock Gala queens, princesses, pages and attendants from the past 50 years.
It will take place in the Walled Gardens in Gourock Park on the evening of 15 June, the day before the annual Gourock Garden Party. It is expected that between 500 to 700 people will go along.
Christmas comes early to Port
CHRISTMAS has come early for one Port Glas-gow family who have transformed their home into Santa’s Grotto. Festive fanatic Patrick McCartney, 39, has created his winter wonderland, with a bumper 10 Christmas trees and more than 60 Santas. He said: “I love Christmas — I’m a big wean."
Probe after boy falls from bus
AN investigation has been launched after a young boy with special needs fell from a moving school mini-bus on to a busy Greenock road. The minibus was heading along Inverkip Road, during the rush-hour when the boy fell out and hit his head on the road.
Childcare group gets £230k boost
A LEADING childcare group is celebrating a £230,000 lottery grant that will help it to introduce parenting classes in Inverclyde. Enterprise Childcare has been awarded the cash for the unique project which is designed to help bring families closer together.
Chef threatens police with cleaver
A TEENAGE chef walked into a takeaway carrying a meat cleaver and asked staff to call the police. Greenock Sheriff Court heard Daniel Tonner, 18, of Nelson Street, Greenock, took the seven-inch blade into a Chinese takeaway near his home.
Mum left alone in 'hell hole'
THE mum-of-two who lives in a derelict building admits she’s at the end of her tether after a catalogue of fires and vandalism.
1 in 3 consider leaving
MORE than one in three people living in Inverclyde have considered leaving the area because of crime, anti-social behaviour and unemployment. Worryingly, 92 per cent of those asked also said they believed excessive drinking of alcohol was a particular problem in Inverclyde.
Sharyn is a sharp shooter
A GOAL-SHOOTING policewoman nets criminals at work — and points at weekends. Sharyn Lyon, 39, is a detective sergeant based in Greenock police station, who has helped to propel the Glasgow Wildcats netball team into the super league.
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