YOUNG members of a drama group and local crafters helped spread some pre-Christmas cheer with a festive fair at Bow Farm.
Riverside Stage Company, who took over the main hall of Paton Street Community Centre in August, wanted to encourage as many people as possible to come through their welcoming doors — and they got their wish.
The group is helping to breathe new life into the centre which closed in 2018 after it was damaged as a result of a deliberate fire.
Thomas Williams, one of the theatre company's directors, said: "Thing have gone very well.
"We've only had Paton Street a few months and we wanted to get as many people as we could into the building by the end of the year.
"We wanted people to see what it was like now as opposed to before, as well as promoting what we do through the Christmas fair.
"It was really busy, we saw a lot of new faces who stay in the area and some people talked about when they were wee and they used to go to the school dance here.
"We had crafters who put up stalls and two of our kids from the drama group had stalls too."
The fair has been hailed as a 'great success' by all involved and those who attended and the Riverside group are aiming to hold another craft event next Easter.
Thomas says he has exciting plans to open up the space to the whole community.
He said: "We are starting up a wee group for kids with additional support needs and their parents in January.
"It will be somewhere for kids and their parents to play games and do activities."
He has also been asked to start a bingo night and a youth club for primary school-aged children.
Thomas said: "It's great to see the place full of life again."
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