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Doors Open Day Paisley 2014

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Doors Open Day Paisley 2014. The Annual Doors Open Day Paisley (Saturday 6th September) is nearly upon us and it makes for a fantastic day out with the family, when you can access buildings and places you would never normally be able to see inside. Doors Open Day in Paisley 2014 will be popular with
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Salmon fishing a great catch for Renfrew residents

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Salmon fishing a great catch for Renfrew residents. 38 Renfrew residents joined Renfrewshire’s Provost Anne Hall in an historic trip down the Clyde to preserve the town’s fishing rights on the river. The guests were invited to watch as Renfrewshire’s civic leaders carried out the historic act of casting the nets to retain the rights
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Popular Paisley road race on pace for personal best

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Popular Paisley road race on pace for personal best. Paisley’s popular 10k Road Race and Fun Run looks set to be bigger than ever this year as race organisers remain on pace for a record number of entries. The 2014 edition takes place on Sunday 31 August and more than 1,400 runners are already confirmed
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Residents urged not to miss out in referendum

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Residents urged not to miss out in referendum. Renfrewshire residents are being urged not to miss out in next month’s Scottish Independence Referendum. People not listed in the area’s electoral register will be unable to vote in the referendum on Thursday 18 September. Renfrewshire Council bosses have issued a reminder to all those potentially eligible
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Battlefield Band at Paisley Arts Centre

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Battlefield Band at Paisley Arts Centre. One of the great institutions of Scottish traditional music, Battlefield Band, will be performing at Paisley Arts Centre next month. Formed in Glasgow in 1969, with over 30 albums and countless awards, this is a music gig not to be missed!   Having performed all over the world from
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Provost Hall spreads her wings for charity wing-walk

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Renfrewshire’s Provost Anne Hall and seventeen big-hearted locals have been flying high in a special charity event. The wing-walk, which is raising awareness of armed forces charity Help for Heroes, took place on Strathaven Airfield on Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 August. Provost Hall, who took part in the wing-walk on the second day, started
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Bay City Rollers Play Begins Tour at Paisley Town Hall

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Fresh from its sell-out 2013 tour, Rapture Theatre in association with Paisley Town Hall presents the hilarious drama, Shang-A-Lang. With a wickedly funny script, talented cast and fantastic soundtrack this production is a wonderfully funny and poignant trip back to the Seventies. Written by Catherine Johnson (writer of the smash hit Mamma Mia) and directed by
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Fire Engine Rally is success in new home

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A crowd of thousands saw vintage vehicles from through the ages when the ever-popular Fire Engine Rally made its first appearance in a new home. The event was taking place in Johnstone for the first time, having been in Paisley in recent years, and fire appliance fans young and old flocked to Houstoun Square. The
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Nineteen Recruits told ‘you’re hired’ at finale

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Nineteen Recruits told ‘you’re hired’ at finale. Nineteen young people heard the magic words of ‘you’re hired’ at a ceremony to mark the conclusion of a popular council youth employment programme. The group are looking forward to their new careers after taking part in The Recruit – loosely based on TV’s Apprentice – which sees
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Warm welcome for return of Grand Fountain

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Warm welcome for return of Grand Fountain. One of the jewels in Paisley’s architectural crown is back and looking better than ever after a year-long restoration project. The A-listed Grand Fountain in the town’s Fountain Gardens has been reassembled on site over the past fortnight, sparking a flurry of interest from residents. The intricate cast-iron
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Fire engine rally Johnstone

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Fire engine rally moves to new home. Johnstone residents are being invited to check out vintage vehicles from through the ages this month when the area hosts one of the area’s most popular annual events for the first time. The Fire Engine Rally will take place in the town’s Houston Square on Saturday 16 August
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Frame by Frame

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Frame by Frame Frame by Frame is an opportunity for local film-makers to come and show their films at Paisley Art Centre.  Over the last six months we have shown over 20 films to packed audiences.  Special Guests have included Lochwinnoch film-maker Kevin Cameron and local director Gary Hewitt. Each month a different member of