Dedridge Project Hoping for Green Grant
Dedridge Environment Ecology Project (DEEP), the West Lothian based community group, has been announced as a finalist in the running to receive a Green Grant of £10,000 to fund the Wave Pond Wetland Project.
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North Berwick and the Pilgrims’ Ferry
When it was obvious in the ’seventies of the last century that the long-stay tourists were never going to return, North Berwick was content to let itself become an upmarket dormitory suburb and retirement destination for Edinburgh. An agitation against the Beeching cuts in the early ’sixties, because the train delivered tourists, had providentially saved the railway for the town; it meant that in the future the train journey was acceptably short for its new role.
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Charles returns triumphant
After a comprehensive conservation project, the statue of Charles II has returned to its plinth in Parliament Square. In October last year the statue was carefully removed, and transported to the workshop of Hall Conservation in Kent for conservation. The work was part of the Twelve Monuments Restoration Project, a joint initiative of the City of Edinburgh Council and Edinburgh World Heritage.
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A Ghost Town in West Lothian
What’s better than a brisk walk though a picturesque village, maybe an hour or so, pick up some supplies and return home to settle down with the newspapers? A perfect Sunday afternoon for many a casual walker and Bangour Village, near Dechmont in West Lothian, delivers just that – with an added twist.
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