On Friday the 15th February we held a Scottish Evening in Clybebank Town Hall.

After the usual hectic preparations in the weeks beforehand we spent most of the early part of the day at the hall setting up all the ‘bits and bobs’.

The tables were arranged and decorated by Susan Lamond who assures us that she doesn’t want to see another piece of tartan ribbon again!!  It was well worth the effort she put in as she did a great job.

The excellent band ‘Hell for Leather’ was booked by Annie Knox of Two Fold Publishing who also arranged for Councillor Jim Finn to present a beautiful bunch of flowers to Jackie at the end of the evening.  Nice one Annie!  Two of our very supportive patrons Bobby Russell and Simon Leslie also attended on the night. 

The raffle was run by Susan and ‘oor Trace’ and was a great success with Bobby presenting the prizes. The generosity of people who donated prizes (see list below) and that of those who bought tickets was greatly appreciated.

After some ‘sustenance’ from the buffet and a fair bit o’ jiggin, Simon and Derek presented us with a cheque from Follow Follow for £200.  George Smith also gave us a personal donation of £100 - our old friends George, John and the gang from the Prince Henry Supporters Club travelled through from Whitburn.

It was great to see some familiar faces and old friends and it was great to meet some new ones.  Nights like these are only ‘successful’ when those who attend enjoy themselves and hopefully everyone did as much as we did. 

From all of us at The Davie Cooper Centre: 

We thank you all.

Raffle prizes donated by:
Barrhead Travel, The Cruin Restaurant (Loch Lomand), Cllr Jim Finn, West Dunbartonshire Leisure, Clydebank SNP Councillors, Asda Stores Clydebank, McMonagles Fish Restaurant, Auchentoshan Distillery, Clydebank SNP, Lendrick Lodge Holilstic Retreat (The Trossachs), Studio 952, Andell Catering, By: Su, Mrs Fitzcharles, Mrs Steedman, Susan Lamond, Fiona Marshall, Liz Miller,  Diamond Childcare, Christine Leslie. Prizes were also donated by individuals on the night.

Over £1000 was raised.

Donations were also sent to us by Jim Whitelaw (who has previously generously supported the charity) and Alistair McDonald MBE (ex Provost).

(Click here to see pictures of the night's events)