Flynn Our New Life by Gail Russell Tapping my foot in anticipation, I squinted at the small strip in front of me, watching as one pink line and then a second slowly appeared. I’d already known I was pregnant - despite the lack of morning sickness, I’d just had a ‘feeling’. My partner, Clydesider Editor • Issue 13
DSC_0033 Lockdown Love by Angela Clark During lockdown couples have had to adapt to lots of changes and experienced many new challenges. Social clubs are closed, work places are closed and most people are spending more time at home with each other than ever before. After 46 years of marriage, local artist and Clydesider Editor • Issue 13
Salvaged Metal Art by Jenny Watson A little over a year ago we introduced you to Jack Smyth, the talented young man hoping to create change one weld at a time and creator of Salvaged Metal Art Since the article in Issue 11, Jack has to continued to hone his skills and improve Clydesider Editor • Community
Food for Thought distribution Food for Thought by Angela Clark Local food aid charity, Food for Thought, is set to expand their services throughout West Dunbartonshire as two new members join the team. The charity was kept busy during the Covid pandemic delivering emergency food packages. The increase in team members will see them take to the Clydesider Editor • Community
Havoc Meadows Friends with Nature Words and Photo by Zoe Weir Friends of Havoc Meadows have been working hard to record and conserve the high biodiversity at Havoc meadow in Dumbarton. Zoe Weir founder of Friends of Havoc and nearby Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore reports on how the two groups have been operating during lockdown. Clydesider Editor • Community
Seeds of Hope Seeds of Hope were dispatched in little paper envelopes to communities across Scotland – including West Dunbartonshire. The heart-warming Seeds of Hope idea stemmed from a woman looking for ways to stay connected with her elderly father, hundreds of miles away in London. Serena explained: “I was looking for something Clydesider Editor • Community
