https://clydesider.org/2021/09/23/raising-awareness/ Raising Awareness by Angela Clark As a parent you would do anything to protect your child, ensure they are fed, clothed, with a safe place to sleep. If that means leaving your country, friends and family behind to save their life, you would not hesitate. For people across the world this has Clydesider • Issue 17
BMX Drumry Bikers Issue 17 BMX Hopes Ride High In Drumry by Zanya McCartney “Riders ready, watch the gate,” the recorded voice warns. A line of eight youngsters perch on bicycles at a precarious angle, facing down the steep slope of a track on a sunny September evening. Their faces are focused, glimpsed through the oversized helmets which cover their heads Clydesider • Issue 17
Dumbarton Artizan Centre Council to Buy Dumbarton Shopping Centre West Dunbartonshire Council is in negotiations to purchase Dumbarton's Artizan Shopping Centre. The pedestrianised precinct is a key element of their plans to regenerate and transform the town centre. Councillor Iain McLaren, convener of the Infrastructure, Regeneration and Economic Development committee, said: “Regenerating Dumbarton town centre has always Clydesider Editor • Community
Conversations With Nature by Johnny Dale I feel nature and being outside watching the wildlife out in the garden or on my walks has helped me a lot during these unprecedented times. I have to admit I loved last year’s lockdown. Not from the point of many people losing their lives, but Clydesider Editor • Environment
Through A Lens Darkly Words by Amanda Eleftheriades Photos by Robert H King There can be few folk who embark on a career in graphic design and photography as they begin to lose their sight – but Clydebank creative Robert H. King is one such inspiring individual. Robert, who currently works as a librarian in Clydesider Editor • Creative
Grown In Nature Words & Artwork by Ann Pryce Nature is important for my well-being. It always has been. I got thinking about how it played a part in my childhood and was astonished at just how big a part it played. We lived in Govan Drive, opposite us was the Academy Sports Clydesider Editor • Issue 16
