Guides Above and Beyond: A Life Well Lived By Annie Jordan Often the most outstanding people are the most unassuming and humble folk you will ever meet: Margaret Rice is one such individual. You would never guess she had recently been recognised in the Scottish Parliament for her 62 year career in education by a Motion presented by Clydesider Editor • Issue 33
Journeys Through A Foreign Language By Working4Uʼs ESOL Learners Photos by Kayleigh Hirst The Working4U Adult Learning and Literacies Team offers a range of courses for adults to develop confidence, personal skills and gain qualifications. One of their programmes is English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), which aims to help people who are new Clydesider Editor • Education
Gartocharn team pic Football Club Celebrations Words by Steven Hastings Photos courtesy of Gartocharn F.C Hip, Hip Hooray it’s Gartocharn Football Club’s 70th anniversary. The amateur team was started by a few local men in the village and after some friendlies they played their first official match on Saturday 30 April 1955. I Clydesider Editor • Heritage
Use Yir Ain Tongue Mary Irvine in conversation with Ann MacKinnon Balloch poet Ann MacKinnon is a strong proponent of the Scots language firmly believing that people would benefit from learning this language. I sat down with Ann to hear more about her belief and see how her passion demonstrates the quiet but firm Clydesider Editor • Issue 31
The Snail in the Bottle By Florence Boyle One of the most important Scottish legal cases of the 20th century is Donoghue v Stevenson, and Mrs Donoghue one of its most famous litigants. Anyone who studies Scots Law will come across it as it set case law worldwide. But it also has an unexpected local Clydesider Editor • Issue 30
