Items Tagged "news"

Neep Lanterns Through Lanarkshire: Imagining Hallowe’ens of the Past

Neep Lanterns Through Lanarkshire: Imagining Hallowe’ens of the Past

A young couple in Kirkfieldbank throwing nuts in the fire. Youngsters pulling kale from the fields surrounding the steep gorges at Chatelherault. An empty chair and plate of food left out for a recently deceased relative in a mansion overlooking the Clyde. Neep lanterns twinkling at windows in Dalserf and village bonfires illuminating the dark autumnal sky throughout the valleys.

Improvements at historic graveyard

Improvements at historic graveyard

Conserving the character of the unique burial ground at Dalzell Estate

Jock's Burn in Carluke

Jock's Burn in Carluke

Help preserve Carluke's hidden wilderness

Help Investigate Clyde and Avon Valley Place Names

Help Investigate Clyde and Avon Valley Place Names

Do you know the meanings behind the name of the place where you live? Are you interested in finding out how to research and understand the meanings of the place names of the Clyde and Avon Valley?

The Big Mill Exhibition

The Big Mill Exhibition

Come and learn about how steel is made and shaped

A visit to Cleghorn Glen & Cartland Craigs

A visit to Cleghorn Glen & Cartland Craigs

It’s dirty work, but someone’s got to do it.

After School Fire Club a burning success at Underbank Primary

After School Fire Club a burning success at Underbank Primary

Five primary 6 pupils from Underbank Primary in Crossford have been learning all about cooking in the outdoors.

Clyde and Avon Valley geology revealed

Clyde and Avon Valley geology revealed

Swamps, ice sheets and underground caverns! Clyde and Avon valleys' geology revealed.

Clyde and Avon Valley Schools Encouraged to Celebrate Orchards

Clyde and Avon Valley Schools Encouraged to Celebrate Orchards

Primary schools in the Clyde and Avon Valleys are being encouraged to get involved in a biodiversity campaign to engage pupils in learning about orchards and the environment.

Confessions of a Clyde and Avon Valley Addict

Confessions of a Clyde and Avon Valley Addict

I admit it! I’m in love. It’s a bit of a long distance affair – living in Glasgow and working in New Lanark – but distance is no object when you’re in this kind of relationship.

Create a Cyanotype Photograph!

Create a Cyanotype Photograph!

Learn to make a blue and white image.

Dig into Chatelherault's mining past in 2016

Dig into Chatelherault's mining past in 2016

Blink and you’d miss the signpost to ‘Hoolet Raw’ – the only visible trace of what was once a row of miners’ cottages and named after the owls once residing alongside them, now part of the Mineral Walkway at Chatelherault Country Park.

Falls of Clyde Forestry

Falls of Clyde Forestry

Did you know the Forestry Commission used to own part of what is now the Falls of Clyde Wildlife Reserve?

Final Free Victorian Visit to the Falls of Clyde

Final Free Victorian Visit to the Falls of Clyde

This Friday offers a last chance for visitors to experience a new interpretation of the truly magnificent landscape at Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) Falls of Clyde near New Lanark for free!

First Taste of 100 Years of Clyde Valley Orchard History

First Taste of 100 Years of Clyde Valley Orchard History

For the first time ever, Clyde Valley apple juice is produced