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This post was written by admin on September 29, 2011
Bothwell Scarecrow Festival
Stone the scarecrows - Our town has gone mad!
if your mind’s boggling for a tattieboggle this weekend then Bothwell is the place to be.
The South Lanarkshire town is overrun by hundreds of scarecrows for the first ever Bothwell Scarecrow Festival.
Residents and businesses have got behind the festival in a big way, with an incredible array of scarecrows popping up all around the town.
Organiser Harry Marsh got the idea for the festival when he saw a similar event in England. He said “My wife Joan and I were on holiday in Lancashire when we came across the Charnock Richard Scarecrow Festival. We decided to do something similar at home here in Bothwell and the main aim is to bring the community together.”
The three day Festival comes to a close with the Scarecrow Parade through the town on Sunday afternoon.
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This post was written by Janette on September 29, 2011
Tourist Signs to Castle
Tourist Signage to Bothwell Castle.
Taken from recent correspondence between Bothwell Community Council Chairperson Bob Greenshields and Historic Spokesperson Malcolm Brown………
….. “It has been confirmed that it would fall to Historic Scotland to apply and pay for any new directional tourist signage.
For signs in Bothwell and Uddingston, application would be made to South Lanarkshire Council and obviously we must adhere to their tourist sign posting policy.
For signs on Motorways and Trunk roads, Historic Scotland is bound by regulations enforced by Transport Scotland, a department of the Scottiish Government. My colleague Susan Loch forwarded to you a copy of current signposting guidance ……….. “that to qualify for motorway signage we would need to have welcomed 50,000 visitors in each of the previous three years….” which unfortunately is not the case at Bothwell Castle.
Malcoln Brown continues with positve feedback on our Chairman’s recommendation of a further 2 signs within the Bothwell/Uddingston area.
“I am more than happy to look at these locations and investigate whether we can apply for new signs to be erected. If you send me a note of where the signs should be located it would be most appreciated. Also, if you can provide details of road names, that would be really helpful.”
…………..however a note of caution prevails………
“It should be noted however, that this process can be quite lengthy and in some instances these schemes can take years to progress.
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