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Gone home: Alistair Hamilton
Author: Gary Bainbridge | Date: 07-06-2012
Alexander (Alistair) Hamilton : 1925 - 2012
Clyde Region was sorry to hear of the passing of our Regional President, Alistair Hamilton last week, aged 87 years.
Alistair was born in May 1925 and following his education at Hamilton Academy then Glasgow University, joined McGrigor Donald Solicitors, the firm that he stayed with until his retirement. In addition to his work at McGrigor Donald, Alistair served with distinction in many roles with the Law Society of Scotland, including serving as their President during 1977/78, for which he was awarded the CBE.
Alistair's service to Scouting was quite simply exemplary. Over a period of more than 50 years, he volunteered at Group, District, Area, Regional and Scottish level, bringing him a passion for supporting the development of young people, combined with his unique eye for good but sensible governance. His contribution to Scouting was recognised by the award of the Silver Wolf.
Since 2002, Alistair served as Area then Regional President where he used his network of business contacts to secure support for Scouting in the wider community. Annual General Meetings with Alistair in the Chair were always a memorable occassion where the business of the evening was conducted in an efficient manner with Alistair's wry sense of humour creeping in to keep the evening light hearted and of course nobody, would ever get something past him, unless it had properly put on the notice of the meeting.
Alistair's wise counsel has been sought by many people over the years who knew that he could be relied upon to keep them on track and his sense of community spirit meant that he was always happy to help those around him. He served as an Elder at Cambuslang Old Parish Church for more than 50 years and he was Legal Adviser to the local community council.
Away from Scouting and the law, Alistair's other passions included golf, sailing and of course supporting Motherwell Football Club.
Large numbers of friends from across Scotland were present to give thanks for Alistair's life which influenced so many people on Thursday 31st May. He was a great friend who will be missed by us all, in particular his family whom our thoughts are with.
Biggar & Tinto Scout Group hits the news again!
Author: Gary Bainbridge | Date: 06-06-2012
An engineering opportunity
Author: Gary Bainbridge | Date: 24-05-2012
The Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) in Scotland have been working on a project called Bridges to Schools which is an iniatiative which takes a 12m long model of a cable-stayed bridge into Primary Schools.Pupils are able to build, walk across and deconstruct the bridge, learning about bridges, teamwork and civil engineering.
The Bridge model is available for visits of 2-4 days. It is aimed at children in P5, P6 and P7. Schools often group together and arrange for one school to host the Bridge while pupils from other local schools come to the host school for the experience.
Some initial discussion have been held with the ICE about the possibility of running this activity with local Scout Groups and they have indicated that they would be prepared to consider this.
If you would be interested in trying this activity with one of your sections, please comment below.
For more information click here.
