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January Issue 395 Available Now!

Scottie Press Community Newspaper is available from the following :

Vauxhall Neighbourhood Council, Silvester Street
Betty's Shop, Limekiln Lane
MACs Store, Limekiln Lane
Mike's, Scotland Road
Kirkdale News, Stanley Street
St Anthony's Church, Scotland Road
MACs Store, Roxburgh Street,
Olley Newsagents, William Henry Street
Maggie May's Cafe, Bold Street
Broadway News, Broadway
J and S, Stanley Road
Irong Lung Pub ... and more to be announced.

The Scottie Press is now priced 30 pence.

You can also subscribe to the Scottie Press and have your monthly dose of Scottie posted out to you for just £7.00 for 12 months.

Photographs from the archive are now available for sale as is local advertising space, email or phone for details

These changes have been implemented to ensure the newspaper can support itself financially and continue to be distributed each month.

If you are interested in selling the Scottie Press or you are having trouble finding your nearest retailer, please call 0151 482 2004/5


Scottie Press Writer's Competition!

We are launching a writer's competition under the theme of 'recollections'. Submit any creative piece,poetry or prose,under 500 words. Feel free to interpret the theme as you wish and add any photographs/drawingswhich may be relevant.

The winning piece will be published on the Scottie Press Website. The winner will also receive a copy of Margaret Donnelly's excellent new book 'Talk of the Parish',a collection of post war memories of parochial life in and around the inner city.

Margarets book is available from Blessed Sacrement(City Centre), Richmond Pub, Eldonian Village, SFX Church and Our Lady's Eldon Street.

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The closing date for entries is Friday 19th February 2010

Send entries to cat.tully@scottiepress.org or to
Cat Tully, VNC, Silvester Street, L5 8SE