CASTLEMILK STABLES, 59 Machrie Road, Castlemilk, 10am-4pm, Saturday 20 and Sunday, 21 September www.gbpt.org/projects||WEBSTOP|| Former building at risk saved by a passionate campaign by the local community. Restored by the Glasgow Building Preserv
ation Trust in 2007, this 1750 former stable block is now the home for many organisations and events and has won many awards. Bring the family and enjoy children's activities like pressing apples in the orchard. Special tour by Tom Connolly, project architect (noon, Saturday only).
WEST WEYMSS WALKABOUT, meet at St Adrian's Church, Main Street, 2-4pm, Sunday, 14 September West Wemyss is a picturesque village, created to support the mining industry. By the 1990s the population had dropped to just 160 and many of the buildings were out of use. Come for a tour with some of the people who have turned the village's fate around.
KIRK O' SHOTTS PARISH CHURCH, Shotts, North Lanarkshire, 10:30am-5pm, Saturday, 13 and 1:30-5pm, Sunday, 14 September Affectionately known as "the M8 church", for many years this fine 1820s building was shrouded in a banner saying "save this building". Someone listened, and together with a grant from Historic Scotland the building is now secure and redecorated. There will be tours of the old cemetery, children's activities and a Sunday service at 11am.
BRECHIN RAILWAY STATION, 2 Park Road, Brechin, noon-4pm, Sunday, 7 September The four-mile section of the Kinnaber to Brechin line between Brechin and the Bridge of Dun forms the basis of this site, preserving an important fragment of Scotland's historic railways. Picturesque Victorian Brechin station is itself the only remaining terminus of the Caledonian branch line. Trains won't be running on the day, but staff will be on hand to answer questions.
KEATHBANK MILL, Rattray, Perth and Kinross, 11am-4pm, Saturday 20 and Sunday, 21 September Not so much restored as reused. Keathbank Mill is an A-listed jute mill on the east bank of the River Ericht. It was opened in 1864, housing 2,000 spindles powered by a large waterwheel and a horizontal steam engine. Closing in 1979, Keathbank was one of the last working mills on the Ericht and has recently been converted to residential apartments. Visitors will be able to view the waterwheel, the steam engine and a new apartment.
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