Cathcart, Merrylee and Muirend Community Council

Cathcart, Merrylee and Muirend Community Council Cathcart, Merrylee & Muirend Community Council, established October 2022.

🌟Free Film Screening this Saturday - Local Hero 🌟We are very happy to have to have been able to release more tickets for...
17/09/2026

🌟Free Film Screening this Saturday - Local Hero 🌟

We are very happy to have to have been able to release more tickets for the previously sold out screening of Local Hero this Saturday!

The film will be on at the Couper Institute as part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival with doors open from 7pm, and the film starting at 7:30pm.

You are welcome to bring your own snacks, soft drinks or alcoholic drinks (18+) to enjoy during the film.

📍 The Couper Institute

📅 Saturday 19th September

🕚 Doors open 19:00. Film starts 19:30

🔞 Ages 10+

🎟 Free tickets available on eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/local-hero-film-screening-at-the-couper-institute-tickets-1994995899439?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Time is running out for you to get a ticket to our free screening of Local Hero at The Couper Institute this Saturday, a...
14/09/2026

Time is running out for you to get a ticket to our free screening of Local Hero at The Couper Institute this Saturday, as part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival !

The film will be screened in the atmospheric main hall of the Couper Institute in partnership with Glasgow Life. Experience our new and improved screen and speaker equipment for the first time, generously funded by CALA Homes!

You are welcome to bring your own snacks, soft drinks or alcoholic drinks (18+) to enjoy during the film.

📍 The Couper Institute

📅 Saturday 19th September

🕚 Doors open 19:00. Film starts 19:30

🔞 Ages 10+

🎟 Free tickets available on eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/local-hero-film-screening-at-the-couper-institute-tickets-1994995899439?aff=ebdssbdestsearch


Local Hero (PG)

Local Hero is a 1983 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam. It stars Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, and Fulton Mackay. Riegert plays an American oil company representative who is sent to a village on the west coast of Scotland to purchase the town and surrounding property to build an oil refinery. The musical score was composed by Mark Knopfler.

"a fragment of cinematic whimsy—a genial dramatic comedy that defies both our expectations and those of the characters" - James Berardinelli

"Genuine fairy tales are rare; so is film-making that is thoroughly original in an unobtrusive way. Bill Forsyth's quirky disarming Local Hero is both." – Janet Maslin

"After making the grade internationally with the sleeper hit, Gregory's Girl, Scottish writer-director Bill Forsyth has broken the sophomore sesh jinx the only way he could, by making an even better film ... Given a larger canvas, director Forsyth has in no way attempted to overreach himself or the material, keeping things modest and intimate throughout, but displaying a very acute sense of comic insight." – Todd McCarthy

🌟 Yvonne McFadden: Doing the washing: from labourers to operators🌟 Kevin Kerrigan: Glasgow's greatest disappearing act:...
04/09/2026

🌟 Yvonne McFadden: Doing the washing: from labourers to operators

🌟 Kevin Kerrigan: Glasgow's greatest disappearing act: the story of Tam Shepherds

🌟 Sherry Campbell: The last patterned lace mill left in the valley

🌟 Yla Barrie Lauritzsen: A portrait of a princess from The Burrell Collection

🌟 Ruth Lanser: Save Queen's Park Glasshouse campaign

Micro Talks
6 minute stories with picture slides
Saturday 5th September
2-4pm
Cathcart's Couper Library
FREE, 50 spaces
Tea, coffee and biscuits from 1:45pm
Join us!

📣 Micro Talk Title: Save Queen's Park Glasshouse🌟 Save the Queen's Park Glasshouse campaign is a group of residents aimi...
04/09/2026

📣 Micro Talk Title: Save Queen's Park Glasshouse

🌟 Save the Queen's Park Glasshouse campaign is a group of residents aiming to keep the Queen's Park Glasshouse in Glasgow open and under public ownership. Their goal is simply to cover the running costs of the campaign with an ongoing fundraiser. Come and hear about the campaign and their innovative ways to raise awareness and funds.

FREE Micro Talks
Cathcart's Couper Library
2-4pm
Saturday 25th April
50 spaces.
Tea, coffee and biscuits available from 1:45pm. Come and have a blether with your neighbours and then enjoy some marvellous free talks in the lovely library

📣 Micro Talk Title: A portrait of a princess from The Burrell Collection 🌟 Yla has worked for Glasgow Museums for the la...
03/09/2026

📣 Micro Talk Title: A portrait of a princess from The Burrell Collection

🌟 Yla has worked for Glasgow Museums for the last 18 years. She manages volunteering and employability programmes across the museums service, and has fallen in love with many objects along the way. Join us to hear about a special portrait from The Burrell Collection.

When not in a museum, Yla enjoys live music gigs, is a committed local volunteer and loves a game of charades.

FREE Micro Talks
Saturday 5th September, 2-4pm
Cathcart's Couper Library
50 spaces, message us with questions or access requirements.
Join us for a cup of tea from 1:45pm, we'd love to see you there!

📣 Micro Talks Title: The last patterned lace mill left in the valley🌟 Sherry is a Madras Designer at MYB Textiles and ha...
03/09/2026

📣 Micro Talks Title: The last patterned lace mill left in the valley

🌟 Sherry is a Madras Designer at MYB Textiles and has been working for the company for 22 years. Sherry spent 3 years studying at Edinburgh College of Art and gained a HND in Stitched Textiles and Fashion Design. She then went onto study at Galashiels University for another 3 years where she obtained a BA Honours Degree in Printed Textiles in 2004. Once graduated, her first job was MYB Textiles and she hasn’t left since! Sherry enjoys designing for clients,exhibiting at trade shows, being a Tour guide for the Mill and meeting people who share her passion for the lace Industry!

FREE Micro Talks
Saturday 5th September, 2-4pm
Cathcart's Couper Library
50 spaces, message us with questions or access requirements.
Join us, we'd love to see you there!

📣 Micro Talks Title: Glasgow's greatest disappearing act: the story of Tam Shepherds🌟 Kevin has worked for Glasgow Museu...
03/09/2026

📣 Micro Talks Title: Glasgow's greatest disappearing act: the story of Tam Shepherds

🌟 Kevin has worked for Glasgow Museums for 20 years. Starting as a local history researcher, then with Learning and Access, followed by Outreach and is now the Curator of Glasgow History. He is currently in the core project team of the Peoples Palace Project.

He has also run his own exhibition company and curated numerous pop culture exhibitions across Scotland. He is a keen consumer of films, gigs and good food. He is proudly a bit of a geek.

FREE Micro Talks
Saturday 5th September, 2-4pm
Couper Library, Cathcart
50 free spaces
Join us for a cup of tea from 1:45pm. Please message us if you have any access requirements or questions

📣 Micro Talk Title: Doing the washing: from labourers to operators🌟 Yvonne is a social and cultural historian based at ...
03/09/2026

📣 Micro Talk Title: Doing the washing: from labourers to operators

🌟 Yvonne is a social and cultural historian based at the Scottish Oral History Centre at the University of Strathclyde. Her research focuses on gender, labour and housing in twentieth century Scotland. Her most recent was on the mining villages of East Ayrshire and her forthcoming book is on suburban housing in Scotland. In her spare time she enjoys visiting historical sites and reading.

FREE Micro Talks
Saturday 5th September, 2-4pm
Couper Library, Cathcart
50 spaces available
Please message us with any questions or access requirements.
We would love to see you there, we think it's going to be a great afternoon!

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