Community Services Directorate

COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTORATE Education  Social Work  Housing & Community Services Integrated Support – Community Services

JOHN SIMMONS Director of Community Services Tom Johnston House Civic Way KIRKINTILLOCH Glasgow G66 4TJ

Telephone: 0141 578 8461 Your Ref: Fax No: 0141 578 8470 Our Ref: JS/JK/151 e-mail: [email protected]

1st June 2012

ALL HEAD TEACHERS & SUPPORT SERVICES MANAGERS

Dear Colleagues

OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY: SATURDAY 9th JUNE 2012

I would appreciate it, if you could remind your pupils, parents and staff of the above named event.

From previous letters issued, it was intimated that the Olympic Torch Relay will pass through Bearsden on Saturday the 9th June 2012.

Prior to the Core Olympic Torch Convoy reaching Bearsden, the ‘Activation Convoy’ will arrive. This will comprise of the Torchbearer Drop-off bus and three ‘Presenting Partner (main sponsor) Vehicles’. The Presenting Partner (Coca Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung) vehicles will be flat bed trucks fitted to accommodate other infrastructures such as large LED screens, sound systems etc. This ‘Activation Convoy’ should arrive at approximately 0800.

The actual Olympic Torch Convoy should reach Canniesburn Toll, Bearsden at 0815 when the first of the five Torchbearers will take charge of the Torch. The individual Torchbearers will run parts of the route right through Bearsden Cross until the beginning of Duntocher Road (at the junction of Drymen Road and Stockiemuir Road) when the final Torchbearer will hand the Torch back to the main Convoy vehicle at approximately 0838. The Convoy will then proceed to the next town, Duntocher.

Although it is difficult to estimate the number of people who will come along early on Saturday 9th June, it is anticipated that it will be very busy.

All schools, uniformed groups and community councils have had information sent out detailing the route and the times the Olympic Torch will pass through Bearsden.

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A number of groups are holding special events that morning:

 Bearsden Primary is running its Summer Fair from 0830 and will have a number of children and parents in the playground area as the Torch passes by. The school has also enlisted the local Rock Choir group to be present in order to provide a musical welcome.

 Local Boys Brigade and Scout Groups will be assembling at the All Saints Church, Bearsden from 0730. The Boys Brigade Pipe Band will also be present to offer their musical support. Boys Brigade and Scout Groups will line part of the route.

 At Brookwood Library, local community choir groups will perform East Dunbartonshire Council’s Summer of Song, ‘More Than An Athlete’, which was commissioned specifically to mark the occasion.

The actual route is listed below:

Time Community Travelling On To 0816 Convoy: Canniesburn Toll Drymen Road Glasgow-Bearsden (First Torchbearer) 0816 Bearsden Drymen Road Abbotsford House Care Home 0819 Bearsden Drymen Road 49 Kildarroch House 0822 Bearsden Drymen Road Station Road 0825 Bearsden Drymen Road Roman Road 0828 Bearsden Drymen Road Campbell Drive 0831 Bearsden Drymen Road Gartconnel Drive 0834 Bearsden Drymen Road Stockiemuir Road 0838 Convoy: Duntocher Road Bearsden Academy Bearsden-Clydebank (last Torchbearer returns Torch to main Convoy vehicle)

The successful Torchbearers who will be carrying the Torch through Bearsden are:

Name Home Town Andrew Boyle Kirkintilloch Debbie Crawford London Denis Kusenkov Moscow Jennifer Tawse Biggar Thomas Almfort Frederiksberg

If you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact me on 0141 578 8461.

Yours sincerely John Simmons

JOHN SIMMONS Director of Community Services