St Patrick's Day Festival Coatbridge

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St Patrick's Day Festival Coatbridge

Postby John Andrews » Fri Mar 16, 2012 6:46 pm

[B]Saturday March 17th 2012[/B]
[B]Family Street Festival[/B]
[B]Venue: Coatbridge Town Centre, Main St, Coatbridge[/B]
[B]11am – 4pm[/B]
[B]Official Opening 12 noon[/B]
[B]with[/B]
[B]Special Guest – George Galloway[/B]
The climax to our week-long Festival events as thousands of people flock to Coatbridge Town Centre for a day of celebrations which has something for all the family, including live bands, Irish Dancers, Contemporary Dance, Comhaltas traditional music, Children’s Entertainment, a balloon launch, kiddie rides and face painting. For the first time in the festival history, there will be a food fair to add to the already endless attractions.
The Town is decked out with the flags, banners, music and sounds of Ireland, with an astonishing variety of quality entertainment delivered from two large stages in Coatbridge Main Street. Join us for this unique celebration of our Irish history, heritage and culture at the largest St Patrick’s Day street party anywhere in northern Britain. The stages will open at 11am, with the opening ceremony commencing at 12 noon.http://www.stpatricksdayfestivalcoatbridge.org/
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The Celtic Supporters Association was the idea of Willie Fanning whose dream became a reality back in September 1944.

These were dark days on and off the pitch with the Second World War still raging and in comparison to those horrors rather more trivialy Celtic were not providing much joy to its supporters and defeat was a regular experience. Indeed the idea of a supporters association came to 27-year-old Willie while watching the Bhoys get thrashed 6-2 at Hamilton.

Willie decided to write to the Daily Record calling on fellow Celtic fans interested in establishing a supporters club to get in touch. A total of 14 people replied. Consequently a meeting was arranged at St Mark's and St Paul's Hall, Chester Street in Shettleston. The meeting proved to be a success - a provisional committee was installed and Willie was elected as President.

By the time of the second meeting at the A.O.H. Hall in Alexandria Parade in Townhead the word had spread. The hall was packed and car loads of supporters from across Glasgow and beyond eager to attend created a traffic jam along the parade.

A constitution was drawn up which allowed the new organosation to become an amalgamation of supporters clubs. Within 12 months membership had rocketed to 700 and the association had won the official endorsement of Celtic FC who handed over the responsibility of distributing match tickets to affiliated branches of the CSA.

The CSA remains a strong and influential body. Apart from following Celtic in massive numbers it has a social club in Glasgow and its annual Supporters Rally is a highlight in the Celtic calendar.

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