This is easy enough to find just outside the shopping centre, accross from the post office. I have…read moreseen them out talking to the public when they hold fund raising events. They support a large area of the town and i think if i am correct they support some of the local villages and towns between East Kilbride and Strathaven.

Located just outside of the town centre in East Kilbride. The fire service is vital to a large town…read moresuch a East Kilbride. They have annual car washes and plant sales to raise money. They have recently started a house fire awareness check and if needed they will fit fire alarms for free in your home.

This is an excellent walk from the town of Largs to this tall memorial to the Battle of Largs…read more(1263) between the Vikings and the Scots. The monument itself has been nicknamed the 'Pencil' owing to its distinctive shape and the name has stuck! The views across the River Clyde are marvellous and you can watch the Cumbrae ferries coming in and out. It's an easy path for anyone to be able to follow and you can continue past the Pencil to the Marina for a coffee and snack (or full meal) at the nearby Marina.

You can borrow a wide selection of books,cds,videos and audio books FROM THE LIBARY WHICH IS…read moreSITUATED WITHIN THE CENTRE.The centre aso hosts keep fit classes,photography classes. it has a shop where you can buy postcards maps and a lovely cafe which serves snacks and meals.

This is basically just a library. It has a decent selection of books - although it seems as though…read moreall the ones I want are in other local libraries! You can also borrow quite a large selection of DVDs for a decent price, as well as use the computers to access the internet. The library has a small and very basic cafe that sells sandwiches and coffee. It also has rooms for rent that are often used by local drama, dance and martial arts groups.

Central Library gives you a warm nostalgic sort of feeling. The interior hasn't really been updated…read moresince as far back as I remember, except the cassettes were replaced by CDs years back. Oh and they have computers and everything now too :P The book selection is extensive and caters well to the town. Some sections could be doing with an upgrade though, particularly IT and business, sports and English literature (good selection but old copies). Staff are generally friendly (again helps when a mate works there). They run Saturday book bug every fortnight for babies-young kids for free and have various other workshops for folks of all ages. Best times to avoid are lunch times and immediately after 5pm during school term time. Pupils can get quite noisy and staff aren't as strict as they should be. E-books are also available now to rent online from the South Lanarkshire Leisure website as the library tries to keep up. Every town needs its library and folks' support.

A small police station located on the corner of Green Street you should find it okay. It is set…read moreback slightly from the main road with a bit of a garden in front of it. There is a small jail for holding until prisoners are moved on. The police are friendly enough and you see them in their car and on the odd occasion walking the streets. The police are very community orientated and have to be in a community like Strathaven. They do visits to the schools and various clubs doing different talks to the children including the 'don't talk to strangers' talk. Sometimes you phone the station and get no answer though!

This is an easily accessible burial chamber at the top end of hilly Douglas Park, set alone in a…read morefield surrounded by trees - a very atmospheric place. Although much smaller than the original multi-chambered tomb, the orginal capstone remains, giving an impression of the scale of the original site. A must when visiting this area!

Ok so important things first. Men in uniform, yes, yes, yes! Unfortunately none of the officers at…read moreJohnstone Police Station are remotely attractive. So if you are plotting an elaborate scheme to get arrested by some hot young police officer then I would commit your crime in another stations jurisdiction! I promise my dealing with the Johnstone Police Station haven't involved me divulgating in any illegal activity. However I did pay them a visit when I had £500 stolen from my bank account and they were extremely helpful. I mostly dealt with PC Jennifer Binnie and while I am sure she had much more pressing matters to deal with she happily let me rant away about my £500 and promise she would alert the "fraud squad". Now at this point I did think she was making fun of my dilemma, Fraud Squad? That can't exist surely? Do they work closely with The A Team? Apparently though the Fraud Squad is a really thing! I did get my £500 back thanks to my bank but I don't think the police ever caught the perpetrators. However it was still nice to be taken seriously. My only other dealing with Johnstone Police Station is to hand in lost dogs. For some reason I seem to come across lost dogs more often than the average person! The police are always very nice about it even though I'm not sure if that is what you are supposed to do with a lost dog!? They humor me anyway even if that's not the correct protocol!

Johnstone Police? not really an appropriate name for a bunch of incompetent, lacking in common…read moresense college kids. I had the misfortune to be attacked by a thug less than half my age and twice my size. Having been knocked unconscious by the first blow, I lay on the ground, totally unaware that this animal was still punching lumps out me while I lay prone on the pavement. Apparently the thug was dragged off me before I suffered possible fatal injuries. As it was, I had six broken ribs a collapsed lung and a dislocated shoulder and spent several days in hospital. And what do our wonderful boys in blue decide is an appropriate solution to the complaint of a disturbance? Yes you guessed it. They charge both the assailant and myself with having committed the offence of having a stand up fight in public?, and issue us both with a fixed penalty of a £40 fine. Needless to say I never paid, while my assailant knowing he had got off lightly paid his fine immediately. Now as though that doesn't sound bad enough. I am registered disabled and suffer from angina, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and arthritis. I was 58 years old at the time of the offence, also I have never been in trouble with the Police in my life. . My assailant however was a 26 year old builder who was built like the side of a house. He also has several convictions for assault. Did these stupid Police Officers not look at this and think . Mmm wait a minute something is not right here especially when twenty people watched the incident and not one person would speak out for fear of recriminations from this thug. I was in agony for almost a year afterwards and made several; complaints about the Police handling of this case. Eventually an Inspector Patterson conceded that the case had been handled wrongly right from the start and that my assailant should have been charged with a serious assault. Three years on I have just been awarded a five figure sum in criminal injuries compensation, but that was no thanks to the brainless Police Officers from Johnstone Police Station who couldn't work out why an old disabled man would not get involved in a brawl with a strong young hoodlum. I shall refrain from naming the officer in question for the sake of his career. But you know who you are PC. H.. ..Johnstone Police? pathetic. On the positive side , a PC Lyle who was on his very first shift as a Police Officer at the time of my assault and who was later called as a witness at my criminal Injuries appeal, answered all the question put to him by the criminal injuries board completely honestly , despite this raising questions as to his colleagues handling of the case on the night in question. His honesty and integrity ensured that I received the compensation I was due. Thank you PC Lyle.

Rainbow Bridge is an integral feature of the Art Park. Located within the grounds of House For An…read moreArt Lover, the park was completed in 2008. I dig bridges, and few more so than this one. I've spent many an hour playing on it with my nieces and nephew - the kids love the perspex, multicoloured panels - they rotate and provide a great opportunity to play hide and seek. I'd highly recommend a visit - especially to burn off some of the kids energy!