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Skylark continuing to save lives as it brings boat building back to Dumbarton

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Work to bring boat building back to Dumbarton is underway - despite the lockdown.A partnership to rebuild the Skylark IX little boat used during the evacuation of Allied Soldiers from Dunkirk hopes that it can help to rebuild lives along the way, with local addiction charity Alternatives teaming up with boat builders to save the vessel.Skylark IX was hauled from the Leven in 2012 after sinking near Sweeney’s in Balloch two years earlier, with fundraising aiming to have her back sailing for the 80th anniversary of the evacuation this year.And although those plans could be put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Claire McDade the project manager for the Skylark Recovery Trust revealed that residents at Alternatives’ rehab centre have been

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