Wishaw YMCA celebrates 110th anniversary with special birthday bash

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Wishaw YMCA celebrated its 110th anniversary with a special birthday bash.The fun-filled event took place at Wishaw Old Parish Church Hall with members of North Lanarkshire Schools Pipe Band providing the entertainment.YM chair Mary Jean Ferguson said: “We were delighted with how many families turned out on the day; it went amazingly well.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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They played happy birthday for us and I was so proud.“We had planned to have a town hall meeting after the event but it was so busy so we decided to organise another event at our new base in Quarry Street on July 6.

I think we tried to do too much so this has probably worked out better.”The old YMCA listed building was closed in November 2018 after an inspection from Scottish Fire and Rescue, who deemed it not up to current legislation.Back in 2022, the YM applied to North Lanarkshire Council seeking permission to alter the listed building in order to expand its services to the community.The application, which if completed would be a multi-million pound redevelopment, states that the project would see new offices created, and that these alterations would be “sympathetic” to the appearance of the building, and original