STOP PRESS see
exhibition shown at Penicuik Community Development
Trust’s Open House
in the Cowan Institute,
http://www.penicuikcdt.org.uk/PDF/Plan_for_Penicuik.pdf
will play a central role in Penicuik’s commercial rejuvenation
Built in
1856 by a combination of parish funds and public subscription,
the former
of the mid-19th century street- and garden-scape.
It will
contribute in a number of ways:
As a
museum and heritage centre for Penicuik and the paper making industry,
combined with tourist information, community café, workshops and
training
facilities for local craftsmen. Smaller rooms let as business offices
would subsidise
the other not-for-profit activities. The building is structurally
ideal for multi-use.
Additions
to the rear could be removed to create a small block of
social housing together with delivery access and disabled car parking.
The
forecourt will be a garden square, focus of an attractive pedestrian
axis through the present Precinct and along the High Street to
Castle
Warehouse, with
Business Plan
for Jackson Street School prepared by PCDT
and submitted to Midlothian Council on 2 November 2009
Business Plan for Jackson Street School prepared by PCDT
and submitted to Midlothian Council on 2 November 2009
exhibition shown at Penicuik Community Development
Trust’s Open House
in the Cowan Institute,
The
National Commercial Bank beside
(from the Bank exhibition shown
earlier at Penicuik Open House)
STOP PRESS see
A few of over 100 Penicuik Open House
weekly displays
THE
COWAN PAPER ADVERTISEMENTS OF 1944
DAME
MURIEL SPARK: Scottish by formation
childrens book illustration of GERMANO OVANI
Galashiels
Co-operators & the ideas
of William King
IMAGES
OF ESKBRIDGE from Jim Neil’s collection
CORNBANK: Penicuik’s Radburn
estate from the 1960s
PENICUIK
RAILWAY
and its designer THOMAS
BOUCH
Penicuik’s Concorde Designer JAMES
ARNOT HAMILTON
Penicuik’s
International Photographer ALBERT WATSON
Carlops’
International City Planner THOMAS ADAMS
General
MACZEK & the GREAT POLISH MAP of SCOTLAND
ALEXANDER COWAN’S INSTITUTE
illustrated by his great-great-great grandson Robin Macfarlan
The Cowan Institute -with
library, halls and recreation rooms- was given to the people of Penicuik by the
will of Alexander Cowan,
papermaker. Operated for most of its life by the Cowan Trust, it was passed
in 1960 to local management under the care of the Burgh of Penicuik.
On local government
reorganisation in the mid 1970s the Burgh’s assets became vested in Midlothian
Council, including the Cowan Institute and the endowments for social facilities
the earlier Trust had provided. Penicuik
Community Development Trust was formed by public concern for the fate of the
building after reports of its possible sale in 2005.
The Trust is a registered charity
(SC037990) run
and entirely supported by the efforts of Penicuik people, and hires space in
the Institute to operate an Open House with displays every Saturday throughout
the year, and a fortnightly Cinema on Sunday evenings. It works closely with Penicuik & District
Community Council and with the locally-run charitable bodies operating
Penicuik’s Leisure Centre at Ladywood and the Penicuik Community Arts Centre in
LOCAL
ACTION ON COMMUNITY ASSETS
Here are a few upcoming
Penicuik events
Here are lots of events earlier this year
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