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For other places named Kilsyth, see Kilsyth (disambiguation)
Kilsyth (Possible origin: Gaelic Cill Saidhe) is a town of 10,100 (2004 Estimates) roughly halfway between Glasgow and Stirling in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
From earliest recorded times Kilsyth was one of the main routes between Glasgow, Falkirk and Edinburgh, and is very close to the Roman Antonine Wall, the Forth and Clyde Canal and the main Glasgow to Edinburgh railway line, with the nearest railway station at Croy. The main A80/M80 motorway is close by to the south.
The town occupies a sheltered position in the Kelvin Valley, and is bisected by the A803 between Kirkintilloch and Falkirk. The old drovers' road from Stirling, (the Tak Ma Doon Road), and the route south to Cumbernauld via Auchinstarry Bridge, intersect the A803 at Kilsyth.
The Civil War Battle of Kilsyth took place on hillsides between Kilsyth and Banton, North Lanarkshire in 1645. Kilsyth was later closely associated with the various attempts by the Jacobites to regain the crown.
Kilsyth was rich in mineral resources, especially coking coal, whinstone, ironstone and limestone. The town economy has shifted over the past three centuries from farming, handloom weaving and extractive industries to light engineering, transport and service industries. Many of the townsfolk of working age now commute to work in nearby Glasgow and other larger towns nearby.
Kilsyth has claims to be the place where the winter sport of curling was first constituted. The town had the world's first curling club which survives to this day. Curling was played on the Curling Pond in the Colzium Estate in the east of the town.
The ward is currently represented by three elected councillors; Jean Jones (Labour) David Key (SNP) and Mark Griffin, (Labour) who won a by-election on 31st Jan 2008 with 1855 votes to take his father's former seat.
Cathie Craigie MSP was re-elected as Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Scottish Parliament constituency) member of the Scottish Parliament on 3 May 2007 with an increased majority. Since May 2010, Gregg McClymont, has been the Westminster MP for the Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (UK Parliament constituency).
Kilsyth Community Council : [4], as the locally elected representative body, is an active community group but enjoys very limited powers.
The town is overlooked by Kilsyth Lennox Golf Club which is one of the most picturesque courses in Central Scotland with a panoramic view across the central belt of Scotland from the River Clyde in the west to the River Forth in the east. The original nine hole course was founded in 1899, in the Balmalloch area of the town, but moved in 1905 to the present position North East of the town. The club completed a new clubhouse in 1995 after a fire, and things continued to improve as time went on. Between 1997 and 2002, the majority of the greens and tees were redesigned by Rocky Roquemore, the renowned American Golf Course architect who has built courses all over the world. The club hosts a Festival of Golf in the first week in July with opportunities for anyone to take part assuring them of a friendly welcome from the residents of Kilsyth.
Nearby attractions include the Falkirk Wheel, a huge boat lift that connects the Union and Forth & Clyde Canal networks, and the Antonine Wall – marking the northern edge of the Roman Empire. Kilsyth is less than an hour from Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh by car, bus or train from nearby Croy station.
Kilsyth holds an international carnival (popularly known as KIC)in mid-August – in 2007 this was held on Sunday August 12 and headlined the Peatbog Faeries and David Sneddon. It is held in the grounds of the wooded Colzium estate nearby. Following a two year break, the carnival was relaunched in mid-August 2010 as a multi-day music, comedy and dance festival under the banner of the BIG KIC , headlining Salsa Celtica and Fred MacAulay.
Civic Week festivities are held in June each year, with the traditional crowning of the Civic Queen. The festival features highland games events, including caber tossing, highland dancing, foot races, and many more cutural activities. A popular highlight of the week is the Piano smashing competition, from which this event still holds the world record. In 1974 during this competition - 20 year old local apprentice bricklayer Peter Bell beat representatives from the Police, Fire Brigade and other competitors including World Champion boxer Joe Bugner by smashing a full-sized grand piano with a mallet, and passing it through a letterbox in 2 minutes and 7 seconds.
The town is the home of Kilsyth Rangers F.C., who are the local junior team, and KCCFC who are a popular amateur team [www.bebo.com/kccfc]. Kilsyth is also home to a popular indie rock band, The Twilight Sad.
Kilsyth has three primary schools: Kilsyth Primary and Balmalloch Primary (non-denominational), and St Patrick's Primary School (Roman Catholic). Children from both Kilsyth Primary and Balmalloch primary progress to the non-denominational Kilsyth Academy while children from St Patrick's primary advance to St.Maurice's High located in nearby Cumbernauld. Kilsyth Academy is situated on Balmalloch Road and it hosts a range of events throughout the year.
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| Name | Youth Group |
|---|---|
| Background | group_or_band |
| Origin | Sydney, Australia |
| Genre | Alternative rock, indie rock |
| Years active | 1996 – present |
| Label | Ivy League RecordsEpitaph RecordsAnti-World's Fair |
| Url | Official website |
| Current members | Toby MartinDanny Lee AllenCameron Emerson-ElliottPatrick Matthews |
| Past members | Andy CassellPaul MurphyJason WalkerJohn Lattin |
Youth Group are a rock band based in Newtown, Sydney, Australia signed to Ivy League Records.
Principal songwriter Toby Martin is the grandson of Hungarian-born Australian poet David Martin. Founding bass player Andrew Dymock Cassell retired from bass duties in 2003 to concentrate on being one of three partners in Ivy League Records and Winterman & Goldstein band management, Youth Group's Australian record label and management respectively. He is a relative of Australian Test cricketer Geoff Dymock. Founding guitarist Paul Murphy left the band in 2003 due to creative differences. Cameron Emerson-Elliott played guitar with Sydney punkers John Reed Club in the late 90s and has known Toby since their school days in Canberra, at Narrabundah College, when they wrote songs together as The Morris Brothers. Patrick played bass in The Vines before joining Youth Group. Versatile Sydney musician Johnno Lattin (also of La Huva) played bass in the band during the Skeleton Jar period around 2003. Danny also plays guitar amongst the revolving line-up of Sydney garage rock outfit, The City Lights. Built around the pure vocals of Martin and clean production of Wayne Connolly, the sound of Youth Group is reminiscent of indie rock artists such as Teenage Fanclub, Pavement and Death Cab For Cutie. All members' taste in music contributed enormously to their organic indie rock (with a twist of country) sound. However it is Martin's insightful and empathetic lyrics which distinguish Youth Group from comparable bands. On Skeleton Jar in particular, Toby's vignettes were based around the emotional dynamics of his characters, often female; his lyrics are typically unsentimental but rarely unsympathetic.
Martin relocated to Sydney from Canberra in 1996 and Youth Group formed shortly afterward. Their first show was in November 1997 at the Warren View Hotel in the inner Sydney suburb of Enmore. Remarkably, Danny had only been playing drums for a couple of months. Their first album Urban & Eastern was released in 2000. While the band always had a dedicated following in the inner cities of Sydney and Melbourne, and frequently supported major acts like Elliott Smith and The Strokes, their sales career was unremarkable. They met success when a series of chance happenings lead Epitaph Records boss Brett Gurewitz to hear their second album, Skeleton Jar in 2004 and release it in the U.S. in 2005. Despite sounding nothing like the California punk that Epitaph is widely known for, the support of a US label was the crucial break that Youth Group needed to find a wider audience. In 2003 the band played at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas and performed on 4 dates with The Vines and The Music on a US West Coast tour. But it was a chance to support Death Cab for Cutie in 2005 on a coast to coast US tour that saw their profile rise most quickly internationally.
Their single "Forever Young", a cover of the song by Alphaville, was used in the television show The O.C. and heavily featured in promos for Australian TV station Channel Ten at the beginning of 2006. The song debuted on the Australian charts at #2 in March, 2006, and eventually peaked at #1. It was also #1 in the first ever digital download chart. During 2006, they supported Coldplay in their sold-out tour of Australia.
In July 2006 the band released their third album, Casino Twilight Dogs, which features "Forever Young", along with the album's second single, "Catching & Killing". As of July 24, 2006, Casino Twilight Dogs debuted at no. 10 in the ARIA Album Charts .
They supported the Kings Of Leon and Interpol on their 2008 tours of Australia.
There is a widely-circulated theory in the music community that the band name Youth Group is a clever twist on the name of the Scottish indie rock band Teenage Fanclub, whom vocalist Toby Martin has cited as a major musical influence during his childhood.
Youth Group won a 2006 ARIA award for "Breakthrough Single" for "Forever Young".
They released their fourth album The Night Is Ours in July 2008 through Ivy League in Australia and in April 2009 on Worlds Fair Records in the US. The song "What is A Life" from The Night Is Ours was featured on The CW show Gossip Girl episode "The Bonfire of the Vanity".
Youth Group toured the US twice in 2009 before moving into an extended break. Though the band are still on good terms, they are focusing on other projects - Martin, for instance, has written new material that he will roadtest during a residency at the Low Bar in Surry Hills in September. He is also considering a solo album. Drummer Lee-Allen is touring with We Are Scientists as their fill-in drummer.
From Urban & Eastern:
From Skeleton Jar:
From Casino Twilight Dogs:
From The Night Is Ours:
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