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    Giffnock (/ˈɡɪfnək/; Scots: Giffnock; Scottish Gaelic: Giofnag, pronounced [ˈkʲifnak]) is a town and the administrative centre of East Renfrewshire in...
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    Barrhead. Giffnock initially grew to house the workers at Giffnock Quarries, which opened in 1835. The honey-coloured stone from Giffnock was used at...
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    Giffnock railway station is a railway station in the town of Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the East...
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    Catholic state high school in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The school, which opened in 1984, serves Giffnock, Clarkston, Thornliebank, Newton...
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    Woodfarm High School. He was also a member of the local 28th Glasgow (Giffnock) Scout Group in his youth. He went on to become a student at the Glasgow...
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    The Giffnock Newton Mearns Synagogue, commonly known as Giffnock Shul, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 222 Fenwick Road in...
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    in Busby, East Renfrewshire. He was next taken to the police station at Giffnock, arriving after midnight. He was searched and his possessions confiscated...
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  • Glasgow Rossvale Royal Albert Saltcoats Victoria BSC Glasgow Easterhouse Giffnock SC Knightswood St Peter's West Park United Campbeltown Pupils Updated to...
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    despite normally being unified as Clarkston. The same occurs in nearby Giffnock and Thornliebank. The total population for this agglomeration across its...
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    Glasgow's most affluent suburban towns, such as Newton Mearns, Clarkston, and Giffnock, all of which are in East Renfrewshire, as well as Thorntonhall in South...
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    Giffnock and Thornliebank is one of the five wards used to elect members of the East Renfrewshire Council. It elects three Councillors. "5th Reviews -...
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    James McArdle (category People educated at St Ninian's High School, Giffnock)
    the city's Darnley neighbourhood and attending St Ninian's High School, Giffnock. As a child he attended PACE Theatre Company in nearby Paisley. Having...
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  • – via Twitter. Giffnock SC WOSFL [@GiffnockWOSFL] (13 December 2023). "After a couple of weeks without competitive action, @GiffnockWOSFL are back in...
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  • Campbeltown Pupils Carluke Rovers Easterhouse East Kilbride Thistle Eglinton Giffnock Glenvale Knightswood Lugar Boswell Thistle Newmains United Rossvale Royal...
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    the chain. A first Scottish store was opened on November 16, 2011, in Giffnock, Glasgow, which was closed in November 2017 along with the company's Cheltenham...
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  • take part in the competition while Drumchapel United, Easterhouse FA, Giffnock SC, Glasgow University, Glenvale, Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts, Kilsyth...
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    needed] James Gordon Brown was born at the Orchard Maternity Nursing Home in Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. His father was John Ebenezer Brown (1914–1998)...
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  • Easterhouse East Kilbride Thistle Eglinton Finnart Forth Wanderers Gartcairn Giffnock SC Girvan Glasgow Perthshire Glasgow United Glasgow University Glenafton...
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  • He played youth and reserve team football, and was released to play for Giffnock Park North AFC. He ended the 1991–92 season close to a first team call...
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    Andrew Robertson (category People educated at St Ninian's High School, Giffnock)
    from pursuing sport as a career. He attended St Ninian's High School in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, from 2006 to 2012, where he captained the football...
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    Dunbartonshire 6,087 4,932 4,860 4,740 Gartcosh North Lanarkshire 2,200 2,920 Giffnock East Renfrewshire 16,190 16,178 12,300 12,250 Glasgow Glasgow City 658...
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  • James Bond, Sean Connery and The Name of the Rose is Rouken Glen Park in Giffnock, near Glasgow. The park was also the site of the grave in Boyle's previous...
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    western part of the county; and East Renfrewshire, with its centre at Giffnock. The boundaries of the historic County of Renfrew remain for a number of...
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    Holocaust denial in some countries. A planned show at the Eastwood Theatre in Giffnock, which has Scotland's largest Jewish congregation, was cancelled by the...
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  • B listed building. The school was founded in 1929 in Greenhill Avenue, Giffnock as a boys' preparatory school, and moved to its current home in the former...
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  • a friend of the Duke of Hamilton. He was removed to a Home Guard HQ at Giffnock and later to Maryhill Barracks, Glasgow. He was later identified as Hess...
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    Robbie, donated limited edition prints of Moses and Sacrifice to the Giffnock Synagogue in Glasgow, Scotland. Sherman worked in metal sculpture, wrote...
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  • districts of Eastwood, Hillpark, Pollokshaws in Glasgow, and Thornliebank and Giffnock in East Renfrewshire. Mansewood is located on the summit and slopes of...
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    John Spencer (Scottish footballer) (category People educated at St Ninian's High School, Giffnock)
    footballer Paddy Connolly. He then changed to St Ninian's High School in Giffnock. Spencer started his career at Rangers, signing with the club as a schoolboy...
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  • Scouting in Scotland is largely represented by Scouts Scotland, a registered Scottish Charity No. SC017511 that is affiliated to the Scout Association...
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