We grew up celebrating Milngavie Week every June. It began with the Milngavie Week Parade on the first Saturday in June, continued with the church service at the Preaching Braes on Sunday and culminated with the Milngavie and Bearsden Highland Games the following Saturday.

There are many photos of Milngavie Week floats in our family albums which I’ll come to over the coming weeks and months but starting with this one which was from before I was born.

This was Dad’s van bedecked with ribbons and flowers. On top was a mannequin dressed in my mum’s wedding dress. Dad had spent hours at the bottom of the nursery, decorating the van and getting everything ready for the parade. When it came time to join the parade he drove the van out of the nursery onto the street not realising there were cables (power or phone I’m not sure) which caught his bridal mannequin and couped her right over 🤣