Families flock to fun-filled Hobby Exhibition at Coatbridge's Mackinnon Mills

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Families flocked to a fun-filled Hobby Exhibition at Mackinnon Mills.The innovative event at the Coatbridge venue saw 30 different enthusiastic hobby clubs and traders on hand.These included remote-controlled cars, buggies, crawlers, boats, model railways, plastic modelling and aircraft.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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