Popular poet makes welcome return to East Kilbride Burns club

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The Kilbryde Burns Club welcomed back guest speaker Tracy Harvey last month to the pavilion of the Village Bowling Club.It was her first appearance at Kilbryde since pre-COVID times in November 2019.Prior to Tracy’s performance, president Ian Ross had the sad task of advising the members of the death of Bill Hood, a long-time member of the club.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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