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VICTORY POEM

BISHOPBRIGGS HAS RETAINED ITS PRIDE

WE OFTEN WONDERED, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE,
BEFORE YOUR GOVERNMENT TWIGS,
THAT TO OUR TOWNSFOLK HERE THERE’S A LOT AT STAKE,
WE’VE RESPECT FOR THE NAME, BISHOPBRIGGS.

BUT NOW AT LAST YOU’VE SEEN THE LIGHT,
OUR WORRIES ARE IN THE PAST,
OUR RESIDENTS PUT UP A TORRID FIGHT,
WE HAVE WON THIS BATTLE AT LAST.

THERE WERE THOSE WHO SAID, WHAT’S IN A NAME,
BUT OUR STRUGGLE HAS SHOWN THEY WERE WRONG,
WE FOUGHT FOR A PRINCIPLE NOT FORTUNE OR FAME,
WE JUST KNEW WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG.

COMMUNITY SPIRIT’S A WONDERFUL THING,
TOGETHERNESS STARTS FROM WITHIN.
WE CAN NEVER SAY WHAT THE NEXT DAY WILL BRING,
BUT UNITED WE’VE SHOWN WE CAN WIN.

PEOPLE POWER WON THE DAY,
WE HAD FAITH IN WHAT WE BELIEVED,
ALL OF OUR ARGUMENTS DID HOLD SWAY,
AND A VICTORY WAS FINALLY ACHIEVED.

SO THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED OUR PLEA,
SOME SAID IT COULDN’T BE DONE,
BUT DUE TO OUR ACTIONS WE’VE LET THEM SEE,
THERE’S NO BATTLE THAT CANNOT BE WON.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THEBISHOPBRIGGS HERALD,
THEY WERE A CREDIT TO OUR TERRAIN.
WHEN THE NAME OF BISHOPBRIGGS WAS PERILED,
THEY WERE AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR PRISON CAMPAIGN.

THE TOWNSFOLK KNEW WE WOULD NOT FAIL,
OUR ARGUMENTS COULD NOT BE SUPPRESSED,
WHEN YOU MENTION OUR NAME YOU WON’T THINK OF A JAIL,
YOU WILL KNOW OUR TOWN IS THE BEST.

WITH GUILE AND VIGOUR WE ARE ALL ENDOWED,
BUT WHEN THAT IS BROUGHT TOGETHER,
INDIFFERENCE TOWARDS US WILL NOT BE ALLOWED,
THERE IS NO END TO OUR TETHER.

FOR WHAT WE’VE ACHIEVED WE CAN ALL STAND PROUD,
FROM OPPRESSION WE WILL NEVER HIDE,
OUR COMMUNITY AS ONE CAN NOW SHOUT OUT LOUD,
‘’ BISHOPBRIGGS HAS RETAINED ITS PRIDE ’’

Brian Markey 06/02/09

The Woodhil Residents' Group hit the streets on Saturday morning and in just over two hours collected nearly 400 signatures against the plan to rename Low Moss Prison as HMP Bishopbriggs.  Very few people who passed did not sign and the those who did were very upset about the plan. 

There were signatures from people outwith Bishopbriggs who sympathise with the residents of Bishopbriggs.  To sign the online version of the petition just click here.

A poem...

'The beautiful town of Bishopbriggs, has a history we can never replace,
open countryside, farm lochs, it's a proud and wonderful place.

The deer roam free on the open plains, our wildlife make a beautiful sound,
the people you'll meet in all walks of life, are the friendliest there are to be found.

Our Burgh is steeped in history, it's where miners plied their trade,
the quarriers cut their sandstone blocks, from which Glasgow's buildings were made.

For centuries now our town's stood tall, we are proud of what we've achieved,
now what you're proposing to us, has left us all feeling aggrieved,

The government want their five star jail, to be called H.M.P. Bishopbriggs,
methinks the justice secretary, has had more than just a few swigs.

Our name is something we're proud of, so Mr. Macaskill please listen,
Bisopbriggs is the name of our town, ''It Is Not And Never Will Be A Prison''  

B Markey