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Big in Falkirk was a festival of the arts held in Falkirk, Scotland, from 2000 to 2009. [ 1 ] Since its inception in 2000, the award-winning (Scottish Thistle Award Events & Festivals 2005) [ 2 ] free weekend event was one of the largest cultural events in Scotland, attracting over 100,000 people.
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Falkirk Town Council took over the library in 1896 under the Public Libraries (Scotland) Act and appointed the first librarian, George Chapman. Dollar had already agreed that in the event of the burgh adopting the Free Libraries Act that his library could be transferred to the town and the use of the premises be granted free of charge.
Falkirk would exit the League Cup in the group stages, but would progress to the semi-final of the Challenge Cup, losing out on the final to Welsh champions The New Saints. They would also exit the Scottish Cup at the fourth round, losing to Bonnyrigg Rose .
Today, the economy of Falkirk is focused on retail and services, in contrast to the heavy industries and manufacturing sectors which contributed to the growth of the town over the last 300 years. Falkirk is a large retail centre catering to the town itself and a wide surrounding area, stretching from Cumbernauld in the west to Bo'ness in the ...
Falkirk (/ ˈ f ɔː l k ɜːr k / FAWL-kurk; Scots: Fawkirk [ˈfɔːkɪrk]; Scottish Gaelic: An Eaglais Bhreac) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas of Scotland.It was formed on 1 April 1996 by way of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 from the exact boundaries of Falkirk District, one of three parts of the Central region created in 1975, which was abolished at that time.
Westquarter is a village in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Polmont and 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south-east of the town of Falkirk . Westquarter can be accessed from the north via the A803 road and from the south via the B805 road .
On 10 December, Martin Rennie was appointed as the new head coach of Falkirk. [3] Former Scotland striker Kenny Miller , who joined the club as an assistant coach, would take over on an interim basis for the final three matches of the season following Rennie's departure.