Primary six and seven children from 46 schools took part in ‘Safe Kids 2002’, at Quarriers Village in Bridge of Weir, were presented with nine different scenarios involving lifelike situations of potential danger.

The different topics – studied in a fun way – included alcohol abuse, dangers with railways lines, fire, water, bus safety, car theft and drugs awareness.

PAUL Moffat, who attended Dundee University in 2002, was included as part of a team of fellow students who planned to embark on a journey to Kenya to build homes for families living in serious substandard conditions.

The former student from Erskine, was one of 12 final-year architecture students trying to raise funds for the trip of a life time, in conjunction with the organisation Habitat for Humanity International.

The team of students started their journey in Nairobi, moving to Kisii where they spent two weeks in each of the four surrounding villages as manual labourers, aiming to build a two roomed house of clay-fired bricks and a corrugated tin roof each week.

Paul said at the time that it was an exciting opportunity and project to work together with people in extreme circumstances.

THE former East Nursery was awarded the title of the best nursery in Scotland when they received a Charter Mark award in 2002.

Staff, parents and pupils were celebrating after winning the award for excellence.

It was the first time the award had been presented to a nursery in the country.

RENFREWSHIRE fell silent in 2002 when organisations observed a two minutes’ silence in memory of the Queen Mother after her passing.

All of the Renfrewshire Council establishments including schools, held the silence at 11.30am, which marked the beginning of the funeral service.

Books of condolence were opened in a number of council venues for members of the public to pay their respects and own tributes to the Queen Mother.

THE talented boys’ squad who were from Kilbarchan Amateur Athletic Club travelled down to England back in 2002 and took part In the AAA Road Relay Championships.

The event was held in Birmingham, which saw a strong field of entries but the Kilbarchan team ran a good race to finish in a highly respectable fifth place.

The four man team that came from Gryffe High School included Craig McCaffer, Kyle Toole, Ross Toole and Chris Devenney.

ONE of Renfrewshire’s best-known trees was in line for inclusion on an exclusive list of 100 ‘Heritage Trees of Scotland’ in 2002, which was being complied as part of a new nationwide initiative.

The Dargarvel HornBeam, near Bishopton, has a perimeter of 426ft and is estimated to be one of the oldest examples of species in Scotland and such trees can be as much as 300-years-old.

CELEBRATING its 15th year in back in 2002, the biggest beer festival in Scotland took place in Paisley and it was organised by the Renfrewshire Branch of Campaign for Real Ale.

The main hall of the event held more than 70 varieties of various English breweries, which included some award winning brews.

A selection of more than 30 fine Scottish beers from well established breweries like Caledonian of Edinburgh and Barrhead based Kelburn Brewery also appeared at the event.

A GROUP of Renfrewshire cricketers returned home from an arduous tour of South Africa in 2002.

Kelburne player Majid Haq along with Ferguslie stars Stuart Leggat, Stuart Murray, Gary Brown, Omer Hussein and John Kinninmouth were all part of the West District Under 19s, who toured Cape Town and Durban areas.

The full squad of 15 took in eight matches against a top school, a Township development squad and even English side Northamptonshire.

Stuart Murray, who lives in Inchinnan, bagged himself the highest runs of the side with 283, including a century in the last game of 114 and Omer Hussein notched 272 runs and he also won the Batsman of the Tour award for his contribution.