Take a Family Walk on the Southside and Win a Colourful Childrens Rug

May 21, 2010
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Guess which side of the Clyde is championed by the Southside Happenings blog. The best side if you believe the people who write it. This weekend they are excited about the Southside Festival being held in Queen’s Park. But they are also celebrating a month-long Southside Giveaway with the chance to win one of these [...]

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Poetry From Motion: A Cabinet Sprung From a Gym Floor

May 19, 2010
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Our new website dedicated to sports flooring is beginning to take shape, ready to tell you everything you need to know about installing and maintaining a gymnasium or sports court. We’ll let you know when it is properly off the blocks. In the meantime, we thought you might like to see this gem, a cabinet [...]

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Pensioners: 10% Off If You Have A Penchant for Fine Wood Flooring

May 14, 2010
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Got a bus pass? Yes, I know it’s rude to ask but we have a good reason. McKay Flooring has introduced a special Pensioner’s Day – Monday to be precise – when those of a certain age (and yes, a bus pass helps to prove it) qualify for 10% off all our Clyde Flooring and [...]

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Roll Out The Barrel: Whisky Flooring for the Connoisseur

May 12, 2010
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This is something you don’t see every day: a floor made out of whisky barrels. The Scotch whisky industry realised it needed an eco-friendly solution to disposing of old barrels, instead of merely consigning them to landfill. Here at McKay Flooring we were happy to play our part. Having engineered a way to make flat [...]

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Golfers at Turnberry: Choose a Wood

May 10, 2010
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Summer golf has teed off with a vengeance and visitors from abroad are making their way in droves to the great Scottish courses. Turnberry is always popular and rightly so; the courses are superb and the facilities for golfers are among the best in the country. If you are lucky enough to visit the hotel [...]

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A Sad Loss: In Memory of Jim Broadfoot

April 28, 2010
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Everyone at McKay Flooring has been deeply saddened by the sudden death last weekend of Jim Broadfoot. Jim was the much-loved husband of our book keeper Dorothy as well as father to Pamela, Lorna and Alison. His wonderful personality, ready smile and great friendship will be missed by all who knew him. Jim was a [...]

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This Architectural Practice Sports Reclaimed Junckers Flooring

April 21, 2010
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When you rescue a well-used floor from a school gym, the markings inevitably come along too; the lines for basketball, seven-a-side, netball, badminton and for all I know, gladiatorial contests between the third and four forms. Some customers want these removed; others find them really interesting, inspiring, attractive and want them kept. What is more, [...]

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Team Echelon: These Glasgow Boys are Flying

April 15, 2010
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Do you know what an echelon is? Just as geese fly in a ‘V’ shape, so teams of bike riders follow the same pattern to achieve maximum aerodynamic efficiency. Watch any professional bike race and you will see riders fan out across the road to the side and behind each other.  This is called riding [...]

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Junckers Solid Wood Flooring: Something for All Tastes

April 9, 2010
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When it comes to wood flooring, the choice is absolutely unbelievable, so much so that it can actually become overwhelming and/or even frustrating. I have known people to go through dozens of samples, only to then hear about another brand name, which they must see, then they have to compare it to all their previous [...]

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