YTS in 1986.
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In 1986, These group of teenagers from Whitehill appeared in the Hamilton Advertiser.
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They were members of the Youth Training Scheme and they built a new play and training area outside the Whitehill Sports Barn.
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This scheme was designed and organised by the Hamilton district council leisure and recreation department.
A competition was held among the teenagers to come up with a colour scheme for the equipment and it was won by 17-year-old Steven Robertson who was from Hillhouse. Steven is the boy in the front with the white coat on.
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Pictured with the YTS team are the district councillor of 1986 Isaac McKillop, Linda Kerr of the Whitehill tenant’s association & David Brown of the Whitehill Community Council.
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