District Council took over the hall to renovate the building. The threat of the Campsie Memorial Hall being shut down in 2010 due to lack of funding, made the residents of Lennoxtown come together to offer up their own solutions. More than 150 people attended a public meeting to talk over plans for the hall and around 35 residents signed up to be on the committee for managing the town hall The hall itself was taken over by volunteers from Lennoxtown in late 2012 and has been thriving since. In 2013, they were given a grant from the EDC Civic Pride Fund and received funding from the Big Lottery, which were both used to improve the hall. Notable people connected with Lennoxtown Tam Baillie, Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People between 2009 and 2017. Robert Dalglish, Provost of Glasgow, merchant and calico printer. Alex Ferns, actor, born 13 October 1968. Lulu, singer (real name Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie), born Lennox Castle Hospital, 3 November 1948. Drew McAdam, mentalist and mindreader, born Lennoxtown, 4 June 1955. Sir Ian McCartney, Former Government Minister and Chair of the Labour Party, born 25 April 1951. Jim McGinlay, Bass guitar player with bands Salvation and Slik, born Lennox Castle Hospital, 9 March 1949 Thomas McGraw, gangster and criminal. Owen 'Onnie' McIntyre, musician with Average White Band, born Lennox Castle Hospital, 25 September 1949 Ted McKenna, drummer with The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, born 10 March 1950. John McLane, Governor of New Hampshire (1905–07). Kirsty Milne, broadcaster and journalist. Bishop Ian Murray (1932-2016), Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, Scotland. Billy Rankin, musician and broadcaster, born Lennox Castle Hospital, 25 April 1959. Footballers James Anderson, born 1912 (Clubs: Greenock Morton, Manchester United, Rotherham United, Mossley A.F.C.) Jack Britton, born 1900 John Brown, born 1962 John Hendrie, born 1963 John Johnston, born 1878 Denis Lawson, born 1897 Alan Mackin, born 1955 John McLaughlin, born 1936 Bill Millar, born 1950 (played for Canada) Sandy Pate, born 1944 Ricky Sbragia, born 1956 References External links Vision of Britain - Lennoxtown Towns in East Dunbartonshire