It is all go at the Lockerbie Old School Community Hub ... with some ho ho ho too.
After nearly 10 years of hard work by members of the community who wanted to see the disused 150-year-old site given a new lease of life, the first phase of construction is under way.
Newly-appointed communications officer for the Hub Alex Fleming said: “Dumfries-based Hardies Engineering have been entrusted with starting the project which will first see the interior stripped out to the bare brick to review what state the poor building is currently in ready for the main construction to begin next year.