Fourth Valley Collage.. the sign workmen put up outside Forth Valley College
Daily Record Wednesday 2nd May, 2012
forth valley college blunder Image 2 WORKMEN who installed a bus shelter at a new college are heading for detention after making two spelling blunders. The £29million Forth Valley College campus in Stirling will welcome their first students later this year. Lecturers will hope they will be able to spell better than those who put a sign on the bus stop that reads "Fourth Valley Collage". The college’s depute principal Dr K...
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