The Foggie Gossip March 2006 EDITION |
ABERCHIRDER BOWLING CLUB CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS BEGIN
Aberchirder Bowling Club is a hundred years old this year, and a centenary
committee has organised a number of bowling and social events for the
outdoor season, as well as a souvenir booklet and other items to mark the
occasion. |
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Aberchirder Bowling and Tennis Club in 1906 |
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The first mention of the Bowling Club was in the Banffshire Journal of 29 August 1905, which reported that, at the close of the regular Town Council meeting, conversation took place about taking steps to have a bowling club and tennis court. Within just ten months, the green and clubhouse were in place. The official opening of the green took place on 27 June 1906. In advance of the official celebrations, which will
take place throughout the 2006 outdoor season, the Local History Group
marked the centenary at its February meeting. This was held in the Bowling
Club, when about 50 members and guests saw a collection of nearly 200
photographs and other materials about the club. This formed the backdrop
to talks on the origins and development of the Club. |
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LOCAL ARTIST EXHIBITS MARITIME PAINTINGS
Local
resident, Robert Andrew, is soon to exhibit a number of his ship paintings
at exhibitions in Fraserburgh and Aberdeen. Robert, who was brought
up in Foggie, trained in Aberdeen as an architect. His career took him
abroad for some time but he returned to his roots a few years ago and took
up painting as a hobby. Robert has already made a name for himself
through the showing and display of his works at the Portsoy Boat Festival
and in galleries in Banff and Aberdeen. |
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Picture courtesy of Andy Taylor |
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Robert's first exhibition is to be held in the Fraserburgh Lighthouse Museum from the end of March until late June. Following that, he will be exhibiting in the Aberdeen Maritime Museum towards the end of September until around late December. Robert
feels fishing is in his blood and his interest stems from the fact his
grandfather was a Buckie fisherman. His boat, the Connage, a drifter, is pictured
below. Working with gouache opaque paint, Robert has created such
wonderful reality and atmosphere in his works. Many of his paintings
are of old boats of the Moray Firth and he has used past photographs as
the basis of his work. Having recently been given access to the
Aberdeen Maritime Museum's photo archive, he has many more images to
base his paintings on. |
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Examples of some of Robert's superb Paintings
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NEW BABY
Ciaran Russell Angus
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Parents Lynn & Brain Angus are happy to announce the arrival of their baby son Ciaran. Ciaran was born on 9th February 2006 in Doctor Gray's Hospital, Elgin. He weighed in at 7lb 11.5 ozs. Lynn (formerly of Aberchirder) is a Community Nurse and Brian is a Builder. They reside in Bleachfield Street, Huntly.
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HEAVY SNOW BLANKETS THE NORTH-EAST
Northern Scotland received its
heaviest snowfall for many years causing a number of roads to be blocked
and schools to close. Scottish Ski Resorts claim they have had the
best snow fall in 20 years. In the North-East, snowploughs battled
for many days against frequent showers and drifting snow yet managed to
keep most main routes open. Locally, whilst nothing to compare with
1984 when the road at Blacklaw was closed for a week due to drifting snow
(over 5 metres deep at one point), the first few days of March left
Aberchirder with over 35 cm of snow in places.
Many people chose to stay at
home rather that risk travelling in treacherous conditions and local
school children were overjoyed at getting 5 extra days off school. |
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DARTS CHAMPION SCORES A FIRST
Frankie
Stevenson of Foggie became the first player in the history of the Turriff
and District Darts League to hold all five singles trophies. His
success completes the 2005-2006 season. |
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Trophies from left: Tennent's Cup, League Singles, Foggie Match-play, Skol Cup and Champion of Champions. |
SMOKE-FREE SCOTLAND
From 6am on March 26, 2006, smoking will no longer be allowed in the majority of enclosed public places, including workplaces, to protect people from the harmful effects of passive smoking. |
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– allowing others to smoke in no-smoking premises Further information on the new legislation can be found here http://www.clearingtheairscotland.com |
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You could be
eligible for free nicotine replacement therapy from your local Pharmacy. |
FREE COMPETITION
'Spirit of Marnoch' |
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Enter the Aberchirder & District Community Association photographic competition. It runs until March 2007 giving opportunities for images to be taken in all seasons. It is open to all amateurs and
has a separate section for under 16's. |
Click the film below to open a PDF file containing the rules and application form for printing. |
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