GG issue 12

Glencairn Gazette
Issue 12
October/November 2001
FREE to EVERY household in Glencairn and Tynron Find us on: http://www.moniaive.com
With so much happening in Glencairn these past two months
we have another bumper issue for you on our 2nd anniversary.
We report on the filming of Magdalene, as seen through the eyes
of Moniaive resident Pamela Philip who took part, alongside
actress Geraldine McEwan, star of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
and Oranges are not the only Fruit. The film, directed by Peter
Mullen of Trainspotting fame, is due out in 2002. Report pages 4/5.
On pages 2/3 we cover the first, very successful Moniaive
Comics Festival held during the first weekend of September.
Monies raised from this event will be used to fund further projects
for the village. We report on the status of the live recording of the
Glencairn & Shinnel Folk CD recorded over the same weekend –
this should be out in time to make an excellent ‘Glencairn’
Christmas present (page 13). A report on the Scots Night concert at
the Craigdarroch is also covered on page 15.
Not only did Moniaive win the Nithsdale in Bloom competition
(page 10), but of course we cover the 122nd Flower Show, complete with list of winners (page 6).
And finally but not least, we review the annual art exhibition
held by the Moniaive & District Arts Association (page 10). Plus of
course all the local club and association news and a brand new look
kids page produced by the Media Club at Moniaive Primary
School. We hope you will find something to interest you in this
issue.
Editorial Board
of Farm
Animals,
Wild Animals
& Dinosaurs
Photo: Sue Grant
Moniaive Magic – Film,
Comics, Music, Paintings
and Flowers
Moniaive Comic Festival Thanks
The Festival and Comic Art Exhibition
was a great success with over 400 people
attending the weekend events. We were
lucky enough to get some of the great
names in comics to attend and work
very hard whilst here. With three different events going on in the three main
locations it was a busy time for everyone.
Cam Kennedy (Star Wars/Judge Dredd
artist) flew down from Orkney to attend
and his drawing classes and signing sessions were always well attended. Frank
Quitely came from Glasgow with his
family and numerous X-men drawings
now decorate the walls of many Moniaive
homes. John Wagner the creator and
writer of Judge Dredd rarely attends
comic conventions but happily ran a character creation workshop on Saturday
together with Alan Grant. Jim Murray
drove up from Kent and Gordon Tait used
buses and trains to get from Dundee.
Many fans had travelled a long way to
get their comic collections signed, including a family who had flown from Norfolk
just to attend the weekend! Many fans
travelled from the North East, with
Manchester particularly well represented.
You can see from the letters received
(page 7) that everyone seems to have
thought the distance travelled well worth
it. So I would like, on behalf of the village, to thank the artists: Cam Kennedy,
Frank Quitely, Jon Haward, Jamie Grant,
Dave Alexander, Jim Stewart, Pudsey,
Gordon Tait, Jim Murray, The Scottish
Cartoon Art Studio, D’Israeli and all the
other cartoonists who turned up to help.
The writers: Alan Grant, John Wagner
and Ferg Handley. The editors: Andy
Diggle and David Bishop. And of course
the irrepressible John McShane who
made the event go with a swing and Alan
Grant for the loan of his comic artwork
collection and for persuading all the
guests to attend.
All the writers and artists who attended the Moniaive Comics Festival worked really hard and made donations to the various competitions and raffles. But we have to
say that Jon Haward the Spiderman artist is the star. Jon travelled from Lowestoft
arriving early in the week. He helped man the art exhibition, drew more Spidermen
than he cares to remember and even took a class at Moniaive Primary. If that were
not enough on his arrival home he packaged up three pieces of Judge Dredd Trading
Card original artwork and sent them to us to auction to raise further monies for the
Moniaive Action Project (MAP).
The trading cards are reproduced below in black and white, each piece of full colour
artwork measure 300 x 250mm approx. If you would like to bid on a piece please email,
write to, or call Sue Grant with your offer. Closing date for bids is November 1st when
the highest bidder will win.
Sue Grant telephone 01848 200331 or email: sue@badpress.demon.co.uk.
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Apology
Sue Grant
I see the
invisible man
has arrived
yipes!!!
Cartoon: Bernard Walker
Original Judge Dredd Trading Card
Artwork up for auction
Thanks also to the stall holders and all
those who helped man the doors, watch
the exhibition and run around getting coffees etc. And to everyone who made such
generous donations towards the Festival
and Moniaive Action Project.
Thanks are also due to Moniaive and
District Arts Association, Gaelforce 2001
and the Dumfries & Galloway Tourist
Board for supporting the idea.
But mostly I would like to thank the
people of Moniaive who made all the visitors feel very welcome and who supported us wholeheartedly.
Over £1,600 was raised over the weekend and it is hoped that after expenses
over £800 will be donated to MAP
towards other projects in the village.
Please remember that MAP is open to
everyone in the village so come along to
one of our meetings (see diary page) and
pitch your idea to the group.
Moniaive Comics
Comic festival
prizewinners
Art exhibition preview raffle won by
Miss Bissett, Dalwhat Glen.
Kid’s competition 1st Rory Kilgour, 2nd
Rory Goddard, 3rd Jacob Carrick, Connor
Robertson, Rory Cunningham and Nic
Berry, 4th Iain Stevenson, Stuart Morrison,
Lewis Fergusson and Harry Cowan.
Overall winner Richard Wall.
Festival raffle 1st Mr Lowe, 2nd Hazel
Bissett, 3rd Fiona Nicholson and Derek
Payne, 4th Norman Stone, Mr Lowe, and
B. Morris, 5th Sarah Mensdorf.
In the last issue of the Gazette we printed a photograph of Sam Todd, in the article ‘The Packman’, and failed to
credit the photographer Marcelle Brennan. We apologise for this oversight.
Editorial Group
MacAlien Competition
A life size cut out of MacAlien himself was the inspiration
for the MacAlien Competition for children run by Alan
Grant at the George Hotel on Sunday 2nd September at
11.30 am. The challenge was to draw a picture of yourself
meeting MacAlien anywhere you liked. Jamie Grant and
Dave Alexander demonstrated how to sketch MacAlien and
then the kids had a go themselves.
Children aged from four to thirteen drew MacAlien in all
sorts of different places, from roller coasters to outer space.
Judging was tough, but in the end Emily Marsh, aged 11, from
Glenmidge, came first for her drawing set in Macara Park and
was awarded the MacAlien cut out as her prize.
“I was quite surprised to win,” she said, “I’m going to put
MacAlien in my bedroom.”
Runners up received Judge Dredd books and all children parAnnie Shnapp
ticipating went home with comics.
Second prize went to Chloe
aged 9
First prize winner Emily Marsh aged 11
Third prize went to Alasdair
Courten aged 13
The things they said...
What the kids thought...
“My favourite bit was drawing me and MacAlien in a spaceship.”
Ella Shnapp (7).
“I thought that the best part of the comic festival was definitely
the comic making part. I loved making up the characters and
then making a comic about them. Unfortunately, my dog got at
mine. The gallery was cool and the drawing classes make me a
much better artist. I thought the festival was great.”
Rob Grierson (10).
“It was really cool, I got a drawing of Bart Simpson and I won
some comics.”
Nicholas Peddle (10).
“The comics festival was pretty good. I liked the gallery a lot. I
liked meeting the people who work on the comics and thought
their tips were helpful. It’s funny how they don’t take their characters seriously. It was fun.”
Jamie Grierson (13).
“I thought the comic festival was very interesting. I learnt a lot
about drawing. I got quite a lot of caricatures and they were
excellent.”
Sophie Shnapp (12).
What the adults thought...
The Comic Festival weekend was one of the highlights of my
time in The Poetry Shop! All the writers and artists were so
friendly and helpful, and so patient with the children especially.
It was a pleasure to have had them here, the village was
absolutely buzzing from the wonderful atmosphere and I’m sure
almost every business must have benefited from the hundreds of
extra visitors that weekend.Let’s hope it was the first of many!
Jackie Goddard, The Poetry Shop
Watch out for the BUG!
The Guides are currently involved in a ‘Reach Out And Recruit’
campaign where they aim to encourage more youngsters to get
involved in the guiding movement. The symbol chosen to highlight this campaign is a furry bug. So watch out for one appearing near you! For more details contact Nan Tait 200403.
Iain Howat
Electrical Contractor
Whitedyke Farm, Dunscore, Dumfries
Home: 01387 820330
Mobile: 07710 779994
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Photo: Sue Grant
Magdalene
The Movie
Photo: Sue Grant
PFP Productions took over Moniaive to
shoot a scene for their upcoming film
set in the Magdalene laundries of
Ireland in the 1960’s. Producer
Frances Higson said: “Moniaive is a
perfect location.” Pamela Philip of
Moniaive appeared as an extra, along
with many others. Here Pamela reports
on her experience.
At 6am sharp, I arrived at the marquee
as instructed and joined the other extras at
the tables for breakfast, the first of three
meals that day.
Although it turned out to be a sunny
day it was cold in the morning and I sat
shivering and watching the others who
had already changed into their costumes.
Sitting next to me was a man dressed as a
priest, looking very impressive, it turned
out he was an extra too.
transformed into a street scene from
Ireland in the 60’s. The road markings
had been hidden and the modern road
signs removed and replaced with beautiful old fashioned signposts. The shops
and hotels had been renamed and small
shrines were placed strategically along
the route of the parade. All the actors and
actresses gathered by the garage, where
the parade began; fallen women, altar
boys, nuns, priests and gardaí all waited
for the action to start.
During the filming, and much to my
delight, Peter Mullen, the camera man
and a few of the crew placed one of the
cameras on the pavement outside the
Masonic Hall, directly across from where
I was standing, so I thought I’d definitely
be in the movie. After a number of takes
of the parade scene I finally felt comfortable and fairly convincing with my role
of clapping when the pipers leading the
parade started playing, crossing myself
according the the Catholic rite and looking with disgust at the ‘fallen’ girls passing. It was hard to stop from laughing as
Margaret Irvine, next to me, made up
comments as the girls went by. And then
we all joined the parade and walked
through the village, a highlight I expect
for a Catholic churchgoer of that period.
Rests between takes provided us with
a chance to return to the year 2001 and
buy chocolate from Callanders shop, now
renamed ‘Bradys’ and complete with net
curtains! Margaret produced a camera
from her bag and we had the rare opportunity of having our photograph taken
with the actresses dressed as nuns,
including Geraldine McEwan.
By 2pm we were all heading back to
the marquee for lunch. I had a plate of hot
Photo: Sue Grant
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I was soon off to get my outfit on and
hair done in a French plait held together
with about fifty pins and half a can of
hairspray! I sat watching everyone else
and felt I’d drifted back in time.
Someone pointed out the director Peter
Mullen, but he wasn’t wearing a suit and
smoking a fat cigar, as I had imagined,
but was dressed very casually.
Around 8am we lined up in our places
along the High Street which had been
Cartoon: Bernard Walker
Mrs Lee, this is
not a musical so
please stop
humming ‘The
hills are alive
with the sound of
music!’
curry and I was soon feeling much warmer and had to express concern that I might have
‘changed colour’.
After dinner we all moved to the field for the mass congregation and the shocking
episode of one of the ‘fallen’ girls seemingly going mad, the priest acting strangely,
stripping off his robes and running away eventually ending up totally naked and busy
scratching himself. This was our most trying moment as we were asked to express emotions of horror when all we wanted to do was laugh.
As part of the congregation we had to utter the words ‘Glory be to thee oh God” during the mass. This seemed to be particularly difficult with offerings ranging from
“Glory be to.. oh what was it? Glory be to our Lord, oops” etc.
The sun beat down unmercifully and I don’t know how the priests and altar boys stood
at the altar for so long. After filming one of the priests was seen to rush into the George
Hotel with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other.
It had been a rare and successful day. The village had a buzz and it certainly brought
the community together, but, watch out Moniaive, we’ve yet to see the result!
Pamela Philip
Moniaive Talent
Photos: Sue Grant
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The 122nd Moniaive Show Success
Carol Butler
2nd
Quality
Flour
1st
We don’t have room to list all the winners but congratulations to everyone including first prize winners A. Belshaw, A.
Muir, A McMillan, Scott McMillan, JC Henderson, John Young,
JC Marchbank, Mrs Marchbank, Jim Little, S Pickering, Mrs
Hardie, J Ewart, M Rennie-Young, J Dempster, Mr & Mrs
Halliday, L. McMillan, W McKelvie, Bunty Walker, Eric
Wilson, Mr Milligan, Mrs Laurie, D Knowles, Masayo Miura, J
Laurie, J Wilson, Mr Muir, Miss Edwards, F Ewart, Bob Tait,
and Sharon Irvine. Juveniles: Louise Keaning and Rebecca
Graham. 8-10 years: Harriet Henshall, James Pickering and
Gregor Anderson. Up to 7 years: Rory Kilgour and Ella
Schnapp. Baking: Bunty Walker, Betty Graham, M. Irving,
Arlene Irving and Frances Dunse. Preserves: Miss Edwards and
B. Heycock. Wines: Karen Cawte. Handicrafts: Miss Edwards,
Bunty Walker, A. Kilgour, J. Bibby, Karen Cawte, J McCrearie,
J Stewart and Dorothy Pearson. Paintings: M. Rennie-Young,
B. Heycock and Mrs Boyes. Photography: Mr Kellie, J
Gourlay and Mr Warwick. Walking sticks: Mr Warwick.
Juniors: David Kilgour, Kyra Redpath, Jeana Davis, Dora
Stewart, Amy Dykes, Ailish Vernon, Rachel Gibson, Stuart
Gibson, S Thomson, Laura Anderson, Harry Cowan and Louise
Keaning.
And finally the trophy winners: A Belshaw, JC Henderson,
Jim Little, Eric Wilson, J Dempster, Len McMillan, Mrs
Knowles, Mrs Laurie, A Muir, Mrs Edgar, Rebecca Graham,
Harriet Henshall, C McIntyre, J Black, Mrs Halliday, Louise
Keaning, Betty Graham, Bunty Walker, M Rennie-Young,
Finlay Dykes, Harry Cowan, Laurie Keaning, Mr Warwick and
Mr Kellie.
Photo: Sue Grant
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Despite the afternoon rain the 122nd Glencairn and Tynron
Horticultural Show delighted visitors with well over 600
entries in all classes.
After the judging in the morning – a difficult task as, although
entries were down on previous years, the quality of exhibits was
outstanding – the retiring President, Jack Ewart introduced Mrs
Charlotte Dickie of Poundland who opened the Show and presented the cups and prizes. She was ably assisted by Moniaive
Gala Queen Kadie Redpath.
Thanks and congratulations must be given to all advertisers,
special prize donors, committee members and exhibitors as
without their dedication and enthusiasm there would not be a
flower show. It must be remembered that the show is not just
about flowers and vegetables but includes baking, art, photography, wine making, crafts, knitting and carved walking sticks!
The show is also about encouraging the community and children
to participate in a community event.
Thanks must also go to the two demonstrators, Rodney
Holland, who is well known for his work in wood and Pat
Pickering from Dunscore, who demonstrated her technique in
rush working.
Honorary President, Mrs Gillian Gourlay, on behalf of the
committee, presented Jack Ewart with a cheque to mark his hard
work of nearly four decades for the Horticultural Society.
The show is the culmination of a years effort by the
exhibitors and committee and the support of the visitors make it
a ‘Bloomin’ Good Show!’
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Cartoon: Bernard Walker
Photo: Sue Grant
“Thanks and
congratulations
must be given to
all advertisers,
special prize
donors,
committee
members and
exhibitors as
without their
dedication and
enthusiasm there
would not be a
flower show.”
Letters
to the
Editor
Dear Everyone concerned,
May I congratulate you all on the wonderful website and brochure about Moniaive.
I've lived in Nithsdale for 25 years, and
have explored it on foot and by car extensively. However, I picked up the Moniaive
brochure while in a Wigtown bookstore,
and was flabbergasted to see how much I
am missing.
Your website is very good. At last! I
have found someone who does chainsaw
carvings. Life is complete. And all those
other people - I can learn to dance and
paint.... I live in Park, near Closeburn.
I look forward to exploring the
Glencairn Valley within the next few
months, from a different perspective.
Linda Sharrat,
Closeburn
Dear Editor,
Just a quick note to say a big thank you for
the effort you put into organising the festival. Me and my son Ben both enjoyed the
event a great deal and Ben is most pleased
with the original sketches by Cam
Kennedy and Frank Quitely.
I also enjoyed the two workshops I visited. Alan, John and Cam were entertaining
and instructive. It was great to have such
talented people available at close quarters.
The editors, David and Andy also provided a good deal of useful information I admit I was shocked at their relative
youth. They didn't do enough to frighten
me out of submitting some work, though.
If you get the chance, please pass on my
thanks to them.
Thanks again for organising a fine event
Paul Glasswell
Stewarton
Dear Sue,
Enjoyed the comics festival ten times better than the usual conventions... but where
else would you get to experience John
McShane leading the Folk band in song!
All the best,
Ferg Handley
Commando writer
Dear Editor,
Just a note to say thanks to all concerned
directly in organising the bash, and indirectly (hoteliers etc) for being so welcoming....
As a family, we came down from
Glasgow on spec, and thoroughly enjoyed
ourselves. Well done.
Compared to similar events I have
attended before, the atmosphere was
relaxed, friendly and congenial. I liked the
idea of having the different events spread
around the village. It gave us a chance to
explore a bit. Our main regret was having
to head back to Glasgow.
A special mention to the George Hotel
for a fantastic value lunch. Four massive
main courses, and drinks for everyone for
under £15.
It was the first time that we had visited
Moniaive, but it won't be the last.
Regards
Steven Clark
Database Administrator
IT Department, NWNC
Dear Moniaive,
I have been asked by the writers and artists
who attended the Comic festival to pass on
their thanks for the hospitality they were
shown by the people of Moniaive during
their stay. It seems they enjoyed themselves as much, if not more, than the fans
attending!
I would also like to thank all of the
guests for agreeing to come to Moniaive at
their own expense and working so hard to
make the festival a success. Many also
donated prizes for the raffle and competitions. A big thanks too to everyone who
manned the doors, helped hang and dismantle the exhibition, sold tickets,
answered questions, put comic guests up
and especially the anonymous couple who
rescued a rather tired and wet ‘Dandy’
artist walking along the road at night and
brought him back to our house.
Sue Grant
Glenluiart
Dear Sue, Alan and Moniaive,
Hope the Comic Festival was an enjoyable
and smooth experience for all of you.
Everybody from the Scottish Cartoon Art
Studio really enjoyed themselves, and we
hope our contribution went some way to
making the event a success, and raising the
cash Moniaive Action Project needs to ease
the pain of foot and mouth. Please pass on
our best wishes and thanks to Janice and
her family for their hospitality. Looking
forward to seeing you again soon,
Chris, Terry, Tommy and all at SCAS
Hi,
Danny and Jeff from Komixworld here (the
two that were neither a) over 40 or b) wearing a baseball cap and batman face paint),
wanting to say thanks for a great weekend
up at Moniaive.
We had a wonderful time, I think everyone did, it was a friendly community experience for all and our thanks goes to all the
people of the village for being so kind.
Please do check out the edited articles
on the event we've already posted onto our
site www.komixworld.com (in the News
Section)
Thanks again and hope to hear from you
soon.
Danny and Jeff
Komixworld
Two years old
Well it’s hard to believe but the Gazette
has been going for two years now. We are
delighted that, despite losing some members, we have a strong team collecting
and writing the news. We welcome Annie
Shnapp and Peter & Justine Charlesworth who joined us this issue.
Remember we depend on you for feedback and information. This is your paper
so let us know what you think and how it
could be improved.
Editorial Group
Police Message
Police and residents are becoming concerned about the number of instances
of vandalism in Moniaive village.
The fact that the majority of these
crimes go unreported to the police is also
cause for concern.
“The spate of vandalism has only
recently come to our attention after a few
residents alerted the Thornhill office,”
said Sergeant Colin Tait of Thornhill
Police Station. He urges anyone who
becomes the victim of such vandalism to
contact the police immediately.
“Only when the police are aware of
what is happening in Moniaive and other
communities can we make the appropriate response.” said Sergeant Tait.
Anyone with information about this
subject is asked to contact Thornhill
Police on 01848 330200.
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Glecairn Housing Survey 2001
The
Handy
Man
Can!
Wide range of household repairs
undertaken including
maintenance, flat pack furniture
assembly, loft insulation,
shelving, tiling, transport, house
clearances etc.
For those jobs you can’t
face yourself call Richard
07855 084851 days
CRAIGDARROCH
ARMS HOTEL
High Street, Moniaive
01848 200205
Restaurant open 7
days for lunch and
evening meals
Pensioners’ lunches
every Thursday
Future events
planned
Watch out for
posters for details
of times
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MONIAIVE
Thanks to all Glencairn Parish residents who participated in the survey, to
the many volunteers who helped deliver and collect the survey forms and
both Callanders Shop and Moniaive
Post Office who acted as collection
points.
The results of the survey are currently
being compiled into a survey report
which will be presented to the Glencairn
Community Trust where decisions about
taking the findings forward will be made.
Survey reports will also be made available for community access to the information gathered and recommendations
for further action to address the need for
additional affordable housing for local
people.
Once again thanks for participating
and helping your community.
Karen Lewis
Rural Housing Enabler, S.H.A.R.C
Moniaive Memorial Institute
You may renew your membership at the Post Office, if you haven’t already done so.
Adults £6 pa, OAP/Juniors £2, families £10, Associate members £1.
Don’t forget the draw, only 50p per month – go on have a go! We also hope to introduce a Snooker Tournament. If you are able to offer any assistance or would like to
put your name forward, please let one of the Committee know or hand in your details
at the Post Office.
Sharon Henshall
The Handy Man Can
Richard Swift moved to Euchan
Cottage, Dunreggan in the spring of
2001 with his partner, Julie Jenkins, who
is well known in the village for establishing and running the very successful
Shuffles School of Dance, and for her
mobile hairdressing and beauty therapies. They both love Moniaive for its natural beauty but say it is made special by
the people who live here.
“People still have time for each other,
there is such a nice balance of local and
new with so many creative, interesting and
talented people about,” they said.
Richard was recently made redundant
after several years as Operational Director
for CIC where he assessed the needs of
institutionalised people with mental problems and learning disabilities. He purchased property for them to live in and
developed services and support to integrate
them back into the community.
His career path has taken many directions from a ghillie, a constable on the beat
in Glasgow, to diamond drilling in British
Columbia. But it was as an auxiliary nurse
in an Inverness Asylum that fixed
Richard’s sights on making a difference to
the lives of the mentally ill people he cared
for. He began his psychiatric nurse training
and completed his general nurse training at
Edinburgh Royal Hospital. After spending
a few years back in psychiatric nursing
with homeless men and women he went to
University and gained a Masters Degree in
Social Sciences. For five years Richard
was Director of Mental Health and
Learning Disability at the NH Trust in
Dumfries before moving to CIC. Richard
says: “Being made redundant has given me
the opportunity to step out of the rat race
and concentrate on something I have wanted to do for a long time.”
He is very wary of stepping on other
tradesmen’s toes. “My business,” he said,
“is to fill a gap and tackle those niggly jobs
that don’t require a fully qualified trademans but that customers are not capable of
doing because of lack of time or ability.”
His experience in odd jobs comes not
only from the three houses he has renovated to very high standards but also from his
time spent as a Ghillie in Invernesshire.
Richard promises to be reliable, to turn up
for a job when he says he will, and to leave
the premises as clean and tidy as he found
it. When not in his big blue van, Richard
can often be found astride his beloved
Honda Super Sport 600cc with Julie on the
back travelling round the country with the
Honda Riders Club. Having bagged about
200 of the 278 Munros he is now more
likely to be found relaxing, with fishing rod
in hand, with the Craigdarroch Fishing
Club. Richard couldn’t be happier: “Even
though I’ve been used to stable employment I feel more in control and satisfied
with the work I do now.”
Janice Cowan
SPOTLIGHTER-LOCAL PEOPLE & PLACES
Cairnhead Community Forest Trust
On Saturday 15th September members
of the Cairnhead Community Forest
Trust, as well as a number of local residents met, armed with heavy gloves,
wellies and a ‘piece’ to help with the
clearing of the old slate quarry.
“This is just one of a number of projects that the Cairnhead Community
Forest Trust intends to carry out over a
period of time,” said secretary Professor
Paul Ignatieff , “and we are very anxious
to let the community know that we would
welcome their involvement at any time.
“We also want to let everyone know
that the area is once again open to the
public, following the foot and mouth crisis, and we hope people will come back
again soon to enjoy the beautiful scenery
and walks and to exercise their pets, as
well as themselves! The slate quarry is a
magical, sheltered spot that we hope people will enjoy as a ‘contemplative’ area
when the work is complete”.
The quarry is immediately adjacent to
the Balewood Lochan Project area that
the Forest Trust has had fenced off so that
the riverbanks are protected to encourage
spawning, They will be digging out a
small lochan that will be fed by hill water,
the flow of which will be controlled so as
not to affect the spawning.
The pathways will also be improved
for easier access to an excellent picnic
area and there will be walks leading from
there up to the forestry where eventually
two bridges will be built to allow a circular route.
Paul describes the Balewood Lochan
project as being a ‘Gateway to the
Cairnhead Forest’ and explained that
another part of their plan is to use some
of the grant to plant indigenous species
and hardwood trees near the site of the
former corral. He also said that the cattle
outwintering corral is now concluded and
the site has been restored.
“We realise that the Cairnhead
Community Forest Trust has been
through a difficult patch in the initial
stages,” Paul explained, “and that perhaps some people were led to believe
things would happen overnight, but we
are very conscious that this is a long term
project spanning over the next 20-30
years”.
He went on to say: “The Forestry
Society had a meeting four years ago
where a paper was delivered by Barbara
Kelly on the fact that Scotland was deforested in the 18th and 19th centuries, to
build ships. Because of this the natural
link between forestry and people was
Moniaive Memories
Sorry, but there is no Moniaive Memories column in this
issue. We are finding it increasingly difficult to get people to
participate in this column. We understand that people may
be reluctant to share ‘personal’ memories about the village
and area but we feel the column is an excellent way of
recording some of the local events in the village. If you have
any interesting stories or memories of how the village was
and how it has changed please let us know, we don’t have to
focus the column on an individual. Please contact Sue Grant
on 01848 200331 if you have anything you would like to contribute or leave a note at the Post Office. Thank you.
Thank you to the children
Moniaive children are holding a table top sale in the Masonic
Hall on Saturday 6th October. Tables are free but they have
asked for a contribution to be made to MAP as a way of saying
thanks for the Comic Festival.
We would like to thank them for their very kind thought and
wish them all the best at the sale.
MAP
broken, especially in comparison to
Nordic countries, Germany, France and
North America and part of our objective
is to rebuild these links”.
Looking ahead, the Forest Project is
also considering developing pathways
that will eventually link them to the
Southern Upland Way and therefore create a further link from there, through
Cairnhead and down the Dalwhat Glen
into Moniaive.
Paul continued, “It is hoped that we
would then be able join up with the
Community Council’s proposed plans for
their car park project,” and continued,
“we would also like to explore ways to
increase the use of the Forestry Office in
Dunreggan by involving one or two
groups in Moniaive with business and
cultural heritage orientation”.
There will be an AGM on Wednesday
28th November in the Memorial Institute
at 7.30pm. This will include a short session on Forest Trust business and a presentation by the Forest Enterprise on the
Forestry design plan and how it will
relate to the community as well as a presentation on the Balewood Lochan project
by Solway Heritage.
Jackie Goddard
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As part of ‘Nithsdale in Bloom’ judges
from Glasgow paid a visit to Moniaive to
judge the most beautiful village in
Nithsdale competition.
We had to wait three weeks for the
results as the competition had many
entries, but it was worth the wait as
Moniaive came first in the large village category. The judges were very impressed by
the lack of litter, immaculate toilets and a
helpful Lewis Waddell who, fearing the
judges were lost, asked “Can I help you
mister?”
They were particularly impressed by the
school garden which was, as they said: “a
thrill to visit and much credit was due to
the teachers, children and parents.”
Many thanks to everyone for taking an
interest in the village and for working so
hard to make Moniaive a winner.
Sheena Dalton and myself, representing
the community council, were invited to
collect the cup and a cheque for £75 from
the council office in Dumfries. Mrs Patrick
Notes
from the
Garden
To cherish an apple tree:
Throw all about your apple trees on the
roots thereof, the wine of old men, or of
stale pisse long kept, they shall bring
fruite much better...
Leonard Mascall c 1572.
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1. Collect seeds from some of your
favourite border plants e.g. poppies,
evening primroses etc. and store carefully
in labelled envelopes.
2. Mark and label plants that you intend
to split or move during the rest period.
3. Now is bulb planting time. Be brave,
try something new.
4. Frosts may come at any time now, so
start bringing in your favourite tender
plants.
5. Biennials such as Sweet Williams,
Canterbury Bells etc can be planted now
in their flowering situation.
6. The dormant season is a good time
(autumn and spring) for planting out trees
and shrubs. Bare rooted plants are preferable to pot grown plants. Teddy Heycock
The 5th annual exhibition of Moniaive
& District Arts Association in the
Masonic Hall, Moniaiev held in August
was said by many to the best and most
varied yet. Around 500 people visited
the show and over a quarter of the
exhibits were sold.
It is always difficult, and sometimes not
desirable, to single out items which were
particularly outstanding. However, some
items were subject to many favourable
comments. Response to fine art is different
for everybody with personal likes coming
into play rather than a discussion purely
on merit since individual tastes are so varied. What was apparent was that the bulk
of the items were illustrative (no sharks or
sheep in formaldahyde!). Good drawing,
use of colour, solid composition and skill
in using different media was also apparent.
Now with over 80 members the
Association should be proud of its annual
exhibition and the sheer variety of subject
matter . In previous years it was not
unusual to see two or even three renditions
of the same subject, but not in 2001. It is
also good to see amateur and professional
artists showing together and allowing the
public to see a wide range of works at
affordable prices.
Some items did attract frequent comments. Sandy Robb’s ‘Restoration Venice’
in gouache showed the artists great skill in
use of colour and tone resulting in a highly contrasted work of excellent quality.
Perhaps less obvious because it was small
was Sandy’s oil ‘Trees in Shadow’ in
which the artist focussed on pattern,
resulting in a charming and highly successful painting.
The identity of the person reading a
newspaper in my early summer oil ‘Under
the Cherry Tree’ resulted in much specualtion and as much positive identification.
The use of very soft tones and colours
by Fiona McGlynn, who recently joined
the Association, were seen in
‘Craigdarroch Water’ and contrasted well
with her near abstract ‘Study of Rock
Slabs’ many will look forward to seeing
her work next year.
Many of the more frequent exhibitors
were also on good metal. Mary Stuart
Shields’ dramatic watercolour ‘The Three
Sisters, Glencoe’ showed clarity of light
and strong contrast which was a large part
of the works appeal. Teddy Heycock’s
‘Holiday on the Nile’ indeed reflected, in
its light and colour, the artists happy recollection of a recent holiday.
Drawings were particularly strong, if
few in number, and among the most
accomplished was Margaret Robb’s
‘Portrait of Louise’ and Mac Ketlar’s
drawing ‘At the end of the day’. Col
Wilson’s ‘The Wounded Castle’ had a
direct charm which was most appealing.
Fiona Allardyce-Lewis and Andrew
Weatherhead showed extremely high quality works of which I enjoyed in particular
Fiona’s ‘Music Room’ and Andrew’s decorated ceramic plate ‘Babel’s Bastard’
showing a shift to a new bronze colour
incised and decorated with gold which
gave a very sumptuous work.
There were many more exhibits which,
unfortunately, time and space do not permit comment on. We look forward to the
6th annual exhibition in 2002.
The Association’s winter lectures in the
George Hotel commenced on 20th
September with a slide show and talk by
Archie Sutter Watt on his life and work as
an artist. Many interesting speakers will be
lecturing and demonstrating through the
winter and in to early summer on the third
Thursday of each month. These are open
to members and non-members and will
appeal to many. Check diary section for
Melville Brotherston
speakers.
Cartoon: Bernard Walker
Photo: Hugh Taylor
Blooming Beautiful Art Exhibition
– Moniaive
They say she is very shy!
HEALTH • BEAUTY • LEISURE
Eye Care
Most of us would agree that eyesight is the most precious of all
our senses. It is perhaps surprising then, that many of us take
our eyes for granted. Over the next few issues this article will
explain some of the common defects and diseases affecting our
eyes and sight. It will also explain how best to look after your
eyes.
Anatomy and Eyesight
Our eyes are very
similar to a camera in
structure. The clear
window at the front of
the eye is called the
cornea. As well as
allowing light to enter
the eye, the cornea
serves as a lens to focus light onto the retina at the back of the eye.
Our eyes also have an internal lens which allows us to focus on
close objects when we read. Between the cornea and the lens lies
the iris. This is the coloured part of the eye which is visible when
we look at someone’s eyes and the hole in the centre of the iris is
the pupil. It is the pupil which controls the amount of light entering the eye by enlarging in poor light and becoming smaller in
strong light. The pupil normally appears black but can appear
white in some eye diseases such as cataract and red when the eye
is lit by a bright flash of light.
The lens and cornea focus light onto the retina at the back of the
eye (figure 1). The image projected onto the retina is actually
upside down and back to front. Fortunately for us, the brain interprets this as being the right way up. The retina acts like the film in
a camera. It is a layer of nerves and receptors which convert the
focused image into electrical impulses that can be understood by
the brain. The electrical impulses are carried to the brain along the
optic nerve, one of
the largest nerves in
the body.
Where the optic nerve leaves the eye, the retina is absent. This area
is know as the blind spot. The brain normally ignores the blind
spot so we do not notice a hole in our field of vision and because
the blind spots for both eyes do not overlap, with both eyes open
there is no actual blind area in the field of vision. To demonstrate
your own blind spot, close your left eye and look at the centre of
the eye in Figure 2. Move towards the book, you will notice that at
a distance of about 20cm from the page, the cross disappears from
view. It is in your blind spot.
Figure 2: Demonstration of the blind spot
Next issue : Correcting Eyesight defects
We would like to thank opthamologist Peter Charlesworth,
Moniaive, for supplying this series of articles which we hope you
will find informative and helpful. Topics to be covered in future
issues include eye diseases, caring for your eyes and the computer and your eye. There will also be an ‘eye quiz’ so you can test
your eyesight and memory!
Figure 1 The cornea
and lens focus the image
onto the retina. The
image is upside down.
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Craigdarroch Rovers new strip
Craigdarroch Rovers Football team proudly show off their new strip for the season courtesy of Dykes of Wallaceton. The team
shown here with Deryck Watson from the Craigdarroch Arms Hotel and Fraser Dykes whose company sponsored the strip.
It is hoped that the club will resume later in the year. Harry Smith,
who teaches, is not available until November so it is hoped the club
will resume then and run until the spring of next year.
For further information contact Janice on 01848 200397.
Moniaive Fencing Club
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Badminton Club
Moniaive Junior Badminton Club got off to a great start on
Monday 3rd September. Eighteen energetic and keen youngsters
tried their hand at the sport with equipment kindly given on loan
from the David Keswick Centre in Dumfries. This is the second
time Stephen Jack, a sports development officer at Dumfries and
Galloway Council, and the David Keswick Centre have come to
our aid, they provided tennis equipment to get the Junior Tennis
Club started earlier in the year.
“We certainly would not have been able to get these clubs going
without their enthusiasm and generosity,” said Janice Cowan who
organises the club together with Roz Plant and Heather McMillan.
The club meets every Monday after school from 3.30 till 5pm and
is open to all primary age children. If there is enough demand it
may be possible to set up a senior club as well.
Anyone else who may be interested in playing badminton
please contact Janice Cowan on 01848 200397.
Fishing Club News
Loch Skay was the venue for the Craigdarroch Fishing
Clubs Junior Competition held on Sunday 12th August.
Eight competitors took part and the winner was Rory
Goddard with an impressive catch of four rainbow trout. He
won two tickets for the clubs Annual Dinner Dance to be held at
the Craigdarroch Hotel in February.
Second place was taken by Connor Holland and Richard Wall
came third.
The fishing club held another competition against Dupont
Teijin at Loch Skay on Sunday 16th September. Brian
Thompson won with the best two rainbow trout.
Both competitions were followed by refreshments at the
Craigdarroch Arms Hotel.
Annie Shnapp
Folk CD Recording at the George
Photos: © Dave McFadzean
Left: Some
of the
artistes who
performed
for the live
recording
Right: Tam
Maxwell
and Chuffie
Kirkpatrick
Below:
Piper Scotty
Well, I must admit I had reservations
that this difficult undertaking might
not have worked or even worse have
been an absolute disaster. My fears
were unrealised though and thankfully,
what a fantastic night we all had
recording live at the George. Though a
live recording may not be technically
as good as one done under studio con-
ditions, the ambience and atmosphere
of a live event adds greatly to this type
of album.
I think this might have been the first
time the majority of Glencairn and
Shinnel’s folk music artistes have been
gathered under the one roof for the same
purpose. What a great mixture of music
and song we had. It was truly an eclectic
performance and my heartfelt thanks go
out to all who took part.
Some re-recording is needed before
the final selection of tracks for the CD
can take place. If the final mixing can be
done on time, we hope to have the CD on
sale just in time to fill a few Christmas
stockings in Shinnel, Glencairn and hopefully even further afield. Proceeds from
the sale of the album are being ploughed
into the setting up of a Glencairn branch
of the Traditional Music and Song
Association of Scotland, (TMSA).
It is hoped to have a joint launch concert for the CD and the setting up of the
TMSA branch. Once the branch is up and
running, we hope to run workshops and
get involved in traditional music and song
projects for both the schoolchildren and
the community. It is extremely important
to instil an interest in our traditional heritage in the district’s children. After all,
these are the singers, musicians, and stoDave McFadzean
rytellers of the future.
Shuffles School of Dance Awards
Pupils at Shuffles School of Dance
stepped up to receive gold medals and
certificates for successful completion of
the first terms work on Wednesday
19th September.
Julie Jenkins, who runs the dance
classes, said: “The presentation is to
show my appreciation of the hard work
and commitment shown by the children
in preparing for the show at Moniaive
Gala. They were fantastic, I was absolutely delighted with them”.
Shuffles students are now hard at work
rehearsing for performances of dances
and songs from the musical Grease, to be
held in St. Ninians on the evenings of
21st and 22nd December, tickets, £2.00.
Annie Shnapp
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Photo: Peter Charlesworth
Gillian’s Recipe Spot
Serves 2
Ingredients: 25g margarine, 25g plain
flour, 150mls milk, 25g granulated sugar,
1 egg, 200g pineapple pieces with juice,
50g castor sugar, glace cherry.
Oven temperature: 170o/gas mark 4
Pineapple pudding
1. Set the oven and grease 0.5l ovenware
dish.
2. Drain the juice from the fruit and keep
separate.
3. Put margarine in a pan and heat to melt.
Stir in the flour and cook for one minute.
4. Remove pan from heat and stir in milk
gradually. Return pan to heat and cook
until thick, stirring continuously.
5. Remove pan from heat and stir in granulated sugar and pineapple juice.
6. Separate the egg and add yolk to the
sauce.
7. Return mixture to the heat and stir until
mixture thickens. Do not let it boil.
8. Stir in the pineapple pieces and pour
into the ovenware dish.
9. Whisk the egg white in a clean bowl
until stiff. Add 25g caster sugar and
whisk again until the mixture stands in
soft peaks. Fold in the remaining 25g of
sugar.
10. Pile the meringue on top of pineapple
sauce.
11. Decorate with cherry.
12. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until top is
lightly browned.
13. Serve hot or cold.
Gillian Thomson
David Wilson of Marwhirn, Moniaive
graduated with a first class MEng Degree
in civil engineering from Edinburgh
University. David was a pupil of
Moniaive
Primary
School
and
Wallacehall Academy.
Glencairn Community
Council welcomes new
member
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Due to the resignation of Carol Godridge,
a vacancy arose on the Community
Council. At their meeting of 10th
September 2001, the Community Council
unanimously approved the nomination of
Sue Grant, and it is with pleasure we look
forward to working with Sue.
Sheena Dalton, Chairperson
The monthly food theme nights at the Green Tea House, Moniaive are a great success and here one of the regular attendees whets our appetite.
We gathered around the table and a glass of tequila was served. Conversation turned
to who we were and where we had all come from. There were ‘the villagers’, ‘the outsiders’ and ‘the campers’. The campers had come all the way from Edinburgh and
Stranraer. Why?
They had read a guide book on how wonderful Moniaive was and decided they must
come. You can imagine their surprise when they found out that the author, Hugh Taylor,
not only lived in the village but was sitting next to them at The Green Tea House’s
Mexican Night!
The night rolled on and the food was delicious and plentiful. The campers stayed until
3am but they weren’t the last to leave. Stewart had a surprise visitor who asked for a coffee but when he turned round to give the man the drink he had disappeared without a
trace! Some say it was the old Bank Manager calling in to check the takings.
September saw a visit to Thailand with some familiar faces aboard. Once again the
food was excellent, so much so, that we all decided we needed to loose a few pounds.
Hence the Moniaive Badminton Sunday Club was formed.
Who knows what may happen during the visit to Spain next month – I can’t wait. See
Justine Charlesworth
you in The Green Tea House!
This photograph was taken at
Tynron Kirk, after the Conventicle
in the Kirkyard (fifty attended plus
one!).
“Makes a change from having a
‘dog-collar’ in the pulpit,” remarked
Reverend Sime.
Photo: Courtesy Reverend Sime
Congratulations
From Mexico to Thailand
Photo: Peter Charlesworth
Not my cup of tea?
Being an Englishman you can forgive
me for not being over enthusiastic when
Melville Brotherston asked me if I
would like to pay £12 to see a group of
students singing Scottish songs in the
Craigdarroch. I wasn’t really sure if it
would be my cup of tea. However my
cultural side got the better of me, and
swayed by the offer of free wine (I am
from Yorkshire after all) Justine and I
duly turned up at the allotted hour on
15 September to witness the proceedings.
In my experience students are usually a
scruffy bunch but I was pleasantly surprised to see how well turned out the trio
from The Glasgow Royal Scottish
Academy of Music and Drama were: Gail
Johnston, the Soprano, wearing a tartan
sash and the two boys traditional Scottish
evening dress. Judging by the clarity of the
high notes on that chilly evening from
Ross Buddie the tenor I’d say he also took
the traditionally Scottish approach to
undergarments. His girlfriend, who by
coincidence lives locally, may or may not
be able to confirm this.
The audience of 40 plus (a fitting
description of the average age as well as
the number) was treated to a collection of
traditional and contemporary Scottish
tunes including Annie Laurie, My Love is
Like a Red Red Rose and Auld Lang Syne.
Most, but not all the songs were accompanied by David Higham on the Grand Piano
who also played two solo pieces. What
really struck me was the quality of the
singing, not just from the performers but
from the audience too. Whilst I was trying
desperately to make head or tail of Burns’
lyrics, everyone else seemed to be able to
sing along!
Following an encore of Ye Banks and
Braes, Melville Brotherston, who organised the event on behalf of MAP, and Mary
Stewart-Shields thanked the performers
and presented tokens of appreciation. I had
to agree with them that the performance
was first rate and despite my reservations I
really enjoyed the evening. In fact, I’d
liken it to a really good cup of Earl Grey it sounds a bit old fashioned but it really is
quite refreshing!
Sketchbook corner
Pamela Philip can
often be found,
sketchbook on lap,
sketching life in
the village. Here
she has beautifully
captured Moniaive
children engrossed
at the comic
festival.
Peter Charlesworth
Doggsbone Studio open
Charlie Grams’ Doggsbone Studio in
the High Street, Moniaive is now up
and running with two galleries open.
Gallery One is showing watercolours
by Moniaives’ Carole Hewit and bowls,
sculptures and clocks in wood by
Lockerbie sculptor, Samvado.
Gallery Two contains paintings by
Matthew Derby and Charlies own brilliantly coloured images in a variety of
media.
Although the galleries are open to the
public and the studio is able to provide a
computer print services to artists, Charlie
stresses that Doggsbone is not yet officially open.
The official opening will be the
Christmas show in mid November running to Christmas Eve.
He said: “We will be showing works
by Carole Hewit, Matthew Derby,
Samvado, myself and sculptures by Alan
McLean of Dumfries.”
In the meantime, Charlie has a huge
range of images on computer, which you
can view, order and have printed in the
space of half an hour and he is also able
to take commissions.
“In time, the gallery will contain Fine
Art and mixed crafts ranging in price
from £30 to £2,000”, said Charlie, “and I
am also working on a website for the studio”.
Annie Schnapp
Gazette Distribution
Change
During the foot and mouth crisis we were
unable to deliver copies of the Glencairn
Gazette to many homes outwith the village. Sadly we will be unable to resume
this service in the future. Delivering by
hand is time consuming and costly and
we no longer have the manpower to make
this work. So the Gazette will only be
available from the Post Offices in
Moniaive and Wallaceton and from the
Hen Hoose in Tynron. Please remember
to collect your copy. Thanks to the
Guides hand deliveries will continue in
Moniaive village.
Editorial Board
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Cookery Club Appeal
Every Friday after school Primary 5, 6 and 7 will be taking a tour
around the world. They will spend three weeks in a country learning a little about the people, their language, history and geography
as well as what kind of food they eat and how to prepare it. We
desperately need any kitchen equipment you no longer use. We
need mixing bowls, whisks, knives, baking sheets, pots, pans,
measuring scales, cookery books, baking sheets etc. Anything you
donate will be greatly appreciated. Please hand in at the Post
Office. Thank you.
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Specialist Supplier of Aberdeen Angus,
New Classroom Assistant
Hugh Taylor of the Old Bakery has recently been appointed
as classroom assistant. Last year the position was dropped
when the school was reduced to two teachers and a temporary classroom assistant was appointed. This year a new
permanent position was made available through a government initiative providing funding for an assistant in every
school in the region.
Although better known for broadcasting, journalism, folk
music and travel writing, this is not the first time Hugh has
worked with children. Apart from his work with BBC Childrens
Radio, “being married to a teacher actually means being ruthlessly exploited at every available opportunity,” he says, “not
that I mind, children are amazing little creatures and the kids
here are just great.”
One of the most rewarding experiences of his career was
when his wife Moira was teaching at Wallace Hall Primary. The
P7 class entered a competition to report on ‘one week in the
news’. With guidance from Hugh and Moira the children wrote,
recorded and edited their own material and won. Their prize was
to broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. “We took over the staff room,
BBC engineers came down, it was a fabulous experience for the
kids. It was great seeing and watching their confidence grow,”
he said.
Hugh is exuberant with enthusiasm for the school and his
energy and drive are prevalent in the amount of out of school
activities he is involved in. He was one of the key initiators in
getting the after school clubs up and running this year. The
school is now able to offer its pupils an impressive range of
activities including: Badminton, Tennis, Guitar, Media &
Photography, Gardening, Ceilidh Dancing, Lacrosse, Around
the World Cookery Club, Football, Hill Walking and Bike
Maintenance. Hugh is already a big hit with the kids. On a
Friday afternoon with the help of some parents the P3's and 4's
get to do some baking and they told us “we
love Hugh cause he lets us get into a mess and we get to eat what
we’ve made.” We've also heard that he likes to do a bit of ‘quality control’ in that area as well.
Janice Cowan
Covering Ground
To celebrate the release of another album, Covering Ground
played a live gig at the George Hotel on September 22nd. To a
packed audience, Roz Plant, keyboards and Paul Garner, tin
whistle, played several tracks from their new album Windy Gap,
available from Moniaive Post Office or Roz on 01848 330356.
The group were joined by Chris Jones who recently won the
Newcastleton Folk Festival prize for songwriting. He delighted
the audience with story telling and traditional songs as well his
harrowing, but beautiful song highlighting the plight of the
farmers struggling to cope with the effects of foot and mouth
through a childs eyes. Chris is in the process of compiling a CD
of songs and poems about the crisis in agriculture, anyone interested in speaking to him or sending material can contact him at
Penryn, Wall, Nr Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 4ED Tel
01434 681068. Alyne Jones sang three songs one of which will
feature on the Glencairn and Shinnel Folk CD produced by
Dave McFadzean to be released before Christmas. Janice Cowan
Spread the word with MacAlien of Moniaive
Postcards and Poetry
A series of colour postcards featuring
MacAlien of Moniaive and local scenes
are available from the Post Office,
priced at 25p each or £1 for the full set.
These cards are an ideal way of keeping
in touch with family and friends. Sharon
and Paul Henshall are kindly donating
10% of the sale price to the Moniaive
Action Project (MAP) to use for village
projects.
Jackie Goddard of the Poetry Shop also
wrote a humourous poem featuring
MacAlien for the Moniaive Comic
Festival. Copies of the poem are still available and Jackie is donating a hefty 25% of
the £2.50 price to MAP.
MAP has also produced 30,000 full
colour leaflets in the ‘Around Glencairn’
series. These are being distributed by the
Tourist Board on our behalf. Copies are
available, free of charge, from the Post
Office and hotels and can be sent to friends
and family to encourage them to visit or
just to let them see what a beautiful village
Sue Grant
we live in.
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Evening Classes for
Moniaive
Evening classes in yoga and computing began in Moniaive on
Wednesday, 26th September. The classes are organised by
Dumfries and Galloways’ Adult Education Department and
will be held at Moniaive Primary School each Wednesday
from 7.00-9.00pm for the following ten weeks.
Nora Moffat, Adult Education Assistant, based at Wallace
Hall Academy, said: “As far as I am aware, it is some years since
evening classes have been held in Moniaive. It is a vibrant community and we expect the classes to be well attended. We are
testing the waters with these courses and hope to offer more in
January. The computing course will be run by Hazel Glover, a
very experienced tutor who comes from Norfolk. We are
delighted to have her. Students on the computing course will be
using the primary school’s new computers, linked to the
Dumfries and Galloway network. In the event of any teething
problems with this, Nora Moffat has taken the precaution of
acquiring fourteen laptops so that classes will definitely go
ahead.
“The yoga class, an introduction for beginners, will be run by
Carol Godridge of Moniaive and may provide a platform for an
intermediate course later on.”
Nora Moffat apologised for some confusion over enrolment
for the classes. A leaflet drop was cancelled by the Royal Mail,
who blamed computer error.
“I have also been informed that having to drive out to
Thornhill to enrol was causing problems for some people,” she
said.
People wishing to enrol can still do so by phone or post. As a
last resort, it is possible to just turn up at the class, where enrolment forms will be available. However, due to time considerations, tutors will not be handling money and to be sure of a place
it is best to phone Nora first. Energetic people wishing to take
up computing and yoga need not despair, Dunscore Primary is
hosting yoga for beginners, run by Jake Blackwood on Monday
USING PRODUCE FROM SMALL LOCAL GROWERS & PRODUCERS
• Fresh home-cooked food delivered to your door •
• To fill your freezer or for dinner parties •
• Vegetarians catered for • Specialist catering for
dietary sensitives • Gluten, Wheat & Dairy free •
Take away the strain and let someone else
do the job for you!
Mrs Catherine Braid, 2 Lakehead Cottage, Closeburn,
Thornhill DG3 5HP
Tel: 01848 331272
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Mobile: 07790941933 • Email: braidk@aol.com
nights at 7.30pm and there is a computing class at Penpont
Primary also on Mondays, from 6.30 to 8.00pm. Both classes
run from the week beginning Monday, 24th September.
Classes cost £33.00 for a ten week course, with concessions for
the over sixties (£23.00) and recipients of means tested benefits
(£17.00).
For full details on all classes and information on enrolment contact Nora Moffat, Adult Education Assistant,
Wallace Hall Academy, Thornhill, telephone 01848 331415.
Annie Shnapp
Trust secures funds for
Institute feasibility study
Glencairn Community Trust, working in partnership with the
Memorial Institute committee and trustees, has secured grants
from the Lottery Awards for All and the Royal Incorporation
of Scottish Architects Community Fund for a feasibility study
into the future potential of the Institute and the needs of the
community.
When the Community Plan was adopted by local people last
summer, the number one priority was to create ‘social spaces’ for
meeting and community activities, including some kind of older
people’s centre, a base for community learning and advice, exhibitions and displays, a young people’s drop-in project and an out
of school care scheme, as well as existing activities. The Plan
noted that it may not be able to have all these projects in one building, but stated that the first step was to explore the possibility of
major refurbishment of the Memorial Institute as a multi-functional community centre.
This is the first step in that process and the architects will be
looking both at the potential for the building and at the community’s needs, and will recommend options for development.
Carol Godridge
Joining forces!
The weekend of the Comic Festival was going to be the final
weekend of opening for The Green Tea House until next
spring, which meant the doors having to be closed for at least
six months.
However, Liz Cole of The Green Tea House, Catherine Braid
(The Organic Country Cook who supplies all the food available
there) and Jackie Goddard of The Poetry Shop got their heads
together and came up with a solution for all of them.
“As a lot of people will be aware The Poetry Shop is now under
new ownership,” explained Jackie, “and as my lease will be coming to an end soon I obviously needed to find new premises”.
The idea the three women came up with was that Jackie would
work as The Poetry Shop from within The Green Tea House for
four days a week and run the café as well.
Over the winter period the café will have a simplified menu to
reduce wastage. The fact that the café is staying open means regular customers won’t be disappointed and any winter trade will
not be lost.
The Green Tea House will therefore be open every Thursday,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11am till 5pm until further
notice, with the usual pensioner’s lunches available on Thursdays.
Jackie Goddard
CROSSWORD
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Across
1. Season of mists and mellow
fruitfulness (Keats) (6)
4. Fools estimate without point (5)
8. Desirable addition to cake (5)
9. Person of refined taste – in
potatoes? (7)
10. They are red for danger (7)
11. Help a confused Greek B (4)
12. Not a word mother (3)
14. Seer’s language? (4)
15. Sounds as though an English river
can leak (4)
18. Born (3)
21. Can a fish be gold and iron? (4)
23. Clothing for Marinet? (7)
25. He was raised from the dead (NT)
(7)
26. Between, among (5)
28. Pay costs or expenses (6)
Down
1. Among (6)
2. Famous stuffed horse (7)
3. Maudlin Oxford College (8)
4. German-Italian alliance (4)
5. Fledgling pigeon (5)
6. Slang soldiers (6)
7. Belief in God (5)
13. First-class in move. Here (8)
16. Loud-voiced Greek at Troy (7)
17. Monkey’s amusing blunder (6)
19. Rub out (5)
20. Tale with point for floor (6)
22. Aerated (5)
24. Spoken (4)
Answers in next issue
Answers to issue 11: Across 1. Twee, 4. Escape, 7. Nix, 9. Holt, 10. Canaries, 11. Rue, 12. Style, 13.
Lonesome, 16. Newton Stewart, 19. Dentists, 23. Gait, 24. Act, 25. Brambles, 26. Ovid, 27. Saw, 28.
Comply, 29. Nisi Down 2. Whortleberry, 3. Entreat, 4. Excel, 5. Canon, 6. Paris, 8. Meg Merrilies, 14.
Onset, 15. Eye, 17. Obi, 18. Wigtown, 20. Tempo, 21. Salop, 22. Sassy
Guess
Who!
During the
Moniaive Comics
Festival the
Scottish Cartoon
Art Studio sent six
artists who spent
their time drawing
caricatures of
children from the
village. Do you
recognise these
two?
Answer: Hayley
Hough and Dominic
Watson
at Moniaive Comics Festival
Writer: Alan Grant Art: Jamie Grant © MAP/A.Grant/J.Grant http://www.moniaive.com
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Caring for Carers
Urgently require
CARE ATTENDANTS
in the
MONIAIVE AREA
Evening, weekend or
full-time to suit applicant
Competition
How well do you
know your village No. 4
If you think you
know where this
photo was taken
write down your
answer and leave at
the Post Office.
The winner will
receive a box of
chocolates.
The Grainnes.
There were no winners last month. Better luck this time!
Answer to Competition No. 3
Previous caring experience preferable
£4.70 per hour + travel allowance
(to be reviewed in October)
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS
FRIDAY 12th OCTOBER 2001
For further details and job description contact Sanquhar Job Centre 01659 222600
or ring the office on 01659 66441
(9am-2pm Mon-Fri)
Crossroads is on the approved list of Domiciliary Care providers
serving Dumfries & Galloway
Halloween
Party
Saturday 27th October
To raise funds for Moniaive Out of School Childrens
Activities,
7-10.30pm Memorial Institute,
Moniaive
Adults £2.50 Children £1.50 Under 5's 50p.
ALPHAWAVES INTERNET CENTRE
Your local internet advice centre,
at 35 Drumlanrig St, Thornhill
(next door to post office)
is open during office hours and
most evenings and weekends!
and here to
Open for:
answer any
*Computer Training questions
you
*Internet Access
may have
*Web Design about the internet
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For more information about our
services or opening times please
call us on: 01848 331815
or e-mail info@alphawaves.net
or visit our website at
www.alphawaves.net
Alphawaves Web design
local clients include:
SOUTHPARK HOUSE
CRICHTON DEVELOPMENT
THE HALO TRUST
D&G FIRE PROTECTION
DAWNE INSTRUMENTS
CLARK’S CANDLERY
MEADOW COTTAGE WORMS
TALKING MICE DIRECTORIES
BRAIDWOODS
FIRST LINK SCOTLAND
JARDINE’S FUNERAL SERVICES
and we are the creators of
THE VILLAGE FOLK COMMUNITY WEBSITE
which can be found at
www.villagefolk.co.uk
Photo: Peter Charlesworth
CROSSROADS
LOCAL HISTORY...
Tynron Gunners Decorated for Gallantry
Photo courtesy of Dumfries Academy Magazine
Late 1917 was a grim time throughout the country as the
armed forces on the western front suffered mounting losses,
sending ripples of grief through every parish. Then on 20th
November five infantry divisions and 325 tanks supported
by 1,003 guns punched a hole through the German line at
Cambrai. ‘Nothing could resist this powerful combination
of guns, infantry and tanks’.
The accuracy of the artillery barrage was the result of weeks
of planning and surveying by Royal Engineers. Whilst Cambrai
was hailed as a brilliant success the British then had to hold the
salient against counter attacks which began on 30th November.
This was a particularly bad day for the Royal Artillery, which,
in spite of great acts of courage, lost more guns in one day than
in any previous battle.
At the village of Gonnelieu there were three batteries of field
guns. Two batteries did all they could until their ammunition
was exhausted and they were forced to retire taking the breech
blocks from their guns with them. Meanwhile ‘C’ Battery 63
Brigade Royal Field Artillery, which was sited back from the
village, saved the day.
By 10.30 the original gun crews of 24 or 25 men in the battery was reduced to five men and one officer; with the enemy
only 150 yards away, as British infantry arrived, they withdrew.
It was with a sense of pride and hope of victory that the
announcement of the first Victoria Cross to be awarded to a
Dumfriesshire soldier was received, particularly at Dumfries
Academy and in Tynron Parish. The officer of ‘C’ Battery was
Lieutenant Wallace of Ford, Tynron who was awarded the
Victoria Cross for his actions on 30th November 1917.
Samuel Thomas Dickson Wallace was the eldest son of Mr
and Mrs Wallace of the Ford, Tynron. He was born at Holmhill,
Thornhill and when the family lived at Wallace Hall,
Wallaceton, he went to school at Crossford. He was a nephew
of Professor Wallace of Edinburgh University, Mr William
Wallace of Lincluden and Mr JRW Wallace, Auchenbainzie.
Samuel Wallace was a pupil at Dumfries Academy from 19031910 when he went to the East of Scotland College of
Agriculture and graduated with a B.Sc in Agriculture at
Edinburgh University where he excelled in structural and field
geology and in agricultural chemistry. He had been in the
Edinburgh University OTC 1912-1914 and was commissioned
into the Royal Artillery in October 1914 and promoted to
Lieutenant in July 1917, spending two years in France.
The citation read: “For most conspicuous bravery and
devoted service in action in command of a section. When the
personnel of the battery was reduced to five by the fire of the
artillery, machine guns, infantry, and aeroplanes; had lost its
Commander and five of the Sergeants, and was surrounded by
enemy infantry on the front, right flank, and finally in rear, he
maintained the fire of the guns by swinging the trails round
close together, the men running and loading from gun to gun.
He thereby not only covered other battery positions, but also
materially assisted some small infantry detachments to maintain a position against great odds. He was in action for eight
Lieutenant Samuel Wallace V.C., B.Sc.
hours, firing the whole time, and inflicting serious casualties on
the enemy. Then, owing to the exhausted state of his personnel,
he withdrew when infantry support arrived, taking with him the
essential gun parts and all wounded men. His guns were eventually recovered.”
The rector of Dumfries Academy, Mr JW Critchley, read the
citation during his speech at a presentation ceremony in the
Academy Hall when the pupils, teachers and managers presented Lieutenant Wallace V.C. with a fitted suitcase inscribed:
Dumfries Academy
Awarded to
Lieut: S.T.D. WALLACE
by his ‘Old School,’
in recognition of his winning the V.C.
March, 1918.
The Academy Cadet Corps formed a guard of honour and the
school Scouts and Guides were on parade. Invitations to the
ceremony had been sent to a number of local education and military chiefs as well as members of the Wallace family. It was a
light hearted occasion with numerous pauses in the speeches
for the audience to cheer and was punctuated by several rousing musical items. The pupils had previously been given a day’s
holiday.
Continued overleaf
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Tynron, Nr Thornhill
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Most subjects covered
Non Fiction Books wanted
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House clearances
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LOCAL HISTORY CONTINUED...
What was also amazing was that of the five surviving gun crew members – all of
whom were awarded the D.C.M. – one was Private Andrew Armstrong. As the
Dumfries Standard said:
“One of these five is Private Andrew Armstrong, also of Tynron, and curiously enough
of Cairneycroft Farm, adjoining Ford. He enlisted in the RFA, and, being sent to
France, landed ultimately in the battery to which Lieut. Wallace was attached.
Lieutenant Wallace and Private Armstrong many a time worked side by side in the
fields at Ford, little dreaming that a time would come when they would be standing
side by side at sterner work.
The war honours of Tynron are now: one VC, one DSO and two DCM’s – a good
record for a parish of but 62 houses.”
On leaving the army Mr Wallace went to India where he married Noel
Edenborough. Their daughter, Margaret, was born there but, in the early 30s the family returned to Britain and made their home in Moffat in time for Samuel Wallace to
volunteer for the RAF in WWII. He died at Moffat. His younger brother Quintin,
served at Gallipoli with the Scottish Horse and was commissioned into the Glasgow
Yeomanry.
AB Hall
Sources: Dumfries and Galloway Standard, History of the Royal Regiment of
Artillery by General Sir Martin Farndale 1986, Dumfries Academy Magazine,
Dumfries and Galloway Courier and Herald.
WORKSHOP AND STUDIO
Glencairn War Memorial Book
Jo McGregor on 01848 200418
We have information from:
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Scottish
Record Office, 1881/1891 census, local newspapers,
regimental/battalion histories, battalion war diaries, parish
gravestones, some personal army records and
some family records
space available – to view contact
Folk Club
The Glencairn Folk Club will restart
again on Saturday, 6th October, at
7.30pm, in the Green Tea House,
Moniaive. Entry is by a small donation
towards the cost of electricity and heating. Why not come along and give us a
song, play some tunes, tell a story or just
listen and enjoy the craic. Everyone welcome.
Alyne Jones 10848 200492.
We need:
more family records and more family photographs
1914-1919
1939-1945
If you can help please contact
01848 200292
An apple a day...
Surgery Hours
Dunscore
Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri
Thursday
Saturday (for
emergencies only)
Moniaive
Dumfries
9.00 – 10.15am 9.00 – 10.15am 11.00 – 1.00pm
3.45 – 5.45pm 4.45 – 5.45pm
9.00 – 10.15am 9.00 – 10.15am 11.00 – 1.00pm
3.45 – 5.45pm
9.10am
11 – 11.30am
EMERGENCY CALL ARRANGEMENTS 01387 820266
There is a leaflet available detailing all services. Please ask for one at the surgery
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Surgeries
Kirkgate, Dunscore 01387 820266
Rosevale, Chapel St, Moniaive
01848 200244
7 Buccleuch St, Dumfries 01387 262012
Clinics Wart • Well Woman • Mother &
Baby • Healthy Lifestyle • Minor Surgery
Held at all surgeries. All doctors qualified
to provide a full range of services i.e.
Maternity Medical Services, Contraceptive,
Child Health Surveillance & Minor Surgery
ROCKIN’ REPORTERS
The Rockin’ Reporters are:
Rockin’ Reporters: Hayley Hough,
Laura Hough, Myckela Cloy, Ella
Schnapp and Rachel Holland
Rockin’ Picture Editors: Ella Schnapp
and Rory Goddard
Rockin’ Cartoonist: Rory Goddard
Rockin’ Feature Writers: Chloe
Carrick, Domonic Watson and Rachel
Holland
Rockin’ Wordsearch: Hayley Hough
The Baby Alien
By Rachel Holland
One day in the forest there was a alien. It
was cool as Miss Newall. It had a family
and the family was scared but at last they
came out. The aliens were green and blue
and then everyone gasped because they
were high, they were magic, they could
not see but they were magic. They don't
have any eyes that's why they can't see.
Then the people were crowding. It was
dark and spooky, very spooky. So spooky
that everyone ran away home.
you. "Go to your room!" exclaimed Jacks
dad. The next day it was time for Jack to
have a new mum well not that he wanted
an alien mum at all.
Super Heroes go back to
school
By Hayley Hough P7
On the 29th August, Jon Howard came
into school to show us how to draw cartoon characters. He drew on the blackboard, characters such as Spiderman,
Batman and Robin, Venom, Joker, Stone
Cold Steve Austin, TinTin and Harry
Potter. He gave us some tips on how to
by Dominic Watson
One fine summers day, Jack Harlend was
walking through the forest then rays of
light shone around him. Jack was terrified. Then a lady came down, Jack ran
home as fast as he could but the lady from
the alien space craft was there with Jacks
dad Michael. After about three months or
so Michael and Maggie as he called the
lady once he got to know her. Then that
night Jack heard his dad say "marry me"
to the alien, his dad never suspected that
she was one. It was now or never. Jack
had to tell him, so he rushed down stairs
and explained it all but his dad burst out
laughing until Jack said she's out to get
by Rachel Thompson
I'm the lightning, I struck twice.
I'm the lightning, I glow light.
I'm the thunder, I'm so dark.
I'm the thunder, I SHOUT.
DESIGN AND MAKE A MASK
FOR HALLOWEEN YOU CAN
CHOOSE YOUR OWN THEME
BUT YOU MUST MAKE IT
YOURSELF
By Chloe Carrick
My Mums an Alien
Lightning and Thunder
VANT TO VIN A
BIG BAG OF
GOODIES?
The Best Day at School
As you probably know school is the most
boring thing in the world. I'll tell you a
story about school. One day Ann and I
were waiting for the bus here comes the
bus. When we got there the teacher was
being very strange. Then suddenly she
turned into an alien and it was so so funny
when she went to a mad home.
draw the faces in a cartoon way. They
were really good and so realistic. After,
we all drew one of our own and put it into
a situation. Some of us drew well known
characters and some of us drew made up
characters from our heads and we
coloured them in and finished them the
next day. P5, 6 and 7 all enjoyed ourselves
3 AGE CATEGORIES:
NURSERY, P1-P4 & P5-P7
by Rory Goddard
When the school cook, Dot Irvine, left
Moniaive Primary not only the carrots
cried! She will be sadly missed by all the
children.
Rory Goddard the ‘Rockin’ Reporters’
cartoonist shows his talents for the
humorous side of life.
CARTOON & COMIC WORDSEARCH
By Hayley Hough P7
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GLENCAIRN DIARY
Many organisations will keep tyou informed of
events through posters in the village.
October 2001
Monday 1st Glencairn Community Council
meeting, 7.30pm, Memorial Institute. Sheena
Dalton 200692.
Wednesday 3rd Glencairn Business &
Heritage Society meeting, 7.30pm, Memorial
Institute. Kenny McKerlie 200433.
Wednesday 3rd (and following Wednesdays)
Evening Classes, Yoga and Computing, 7.00 9.00pm, Moniaive Primary School. Nora
Moffat 331415.
Thursday 4th Moniaive Action Project meeting, 7.30pm, Craigdarroch Arms Hotel. All welcome. Sue Grant 200331.
Saturday 6th Glencairn Folk Club, inaugural
meeting, 8.00-11.00pm, to plan for the upcoming season, please come if you want to get
involved. Alyne Jones 200492.
Saturday 6th Table top sale in the Masonic
Hall, Moniaive 10-12.30. Run by the children of
Moniaive. To book a table call Sharon Henshall
200201.
Saturday 6th Soup and Pate St Ninians Church
12-2pm. Contact Rev. Sime 01848 820245.
Tuesday 9th Wallaceton SWRI Talk and slide
show ‘Around the world’ by Rev & Mrs
McKenzie. Wallaceton Hall 7.30pm all welcome. Anna Watson 01387 820482.
Saturday 13th Glencairn Concert with Andrew
Neil, Wilma MacDougall and Dennis Haggerty.
Entertainment with music and song. 7.30pm
Tickets £5. Contact Rev. Sime 01848 820245.
Wednesday 17th Glencairn SWRI. Simple
cooking on a budget, Mrs Moffat. Competition:
A Halloween mask. Mabel Forteath 200676.
Thursday 18th Moniaive and District Arts
Association lecture by Lise Bech – The Basket
Weavers Craft – demonstration and talk. The
George Hotel 7.30-9pm. Contact Nan Tait
01848 200403 for details and costs.
Friday 26th Tynron Halloween Dance,
7.30pm, Tynron Parish Hall. Helen Maxwell
200233.
Saturday 27th Fundraising for Moniaive Out
of School Childrens Activities, Halloween
Party, 7-10.30pm, Memorial Institute, Adults
£2.50 Children £1.50 Under 5's 50p. Fancy
Dress, Games, Dancing, Buffet. (Bring you own
wine). Tickets available now at Post Office.
Sunday 28th Tynron Community Council
Village Tidy Up, bulb planting and strimming,
10.00am. Jan Miller, 200469.
Sunday 28th Craigdarroch Fishing Club,
coarse fishing competition, venue to be
arranged. Brian Thompson 200467.
Monday 29th Tynron Community Council
quarterly meeting, 7.30 Tynron Parish Hall. Jan
Miller 200469.
Tuesday 30th Craigdarroch Fishing Club meeting, 8.00pm, venue to be arranged. Brian
Thompson 200467.
November 2001
Saturday 3rd Soup and Pate St Ninians Church
12-2pm. Contact Rev. Sime 01848 820245.
Monday 5th Glencairn Community Council
meeting, 7.30pm, Memorial Institute. Sheena
Dalton 200692.
Saturday 10th Tynron SWRI, Coffee Morning
in aid of Tearfund, 10.30-12.00pm Tynron
Parish Hall. Jan Miller 200469.
Tuesday 13th Wallaceton SWRI Talk by
Barnaby Country Foods. Wallaceton Hall
7.30pm all welcome. Anna Watson 01387
820482.
Thursday 15th Moniaive and District Arts
Association lecture by James Hare – The art of
the woodcarver – demonstration and talk. The
George Hotel 7.30-9pm. Contact Nan Tait
01848 200403 for details and costs.
Friday 16th Crichton Foundation Auction,
Easterbrook Hall, Crichton, Dumfries. Viewing
from 1pm. Auction starts 6.30pm. Entrance
charge includes catalogue. Children free.
Refreshments available all day. From antiques
to modern pieces plus tuition, hairdo’s, meals
etc to be auctioned. To raise funds for student
bursaries etc. Carin Stenhouse 01848 200102.
Saturday 17th Coffee Morning by the Guides
to raise funds. 10am to midday St Ninians
Church. Nan Tait 200403.
Sunday 18th Craigdarroch Fishing Club, coarse
fishing competition, venue to be arranged. Brian
Thompson 200467.
Monday 19th Glencairn SWRI. Pre Christmas
Fair, selection of stalls featuring local craftsmen, baking etc. £1 inc tea. Perfect chance to
purchase your Xmas presents. Sharon 200201.
Wednesday 28th Craigdarroch Fishing Club
meeting, 8.00pm, venue to be arranged. Brian
Thompson 200467.
Wednesday 28th Cairnhead Community Forest
Trust AGM 7.30pm The Memorial Institute.
December 2001
Saturday 1st Issue 13 of the Glencairn Gazette
out – remember to collect your copy!
Monday 3rd Glencairn Community Council
meeting, 7.30pm, Memorial Institute. Sheena
Dalton 200692.
Saturday 8th Soup and Pate St Ninians Church
12-2pm. Contact Rev. Sime 01848 820245.
21st/22nd ‘Grease’ the musical performed by
Shuffles School of Dance at St Ninians.
GLENCAIRN & MONIAIVE
CHURCH NEWS
Sunday services:
October 7th 10am, St Ninians Harvest Festival
3pm St Ninian’s – shorter service
October 14th and October 21st 10am St
Ninians
October 28h 10am Glencairn and 6pm St
Ninians. Both these services include the sacrament and Holy Communion. All welcome.
November 4th 10am St Ninians and 3pm
shorter service
November 11th 10am St Ninians
Remembrance Sunday
November 18th and November 25th 10am
Glencairn
Sunday School has begun its new session. We
would love you to come (3 years and up).
Rev. Christine Sime
CHILDREN’S TABLE TOP
SALE
SATURDAY 6TH OCTOBER
10-12.30 Masonic Hall, Moniaive
PLACES LIMITED
to book a table see Sharon Henshall at
Moniaive Post Office or telephone
01848 200201
No charge for table but a
contribution to the Moniaive Action
Project appreciated.
Free
CLASSIFIED ADS
Large walnut veneer wardrobe free to
good home Tel. 01848 200681
Wanted
Bed settee in good condition. Tel. 01848
200681
COMING AND GOING
Fiona Nicholson and Keith Outterside from
Surrey to Glenmuirs, Dunreggan.
Harlee and Del Watson from Kilneiss,
Moniaive to sunny Spain!
Lesley from the Craigdarroch Arms Hotel to
Castle Douglas.
Heather, Trevor, Hayley, Laura and Reeba
Hough from Castlehill to Fife
Rob and Helen Kelly to Bardennoch
EDITORIAL CONTACTS
We depend on you for news and ideas to fill
the Gazette so please help by supplying
diary dates, advertisements, articles and
letters. These can be handed in at the Post
Office or given to any of the people listed
below.
Janice Cowan, Crichen Farm, Moniaive
200397
Jackie Goddard, Jasmine Cottage,
Dunreggan or The Poetry Shop 200386/322
Sue Grant, Glenluiart, Moniaive 200331/401
Sandy Hall, Craiglearan, Moniaive 200292
Paul Henshall, Afton, Dunreggan or The
Post Office 200488/778/201
Annie Shnapp, Auchencheyne Cottage,
Moniaive 200421
Hugh Taylor, The Old Bakery, Chapel
Street, Moniaive 200474
Deadline for the December/January edition
is 15th November.
This issue was typeset by Sue Grant.
Edited by Annie Shnapp and Sue Grant.
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