Author: Marian Miller
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Free off-street parking in Inveraray for festive period
Argyll and Bute Council has announced that all council off-street pay and display parking will be free across the area from December 11 to 25. This means Inveraray’s four off-street car parks – on the A83, The Avenue, Front Street and Ferry Land – will be free for those two weeks. All other council off-street…
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St Margaret’s craft fair of wonders
St Margaret’s Christmas Craft Fair in Lochgilphead offered early Christmas shopping, with a wonderful range of local crafts as well as coffee and delicious cakes. There were toys and beautiful knitwear, stocking fillers, artwork, perfumed candles and soaps, flowers and baking. Fr Philip Bua, St Margaret’s parish priest, said: “It was a wonderful way to…
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Argyll and Bute gains £20 million from ‘levelling up’ fund
Argyll and Bute is one of a small number of council areas in Scotland to receive levelling up funding – £20 million – announced in the UK Government Autumn Statement. Leader of Argyll and Bute Council Councillor Robin Currie said: “This is very welcome news. “Economic success for Argyll and Bute matters for all of…
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Boars barrel through Shawlands for home win
Mid Argyll RFC 49 Shawlands RFC 19 West Region League Division 3 Following successive away defeats, Mid Argyll were looking forward to hosting Shawlands RFC at the Ropework last weekend. With a full squad available, the Boars were determined to put the last few weeks behind them and build on the recent home wins. Straight…
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Lochgilphead Golf Club prize-giving for 2023
Lochgilphead Golf Club members attended the annual prize-giving on November 17 after a successful season. The event included the compulsory enter to the Captain’s Quiz which enabled those members who did not manage to win any golf trophies a slim chance to win something on the evening – including a booby prize! A few members…
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A magical Wednesday Club event
Inveraray senior citizen’s Wednesday Club was entertained last week with ‘A little bit of Magic’ from amateur magician David Hay from Minard. He had the club members amazed with his ‘tricks’ and slight of hand. A raffle was also drawn for a painting donated by local artist Alec Blyth, who has been generous to the…
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Argyll could end up ‘bankless’
A study by AI and analytics SAS has found that Argyll and Bute could be ‘bankless’ in the future. The study of seven of the country’s major banks found that Argyll had lost 94 per cent of its branches in the last three years and if that rate of closures continues, the area will have…
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Comedies come to Appin and Seil
Benderloch and North Connel Drama Club is going on a wee tour next week, bringing three short comedies to the communities of Appin and Seil. The plays are from coarse acting series of plays made famous by Michael Green, who wrote the book The Art of Coarse Acting. Pleasant Slaughter sees Lavinia and Oliver meet…
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Health inspectors not visited hospitals for five years
Healthcare Improvement Scotland has only visited Campbeltown Hospital once and Mid Argyll Argyll Community Hospital twice since the quango was set up in 2011. The organisation was set up to inspect Scotland’s hospitals but in some hospitals have been never visited, says Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron. Many others, including Campbeltown and Mid Argyll,…
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What is ‘under’ Loch Fyne?
Members of the Inveraray and District History Society descended to new levels “Under Loch Fyne” at their November talk which focussed on natural history and the wonders under the waves of the local loch. During an interesting and informative talk presented by dive team members Clive, Maggie, Lin and Ray, those present learned of the…