Author: Marian Miller
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Letters – December 1 2023
Tarbert lights up – with much help and thanks First and foremost a huge thank you to Stewart McLean for his time and input into lighting up Tarbert. to everyone involved with building the creel tree on such an awful wet and windy day, we applaud you to the businesses who donated the creels; to…
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Photograph of the week – December 1 2023
Autumn colours at Gallanach, Loch Crinan, by John Dale. If you have a photograph you would like to share with our readers, please sent it to editor@argyllshireadvertiser.co.uk or visit the Argyllshire Advertiser Camera Club on Facebook.
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Argyll officer wins community commitment award
Argyll police officer Laura Evans has won a national awards from the Scottish Police Federation. As previously reported by the Advertiser, PC Evans had been shortlisted but was announced as the winner of the Community Commitment prize last Thursday at the ceremony held at Edinburgh’s Dynamic Earth to celebrate bravery, unsung heroes and officers’ unwavering…
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Free church to bring new life to town centre
A major renovation project in Lochgilphead town centre, which will provide an exciting new venue, is progressing this month. The entire ground floor of Lochgilphead Free Church in Lochnell Street will be brought back to use at an estimated cost of around £320,000. With planning permission already in place, it is expected that the construction…
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Visitors catch a glimpse of fish from canal
Scottish Canals held a successful open afternoon last week welcoming communities from Argyll and Bute to find out more about wildlife on the Crinan Canal. The visitors, who included school children from Ardrishaig Primary School, were given the unique opportunity to see some of the fish relocated from the current winter engineering works site at…
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Furnace ceilidh celebrates centenary Camanachd Cup win
Furnace Village Hall was packed last Friday night (November 24) when more than a hundred people turned out to celebrate the centenary of the Furnace Shinty Team’s Camanachd Cup victory. Organiser Sharon MacInnes said: “Furnace had its dancing shoes on. The dance floor was bouncing to the beat of Gunna Sound, with people dancing from…
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Tarbert turns out for festive lights switch-on
Tarbert village turned out in force last Friday evening as the weather gods granted a dry and bright evening for the annual Christmas Fair and lights switch-on. The Templar’s Arts and Leisure Centre was the venue for the Christmas Fair, where everything from soaps to chocolate and handmade delights to photo cards and calendars could…
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It’ll Never Work – but film proves it did
Go along to Tayvallich Village Hall on Friday December 8 at 7.30pm to see the showing of It’ll Never Work, the latest film from Carsaig Films and director Joe Osborn. It is the story of Hans Unkles’ boat conversion from diesel to solar power to create the UK’s first carbon zero solar fishing boat. Not…
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Councillor’s Column – December 1 2023
Councillor Dougie McFadzen, Kintyre and the Islands Thank you once again Argyllshire Advertiser for giving me the opportunity to reach out to your readers in my latest Councillor’s Column. I’d firstly like to warmly congratulate Councillor Jennifer Kelly from Campbeltown for her amazing election result and I’m looking forward to working with her to make…
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From our files – December 1 2023
TEN YEARS AGO Friday November 29 2013 Recipe books and home-made meals Youngsters from Craignish Primary School will be selling recipe books and homemade meals to raise funds for the Pelandaba Orphan Fund tomorrow (Saturday). The children have been busy in the kitchen this week with the fund’s founder Cindy Macdonald and have made a…