Author: Susan Windram
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Come On In-Here We Are receives lottery funding for vital service
Our volunteers visiting makes a massive difference to someone’s daily life.
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From our Files – 27.10.23
TEN YEARS AGO Friday October 25 2013 On top of the world A Tayvallich teenager has followed in the footsteps of Cheryl Cole and Gary Barlow by climbing to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for charity. Lorna Unkles, who was joined on the trek by her dad Hans, climbed the 5,896 metres…
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At Random – 26.10.23
Sign of the times I was struck the other day by a story that is so much of its time: wifi connectivity in a hospital ward – or the lack of it. My immediate reaction was to scoff and dismiss the gripe about the lack of wifi in Ward A at Lorn and Islands Hospital…
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Allan Campbell – 26.10.23
Mòran taing dha Pàislig agus dha gach neach a chuir fàilte cho blàth oirnn uile aig Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail 2023, gun teagamh rinn am baile agus Comhairle Roinn Friù deasachadh agus dìcheall airson cuirm air am bi deagh chuimhne! Ged a tha goireasan lìbhrigidh a’ Mhòid air leth cudromach a thaobh ìre na tlachd a…
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Gardening: Time for trees
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Although most jobs in the garden are winter maintenance at the moment, November is a great month for planting trees and shrubs.
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Oban War Memorial – 100 years
The second week of November has been set aside traditionally for remembering the fallen of the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts, writes Mhairi Livingstone. Armistice parades, ceremonies of wreath-laying and the playing of pipe laments have been organised annually for as long as anyone can remember. Gatherings around cenotaphs and memorials, great and small,…
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Glasgow Letter – 26.10.23
Readers may recall my recent preview of Gun Sireadh Gun Iarraidh. Well, the concert in Paisley Town Hall did not disappoint.
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Banner readers benefit from ill wind
Due to last Friday’s storm, unfortunately the October 20 Arran Banner failed to make it onto the island.
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Thought for the Week – 26.10.23
Over the years, I have read many accounts of the justice-seeking, peace-making efforts of (un)common folk, every day citizens in the Middle East. With you, I was discouraged by the terrible violence in Israel and in Gaza that has, in a matter of days, seemingly wiped-out years of peace-making effort. It starts young. A little…