Category: Leisure
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From our files – November 3 2023
TEN YEARS AGO Friday November 1 2013 Ghost hunters meet at Auchindrain A group of brave ghost hunters at Auchindrain Ancient Township spent Saturday night ‘making contact’ with former workers on the farm in the name of charity. The volunteers spent a chilly night with psychic Gayle Bennett using an Ouija board, séance and voice…
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Fiddle club to meet again after weather cancellation
Inveraray and District Accordion and Fiddle Club will meet again on November 8 in the Inveraray Inn. Due to the extreme weather conditions on October 7, which closed the A83 in several places and caused severe flooding in other areas, a decision was made to cancel the club’s night on October 11. Next Wednesday, at…
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Kilmory Church closure sees a link with history broken
The congregation of Kilmory Parish is loyal and proud of its church and the close-kit community around it. However, on Sunday it will become the fourth, and final, Church of Scotland to close on Arran this year as part of a restructing plan. Here Hugh Boag looks back at its long history. Kilmory Parish Church…
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Acts sought for 2024 drama festival
The Isle of Arran Drama Association are holding the 2024 One Act Drama Festival on February 23 and 24 and are looking for actors, directors and groups who wish to take part in this annual festival which has been running since 1934.
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Now it’s even easier to take your bike on the train
Many cyclists visiting Arran use the train to get to Ardrossan and similarly Arran cylists use the train on the mainland.
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Ghoulish and ghostly happenings on Hallowe’en
Children and adults from across Arran made the most of Hallowe’en Night with events and celebrations taking place across village halls, private parties and at schools.
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Groups share exhibition space
Two creative community groups on Arran are exhibiting their work in the exhibition space at Arran Library in Brodick for the month of November.
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Birds of Costa Rica in spotlight at society
Pirnmill-based amateur ornithologist and photographer Dr David Kilpatrick will present the next Arran Natural History Society talk Birds of Costa Rica.
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Hallowe’en fun at the pumpkin patch
There was a late change of venue for the annual Pumpkin Patch at the Park in Whiting Bay but that did not stop any of the Hallowe’en fun.