Category: Mid Argyll
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Kilmartin teenager is lone piper at Tulliallan
Thirteen-year-old Adam Rusden of Kilmartin had the honour of being the lone piper at the Police Scotland college at Tulliallan on Remembrance Sunday. His mum, Michelle Rusden works with the National Co-ordination team at police Scotland, which includes working with the college, near Kincardine. She said told the Advertiser that the chance came up for…
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Glendaruel archaeological dig’s Eureka moment
Dig organisers also ran an artefact handling workshop at Kilmodan Primary School and hosted an Open Day on site as part of Scottish Archaeology Month.
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Photographer Caroline’s close-up of nature in Kilmartin Glen
Caroline specialises in extreme close-up photography, often of very small subjects and living organisms like insects.
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Lochgilphead consultant writes book of nursery rhymes
A Rhyme in Time is published by Norns Triad Publications in the United States.
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Inveraray Christmas lights parade plans are on track
Inveraray’s Christmas lights will be switched on during a parade and ceremony on Saturday December 2. The parade will start at the Co-op car park at 6.30pm, led by Mid Argyll Pipe Band. The parade will then proceed to Cross Green where Tom and Jennifer Evans of Evans Funfairs will switch on the lights. Then,…
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From our Files – November 17 2023
TEN YEARS AGO Friday November 15 2013 Engineers to design fish quay extension at Tarbert Harbour Engineers have been appointed to design the extension to the fish quay at Tarbert Harbour, which will accommodate the new hybrid ferry for the Tarbert to Portavadie route. Tarbert Harbour Authority (THA) has appointed Mott Macdonald and is working…
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Memories exhibition acknowledges centenary and bi-centenary
A display curated by Strachur and District Local History Society (SDLHS) was launched at the weekend in Strachur Memorial Hall. In order to commemorate the centenary of the opening of Strachur Memorial Hall and the bicentenary of Arch. Fergusson builders – 200 years in the same family/the various Montgomery owned businesses over the years –…
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Sun shines on Mid Argyll Remembrance parades
Inveraray began its Remembrance weekend with a short ceremony and wreath-laying on November 11, Armistice Day, at the war memorial on the front at 11am. On Sunday November 12, representatives from across the community gathered at the church hall at 10.30am for the march down to the the memorial, where wreaths were laid. The pipers,…
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Ministers say no to funding new Screen Machine
The at-risk Screen Machine, a popular mobile cinema bringing films to rural areas, will not receive financial help from the Scottish Government. The lease of the current lorry runs out in April 2024 and there is a real possibility it will no longer be able to provide the service to places including Lochgilphead, Tarbert and…
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Taking a dive for RBLS
Six Royal British Legion Scotland (RBLS) associates have boosted the charity’s coffers by £2,000. The adventurers took part in tandem sky-dives at Fife Airport last month, including two members of the Inveraray and District branch, Ian Lindsay and Alex Wallace. While the original sky-dives were due to take pace in September, bad weather meant the…