Category: Nostalgia
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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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Arran’s poison mystery
By Colin Smeeton It is just over 112 years ago that a popular store and bakery in Lamlash was the subject of a murder investigation. This little-known story was reignited 20 years ago when relatives of the people involved in the investigation visited the Banner office with newspaper clippings and photographs taken at the time.…
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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…
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Under Loch Fyne
Next month’s talk takes place at 7.30pm on Tuesday December 5 in the Inveraray Parish Church hall.
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End of police tradition on Arran
Sergeant Kevin Blackley’s move out of the police house in Lamlash last month ended the 165 year tradition of the island sergeant living next to the station. Here he takes a look at the history of the police stations on Arran.