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Glencairn Gazette
lssue 91
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The Future of Moniaive
Post Office
Glencairn Community Council chaired a public meeting on
the future of Moniaive Post Office on Monday 10th
November in the Craigdarroch Arms Hotel.
Sue Grant chaired the meeting, Val McNeil took notes and
Graham Watson was the speaker. The following summary is
courtesy of the notes taken by Val McNeil.
Sue welcomed everyone to the meeting (56 people attended)
and outlined the format the evening would follow. Emphasis
was put on the fact that at the end of the meeting a show of
hands would be asked for in order to gauge the feel of the
meeting towards the proposals but NO DECISION would be
taken at that night’s meeting.
She then handed over to Graham Watson who outlined
various options for the future of Moniaive Post Office.
Sue then read out letters of support received from five
members of the community unable to attend. The results from
the Moniaive Post Office Questionnaires placed in the shop and
hotels were that 64 people had filled in the form of which 3
people stated they could manage without the Post Office, 3
people could possibly manage without it leaving 58 that could
not.
Sue then asked Graham Watson if the GCCWFF agree to
support it for 1-2 years with hosting in the shop for 16-21 hours
what would the cost be. Graham thought £6,000-£8,000 per year
but these figures would need to be clarified with accountant.
Graham pointed out that a ‘negative’ comment from a
member of the public had been quite distressing for Graham and
his wife Elaine. He stressed that this is a business that is not
paying and on top of that any mistakes made he had to make up
the deficit. A way forward to facilitate this service is desperately
needed and this needs to be something the community decides—
a community decision. Graham acknowledged the services that
other businesses provide in the community.
The floor was then opened up for questions to Graham from
the audience.
Before the PO was run in a different way... was it salaried?
Paul Henshall advised that previously a remuneration was
received plus transaction fees. Graham clarified that it is now a
partnership and based on commission for sales.
Would there be a possibility of Pay point plus Post Office
Services visit of 4/6 hours per week? Hypothetically yes but
disadvantages being bad weather, computer breakdown the
service just wouldn’t happen in these cases.
The possibility of a community run Post Office was raised,
stressing that the PO is an essential service, a vital meeting place
and it is up to us the members of the community to keep it going.
Staff would have to be trained, enough staff to cover holidays
and sickness. If a Post Office Local then it would have to be
open same hours as shop which from Graham’s perspective
would not be viable.
I recently attended a Rural Parliament where it was evident
that services to all small rural communities are under threat-a
way forward maybe to enlist a group of volunteers to form a sub
group of the Community Council to look at funds available to
small rural communities? Sue replied in that she could not speak
on behalf of the CC but her thoughts were that a legacy fund was
up to the village to decide it could be for example to fund the
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Post Office or indeed something like a swimming pool.
Crucially when something like the Post Office closes then other
businesses start to go.
Could a Post Office Local could be in another venue other
than the shop? Yes but again staffing issues, opening hours,
security issues and still low income.
The number of people present showed great support and it
was suggested an interim five year plan to be funded as over the
next few years community benefit from windfarms was set to
grow. Agree it is in the communities’ best interest to keep going
a valuable community resources and perhaps this idea could be
taken forward before a final decision is made. Moniaive is lucky
in that we do have a post office service and we do need to
consider how we maintain this. Post Offices Scotland is running
at a loss all over and the next 4-5 years will see big changes.
How does Penpont PO manage? It’s a Post Office Local but
proprietor unhappy and another local store is losing staff.
Could lottery funding be an option? Sue clarified that many
funding bodies available and an option may be match funding
with windfarm monies. The community needs to decide this.
Noted £6000-8000 is not a lot of money to keep PO running.
Any Moniaive Initiative involvement? Graham has looked at
funding options with MI but nothing has come of it. He feels
guilty about having to come to GCCWFF for monies.
Are there more expenses than salaries? Main cost was
salaries.
We need to move forward in how we keep it open there has
been some disquiet re opening hours - how do we want to keep
it open? 16 hours is the number of hours that the current level of
funding allows more hours would inevitably mean more money.
If PO closed would there be a danger that Graham may lose
business? Unsure of this but if PO did close he would put in a
PayPoint.
Why can’t we direct the CC to pay windfarm monies? Sue
advised that we need evidence that this is what the community
wants.
Would Graham continue to run PO if funding sorted out and
for how long? Yes, as long as community want it.
Comment was made on the impressive attendance and the
need for going forward. Graham was thanked for keeping the
PO open which was echoed by another member saying we had
a village shop to be envied.
Sue then asked for a show of hands for the three options that
had arisen from this meeting… no decision to be made that night
but at a future Windfarm meeting.
1. Do nothing lose Post Office may get a pay point/hosted
service. No votes.
2. Status quo with funding being applied for from GCCWFF
every six months. No vote
3. Decide to use windfarm fund to support service, perhaps
have a sub group to CC to look at alternative funding bodies.
Funding package for a longer period of time. Unanimous
show of hands.
Would his project would be funded from the legacy/big
project fund or normal fund? This would be up to CC to decide.
Agreed other funding could be sought.
Sue then thanked everyone for attending and stressed the
need for members of the community to attend windfarm
meetings.
Glencairn Community Council
Still from BBC
News showing
group at airport.
Sharon centre.
From
The Irvine family of Moniaive are justifiably proud of
Sharon who volunteered her services as a doctor and
travelled to Sierra Leone
Sue Grant
Medical Volunteers head for
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is bordered by Guinea in the north-east, Liberia in
the south-east, and the Atlantic ocean in the south-west.
Capital: Freetown. Population: 6.092 million. Life expectancy:
45.33 years (2012) World Bank. Official language: English
Sierra Leone
After completing her marathon cycle across the country to
raise funds for charity Sharon Irvine has moved onto her
next ‘adventure’. She has selflessly volunteered to lend her
medical expertise as a doctor in Ebola stricken Sierra Leone.
Sharon was amongst the first group of volunteer NHS
medical staff to fly there to help in the fight against the Ebola
outbreak on Saturday 22nd November, as shown on BBC news.
The 30 GPs, nurses and emergency medicine consultants
have been through intensive training in the UK, and are the first
co-ordinated group from the NHS to travel to West Africa. After
they have acclimatised they will start work in a number of
treatment centres.Sierra Leone is one of the worst affected areas
for the Ebola virus and in desperate need of medical aid.
The Ebola virus has killed more than 5,000 people in the
current outbreak, including 1,267 in Sierra Leone.
Once in the country, the healthcare professionals will be
diagnosing and treating those who have contracted Ebola.
Those of us who know Sharon are not surprised by her latest
selfless act and we know her family are very proud of her.
The Gazette and I am sure the whole community, wish
Sharon the very best. Keep safe Sharon.
Sue Grant
Leadership Qualifications
Congratulations to Sheelagh McKinna and Phillipa Barnes,
1st Cairn Valley Brownies, on gaining their adult Brownie
Leadership Qualification which was presented by Kate
Smith, District Commissioner at our District meeting held in
the Craigdarroch Arms Hotel on November 4th.
The leadership qualification’s competence based approach
enables leaders to gain a good understanding of what is required
to run a unit safely and effectively. All four modules: ‘Your role
in the programme; Your role in Girlguiding UK; Your role in
safety and administration and Your role in managing the unit’
were successfully completed. Sheelagh and Phillipa enjoyed
‘The Netherurd’ experience – a weekend training at our Scottish
Guide Training and Activity Centre – a valuable experience and
much enjoyed by both.
Thanks to the Craigdarroch for the use of their venue in
November.
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Alasdair, originally from Skye, has lived in Moniaive for
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“I felt it was time to go self-employed and just work on the
things I actually enjoy doing,” he said.
And tiling is one of the many things he enjoys. “I’m looking
forward to completing work within my own, and clients,
deadlines instead of having to fit it in around my ‘day job’.
Hopefully it will also be more convenient for clients,” he
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Many in the village can attest to Alasdairs prowess as a tiler.
He offers design advice, practical advice – as to which is the
best type and style of tile to use – and of course tiling itself.
“One of the first things I tiled was the work surface in the
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Alasdair’s other great passion is electronics specifically valve
equipment, and if it’s vintage all the better!
“It’s been a passion and hobby of mine since my teens,” he
said. “About 15 years ago I decided to learn more about valve
amps. I owned one, which I used when playing guitar, and
always fixed it myself and so was self-taught (…maths,
equations, diagnostics & so on… painful stuff for someone who
only scraped an ‘O’ level in maths!)
Then local people started bringing me bits and pieces for
repair and it mushroomed.”
A number of local musicians have already used his services
and music shops send him clients. “It’s all been word of mouth,”
he explained.
He can fix hi-fis, particularly older models and is always
happy to take a look and advise as to whether he can repair the
item before any charges. Some modern hi-fis are full of
computer chips and these he can’t repair.
“Sometimes there is a random crackle or hum in an item.
Usually a good service will eliminate these problems,” he
explained.
He showed me his small workshop which housed a large amp
being run through final tests.
He has built his own amps but admits it is not cost effective
as it is very time-consuming. He laughed: “More a labour of
love than a business venture.”
We were interrupted by the arrival of a client with two
vintage amps and the ensuing conversation lost me... appearing
to be full of medical analogys!
“Possible leakage and hums”
“Could be the capacitors.”
“Negative or positive?”
“Keep the original can but the bubble is weak”
“See that high bubble? That’ll need replacing.”
“Slave amp could be used if no preamp. It’ll increase the
wattage.”
Despite obviously wanting to dive straight into the two new
items now cluttering the kitchen Alasdair rejoined me to tell me
about the third thing he’s offering.
PAT testing. That’s Portable Appliance Testing to those who
don’t know. Alasdair qualified at Dumfries & Galloway
College. He was using the PAT tester on the amps he repaired
but decided to get the qualifications needed to certify items are
safe. The PAT machine was expensive and needs recalibrating
yearly so he is hoping to recoup some of the outlay costs by
offering the service to local businesses.
Hotels and guesthouses need their portable electric
equipment like kettles, toasters bedside lamps etc to be tested,
some yearly. Hopefully a small scale pat testing service, locally
placed and able to provide testing & associated repairs at short
notice, will be helpful.
Alasdair is happy to advise how often items should be tested
and can provide a written report on request although all the data
is recorded on the machine.
So tiling, amp repairs and PAT testing... and if this wasn’t
enough he is happy to consider small household repairs!
Alasdair can be reached on 01848 200321 or by email
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The Gazette would like to wish Alasdair every success in his
new ventures.
Sue Grant
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organised by local people, are the envy of many much larger
places, and our reputation has been further enhanced by the
successes of 2014.
Once again the Folk Festival and The Bluegrass Festival
attracted capacity audiences, the Flower Show celebrated its
135th year and the Gala brought all parts of the village together
in late-summer sunshine. The Horse Show brought participants
from far and wide. The Autoharp Festival prospered for a third
year and Cairn Chorus filled the Institute for its usual 12th Night
and Spring concerts. Many other groups continue to enrich
village life, and let’s not forget the various festivals of previous
years – guitars, beer and bikers, comics and comedy,
bloodhounds and sheepdogs, and many more that have
contributed to making Moniaive ‘The Festival Village’. We
even had a Referendum debate that might have graced a city
hall!
This wealth of activity happens because Moniaive is so rich
in what it’s now fashionable to call ‘social capital’ – lots of
active, connected people who work together voluntarily for the
good of the village. In turn, our festivals help to make us rich in
another way: Moniaive has fantastic facilities – the shop, post
office, two pubs, school, garage, Green Tea Room, Italian
restaurant, surgery, various small creative and service
businesses – and our festivals and events play a part in
maintaining them.
An estimated £80,000 to £100,000 of additional spending
comes into the village each year through the various festivals
and events, filling bars, tables and rooms in Moniaive and the
wider area. The Folk Festival was set-up specifically to generate
new income for local businesses and support for the community
in the wake of 2001’s Foot and Mouth epidemic. It has
continued to do that for 13 years. The Bluegrass Festival has
been doing the same since 2009. It also carries the torch for
Moniaive’s historic right to hold an annual Michaelmas
Festival!
How can we make sure that our festivals and events continue
to prosper and support the local economy in the future? And
how can we do this in ways that are sensitive to the interests and
wellbeing of the whole community? People involved with
various festivals and groups are now getting together to address
these questions.
We don’t want to make the main festivals bigger – they are
already filling their venues, after all, and their intimate scale is
part of the attraction that brings people back to Moniaive year
after year. But we do want to make funding and organising them
more enduring – at present all the events are organised
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poetry and writing, art, photography, knitting, food and
drink...the possibilities are only limited by our shared
enthusiasms. These don’t have to be big festivals – there’s
plenty of room in the calendar for a wide range of small-scale
events that could help to support local businesses and provide
opportunities for more local people to pursue their interests
without disrupting village life.
Our third aim is to encourage visitors to come back to
Moniaive to enjoy our pubs, restaurants, shop and other
facilities in between the festivals and events, to give more
continual income to the businesses and by turns to the life of the
community.
We think we can make progress on these aims by playing on
Moniaive’s reputation for its home-grown entertainments and
vibrant community life, to keep it in the public eye as a place
that people want to visit; and by getting the various groups,
festivals and events to work more closely together to secure
more durable funding and sponsorship. We also want to improve
facilities for the festivals and to benefit the village throughout
the year. Top of the list in this respect are a permanent campsite
and a bunkhouse, to improve the range of accommodation
available for festival visitors and to attract small numbers of
visitors for overnight stays at other times.
We want to hear your thoughts and ideas. Please contact Sue
via the Gazette box in Watson’s Stores.
This article reflects the views of people involved with
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Bolshoi Theatre Soprano, Oxana Lesnichaya and opera
pianist Dimitry Onishchenk wowed the audience at the
Craigdarroch Arms Hotel on Sunday 23rd November.
A rare treat for opera fans in the region and all on our
doorstep! The room was packed with people taking the chance
to see these two great performers give a varied programme from
Mozart to Beethoven.
Moniaive is certainly earning it’s reputation as the place to be
for all types of musical treats. As the Moniaive Festival Village
logo says... expect the unexpected!
Congratulation to the Craigdarroch for another interesting
and in this case, cultural evening. It seems no star is too big to
want to come to Moniaive to perform! Who will be next? Watch
this space!
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The Auld Alliance Twinning Association
A sad look at the war graves of the Somme.
On a more cheerful note we also variously enjoyed visits to
the great cathedral of Rheims, the imposing chateau and
electrifying equestrian event at Chantilly and an abundance of
food and drink including memorable Coquilles Saint Jacques
(scallops) at the resort of Treport with its Dover like white cliffs.
Now our communities gear up for the 20th anniversary of these
Photos courtesy Hugh Buck
The communities of Dunscore, Keir, Penpont and Tynron in
Nithsdale have now, for nigh on 20 years, been twinned with
the villages of Le Coudray, Le Deluge and La Neuville
D’Aumont in the L’Oise region of France some 30 miles
north of Paris.
Our French counterparts are known as La Vieille Alliance,
part of a much larger historic treaty between France and
Scotland. During this period there have been frequent cultural
and friendship interactions, both formal and informal, including
visits to and from France and those that were children 20 years
ago in both countries are now involved as adults, often with
children of their own to continue the tradition
The most recent interchange was over the weekend of 18
October when 15 residents, ranging from children to senior
citizens, of the Scottish villages visited France and enjoyed 4
days of French hospitality and sightseeing. The summer in this
part of France had been, by all accounts, horrible but we were to
be blessed with warm and sunny autumn days throughout. This
part of France has had a long and violent history and we were
shown some of this at the extraordinary underground city of
Naours which, over the centuries, sheltered up to 2600 people
and their livestock in self contained accommodation of more
than 28 galleries, 300 rooms and associated chapel, bakery and
other amenities. This historic association was maintained with a
visit to the great chateau at Rambures in the north of the Picardy
plains redolent with its violent history of the 100 years and other
wars.
On the centenary marking the start of the 1st World War, it
was perhaps fitting that we spent time visiting the remnants of
the horrific Battle of the Somme. The lovely weather and the
now gentle rolling scenery masked the true horror of the fighting
here where literally hundreds of thousands of French, Allied and
German troops lost their lives contesting what eventually turned
out to be a few kilometers of useless ground. More than 400
cemeteries and memorials, all lovingly maintained, dot the
countryside, amongst them several evocative ones in memory of
the many Scottish soldiers who fell here
Scottish visitors with their French hosts.
twinnings which will be held in Scotland in 2015 and a series of
events leading up to this are also planned
Membership of this Twinning Association is not restricted to
residents of the villages involved and if anyone is interested to
hear more please contact:
Ranald McDonald (President) 01848 200469
or Hugh Buck (Secretary) 01848 330933
Gala News and Bonfire Night
Moniaive Gala AGM saw big changes to the committee with
the resignation of both Wendy Wall and Duncan
Saunderson.
The new office bearers elected were Anna Robson as Chair,
Jade Goddard as Vice-Chair, Rachel Holland as Secretary and
Sue Grant as Treasurer.
It is hoped to host an informal meeting soon to persuade
others to join the committee or ‘The Friends of the Gala’...
Friends don’t have to attend committee meetings but are tasked
to fulfil jobs they are suited to.
This year’s bonfire night, the first event under the new
committee was great! This year the fireworks were set to music,
courtesy of Graham Watson’s Noky’s Disco. All the music was
‘fire’ related and together with the laser show made for a
spectacular firework event.
So thanks to... Noky’s Disco, The Craigdarroch for not only
donating all the refreshments but cooking too, Hugh for the
lights, fencing and bonfire lighting, Athol, Jimmy and Barry for
lighting the fireworks, the Gault family for ordering the
fireworks for us, those who built the bonfire, Sue for the Guy,
Committee members for rattling collecting tins, Bowling Club
for additional power, Kyle, Haydn and Pete for steward duties,
Wendy and Duncan, All who attended.
This year the cost to the Gala Committee for the evening
including fireworks and insurance and licences was just over
£800 but we were delighted to get over £600 in the donation tins
so thank you all.
Don’t forget the next two Gala events.... New Year’s Day
Family Ceilidh and the Duck Race in February.
Moniaive Gala Committee
Photos © Dave McFadzean
New Local Red Squirrel Group
At their inaugural meeting in The George Hotel local
enthusiasts set up a new conservation group to protect our
endangered red squirrels.
These iconic animals bring pleasure and delight to locals and
visitors alike. Unfortunately they are under severe threat from
encroaching, deadly disease carrying, grey squirrels. At the
meeting Emma Rawling, the brand new Project Officer for
Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels, came along to give lots of
useful help and advice.
After discussion it was decided that the title for the new
organisation would be the Five Glens Red Squirrel Group. The
area encompassed by the new organisation will be the Cairn,
Shinnel and Scaur valleys. It is hoped to get the local
communities actively involved and that we can set up an
effective local network. They also intend to have a facebook
page for general news and information. All sorts of assistance
will be needed from simply reporting sightings to more
intensive survey and trapping work.
The next meeting of the group will be in the back room of the
George on Thursday 4th December. All are welcome. Details of
the group can be had from Linda on Tel: 01848 200469. The
group is also in the process of setting up an email address for
logging sightings of both greys and reds. Sightings can also be
logged and general squirrel information obtained at www.redsquirrels.org.uk.
Dave McFadzean
Main pic: A red squirrel.
Above: A grey squirrel sighted in the region.
Book Sale
This years annual Book sale to raise funds for the Institute
was well attended and lots of books were purchased
Despite this there were 1200 paperbacks left at the end
together with as many hardbacks!
Around £500 was raised for the Institute which, although
slightly down on previous years, is a good result.
Thanks to all who gave up their time to man the door, sort
books and tidy up afterwards.
Sue Grant
Christmas in Glencairn...
This Christmas why not shop local and support
local businesses. With so much on offer it should
make Christmas shopping easier.
Not only supplying fuel but offering a full repair service,
MOTs etc. Is your car ready for winter?
Dalwhat Garage
David, Andrew and John would like to wish all their
customers a
Happy Christmas and Prosperous New Year.
The George Hotel
You can be assured of a warm welcome over the festive
period in this, one of Scotland’s oldest hotels.
Saturday 27th December
Bumper Festive Quiz followed by Noky’s Disco.
Prizes and Booby prizes! Starts 7.30pm
Handmade gorgeous soaps, candles, lip balms, bath salts,
bath bombs, gift sets and much much more all from Leanne
in Moniaive. Go to her facebook page/shop Lenny’s Soaps.
Perfect for posting to loved ones abroad.
Lenny’s Soaps
Wendy and all the staff at The
George would like to wish their
customers, old and new, a
Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year.
Thank you for your custom.
The Craigdarroch Arms Hotel
The Green Tea Room’s Christmas Menu is now out costing
£18.50 per head. The full menu can be seen at the Green Tea
House but to whet your appetite it includes... Caramelized
red onion, beetroot and goats cheese tart; Pheasant casserole
with port, celery and cream; Hot smoked salmon and lemon
risotto. Remember to bring your own bottle.
They also stock a range of gifts and gift vouchers also
available.
To book call Catherine 01848 200099 or email
[email protected]
Wishing all our customers, old and new,
Happy Christmas and Prosperous New Year.
December is a busy month for the Craigdarroch with
live music, games and a prize draw, please see poster
page 11.
For events in January... watch for posters.
The Pre-Christmas Menu is now available with three
courses only £15.95 served every day in December
except Christmas Day.
Tim, Claire and all the staff at the
Craigdarroch would like to wish their
customers a
Fantastic Christmas and
Happy New Year.
Thank you for your custom.
The Gazette would like to thank you, its readers, and all who have
supplied articles and pictures, for your continued support.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
.... Shop Local...
HAMILTON & HALL
Here’s a brilliant idea for a Christmas
present... practical but warming and very
welcome...
“Give someone a bag of comfort
this Christmas”
Hamilton and Hall Coal Merchants will
deliver a bag of coal, as a gift, together with
your card.
Moniaive
Chocolatiers
We’re ready for Christmas! We have a
stock of Christmas Shaped chocolates,
perfect for your stocking. Boxes of
freshly made fruit filled chocolates for
that special person.
Liz and co have just secured a
contract with the Royal Yacht
Britannica and will be supplying them
with corporate chocolates. They also
provide chocolates for Jacquie’s
Beauty Salon in Dumfries and are
pleased to be able to offer gift
vouchers for the salon this
Christmas... so if you know someone
who needs pampering this is a onestop shop!
Harbro Limited
Camling
We stock the clothing ranges of
Toggi, Lazy Jacks, Regatta, No Bull
workwear, Weird Fish, Sherwood,
also Tractor Ted and Bruder toys, dog
and cat toys, sledges and more.
Xmas trees and holly wreaths also a
wide range of gifts for all the family.
Jim and staff wish all
their customers a very
Happy Christmas
Just call John on 01848 331258 with the
details of the recipient.
WATSON’S GROCERS
Graham has a wide range of stock ready for the festive season... so there’s no
excuse not to start stocking your Christmas larder: Christmas biscuits, cakes,
bespoke chocolates, gift wrap, cards, calendars, books, fresh fruit and veg, small
gifts, books, mugs, bath oils and a wide selection of wines and spirits.
Graham is always happy to try to source items for customers. Probably the best
village shop in SW Scotland!
On Christmas Eve and Hogmanay enjoy wine, cheese and music in the evening
while you shop for those last minute necessities.
Shop closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.
Shop closes 7pm Christmas Eve and Hogmanay.
Limited hours January 2nd.
Graham, Elaine, Naomi, Georgia and all
the staff at Watson’s would like to wish
their customers a Happy Christmas and a
Prosperous New Year.
Your continued support is much appreciated
So shop local for gifts, chocolates, Christmas goodies, wrapping
paper, cards, calendars, coal, wreaths and trees, soaps, beauty
vouchers... Christmas all wrapped up and lots of good food,
parties, quizzes and live music events to boot!
Stocking Filler...
Duck race tickets for the February 15th Gala Duck Race eve are now available from local shops, hotels and
Gala members. At £1 a ticket they make an ideal stocking filler or to send overseas... and you never know
it could be the winning ticket worth £150... a very nice present!
Letters to the Editor
In the last issue of the Gazette we reported the celebration of the
65th wedding anniversary of Moniaive residents Dorothy and
Wilf Pearson. This lovely picture of the event, sent by their
daughter, was received to late to go with the article.
Sue Grant
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Stories, letters, news, photographs, diary
dates etc all gratefully received. Please
leave submissions in the Gazette Box at
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Moniaive or email Sue.
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Telephone or email for further information and to
register for a new class in Moniaive
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01848 200681
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Matt Williamson & Sons
Closeburn Industrial Estate
Suppliers of quality fuel for stoves and
open fires
Deliveries made fortnightly to Moniaive and
surrounding areas
Campbell McIntyre
Parkview Cottage, Moniaive
07761758094 or 01848 200653
[email protected]
Suppliers of Peat Briquettes, Bags of Turf
Peat, Bio Logs, Eco Logs, Blazers,
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Access to Healthcare
In the previous Gazette there was a short article saying that
it is now possible to use the WRVS voluntary car service for
Patient Transport Services (PTS), at a cost of 60p per mile.
Having been involved a few years ago in projects that
involved trying to improve PTS and its fellow NHS service
the Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme (HTCS), I am well
aware what a minefield this is, but one clear fact at the time
was that PTS is free to the patient.
I thought it would be useful to summarise PTS and HTCS for
Gazette readers. Clearly some local change in PTS prompted the
previous article, and my experience was a few years ago and in
England: but I have checked current Scottish NHS guidance and
could not see any significant differences, so here goes. I shall be
happy to stand corrected if something has changed, but at least
that way we shall arrive at the truth!
NHS transport assistance for patients is sometimes called
patient transport services, which is where confusion arises with
the specific scheme of Patient Transport Services. The general
subject area is more accurately termed Non-Emergency Patient
Transport, which covers anything that provides access to
healthcare apart from the Emergency Ambulance Service.
PTS is a service organised and provided free of charge by the
NHS to a relatively small group of patients whose medical
condition is an issue during transport. Some cases are quite
straightforward, such as patients on stretchers or those requiring
medical assistance during travel. There is, though, a more
difficult catch-all criterion that a patient may qualify for PTS if
travel by other means would be detrimental to the patient’s
condition or recovery. This obviously involves a judgement by
a healthcare practitioner, including GPs, not only on the medical
condition but on the transport alternatives, and can be a bit of a
postcode lottery. In some areas but not in others, cancer or
kidney dialysis patients are more or less automatically offered
PTS. My 91 year old mother is offered PTS for hearing test
appointments at her local hospital, but it would be more arduous
rather than detrimental to her hearing were she to travel by other
means.
PTS has historically been provided by ambulance services,
often using minibuses with Patient Transport Services branding.
This has been open to the criticism that there is a temptation to
minimise costs by filling the minibus which can result in
patients travelling for several hours, probably as detrimental to
their medical condition as almost any other form of transport!
In Scotland PTS appears to be managed by the Scottish
Ambulance Service
http://www.scottishambulance.com/
WhatWeDo/pts.aspx and an improvement programme is under
way. This includes “a more joined up approach with other
transport agencies, helping to get patients to hospital
appointments, who do not need the skills of ambulance staff but
may need other kinds of support”. It is possibly as part of this
programme that new arrangements have been put in place to
make more use of voluntary car schemes: but as long as the
transport is provided under the PTS scheme it should remain
free.
HTCS is probably less well known and more misunderstood
than PTS, even among healthcare professionals! It is a
programme to provide assistance with travel costs in cases
where patients are not eligible for PTS but for whom the cost of
transport is a significant burden. It is only available for referral
appointments – in other words, where one healthcare
professional has set up treatment with another, not for initial
appointments with say a GP. Eligibility is automatic for people
on some forms of benefit http://www.scottishambulance.com/
WhatWeDo/travel_expenses.aspx , but also possible for people
on low income subject to application and issue of a certificate
(HC2). The latter involves a lengthy application form and a
lengthy process, but is not unduly difficult.
The big problem with HTCS is that almost nobody knows
about it! In one of the studies I did, roughly 20% of people
attending outpatient appointments at a large hospital were
eligible for HTCS, but well under 1% claimed it. In theory it is
easy enough to find out about HTCS, as there should be
information leaflets at all GP surgeries and other NHS facilities,
but awareness by staff is (or at least was a few years ago) very
patchy. Methods of reimbursement were also unnecessarily
complicated.
The next problem with HTCS is that assistance with costs is
given on the basis of the cheapest practicable means of transport
to the health facility where the appointment takes place. This
begs the question of what is ‘practicable’. A person may live
near a bus route but be unable to walk to the bus stop. A person
with a car may be temporarily unable to drive because of the
broken leg or eyesight problem to which the appointment
relates. It may be technically possible to use public transport but
involve unacceptable waiting times.
This is a fairly brief gallop through the intricacies of PTS and
HTCS – I could write (and have written) a lot more on the
subject, but shall spare you! If you have internet access, go to
the Scottish Ambulance Service web links, which I found very
clear and well-designed. If not – and at the risk of making
myself unpopular with the staff at Cairn Valley Medical
Practice – go and ask at the local surgeries.
Good luck.
Alan James
School Playground
disgust
For the past couple of months school playground supervisor
Lesley Mindham has been having to clear the schools
playground of dog dirt prior to the children arriving.
“It is happening far too frequently,” said Lesley “and it is not
a pleasant job for me.”
If you are a dog owner you should be aware of the dangers of
dog dirt to children. Toxocariasis can cause blindness and this is
not the rare occurrence people think.
The playground gates are closed at night and so this is
someone walking their dog, letting it foul the playground and
then walking away. For the safety of the children in this parish
please clear up after your dog, no matter where you are walking
it. The beauty of Moniaive is that the children are able to freely
play throughout the area so leaving dog dirt on a grass verge, in
a field, on pavements or unbelievably in the school playground
is antisocial and highly irresponsible.
Most dog owners are responsible but someone here in
Moniaive is playing with children’s health. Please stop and pick
up your dog’s dirt... that, or consider a hamster.
Sue Grant
Glencairn History Group
At Home and at Large!
At Home 1914
Photos courtesy Glencairn History Group
The autumn has been busy for the History Group, both at
home in Moniaive and at large on another outing to foreign
parts in this case Lanarkshire!
Instead of our usual monthly meeting with a guest speaker,
we decided that November should be a little different and that in
some way we would like to commemorate the start of the First
World War; after all this parish gave more than its fair share of
sons to that conflict. In partnership with Glencairn Parish
Church we organised an “At Home”, in St Ninian’s on Sunday
16th November.
This concert of readings and music brought together a wide
variety of members of the community in an afternoon which was
reflective and moving as well as thought provoking and
humorous. Our aim was to present something of the historical
background to the conflict, but set within the context of a
fundraising concert of the period. The local newspapers indicate
that fundraising concerts were a feature of village life and the
group took as its inspiration a concert which had in fact been
performed in the village hall (now the Masonic Hall) to raise
funds for the Boer War at the beginning of the century.
Chris Lee and Eileen McCall provided the narration and there
were readings by Martin Anderson, Sandy Hall, Helen Kelly,
Jackie Lee, Elaine Watson, Georgia Watson, Naomi Watson,
Elna Wilson and Alyne Jones who valiantly stepped in at the last
minute for Muriel Young. The musical component was directed
by Liz Hall and provided by Rodney Gibson, Sandi McIver,
Wendy Stewart, Florence Trower, Isabelle Trower and members
of the Cairn Chorus. Together the ensemble produced something
of the ambiance of the drawing room from that golden
Edwardian decade.
Certain poignancy was lent by our knowledge of what was to
come following “the idle hill of summer”, 1914. The audience
were encouraged to join in singing some of the songs which are
so evocative of that time and place. Everyone proved to be in
fine voice as they sang There’s a tavern in the town, The British
Grenadiers, Bonnie Charlie’s noo awa, Oh no John, Loch
Lomond and Keep the Home Fires Burning. Accompaniment
was provided by Liz and Sandi on the organ and Wendy on the
clarsach. During the final song Wendy accompanied the singers
on a concertina which had belonged to Chris’s Uncle and was
used to entertain wounded soldiers from World War I.
St Ninian’s was a particularly appropriate venue as the
audience was aware that they were facing the names of those
who would not return on the walls in front of them. In providing
the venue we were supported by Lindsey Dunse who kept us
right with the sound system, heating and lighting. As important
as the technicalities are of course the tea facilities. Thankfully
we were in the capable hands of Frances Dunse and her ladies.
Liz and Sandy Hall generously provided their grandmother’s
war cake recipe. Baking was provided by Cilla and Jane. Tea
and cake are an essential part of any Moniaive activity - even
war! The writer of this report wishes it to be known that no cake
came his way. Was this an oversight, an instruction from Mrs
Lee or was he, as ever, simply talking too much?
The afternoon also presented an opportunity to see an
exhibition of World War I memorabilia which was curated by
Jane Murray-Flutter and Rosalind Hall. This contained many
fascinating objects each with a story. There was also an
opportunity to purchase The Glencairn Memorial Book from
Sandy. Postcards placed in the pews gave people the chance to
write a brief account of their family’s involvement with the
World War I story. We hope to create a scrapbook for the future
with these stories. If you would like to participate feel free to
give your family story to a committee member. It was a most
enjoyable afternoon and as the light grew dim we all certainly
did our best to “keep the home fires burning....till the boys come
home”.
On behalf of the History Group can I thank everyone who
participated and to all those who came to make up the audience
of this rather different history group meeting.
At Large
For me the panels were brought to life by Eileen McCall’s
introductory talk and willingness to interpret the panels as we
looked around. There are over a hundred and sixty panels and
they cover subjects such as the Vikings, Mary Queen of Scots,
the Enlightenment, Suffragettes, Red Clydeside, the
Independence debate as well as North Sea Oil, the cinema and
music hall. As Eileen said water was perfectly captured in thread
and as Liz pointed out the small details such as tiny flowers,
berries or animals were quite exquisite. It is hard to think of a
favourite although I was particularly taken by the images of two
women, Mary
Queen of Scots
and
a thread
from
her
embroidery
leading to a
spider’s web of
intrigue and red
headed Lulu as
we remember her
singing “Shout”.
The crowds at
this exhibition on a Wednesday in November are testimony as
to how it has the public imagination. It goes next to Stirling.
Go and see it. Suggest it comes to Dumfries.
Bells and All that Jazz!
Photos : Sue Grant
In complete contrast we went, for our autumn outing to see how
other people interpret Scotland’s History. Driven by Archie in
the community bus and kept going by Werther’s Originals and
Fisherman’s friends we ventured over the border to Lanarkshire
to see “The Great Tapestry of Scotland”. More specifically we
went to New Lanark where this exhibition was displayed in two
large rooms.
I have to confess as someone who has a number of relatives
whose principle occupation has been the manufacture of more
cushions than the world could possibly ever need, I was
somewhat dubious about a day devoted to embroidery. I could
not have been more wrong. This is a truly stunning undertaking
and we were all captivated by the panels which using mainly
woollen thread tell the story of Scotland.
The Bells extended a very warm welcome to the Handbell
Ringers of Great Britain Scottish Regional Association’s
‘Autumn Ringalong’ in the Memorial Institute on Saturday
18th October.
Teams from Dunblane Cathedral, Jordanhill College,
Cumnock & District Ringers, Stewarty of Kirkcudbright and the
Bells of St Ninian’s worked their way through pieces such as:
‘Adante’, ‘The Pearl Fishers’, ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’,
and a ‘Jazz’ piece. We were guided by the conductors, to reach
our potential – much like a team rehearsal but on a bigger scale!
It was quite a challenging day – ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’
should be our strapline.
The Bells provided soup and a selection of cakes and
panscones which were most welcome on a very wet and windy
day. A raffle raised the sum of £61 which was donated to ‘Help
for Heroes’
Thanks to Margaret Thomson who helped to serve tea,
Duncan Saunderson for his invaluable assistance on the day,
Stuart for transporting our equipment, the members for
providing the food and to Moniaive Memorial Institute for the
use of their facilities. Also Sue for photographing the event and
her continued support through the Gazette.
Should you be interested in joining our group we meet on
a Monday evening in the Paterson rooms 7pm for 7.15pm all are welcome.
Nan Tait, Secretary
Chris Lee
History Group - Chair
Councillor Gill Dykes
You can contact me on
07736 255423
or email
[email protected]
Representing the Mid & Upper Nithsdale ward
Wishing all the residents of Glencairn
a very Happy Christmas and
Peaceful New Year
Councillor Gill Dykes
There’s that space again...
A space to fill late at night... many of you commented you’d
enjoyed my last ramblings so, from necessity, here we go
again.
I can’t believe the year is nearly over, time certainly speeds
up as you get older, no sooner is one Gazette finished and I go
‘Ahhh two months off’ than I suddenly find myself working all
hours ‘cos the Gazette is due!
Hopefully everyone is looking forward to Christmas and the
New Year, I’m a real sucker for the Festive period and can’t wait
to get the decorations up and nuts and chocolates out.
I have noticed over the 15 years I’ve lived here that
Hogmanay has changed... there was a time you couldn’t get into
either hotel on Hogmanay as the entire village seemed to come
out. Now with so many private parties numbers are reduced
which is a great shame as it is always good to see the ‘village’
together. I’m not bucking ‘my tradition’ and will be going to the
hotels for Hogmanay and the bells and hope to see lots of you
there.
Hope you’ve enjoyed this issue. I’d like to say a thank you to
all the volunteers who deliver your Gazette, whatever the
weather. Happy Christmas everyone.
Sue Grant
Reflection
NEW SPECTACLES FOR CHRISTMAS!
There is this amusing TV advert portraying the young
aerobics-instructor bursting into a hall at an old age home,
apologizing for being late, switching on her portable sound
system and firing away with an aerobics class at full blast, to
the surprise and bewilderment of the elderly people. Clearly,
she was at the wrong place and didn’t see it. She needed
spectacles.
We all go through life wearing spectacles, the spectacles of
the popular culture of our time and place. The way we see and
approach life is influenced mainly by where and how we were
brought up and by our experiences of life since then.
But do these spectacles give you the clear, true picture of life
and our world? Maybe it’s time for you to try the spectacles
issued by the Heavenly Optician? When you approach life from
God’s perspective it changes everything. You really get in touch
with the world around you and see clearly who you are, where
you are and why you are here. No more surprises!
For instance, there might have been times in your life when
you felt like you don’t measure up to others’ expectations of you
or maybe you’ve been hurt so deeply that it has caused you to
feel unloved or even unlovable. But God sees you differently.
He loves you unconditionally. He knows every detail about you
and there is nothing you can do to make him love you more, and
there is nothing you can do to make him love you less.
That is what Christmas is all about: celebrating God’s love
for the world he created. The Bible says, “This is how much God
loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this
is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him,
anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all
the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger,
telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the
world right again” (John 3:16-17 – from The Message: the
Bible in contemporary language).
God wants to give you new spectacles for Christmas! No
matter what happens to you or how others make you feel, know
that your creator, the God of the Universe loves you. Let him be
the deepest love of your heart! Then you will see yourself and
others as he sees us, precious and loved!
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LOCAL HISTORY
Photos courtesy Su Palmer-Jones
Robert Caven of Snade 1807-1873
John Caven
Jessie Ann Caven
Robert Caven was born at Snade Farm in Glencairn Parish
on 4th April 1807. (The surname ‘Caven’ was also variously
spelt ‘Cavens’ and ‘Cavin’, while ‘Snade’ was also spelt
‘Snaid’ or ‘Snaide’) He was the son of John Caven of
Morrington and his wife, Janet Mundell. Morrington was a
small farm in Holywood Parish which John Caven owned,
hence his designation as "John Caven of Morrington".
However, he rented Morrington to a tenant at £32 per
annum, while he was the tenant farmer at Snade, as his
father had been before him. So Snade was the family home.
Robert had two older brothers, John, born c.1792, and
Thomas, born c.1798. Thomas died in February 1823 in
Edinburgh, where he was studying medicine, aged 25. Sadly, he
was one of many Cavens who died young.
John Caven died at Snade on 1 May 1822, aged 72. The
inventory of his personal estate lists among other items: "Cash
in the house - £4"; £50 in the British Linen Company Bank in
Dumfries, and "Household Furniture, Bed and Table Linen,
Implements of Husbandry and Stock" worth £404 11s. His total
personal estate was valued at £546 14s 10d (this did not include
the value of Morrington Farm).
Robert Caven lived his whole life at Snade, but his older
brother John acquired two other farms in Glencairn Parish,
Birkshaw and Moatland. John, who married Agnes Roddan,
lived at Birkshaw with his wife and children until his death in
16th July 1835, aged 43. His widow lived on at Birkshaw until
her death in 1881, while his eldest son Thomas (died 1896, aged
68) inherited the farms. They remained in that branch of the
Caven family until the late 19th century.
Meanwhile, Robert had become the owner of Snade and of
two other farms in Glencairn Parish, Garrieston and Gilmerston.
By the time of his death, he owned a total of 561 acres with an
estimated rental value of £560 per annum. He farmed Snade
himself, while Garrieston and Gilmerston were let to tenants (at
James Caven
£120 pa and £230 pa respectively in 1871).
Robert Caven married Sarah Thomson at her family home,
Edingham Farm, near Dalbeattie, on 27th July 1847. She was
the daughter of John Thomson and Mary Boddan. Robert and
Sarah had 5 children: Mary, John, James, Jessie Ann and David
Welsh Caven. Only one lived to 30.
In the 1850s and 1860s, the household at Snade consisted of
the family and three servants. There was a female "general
servant" (who would have done the heavier housework, such as
scrubbing floors, cleaning grates, laying fires and maintaining
the kitchen range); a Dairy Maid (who, among other duties,
would have made butter and cheese for the family), and a young
male farm servant (who would have worked on the farm; looked
after the horses, and done odd jobs in and around the house,
such as bringing in coal and firewood). The farmhouse had 7
rooms with windows. The servants would variously have slept
in an attic, the kitchen or an outhouse. Sarah Caven would have
done much of the cooking and baking herself, together with
sewing, mending and the lighter housework. There were also 4
or 5 labourers working on the farm, but they were not part of the
household.
Robert Caven's eldest daughter, Mary, married the Reverend
James Glendinning, Minister of the Free Church at Ecclefechan.
She died in childbirth at the Free Church Manse, Ecclefechan,
on 22nd June 1869, aged 20.
Robert Caven died at Snade on 19th February 1873, aged 65.
The Inventory of his Personal Estate included:
Cash in House - £205
Farm Stock, Crop, Implements of Husbandry, Household
Furniture and other effects belonging to the deceased - £1044
14s 9d
Account with the British Linen Company's Bank, Dumfries £245 17s 4d
"Two £1 Shares held by the deceased in Moniaive Town Hall
- No dividends accrued - £2"
The total value of his Personal Estate at the time of his death
was £1474 1s 1d. This omitted "Rents of Heritage due by the
following Tenants":
Joseph Edgar, Farmer, Gilmerston, Glencairn - £57 10s
George Cowan, Farmer, Garrieston, Glencairn - £90 16s
The following letter was published in the Dumfries &
Galloway Standard a few days after his death: THE LATE
ROBERT CAVEN ESQ. OF SNADE - Last Wednesday's
Standard, in its obituary column, announced the death of this
gentleman, but the passing away from the midst of us of such a
man as Mr Caven demands more than the common phrase that
he was "much respected and is deeply regretted". Unobtrusive
and undemonstrative, he was little known so as to be adequately
appreciated. To those having intercourse with him only in the
ordinary business transactions of life his virtues seemed to
possess more of a passive than of an active character; but those
who knew him as the writer of this humble tribute to his
memory did could see the hidden powerful mainspring of love
to God and man which exerting its power within made its
influence to be felt in all his movements. Few men, it is
believed, were more unselfish or studied more constantly and
effectively the comfort and happiness of others, and as a
consequence it may safely be averred he has left the world
without an enemy. In his native parish of Glencairn he was an
active and efficient elder for the long period of thirty-four years
- first in the Established Church, and then, when the day of trial
came, he unhesitatingly cast his lot with the Free Protesting
Church of Scotland - and many a chamber of sickness and of
death has been comforted by his presence and prayers. To
genuine kindness of heart he added stern unwavering principle
and probity. Moving about in the daily walk of life, whether as
a father, a husband, a master of a household, or a neighbour, all
except himself would have said, so ought others to walk even as
he walked, and to follow the same Master whom he so faithfully
served. But these duties which he so quietly discharged he has
now quietly resigned, and we are left to sorrow, not indeed "as
others who have no hope", yet to sorrow that "we shall see his
face no more", and to bear our humble testimony that he was "an
Israelite indeed in whom there was no guile".
He left his widow "the whole household furniture, bed and
table linen and whole other household effects that may be in and
about my dwelling house at the time of my decease". He also left
her an annuity of £150 "during her lifetime or until she shall
enter into a second marriage".
His estate was to be divided equally among his surviving
children when the youngest reached the age of 21. However, his
youngest son, David Welsh Caven, died in 1877 aged 19. Then
the eldest son John died unmarried in 1879 aged 27. Eventually,
Snade went to the surviving son James, while the farm of
Garrieston went to Robert's surviving daughter, Jessie Ann. It is
not clear what happened to the farm of Gilmerston.
Jessie Ann Caven married at Snade on 27th August 1878. Her
husband was John Milligan of Merkland in Dunscore Parish. He
was a wealthy seed and wool merchant, 27 years her senior.
Jessie Ann had a son Fergus, born in December 1879, and a
daughter, Elizabeth Henrietta Sarah Thomson Milligan, born in
July 1881. The following year, the Caven doom struck again.
Jessie Ann contracted puerperal fever while giving birth to her
third child, a baby girl. The baby died within hours and Jessie
Ann died ten days later on 28th November 1882, aged 27. John
Milligan, who was an intelligent and well read man, was later
certain that the cause of the puerperal fever, which is a form of
blood poisoning due to infection of the mother by streptococci
during or after childbirth, was that the local doctor, having
ridden to Merkland, got off his horse and went straight in to
deliver the baby without washing his hands. This was not
medical negligence in 1882, but ignorance of bacteriology. To
many older doctors, the idea that infections or diseases were
caused by microscopic organisms called "germs" was just some
Frenchman's new-fangled theory.
Sarah Caven, having lost her husband and four of her five
children, lived on at Snade until her death on 2nd May 1896,
aged 80. Her son James had married Agnes Cowan Symington
from Rerrick in Kirkudbrightshire in 1894. James and Agnes
had a son, Robert James Caven, born at Snade on 18th March
1895. He was to be the last Caven born at Snade.
By 1900, James Caven was in financial difficulties, probably
caused by the widespread agricultural depression in late 19th
century Britain. Snade was let and later sold. James died in
reduced circumstances in Prestwick, Ayrshire, on 30th April
1925, aged 72. His son, Robert James Caven, was by then living
in Liverpool.
The only descendant of Robert Caven still living in Glencairn
Parish is his great-great-granddaughter, Mrs Susan PalmerJones of Moniaive. Her maternal grandmother was Elizabeth
Henrietta Sarah Thomson Milligan (Mrs Peter Murray Kerr),
daughter of Jessie Ann Caven. Elizabeth Murray Kerr inherited
the farm of Garrieston after her father's death in 1910, but it was
sold after World War II.
Colin McGrath
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Landscapes and communities across Dumfries and Galloway still
under siege from wind farm developers
What value do you put on your landscape? How much is
good will and community spirit worth to you? These are
some of the questions we need to ask ourselves whilst we
continue to be under siege from the big wind farm
developers that are flooding our area with wind farm
applications.
E.ON have now submitted their applications to build two
more wind farms, at Loch Urr and Benbrack. If planning
consent is granted, this will mean another 44 turbines each over
400 feet high blighting the landscape and skies of Dumfries
and Galloway.
We need to fight against these proposals, and send a strong
clear message to the Scottish Government, or we risk seeing the
whole of our beautiful region being covered with wind farms.
There are currently over 1,000 wind turbines over 260 feet
(operational, consented, or in planning) within 20 miles of Loch
Urr. Blackcraig wind farm (23 turbines) has already been
consented, and further wind farms are being proposed at
Benshinnie, Mochrum Fell, Marnhoul, and Collieston Hill.
Local communities may be persuaded by the idea of funds
coming in from the proposed developments. But unfortunately
wind farm developers are not legally bound to explain, how
much money will be available, to whom, for what, until after the
wind farm has been consented. Currently there is only
‘guidance’ from the Scottish Government as to what wind farm
developers should pay to communities being impacted by the
wind farms they will be ‘hosting’. For example, Blackcraig
wind farm has already been consented, and yet how the
community benefits are going to be distributed has yet to be
agreed.
Even before they are built wind farms are dividing our
communities and dividing the Community Councils who try to
serve and support them.
Our area already has more than its fair share of power cuts
(both planned and unplanned) and this is likely to get far worse,
with the scale of the new infrastructure required (pylons, sub
stations, etc) that will be required to serve the huge number of
wind turbines being proposed.
E.ON state that they have taken community concerns into
account and have liaised extensively with the community. But if
this was truly the case, they would not be submitting these
applications. Many from our communities who will be impacted
by these proposed wind farms have already made it clear to
E.ON and Dumfries and Galloway Council, that our areas is
already doing more than its fair share for renewable energy. In
August a Scottish Government Reporter rejected plans for an
eight turbine wind farm in the Scottish Borders, ruling that the
development was surplus to requirements as the Scottish
Government is already set to over reach its renewable energy
targets of generating 16GW by 2020. We can only hope that the
Scottish Government takes the same line when considering the
applications for Loch Urr and Benbrack.
For our part, we need to let the Scottish Government know
that our area is not prepared to be a dumping ground for wind
farms.
For more information on how to object against these
proposals please contact the Save Loch Urr Association.
www.savelochurr.com
Save Loch Urr Association
Moniaive Initiative
We are currently finalising some preliminary designs for
Macara Park. Once we have them all, we will set a date for
a showcase event, hopefully before Christmas, where you
can come along and have a look at the designs and tell us
what you think. Look out for posters coming soon.
We have also been successful in receiving a small grant from
the Scottish Government to allow us to establish a Learning
Network around the subject of housing in the community. We
will set up several informal working groups around different
themes. People of all ages from the community are invited along
to share their ideas and experiences. If you would be interested
in taking part, please contact our project worker on 01848
200203 or email [email protected]. We will also
be organising some study visits to learn from other
communities’ experiences.
Finally, Moniaive Initiative is supporting a number of other
organisations and groups to set up a Festival Village committee.
We are keen for this to be as representative of the village as
possible so please let us know if you want to be involved. See
Sue's article for further information.
As always, if you are looking for help and advice on a project,
please get in touch with our project worker on 01848 200203 or
at [email protected]
Olwen Staples
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Crossword 91
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9. Wild and blustery (9)
10. Elbow poke (5)
11. Yellow fruits lost their
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12. Share out coal late (8)
13. Split group (6)
14. Uncomplimentary
description that she ____
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17. Sea (8)
19. Live luxuriously in this
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21. He sees a will carried
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23. old Greek marketplaces (6)
25. Sing, song (5)
26. Consciousness of (9)
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box in Watson’s Stores by January 20th.
Crossword issue 90 answers
Across: 1. Question; 5. Veleta; 9. Attracts; 10. Strops; 11.
Riesling; 12. Galena; 14. Prediction; 18. Theocratic; 22.
Raisin; 23. Attracts; 24. Evokes; 25. Fondants; 26. Ninety;
27. Pealtery.
Down: 1. Quarry; 2. Esther; 3. Trawls; 4. Often drear; 6.
Entrance; 7. Esoteric; 8. Abstains; 13. Addictions; 15.
Sturgeon; 16. Demijohn; 17. Occident; 19. Bridal; 20.
Sconce; 21. Uses by.
GLENCAIRN & TYNRON DIARY DATES
DECEMBER
Thursday 4th Red Squirrel Group meeting The
George Hotel. Linda 200469.
Saturday 6th Hot Tin Roof Live at the
Craigdarroch Arms Hotel. 9pm. Tim 200205.
Sunday 7th Service St Ninian’s Church
11.45am. All welcome.
Saturday 13th Lunch and Christmas sales
tables St Ninian’s Church noon-2pm.
Sunday 14th Lessons and Carols St Ninian’s
Church 11.45am. All welcome.
Monday 15th Moniaive Gala Meeting 7.30pm
Craigdarroch Arms Hotel. All welcome.
Friday 19th Cairn Chorus 7.30pm & Noky’s
Disco 9pm. Craigdarroch Arms Hotel. Tim
200205.
Saturday 20th Trio Gitan Gypsy Jazz live at the
Sunday 21st Service St Ninian’s Church
Wednesday 24th Grand Prize Draw
Wednesday 24th Christingle Service for all
ages in Dunscore Church 4pm. All welcome.
Wednesday 24th Christmas Eve Service
Glencairn Church 11.30pm. All welcome.
Thursday 25th Family Service Dunscore
Church 10am. All welcome.
Friday 26th Breezy Lee and Peter & Jakob
Live at the Craigdarroch Arms Hotel. 7pm. Tim
200205.
Saturday 27th The Alleys Live at the
Saturday 27th Bumper festive Quiz & Noky’s
Disco at the George Hotel. 7.30pm. Wendy
200203.
Sunday 28th Nuts Xmas Poker £10 buyin plus
£40 added to pot. 4pm. Craigdarroch Arms
Hotel. Tim 200205.
Sunday 28th Joint Service St Ninian’s Church
Monday 29th Xmas Darts open pairs and
singles. 8pm. Craigdarroch Arms Hotel. Tim
200205.
Hogmanay Circuit Breakers Live 9pm.
Craigdarroch Arms Hotel. Tim 200205.
JANUARY
Thursday 1st Jam Session Craigdarroch Arms
Hotel from midday. Tim 200205.
Thursday 1st Gala New Years Day Ceilidh
Memorial Institute from 8pm. Family event. Full
bar and full ceilidh band. Come along and
support the Gala and dance away the
hangover! ALL WELCOME.
Sunday 4th Joint Service Dunscore Church
10am. All welcome.
Monday 19th Moniaive Gala Meeting 7.30pm
Craigdarroch Arms Hotel. All welcome.
Sunday 25th Service Glencairn Church
FEBRUARY
Sunday 1st Service St Ninian’s Church
Sunday 15th Gala Duck Race 2pm Garages,
Ayr Street.
MONIAIVE REGULAR EVENTS
Moniaive Initiative Mondays 10-12 George
Hotel. Olwen Hughes 01848 200203
[email protected].
Crochet Club Tuesdays 7-9pm Memorial
Institute. £3/£1 kids.
The Rude Mechanicals Every Sunday from
4pm. Regular live bands from 1pm.
Craigdarroch Arms Hotel. Tim 01848 200205.
Moniaive Arts Association Third Thursday of
month in Masonic Hall, Moniaive. 7.30pm. All
welcome. Alison Wilson on 01848 200207.
Yoga Carol Godridge 01848 200681.
Glencairn Bowling Club Sweep Every Tuesday
and Saturday in summer at 7pm. Scott
McMillan 01848 200482.
Kilnhouse Carpet Bowling Club Every Monday
night October to April. 7.30pm start. Scott
McMillan 01848 200568.
SWRI Third Wednesday of the month. St
Ninian’s Church 7.30pm. New members
welcome. Elaine Wilson 01848 200727.
Jam sessions Every Tuesday (trad) &
Wednesday evenings. Craigdarroch Arms
Hotel. Tim 01848 200205.
Walk yourself fit! Every Tuesday 11am from
Cherry Tree, Moniaive. Linda McDonald 01848
200469.
Badminton Club Every Tuesday 9.15am in the
Memorial Institute. New members welcome.
Frank Hall 01848 200263.
Breakfast Club Moniaive Playcare.
The Bells of St Ninian's James Paterson
Rooms. 7pm for 7.15pm Monday evenings.
Nan Tait 01848 200403.
Cairn Chorus Thursdays 7.30-9.30pm
Memorial Institute 01848 200526 for details.
Nuts Poker League Craigdarroch Arms Hotel
7.30pm registration 8pm start. Every Tuesday
and Thursday. Beginners welcome. Sue 01848
200331.
Darts Craigdarroch Arms, Moniaive. Tim
O’Sullivan 01848 200205.
Fishing Club Lottery every Monday 9pm.
Tickets available from George, Craigdarroch or
members. Brian 01848 200467.
Easy-obics Thursdays Institute 11am-12pm.
Glencairn Community Council First Monday of
month, Memorial Institute 7.30pm. All
welcome. Robin McIver 01848 200412.
Glencairn History Group First Thursday of
month to April 2014, Memorial Institute
7.30pm. Elizabeth Hall 01848 200256.
Glencairn Memorial Institute Committee
Fourth Thursday of month in Institute. All
welcome.Frank Hall 01818 200XXX.
Evergreen Club Tuesdays 1.30pm Green Tea
Room. Community bus collects. New members
very welcome. Delitia Knowles 01848 200314
or Mabel Forteath 01848 200676.
Brownies Memorial Institute, every Tuesday of
term. 6-7.30pm. Olwen Hughes 01848 200419.
Episcopal Service Fourth Sunday of every
month 9.30am Maxwelton Chapel. Tony
Freeman 01848 200150.
Toy Library St Ninian’s every Thursdays 1.30 3pm during term-time. £1 per family. Una Wilson
01848 200111.
Skitter Lane Youth Club (SLYC) Mondays School
Term. Memorial Institute from 7.15 to 9.15.
Secondary school ages. Dean 01848 200348.
TYNRON REGULAR EVENTS
Art Classes Every Tuesday pm. Alastair Davies
on 01848 200774.
Tai Chi Mondays 11.45am - 12.45pm Angela
Johnstone 07808503091.
Tynron Carpet Bowling Club Thursdays 7.30pm.
Tynron Hall. Frank Irvine 01848 200355.
Tynron Community Council Last Monday, odd
months. George Freeborn 200439.
Tynron SWRI 1st Monday of the month. Madge
Rorison on 01848 200305.
New Year’s Day
Ceilidh
Starts 8pm
Memorial Institute,
Moniaive
£3. Kids free
Full Bar and Ceilidh
Band
Family event
Funds raised for
Moniaive Gala
Ceilidh Dancing Classes Every Tuesday 7.30 9.30 pm. £4 adults, children free. Mary Newbold
on 01848 200379.
BOOKING CONTACTS
Cairn Valley Community Transport Chris Whittle
on 01387 820401.
Glencairn Memorial Institute Fiona McMillan
01848 200475.
Tynron Hall Janet Davies 01848 200774.
Wallaceton Hall Wendy Stewart 01387 820 241.
Masonic Hall, Moniaive John Cowdery 01848
200441.
Moniaive Playcare: Breakfast Club and The
Zone (Afterschool Club) 07874 216784.
CASTLE DOUGLAS BUS SERVICE
Cairn Valley Community Transport Chris Whittle
on 01387 820401. Alternate Thursdays, bus
leaves Moniaive 11.15 returns 3.55pm. £3.50.
Bus passes accepted. Under 16 half price.
COMING AND GOING
Freya Redpath
to Chapel
(Congratulations to Kevin and Susan)
Street
DISTRIBUTION
For distribution queries or to be added to
mailing list please call Tim O’Sullivan on
01848 200205.
EDITORIAL CONTACT
We depend on you for news to fill the Gazette.
Please help by supplying diary dates,
advertisements, articles, photographs and
letters. These can be placed in the Gazette Box
found in Watson’s Grocers or emailed to Sue.
• Sue Grant, Seaforth, Chapel Street,
Moniaive 01848 200331
[email protected]
• Sandy Hall, Craiglearan, Moniaive
01848 200292.
DEADLINE FOR FEB/MARCH ISSUE IS 20TH JANUARY
Layout and editing: Sue Grant.
NOTE: The views expressed in this newsletter
do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the
editorial team. The group reserves the right to
encourage the expression of a variety of views
on subjects of interest to the local community.

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