The Village News

The Village News
Published by Aberdour Community Council
Published by Aberdour Community Council
Issue 57
September 2010
Festival 2010
Aberdour’s Royals.
The Equinox brings light and dark in equal measures and the nights then start to
pull in, so time to start planning for the winter. We should never stop learning and
winter is a good time to study more on a subject of interest so, join an evening
class or get books on the subject of your choice, whether cooking, car maintenance or calligraphy and make the most of the dark nights ahead
Bright blessings from Chris (alias the Green Witch).
Mystique Moments, 59-61 High Street, Aberdour, Fife, Scotland KY3 0SJ.
Tel: 01383 860106
Website: www.greenwitch.co.uk
From the Editor.
Fife Councillors
W
elcome to the September issue of the Village News.
It’s good to see so many articles from the village in
this issue.
Alice McGarry
Tel:
01383 414982
SNP.
E-mail: [email protected]
They are only doing what we continually ask of you -
Dave Dempsey
Con.
Tel:
01383 415022
E-mail: [email protected]
We’re trying our best to keep the Village News alive as part
of village life, but we need your contributions for that to
happen. We’re told that Aberdour has over 50
organisations, yet we only receive regular input from a tiny
few of them. Judging by the brouhaha which was stirred up
over the recent Ch4/Studio Lambert affair, we know that
Aberdour is not shy in making its voice heard, so let’s hear
from you.
Dave Herbert
Lib.Dem.
Tel:
01383 823675
E-mail: [email protected]
Bob Eadie
Lab.
Tel:
01383 412856
E-mail: [email protected]
John.
The Community Council is elected every four years to
ascertain, co-ordinate and express to local and public authorities
the views of the community which it represents and to carry out
other functions in the interests of the community.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Chair
Treasurer
Secretary
Minutes Secretary
Members
Contributing!
Community Council
A Close Run Thing
Community Council Report
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Rotary Club of Inverkeithing.
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Aberdour at Play.
Sensory Garden.
Buster and Caesar
Aberdour Cultural Association.
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Shinty Club.
St.Columba’s Church
Aberdour & Dalgety Bay W.R.I.
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Aberdour Friendship Club.
Historical Walk.
Open Door.
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Childrens’ Panel.
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Cedar Inn Social Club.
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Jane Halleran
Janice McMillan
Pauleen Norman
Terry Short
Dates for remaining 2010 meetings :
Wednesday 15th September
Monday 22nd November
Tuesday
19th October
Thursday 23rd December
6/7
Spotlight on Volunteers.
Tortured English.
Doorstep Sellers.
Willie Dryburgh
Arthur Lloyd
John Burrell
Bill Stackhouse
Kay Baird
John Bridges
Carol Devon
Joan Dryburgh
Jon Stevenson
The Village News is published by Aberdour Community
Council, but has editorial freedom to express views that
are not necessarily those of the Community Council.
The Village News can be found on-line at
www.fifedirect.org.uk
Search for Aberdour Community Council,
then
Publications
then
Village News.
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Editorial Committee
Editor & Advertising
Accounts & Distribution
Proof readers
John Bridges
Willie Dryburgh
Arthur Lloyd
John Burrell
Your comments, letters, articles and photographs are welcome. These can be submitted typed, handwritten, or by e-mail to:
[email protected] or to:
John Bridges, 6/2 Manse Place, High Street, Aberdour KY3 0SP.
(Tel. 01383 860610).
Items for the December issue by 19th November at the latest please. Advertising enquiries should be addressed to the Editor.
For Community Council matters, please contact :
John Burrell, Secretary (Tel. 01383 861032).
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Aberdour—The Jewel of Fife.
Do you play Bridge?
A Close Run Thing.
Aberdour Bridge Club needs more members!
W
e are quite often approached in the village by readers
who tell us how much they enjoy reading the Village
News. It’s nice to know our efforts are appreciated, not only
in the village but also overseas.
Please come and join us. We meet on Thursdays
7 –10pm (ish).
Our venue is Aberdour Golf Clubhouse..
The Village News was first published in the spring of 1996
and has appeared without fail every quarter ever since. But its
continued existence is under threat, and the Community
Council is extremely concerned that the newsletter could be
lost to the village. It was a close run thing that the last two
issues appeared successfully.
We start back on 21st October.
Call Nan McKay on 860678 or Sheila Robb on 860071.
The production costs of the newsletter are met solely from the
revenue gained from the adverts contained in its pages -no
other source of finance is available to us. Editorial time,
materials and travel costs are provided free of charge.
However, the loss of some advertisers has resulted in a
situation where advertising revenue is not covering
production costs, and therefore we cannot be sure that
sufficient funds will always be available to allow future issues
to go ahead. On occasion, a shortfall has even been met by a
Community Councillor providing funds from his personal
bank account.
STOP PRESS!
The Community Council
wish to thank the
Cedar Inn Social Club
for their
generous donation of £250
towards
assuring the future of.
The Village News.
The reason for this situation is quite simple. The national
economic situation has badly affected many of our
advertisers, who in the main are small local companies
struggling to make ends meet, and they, naturally, are cutting
expenses where they can. One of the first things to be cut is
advertising.
Lynn’s Fruit & Veg,
It is the opinion of the Community Council –that whilst we
will continue to control costs and double our efforts to find
new advertisers –the Village News is too valuable a part of
life in Aberdour for it to be lost without a fight. They have
therefore decided to come to village residents with the aim of
seeking sponsorship or donations in order that continuation of
the newsletter can be assured.
172 High Street, Burntisland, KY3 9AE
Tel : 01592 873524
Email: [email protected]
Why not get your fruit & veg delivered to your door, we are
now delivering twice weekly to Aberdour. We stock an excellent range of fruit and veg which is local when available.
There is also a large range of dried foods, beans, pulses,
nuts, fruits, oils , vinegars, fresh and dried herbs, free range
eggs and preserved foods.
Should you feel that you would like to sponsor the Village
News or make a donation towards costs, please contact the
Treasurer:
Arthur Lloyd on 860044
or by email at:
[email protected]
Fruit & Veg boxes are also available, please ring for details.
OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK 9 -5
Donations can also be made directly to the:
(Open Sunday through the summer)
Free delivery within Burntisland
Aberdour Village News account
A small delivery charge for Aberdour and
Kinghorn
Royal Bank of Scotland –High Street Aberdour
Account No. 00127053
Thank you,
John Bridges –Editor.
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Aberdour Community Council Report
By the time the next VN is published you will have a new
Community Council!
Judges were very impressed with all the community effort ...
… but have we done enough? And what about the Sensory
Garden! Work has started in earnest over the last month and
it is already taking shape. Well done, Jane Halleran and the
team.
The most important information to pass on to you in this
issue are two dates - Thursday 16th September and Thursday
14th October 2010. The latter is the date of the next
Community Council elections at which you will be able to
vote for your Community Council for the next 4 years and
the former is the deadline for receipt of nominations if you
wish to stand for Community Council. This is your opportunity! There will be 13 vacancies as all existing members
have to stand for election again if they want to continue in
office; there is no automatic re-election.
Am I dreaming or is work about to start on the Silver Sands
café this month? Can it be true? Other works pending are the
green walkway in front of the Clock and the marking of the
"disabled" spaces in the Station and Livingston Lane car
parks.
If you have not already had a look at the current draft of the
Local Plan then I suggest you do so. Go to
www.fifedirect.org.uk/topics . Click on Structure Plan and
Local Plans under Environment & Planning. Click on
Dunfermline and West Fife Local Plan (on right hand side).
Click on HERE in the 7th paragraph then Draft Dunfermline
& West Fife Local Plan (2nd item). Click on All Comments.
Search on keyword Aberdour. (If you think that's
complicated, you are right; it's the Fife Council web site!)
Any attachments are at the end of each comment and need to
be read as well. ACC have commented as appropriate at each
stage of the process over the last year.
Despite some of the comments published in the aftermath of
the Channel 4/Studio Lambert affair, your Community
Council is a democratic body elected by you, the residents of
the best village in Scotland. Being a Community Councillor
is a wonderful opportunity to give something back to the
community that gives us so much. Stand for election if you
want to serve your community but, whatever else,
remember to vote on 14th October. (Note that if less than
14 residents stand for election then they are automatically
elected without an election being necessary.)
If you wish to stand for election, nomination forms can be
obtained from:
As this may be my last contribution to VN as Secretary of
ACC then I would like to say what an honour it has been to
give something back to the village that brought me up and has
now allowed me to return in a more relaxed style! The
current team have been terrific and our four Local Councillors
have been great to work with, so I wish your next Community
Council a fair wind and calm seas.
Returning Officer
Fife Council
Election Services Unit
Fife House, North Street
Glenrothes KY7 5LT
08451 555555 ext442175 or 442176
John Burrell
Since the last issue the street lights in the High Street have
been painted black. Don't they look smart! What a pity we
cannot have them throughout the village. BT have painted
the kiosk at the Clock so it has returned to its former glory
and now boasts gold crowns too. They also replaced the
missing pane of glass in the Main Street kiosk (but
disappointingly didn't paint it). The Festival has been and
gone and once again was a tremendous success. Well done,
Roy Devon and his team of tireless workers. Without them
there would be no Festival. Thank you to everyone who
bought a picture quiz which, this year, raised £135 for
Festival funds. Five entries tied for first place and first out
of the hat was Arran McKinlay. Thank you again to the
Aberdour Hotel for donating the prize and ForthRoad for
printing the quizzes.
Note Your Community Council meets approximately
every 5 weeks in the Institute and all are welcome to attend to raise issues or just to hear what is going on. The
draft Minutes of the last meeting held are posted in the
glass cabinet outside the Institute as soon as they are
available and copies of all final Minutes are held in a file
in the Library; just ask Heather if you want to see them.
The dates of future meetings are listed at the end of each
set of Minutes.
Village in Bloom have been on their toes twice recently with
the judging for the Fife and Beautiful Scotland competitions.
The village looked wonderful, the sun shone and again a
huge pat on the back for all those who give so much of their
free time to make the village look so good What a huge
benefit the polytunnel has been in its first season. The
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Aberdour—The Jewel of Fife.
have taken part in the walk as a fundraising exercise.
Rotary Club of Inverkeithing and
Dalgety Bay
Individuals or organisations in Aberdour are invited to participate in this year’s walk and those interested should get in
touch now with John Liston on 01383 822 543 or the Rotary
club secretary, Ian Wilkinson, on 01383 727803.
In its financial year just ended the Rotary club raised over
£20,000 for charity and most of this sum has now been
distributed to deserving causes internationally, nationally and
in the local community. Fundraising events included the
club’s annual sponsored walk from Inverkeithing to
Aberdour, its charity golf day at Aberdour golf club and the
music concert held jointly with Inverkeithing High School.
The income from the High School concert, together with
collections at Tesco in the Bay and in Aberdour, went to
Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign which aims to eliminate
polio from the four countries (Nigeria, India, Pakistan and
Afghanistan) where it remains endemic. The club also
contributed a number of Shelter Boxes, which provide essential immediate support in areas affected by natural disasters,
to the Haiti earthquake relief effort. Donations were also
made to Maggies Centre in Kirkcaldy, to the Childrens
Hospice Association of Scotland and to Sarah Brown’s
PiggyBankKids charity. The club sponsored two students
from Inverkeithing High School on Rotary’s Youth
Leadership course at the Nethybridge Outdoor Centre last
July, organised a primary school quiz for local schools and
supported High School students who participated in Rotary’s
Young Chef competition in which local students had
considerable success. The club has also provided financial
support to the Aberdour Village in Bloom committee, to the
Sensory Garden and to the station garden, to help with
additional plant purchases. Other local organisations to
benefit from Rotary’s support included Aberdour’s Care
Centre, Aberdour primary school and the golf club’s youth
development programme. This month the club has sent a
number of water survival boxes to the area of Pakistan
affected by the recent devastating floods.
John Taddei, a long serving member of the Rotary Club of
Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay, has been given a Paul Harris
Fellowship award. John is a past president of the club, has
served as convener of a number of its committees and is
currently chairman of its important fundraising committee.
John has given exceptional service to the club and to the
local community over very many years and his award
reflects his special contribution to the club.
Bill Rennie
The Rotary club will hold its annual sponsored charity walk
from Inverkeithing to the Silver Sands in Aberdour on
Sunday 12 September. The Rotary walk is now well
established as a major fundraising event in West Fife.
Participants enjoy a pleasant day out on the attractive six
mile stretch of the Fife coastal path and a barbeque is
provided for all at the finish on the Silver Sands. Walkers
also receive a certificate that confirms their participation.
Since the Club’s first charity walk in 2003 the Rotary club
has raised more than £25,000 for local charities, with the
largest share going to the Children’s Hospice Association of
Scotland. More than 100 walkers take part each year.
GARDENER’S QUESTION TIME
Friday 1st October
CHURCH HALL
ABERDOUR
7pm for 7.30
Panel to include:
Ross Hepburn of Lady Helen Nursery.
Trevor Francis- Aberdour Station
Sarah Franklin –Landscape Architect.
Caroline Cameron – Aberdour’s gardening expert
A well established practice is for local organisations and
clubs to join the walk as a group and raise sponsorship that is
divided between the Rotary club’s chosen charity and
participating clubs’ own funds This has proved to be a very
effective way for local clubs and organisations to both raise
funds for themselves and contribute to other deserving
causes. It means, too, that all of the organising is done by the
Rotary club and participants don’t need to consider health
and safety issues, stewarding or publicity. The walk usually
gets good coverage in the local press. In recent years local
scouts, the Boys Brigade, sports clubs and church groups
Please bring only one plant for review or just reserve a
question for our experts.
Find out how we fared in the Beautiful Scotland Coastal
entry and Fife wide judging of Aberdour.
Tickets £5.00 (inc. glass of wine) available from Moffat’s
and Out of This World.
All proceeds to Village in Bloom funds.
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Aberdour at Play.
Some scenes from this years Festival.
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Aberdour—The Jewel of Fife.
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picnic area, which has given the start to the growing garden.
Sensory Garden
Sarah Franklin, Landscape Architect, our project manager
returned from holiday and will be seen around more often
now. Sarah has kindly agreed to be on the panel for
“Gardeners Question Time” fund raiser on the 1st October in
the Church Hall.
What a wonderfully supportive village community is
Aberdour”
Thank you to all of you who have given so much support in
encouraging the garden development.
The other two people you will see in the garden are Caroline
Beveridge and me, Jane Halleran.
As part of the Village in Bloom team, we have been
responsible for fund raising and making the project happen.
We would like you to stop us and ask questions about the
Sensory Garden and to continue to support us with your
encouragement in all its forms .(Thank you Mrs Lonnie for
the coffees)
We would like to hear from you to receive any offers of help
or financial support. Could your family become involved?
Can you make animal boxes? What about the Scouts and
Guides? Are there any teenagers who can come up with ideas
for involvement? Can you make mobiles ? Art work anyone?
(Lewis or Alan anything you'd like to contribute?)
Thank you to those of you who have helped financially to
make it happen by “buying a brick” or purchasing a tree, or
grasses and plants for the garden. and to those of you who
entered the quiz or bought coasters
Thank you to Inverkeithing & Dalgety Bay Rotary and Cedar
Inn Social club for each donating £250.
You have all been incredibly generous
In the Garden, you will have seen Craig Mitchell and his men
dig out the paths and laying the aggregate.
You will have seen Stuart Johnson and his men from P.S.I.
install the water.
Please speak to us or ring
Brian Kelly made the tank for the water feature and installed
the solar panel and pump system. He is building the bridge
walkway as I write, and assisting the council lads with their
projects.
By the time you read this newsletter, I hope the bridge
walkway will be finished, the raised garden in place, the
entrance columns and setts completed, the water feature
working, the seating in place, the pergolas built and the
pebble garden planted with grasses.
Cammy (Alex Cameron) is building the columns for the
entrance to the garden
860338.
The sculptures of seals designed by Torri Jennings are being
constructed by Sandy Woods assisted by Claire Halleran.
These are being made of reclaimed material and the skills and
time given free. Well done you three.
The seals will be placed upon the three beautiful boulders
from Harris lying at the top end of the garden.
Scotland Gas Network volunteers have repaired the very
damaged wall in the north west corner.
Network Rail have repaired the north wall where a tree had
demolished a large part of it.
The water feature boulder is from Inverness, the harlequin
(grey & pink) boulders from Aberdeen and the pebbles are
from Lossiemouth.
Young people gaining work experience through West Fife
Enterprise have been digging and preparing the ground ready
for planting, which we hope to begin early in September.
The garden planting will be substantial and all offers of help
will be gratefully received.
The most amazing thing is that all of the people above
have contributed all this work, time and effort free of
charge. I'm sure you will agree that they deserve a
tremendous
I am looking forward to the day when I enter the garden through the
majestic columns smelling the lavender on the way, walk under the
living willow archway, admire the mosaic before enjoying the
woodland garden, and sitting at the raised bed tasting the herbs.
Having admired the rose bed and smelled the wonderful perfumes ,I
will marvel at the seals and walk on to the quiet corner where I'll
listen to the water as it trickles over the beautiful granite rock. I'll
take a wander over the Bridge feeling the soft grasses as I go, before
going under the circular pergola then entering the picnic area surrounded by cherry trees , white lavender and roses. What a treat for
all my senses !
BIG THANK YOU from the community
Gordon McRae and Richard Pert (RGP) assisted by Ryan, as
the employed Contractors, have made the hard landscaping
that you have seen , bringing the design to life. They have
done a superb job and I'm sure will continue to do so until the
last grain of Cedec is in place.
Hope to see you there soon
The Fife Council Lads have joined us again, building the
circular walkway and raised garden while preparing the
picnic tables and obelisks. They have laid the lawn for the
Jane Halleran—Aberdour Community Council.
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Aberdour—The Jewel of Fife.
The Editor has received the following note from Mary
Hayward. Everyone will wish Trevor well with his new
companion and hope Caesar will have as long and happy life
as Buster. Thank you, Mary.
Buster and Caesar.
.Some months ago now, Trevor (the Station)’s dog Buster
died. He has put up in the station waiting room a little
photo and poem in the dog's memory. When I noticed it, I
did telephone you and was told that you were is hospital
recovering from an operation, from which I hope you are
now feeling much better.
Just contacted John Burrell to see if anything would be put
in the latest VN and he has passed me back to you.. I had
thought that the delay could be covered by announcing the
arrival of a new station dog - Caesar.
So I am sending this note to you in case you feel the subject
is a suitable one for the next issue of VN. As a dog owner I
have spoken to Trevor and I know how deeply sad he was
when Buster had to go, so I felt it would be a nice gesture to
recognise this.
Aberdour Cultural Association
This new group was set up at an inaugural meeting at the
end of June and its aim is to initiate and promote artistic,
cultural and associated activities within Aberdour. Our first
project will be to create a poetry trail based on ten haiku poems written during the Aberdour Festival in 2007. The poems are about places around the village that mean something
to the writers and we hope to be able to display them in the
places they are about and to produce a "poetry trail" leaflet
and postcards to guide people around the trail.
My own meeting with Buster was alarming at first. I was
visiting Aberdour years ago, over a decade I think, and as I
approached the station this rather fierce looking dog stood in
front of me and barked. I wondered what to do but
obviously Buster realised his oversight and quickly let me
go on to the platform. It was only when I came to live here
that I realised that Buster was The Station Dog!!
Now that we are formally set up, we will be able to apply for
funding for the poetry trail and for future projects. Our aim
is for anyone with an idea that fits within the broad description of 'cultural' to be able to present it to our committee and
then to go ahead with their project, running it themselves but
applying for any necessary funding under the "umbrella" of
the Cultural Association.
Just another little window on the special experiences we
have of living in Aberdour.
Regards
Mary Hayward
Our Chair is Ian McCrorie, Treasurer is Andy Oldfield,
and Secretary is Alison Chapman. We already have a
number of members and hope that others will join us. If
you're interested, then do contact Alison on 01383 861267
or [email protected] and look out for meeting
notices around the village.
Please don't let the title put you off! We were looking for
something that would cover lots of different areas and think
that 'cultural' can cover a whole host of artistic or social
pursuits - so, if you have an idea, let us know!"
Regards,
Ian McCrorie
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Spotlight on Volunteers in Aberdour.
As I was idly reading a report in the newspaper of the Prime
Minister’s ideas for his “Big Society” I was struck by a
sense of déjà vu. It seemed so familiar and then I realised
that Aberdour is already running at the very least a “small
society” of its own where volunteers play an enormous role.
I am reliably informed that there are nearly 50 organisations
in Aberdour run by volunteers and that is not counting all
the help given by neighbours to each other. So could it be
that Mr. Cameron had in mind Aberdour when he drafted his
proposals?
It occurred to me that turning the spotlight on the volunteers
of Aberdour could be an excellent theme for The Aberdour
News. Anyone who has particularly noticed the work done
by volunteers might like to train the spotlight on them and
submit their own article to a future edition of the Village
News.
Village in Bloom.
Walking round Aberdour it is difficult not to be aware of the
work done by volunteers. There are flowers everywhere
enhancing the beauty of Aberdour and these have to be
planned, planted, weeded and watered regularly whatever
the weather. Thought is clearly given to the future too and
we are all watching with growing interest the development
of the sensory garden where the old primary school used to
be. Community links are not forgotten either with the work
done with Hillside school which have resulted in the wooden
planters, made by the boys, which can be seen outside
Dovecot Park gates. Work has also been undertaken at
Hillside school’s walled garden where a polytunnel has
been erected and many of the flowers used around the
village were grown .The walled garden was ploughed by a
local farmer and the boys can now grow their own plants.
So well done Village in Bloom! Enjoy the spotlight.
You have certainly earned it.
Tortured English
-- Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine.
-- A backward poet writes inverse.
-- A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.
-- Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.
-- Practice safe eating - always use condiments.
-- Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.
-- A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.
-- A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
-- Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.
-- Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
-- Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.
-- Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.
-- When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.
-- A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired.
-- What's the definition of a will? - It's a dead give away.
-- Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
-- In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your count
votes.
-- She was engaged to a boyfriend with a wooden leg but
broke it off.
-- A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
-- If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.
-- With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
-- When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds.
-- You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
-- Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under.
-- He often broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
-- Every calendar's days are numbered.
-- A lot of money is tainted - It taint yours and it taint mine.
-- A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
-- He had a photographic memory that was never developed.
-- A plateau is a high form of flattery.
-- A midget fortune-teller who escapes from prison is a small
medium at large.
-- Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in
the end.
-- Once you've seen one shopping centre, you've seen a mall.
-- Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead-to-know basis.
-- Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
-- Acupuncture is a jab well done.
Elizabeth Lloyd.
Where will the spotlight fall next?
If you can keep your head, when others around you are
losing theirs... THEN YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION YOU'RE IN!
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Aberdour—The Jewel of Fife.
Door Step Sellers
If someone comes to your door you do not have to buy anything.
Ask yourself some questions before you give anyone any money.
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Do I want it?
Can I afford it?
Will I ever use it?
Do I know and trust the seller?
Do not feel you have to buy something when someone
is at your door.
Do no sign anything until you have had a chance to read
everything and understand what you are buying
* If you don’t want anything—say “no thank you” and close the door.
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If a salesman is in your house and you want them to go—just as them to
leave.
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If the salesman won’t leave –phone 999 and ask for the police.
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If you buy something always get a receipt.
If you have signed something and don’t know what you have signed for
or don’t want the service anymore, contact Trading Standards.
Further help and Advice
Fife Council
Trading Standards Advice
08454 04 05 06
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Shinty Club events
Shinty Olympics & BBQ, Friday 25 June
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any thanks to everyone involved and to Celebrating
Fife 2010 for its support. A quick count up on the night
revealed that over 80 people joined us for a great evening! It
was lovely to see people from all generations together, from
babies to senior citizens, all enjoying great food, good company and a bit of exercise, too. The adults vs children shinty
game went down particularly well – amazing how competitive
the dads were! – and one mum commented that the only thing
her son didn’t like was having to go home! In fact, the evening
went down so well that we hope to make it a regular event.
An Evening with Andy Chung, Saturday 11 September,
Woodside Hotel
This is our next big event – open to all! For those of you who
don’t know Andy, there's a bit of information about him
below. He doesn't just do folk music! He is a great entertainer
and it promises to be a very good evening, so do buy a ticket
sooner rather than later: they are £8 each and are available
from Marianne on 01383 417821 or 07757100954.
Andy Chung has performed live throughout Scotland and the
north of England. Over the past few years he has become a
well loved character on the Scottish folk/world music scene, a
finalist in the 1998 Danny Kyle awards at Celtic Connections
in Glasgow and a regular performer at the Edinburgh Folk
Club. Kirkcaldy-born Andy drifted into a career in music after
leaving Glasgow School of Art in 1988, playing in a
succession of rock bands and rhythm and blues outfits.
Though the musical seeds were sown at a very early age
through the Chinese folk music much beloved of his parents,
his influences are also drawn from Scottish and Irish song
writing and a love for country blues styles.
Village Christmas Trees
Alex Waugh, Stevie Boxall and I are standing down as
organisers of the Christmas Trees this year and are glad to
welcome Simon Baxter as the new ‘Chief Forester’. He will
need help, especially on December 4th, when the trees will go
up. If you are under 60 (unlike us!), your assistance to
collect, erect and light the trees will be very welcome indeed;
these trees are so much appreciated by all Aberdour residents,
young and old. Simon has full instructions about how to proceed, but please, please give him the assistance he needs – all
you need do is give up 3 - 4 hours on the morning of 4th Dec,
and an hour or two on 12th Night. If you would like to
volunteer, please contact Simon on 860636
or by email to [email protected].
Richard Lloyd
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NEXT ISSUE DECEMBER
Closing date 19th November.
CONTACT JOHN
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01383 860610
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Aberdour and Dalgety Bay W.R.I.
St Columba’s Episcopal Church –Aberdour.
We had a very successful outing in June, when we visited
St. Andrews Cheese Factory and Ceres.
Bishop David Chillingworth –Primus
Rector –Rev.Val Nellis
28 Glamis Gardens
Dalgety Bay.
Tel: 01383 824066
At the West Fife Group annual show we gained first place in the
Community work "Afternoon Tea at the Sewing B".
Various members won individual trophies for their work in
Handcraft and Floral Art.
n Sunday 26th September we will celebrate our Harvest
Thanksgiving Service. All over the world people
celebrate their harvest in one way or another. Do come and
join us. There will be a Bring and Share Lunch after the
service and if you would like to come and experience a
occasion where you really do get something for nothing, then
you will be made very welcome.
Our next meeting is on Wednesday 8 September 2010 at 7.17 pm
in the Community Centre, Shore Road, Aberdour when a
representative from the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh will talk
about the wonderful work done at the school.
Competitions
Handcraft A Lavender Sachet
Floral Art A Seasonal Arrangement
On Sunday 8th August we had two important events in the
church. The morning service was taken for the very first
time, by Maureen Stirzaker who we are looking forward to
welcoming to St Columba’s on a more frequent basis. It was
a spirit filled occasion and we offer to Maureen the warmest
of welcomes.
On the 13th October the speaker will be the well known local
photographer David Wardle speaking about his work with the
International Fire and Rescue Service.
Competitions
Housewife
A Flask of Soup
Floral Art
Halloween Exhibit
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Visitors and new members are always welcome.
The evening service took the shape of our traditional Songs
of Praise. The church was full to overflowing- always a good
sign in these times, the flowers which are our contribution to
the Flower Festival looked wonderful and the good folk of
Aberdour and our combined choir of 20 sang the rafters off
the church. Thanks to everyone who came, who decorated
the church, who sang in the choir and not the least to George
Heatherington , the brother of Anne Chadwick, our esteemed
Director of Music who again wrote an anthem especially for
this annual service.
Audrey Taylor 823251
“Just a great wee village pub”
There will be an evening course based on Mark’s gospel, at
7.30pm on 6th October for 12 weeks in The Dalgety Bay Day
Care Centre. It promises to be both meaningful and worthwhile. If you are interested, please contact Jean and Andrew
Cook by telephone on 825 222
Lunches served Wed –Mon 12pm –2.30pm.
We have a new lunch menu with lots of exciting options.
But still including our popular soup and sandwich deal
Senior Citizens Lunch Deal
Come in and enjoy our special 3 course lunch for just £6.95!
Homemade Soup of the Day, Main Course and Dessert –fantastic value!
.We were delighted to have had a stall at the Community
Market during the Aberdour Festival. To all those people
who came to see us, we look forward to seeing you at some
time in the future. 11.00 am on a Sunday morning would be
remarkably convenient and you will find most of us in.
Visit our La Luna Restaurant
Open Wed –Sun from 6 –9pm
We have added exciting new Tapas, Antipasto and Main Courses
to our La Luna evening menu along with a
Mediterranean wine list for your enjoyment.
Lastly, my final wee reminder that there will be a coffee
morning in St Fillan’s Hall on Saturday 9th October. To
those good people who have already made contact with me,
my heartfelt thanks. If you have bric-a-brac that you would
like to offer us, an old gold Rolex watch or perhaps an
unwanted Bugatti Veyron in your garage, please contact the
writer of this piece. Otherwise, just come and offer your
support as you always do so generously.
Early Evening Menu
Choose two courses from our special early menu for £8.95.
Available every evening 6-7pm.
Remember to visit our website or Facebook page
for upcoming live music events at the Cedar Inn & our current offers
Thinking about your Christmas party? Contact us to discuss your requirements.
Large table bookings are always welcome.
Cedar Inn & La Luna Restaurant
Jeremy Hawkings,
Tel 0138 825 800.
20 Shore Road, Aberdour KY3 0TR
Telephone: 01383 860310
www.cedarinn.co.uk
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Full bar menu 12 noon –2.30pm daily, Mon –Fri
Open all day Sat –Sun
Light Lunch
Full bar menu 12 noon –2.30pm daily, Mon –Fri
Open all day Sat –Sun
Light Lunch
2 Courses for £8.25
3 Courses for £10.00
All Week 12 –2.30pm
New Menus
Early Bird 5 –6.30pm Mon –Fri
Main Course for £6.95 (excluding steaks on evening menu)
Open 5pm –9pm
High Street, Aberdour KY3 0SW.
Tel: 01383 860328 Fax: 01383 860920
E-mail: [email protected]
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ABERDOUR FRIENDSHIP CLUB.
OPEN DOOR
n 13th February 1986 a steering committee held a meeting in the Community Centre to discuss leisure
activities for all categories of retired persons.
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This is an article for those who don’t know about Open
Door!
A well-known man of the village, Mr Ian Foster was
chairman with Mrs. R.Thomson, Mrs. R. Payne and Mrs.
Garscadden forming a committee.
Open Door is a monthly get-together at the church hall held
during the autumn and winter months for friendship and
fellowship and EVERYONE is welcome. It is a Church
outreach to the whole community and to any visitors or
passers-by.
We have a team of people (see below) who serve on the
planning group and we currently have a vacancy for a
secretary if anyone is interested? May I say a big thank you,
here, to Alex Harper, who has been a committed and
resourceful member of our group and is standing down this
year.
It was agreed that the syllabus should include Speakers,
Entertainment, Card Games, Bingo, Spring and Autumn
Outings and Christmas Lunch. This is still the programme.
The club is fortunate in having some Founder members
attending the Wednesday afternoon meetings –Mrs. Ena
Drummond, Mrs. Gwen Liston, Mrs. Margaret Gilmour to
name a few, plus several new members.
The meetings start on the second Thursday in October and
finish on the second Thursday in March, from 10:30 until 12
noon, during which time we have a speaker, followed by
questions, refreshments and a time to talk to each other.
Wednesday meetings in the small hall at the Community
Centre resume on 8th September, 2010 at 2.00pm.
It is quite a varied programme, and if anyone has any
suggestions or preferences for a talk, we will try and incorporate it in the programme for 2011/2012.
In February, 2011 the club will celebrate the 25th anniversary.
This season’s programme is as follows:
14 Oct – John Taylor “Old Aberdour part 3”
11 Nov – The Abbot House Heritage Trust
9 Dec - ‘Flying for Life’ (Mission Aviation Fellowship)
13 Jan – John Burrell "Vienna - a tour of Austria's capital"
10 Feb – Adam Payne “Protecting the Marine environment”
10 March - Rev A Roy “The story of the Leprosy Mission”
New members are always welcome.
Margaret Dickinson –Chairperson.
01383 860449.
Hope to see you there!
Sue Lloyd
(Team members: Lynn Bastow, Helen Jamieson, Jean
Historical Walk
(Dr) Simon Taylor, a resident of the village and author of the
series “The Place Names of Fife” will guide a walk through
the parish of Aberdour looking at its language and landscape
history over the last thousand or more years through its
place-names and oother early historical records on Saturday
11th September. Full details can be found at
www.fifedirect.org.uk/events/index.cfm?
fuseaction=event.display&objectid=3EB4BC6E-B1C834D2-4059E028D4B7EAE9
Please bring stout footwear, warm clothing and a snack. Meet
at the station car park at 9.45am. There is no charge but
booking is advisable at [email protected] or on
860220
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Ex-Children Wanted for the Childrens’
Panel!
£16,000 given away in the last 4 1/2 years!
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ife Childrens’ Panel is looking for volunteers to go
through the selection process in October/November this
year, with a view to becoming full Panel Members in May
2011. Applicants for panel membership don't need any
specific qualifications or experience, only a genuine interest
and understanding of the issues affecting children's welfare
and a willingness to commit time to ongoing training to
maintain and develop their skills.
hich organisation is this? It’s the Cedar Inn Social
Club, which raises funds via a weekly Meat Raffle, a
Christmas Draw and occasional other draws. The Meat
Raffle happens every Saturday at 5.30pm and is very well
supported by regulars in the Cedar and by visitors too. We
source our superb meat from Cameron’s of Burntisland,
with whom we spend some £4,000 per year. The profit goes
into the Club funds and is used to support local good causes.
Some examples are:
The Aberdour Day Care Centre
Fife Childrens’ Panel is part of Scotland’s unique system of
justice for children aged between 0 and 16. The guiding
principle of this system is that ‘the welfare of the child is
paramount’. Whereas some years ago, the system dealt
predominantly with offending children, today the great
majority of children’s hearings are concerned with those
who are at risk, from neglect, being out of control, or being
in physical or moral danger.
Aberdour Primary School
The annual Senior Citizens Christmas lunch
I want to take this opportunity to thank Willie MacKay, who
has been Treasurer since we started and has done a fantastic
job. Willie has stood down and the job of Treasurer has
been taken on by Liz Thomson, whom we thank and wish
well. We can always do with a couple more volunteers to
assist with meat raffle and other activities, so if you feel you
can help, please contact the chair, Alex Waugh.
The Panel in Fife has some 150 members, drawn from all
sections of Society, and from all ages and geographical
locations. A Panel consists of 3 members, and the Panel sits
in Dunfermline and Glenrothes. A typical Panel Member
might expect to attend 2 sessions of 3 hearings (each of
around 1 hour) per month. All Panel Members are
volunteers and undergo a period of training (and ongoing
training) to equip them for the task. The training is, quite
simply, superb.
Richard Lloyd
Serving as a panel member is very worthwhile and people
often find that they get much more out of it than they put
in. It really can be a life-changing experience, both for the
children and the panel members. The process of selection
involves an application form, a short interview if the
candidate meets the initial criteria, and if selected, a final
half day of team discussions. Those who are then successful
are submitted to Scottish Ministers for final approval, and
begin their training in January 2011.
NEW HEARTY AUTUMN MENU
starts mid-September
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Take-away Chip Shop
available
5.00 pm – 9.00 pm Monday to Friday
All Day – Saturday & Sunday
If you’re interested, please ask for an application form by
contacting Sandra Hunter Committee Administrator,
CPAC, Fife Council, Fife House, North St, Glenrothes,
KY7 5LT, or by email to [email protected] or by
telephone on 08451 555555 Ext 442303
Make a note to come along in
mid-November to see our newly
refurbished bar!!
Richard Lloyd
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