TEN YEARS of ALYTH FAMILY HISTORY PROJECT Irene Robertson & the FHP Team

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TEN YEARS OF ALYTH FAMILY HISTORY PROJECT Irene Robertson & the FHP team

Volunteers needed Remember this leaflet? See page 23

It’s incredible to think Alyth Family History Project is 10 years old this year!! Citizen of the Year Awards. I am sure none of us thought in August 2009 See page 2 that we would gather enough photographs, burial records or general memorabilia to sustain the project more than a few years… however very quickly the support for the project came flooding in and it was clear we had the beginning of something special! All thanks to you!

In 10 years we have collected over 6,500

March photographs, recorded every burial in both Interview cemeteries up to 1999, collated marriage and baptism records, collected newspapers, See page 38-39 postcards, books, pamphlets, almanacs, adverts, maps and memorabilia, helped hundreds of visitors and responded to hundreds of genealogy enquiries relating to Alyth from all around the world, and still submissions and enquiries come in!

In true Alyth-style we are going to do something ADT special to celebrate our 10th anniversary but we NEWS need your help! See page 24-25 Watch this space next month to find out how you can contribute to the anniversary celebrations for this amazing project and keep building it for generations to enjoy in the years to come!

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EDITOR’S LETTER

Welcome to the March issue of the Alyth Voice!

I said in February that we were looking forward to a great 2019, and it’s certainly started out that way. The news that Alyth in Bloom have made huge strides towards raising their ambitious funding target for the refurbishment of the Burnside is something that everyone in Alyth will I am sure be delighted to hear. This is an important project and one which will make all the difference to the town centre, complementing the works done last year on the Market Square. Let’s hope the momentum keeps going and the target is finally reached as soon as possible. I’m sure the Voice speaks for all when we say huge congratulations to everyone who has helped to get the project this far!

Alyth in Bloom were the worthy recipients in February of one of the community awards so successfully relaunched by Alyth Community Council and presented at a special Volunteers Party in the Airlie Street Hall. I don’t think anyone would disagree that Alyth in Bloom thoroughly deserve the award of “Voluntary & Community Group of the Year”.

Similarly, George Annan of Alyth Youth Partnership and Perthshire Brass is one of our community’s greatest assets and congratulations to him on the “Citizen of the Year Award”. It’s great to know also that we have wonderful young people in Alyth who give so much to our community, so congratulations as well to Paige Fotheringham as “Young Citizen of the Year”.

Well done to Alyth Community Council not only for organising these awards but also for celebrating their first anniversary since the Council was restarted in 2018 under the able chairmanship of Iain Donaldson.

At the Alyth Voice, we have been once again overwhelmed by the generosity of the local community: huge thanks to the Alyth Bingo Tea for their recent donation of £346, and to Thrifty- One for their donation of £300. We would also like to say a special thank you to Iain Wheatley of St Ninian’s Road and Mrs Stewart of Haughend for their personal donations to our funds. It’s generosity like this that makes all our efforts worthwhile.

Finally, we must apologise to the Family History Project for inadvertently missing out of our February issue their thank-you note to everyone who came along to their Boxing Day event. You’ll find the note in this issue.

Best wishes,

Kevin Coe Editor

Iain Donaldson, chair of Alyth Community Council (left) pictured with Citizen of the Year George Annan, Young Citizen of the Year Paige Fotheringham, and Karin Donaldson of Alyth in Bloom - Voluntary and Community Group of the Year.

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We’ve had a great start to the year with our very successful comedy night, and of course the last part of the series of bronze workshops. Talking of workshops, our minibus came back with the roof repaired and we were able to resume trips. The youth club have been swimming, and the Hub went to Combat City which was a more advanced version of laser tag – I think the staff were the most excited people taking part! This was a great fun experience for everyone and something we will likely do again, and again…

Through our membership of Youth Scotland we have been updating our paperwork, and also taking part in lots of training opportunities. One of the results of that is the delivery of a new awards scheme. Throughout our groups the young people are working on High 5, Dynamic Youth, or Youth Achievement Awards. The Tribe have completed some of the challenges already, with the highlight being the balloon challenge where they showed excellent team work whilst laughing the whole way through – a great combination.

Our drama group are preparing for the Rural Youth Theatre Festival in June, and we still have room for a few more people. It is aimed at P6 – S2 and they seem to be having a great time, so if anyone is interested in getting involved then pop along to the Wing at 6pm on Monday nights. Similarly, there are spaces in the guitar group, and they meet in the Wing at 6pm on Wednesdays.

As spring approaches we have turned our attentions to planning the rest of the year – we have settled on a trip to Alton Towers for the Hubsters (assuming they put the work in to make it happen), a residential in Aviemore for the Youth Club (ditto) and a grand day out in the Easter Holidays for the Tribe. We have 42 members in Tribe, so we will have a coach providing transport to Ryze in Dundee followed by some fun at Camperdown Park. We will be fundraising for this trip at our Bingo Tea which is on Thursday 28th March at the Town Hall. If you would like to donate a prize for this, then please contact Ann Reid, Louise Nixon or myself. Last year’s bingo tea was fantastic and I hope we have a similar time this year.

As the weather improves, we’ll be back in the AYP Garden again – it’s needing a wee tidy up then we’ll start sowing the seeds and planting the tatties. The Cubs are thinking of taking on a couple of the raised beds to grow their own vegetables, and if any other groups are interested in using the garden then just give me a shout.

Lastly, a massive thank you again to everyone in the community who continue to support what we do. Cash donations, offers of help, donations of equipment etc are all very much appreciated and we as a team love working with so many young people in Alyth. Knowing that the community support us makes it even more worthwhile.

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The Council (ACC) met on th Wednesday 13 February 2019 in Alyth Town Hall

The main points of discussion were as follows:

Volunteers Party – This has been organised for Sunday 17th February 2019 when the Citizen/Young Citizen/Group of the Year awards will be presented.

Speeding – Under a Scottish Government initiative volunteers would be able to report speeding cars to the police. Equipment would be provided by the police for recording speeds and offenders would then be contacted by the police. One suggestion has been made that volunteers could swap towns to carry out the scheme to help reduce accidents.

Market Square- A number of problems have been found The paint used for marking the various parking bays is becoming detached from the mono-blocks. Drivers are not adhering to the one way system both within and around the square, ignoring the no entry and one-way signs. They are also driving across the footpaths. It is hoped to have Alyth in Bloom install a few planters round the square to solve some of the problems.

Addition Cycle Bays- The Council believes additional cycle bays placed strategically placed around the town would be a good idea. Possibly in front of the Airlie Street Hall for example.

MRI Developer – A plaque is to be erected in a prominent place in the square to commemorate the late Dr Hutchison who came from Alyth and who along with an associate developed the MRI Scanner now used throughout the world to help diagnose illnesses.

Telephone Story Box – The Story Box project is coming to an end in April and the Council has agreed to Alyth Development Trust relocating the Story Box from the square to a museum. The BT Wi-Fi contract will finish and the equipment removed in December.

Alyth in Bloom – Steady progress has been made in the raising of £120,000 from grants, fund-raising etc for the Burnside Project. The Council has been in contact with SEPA, Scottish National Heritage and Perth & Kinross Council to arrange to have the Burn cleaned out, levels reduced etc However because the area is one of ’Scientific Interest’ a meeting of all parties requires to be held. SEPA have unfortunately said no-way, initially, so more effort will be required to bring the burn back to the way it used to be for all residents and visitors. The area around the War Memorial has been tidied by the Group with the assistance of Perth & Kinross. Alyth in Bloom will need to maintain the area alone in future. A competition was run at the• school to design an emblem for marker boards which was a great success. The small park at the top of Toutie Street is to be tidied with seating, flowers and shrubs installed.

Alyth Christmas Lights – The Group have requested that stalls be allowed in the square on Victorian Day. Christmas Lights are planned from the T junction down towards the War Memorial. The Council believe both these ideas are excellent and will help in any way it can.

Microgrants- The Council awarded microgrants to the Amateur Football Club, Alyth Girl Guides and to itself for the Small signboard in the square. Microgrants form part of the available funds from the Drumderg Wind Farm and provide small grants to local groups who qualify.

AOCB- The possibility of a large sign being erected at the T-Junction with the Alyth Coat of Arms was proposed and the Council will look at how to raise the necessary funds. As a means of attracting visitors to the town a specific annual event would be one way. Suggestions about which form this should take should be given to any Councillor.

Date of Next Meeting – Wednesday 13th March 2019 at 7pm

City and Country – Alyth Walkers

January’s walk explored the city of Dundee. Starting at Dudhope castle of Bonnie Dundee and Killiecrankie fame, the group climbed to the top of Dundee Law for a spectacular view of the city and Tay estuary. Descending into the city a tour of the Howff graveyard revealed the scale of infant death in 19th century Dundee. A coffee stop in the MacManus Museum also provided an opportunity to view the excellent “Links to the Past” Pictish exhibition before making our way to Dundee docks and the Unicorn. Taking the new walkway and cycle route on the waterfront allowed an unusual view of the Tay Road Bridge and pleasing approach to the V&A. Continuing west along the newly enclosed waterfront, we passed the Tay Bridge disaster memorial and McGonagall’s bridge poem set into the pathway, before returning to the city centre via Magdalen Green.

A mild but overcast February day found the group back in the country on a circular loop from Guildtown. Following a section of the millennium path network and minor roads, we diverted past Caerbeth, site of Macbeth’s castle before he relocated to Dunsinane, and on to the delightful hamlet of St. Martins. The church and graveyard has several headstones dating back to the seventeenth century. From here we followed the snowdrop bordered ancient (1685) turnpike road which linked Scone to Forfar and passes the Witches Stone reputed to be the meeting place of Macbeth and the witches where he was warned about “Birnam forest come to Dunsinane”. Passing through the village of Wolfhill the route returned to Guildtown on farm tracks and close to two ancient stone circles.

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2019 takes Thrifty One into its fourth year. 2018 was our busiest year yet! Not only did we continue our little shop but we ran a BBQ for the Making Tracks cycling event on Alyth Hill; took part in Alyth Creates by running small upcycling workshops; hosted the Big Macmillan Coffee Morning and, most challenging of all, put on a Fashion Show on behalf of Alyth In Bloom & Airlie Street Hall.

There was a period when volunteer numbers fell right back. Happily we now have a healthy number on board. Welcome to all those who joined us in the second half of last year bringing new energy, ideas and talent. Our most senior volunteer turned eighty last year. At the other end we have a pupil form Blairgowrie High School who comes for work experience on Friday afternoons. However we are always keen to talk to anyone who is interested in joining us. It only takes a family crisis, a move, a new job for numbers to fall.

As part of our remit to sell/reuse all our donations volunteers have come up with outlets for difficult to sell/excess items. As in previous years nearly new bras & brand-new underwear are passed onto Smalls for All, a charity working to support African girls & young women through school by providing them with underwear. Every month a large suitcase of children’s clothes and bedding goes off to Kenya Children’s Home. At intervals excess bedding, crockery, lampshades are passed through to Perth where they are used to make Starter Packs for the recently homeless. Though none of these groups benefit Alyth directly, our volunteers feel that it is reasonable to pass on some items that have not sold in the shop to others who need them. We hope you agree. All other usable but unsold items we sell onto Cash For Clothes or Bric Plus ( a subsidiary of Blythswood Charity)

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Who were the Picts? Why are they important in the heritage of Alyth?

Alyth Creates is supported by Alyth Development Trust Community Project funding from the Tullymurdoch Windfarm

The Picts were the native people of this area (297-904 A.D.) before they amalgamated with the Scots from the west to become the Scottish nation of Alba.

Little is known of the language they spoke, but it was a form of Celtic in common with that spoken in Wales and Brittany. They have left us no written accounts of their way of life, and what has been written was penned by the Romans and various Irish and Northumbrian monks. Their accounts are somewhat biased as they are written from the perspective of an invading army, and as accounts celebrating the lives of saints.

Often portrayed as naked, painted barbarians, they were no more barbaric than the Romans or Vikings, and indeed have left us an amazing heritage of beautiful art in the form of carved standing stones and exquisite metal work. The name Picts was given to the peoples of this part of Scotland by the Romans, but may not have been what the people called themselves. Pictish Stone Carving The Pictish kingdom spread from north of the Forth estuary to as far north as Orkney and may have included areas of Galloway. This extensive area was divided into sub kingdoms ruled by local over- lords, much in the way Scotland was ruled by later clan families.

Alyth Creates 2019 3 day festival 24th-26th May is your opportunity to learn more about this mysterious people, their im- portance in the creation of the Scottish nation, their craft skills, and local sites associated with the Picts.

On the evening of Friday 24th May, Norman Atkinson will give a talk on the relevance of the Picts to Alyth at Alyth Parish Church.

Sunday 26th May will see a number of craft demonstrations, stone carving, leather working, and examples of Pictish weaponry.

Alyth Creates 2019 will once again be a var- ied programme of arts & crafts, music, and outdoor events including the Cateran Trail Run. New for 2019, an art competition for amateur and professional artists.

Full details of programme will be available soon on www.alythartsandcraftsguild.co.uk, Alyth Creates Facebook, and future issues of the Alyth Voice.

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Alyth Parish ROMAN CATHOLIC NEW COMMUNICANTS CHURCH Church If you would like to become a member of Alyth Parish Church, please contact the Morning Service at 11am every Sunday. Saturday Vigil Sundays Rev. Mike Erskine on 01828 632 238 Evening Service at 6.00pm on or email 6.30pm and 9.30am First Sunday of each month. [email protected] Sundays St Luan's, (Note Special Dates below) 11.00am Alexandra St. ~~~ St Stephen's, Alyth Bank St. Primary and Senior Sunday School. Blairgowrie ST NINIAN’S Meet at 11am each Sunday during normal School Terms. EPISCOPAL CHURCH SERVICES New recruits are always most welcome. (Primary caters for children aged between 3 www.st-stephens-blairgowrie.org.uk and 7 years. Senior caters for children ALL ARE WELCOME between 8 and 12 years) (A Crèche is Rector: The Very Revd Kenny Rathband available for children under three). Tel: 01250 874 583

~~ Email: [email protected] Diocesan Website: www.standrews.anglican.org PRAYER GROUP THANK YOU The Prayer Group meets most Thursdays in the MARCH 3rd 11am Book of Common Prayer Communion Burnside Court Lounge at 10.30am. Everyone 10th 11am Sung Eucharist is most Welcome. (This is an informal and very BOXING DAY @ BURNSIDE 17th 11am Sung Eucharist friendly meeting – why not join us?). COURT 24th 11am Sung Eucharist

~~~ 31st 11am Sung Eucharist A huge thanks to everyone who came THE GUILD along to Burnside Court on Boxing (Meetings held in the Lower Hall at 2pm) Day afternoon for some company and

7th March- History of Dounreay by John good cheer while taking a trip down Smith Alyth's memory lane through some Bring 4th April—Cross Reach by Pete Family History Project photos. Cuthbertson Alyth Show It was a lovely afternoon with many ~~~ laughs! Home

THE CHURCH CHOIR Grateful thanks to those who made The Choir meet for practice in the Church at 6.45pm on every Friday. the soup, donated food or gifts, and ~~~ helped set up, serve and clear up SPECIAL DATES - I couldn't have done it without you and I really appreciate your help x 4th March—Kirk Session in Lower Hall at 7pm Irene Robertson (New Alyth) 6th & 20th March—Future of the Church Focus Meeting 11am till 3.30pm in Lower Hall

31st March—Mothering Sunday 14th April—Palm Sunday Procession from How many of you out there in Square at 11am KILRY HALL "Voice Land" would like to see 15th to 17th April—Holy Week Services 7pm T – JUNCTION CAFÉ ‘Our Show’ back home?? 18th April—Maundy Thursday Holy Communion at 7pm th 21st April—Easter Sunday—Meet at Airlie March 16 10 - 12 If you are in favour please put Street Hall at 8.30am for walk to Alyth Hill, April 20th 10 - 12 your name on the petition sheets followed by breakfast in Church at 10am, May 18th 10 - 12 in the shops and cafes in town or followed by Sunday Service at 11am June 15th Open Gardens Kilry 12 - 5 th place a wee note in the Voice June 16 Open Gardens Kilry 12 - 5 www.alythparishchurch.org.uk July 20th 10 - 12 Boxes in , Thifty1 and Lunans.

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If you haven't been out in those good days getting your garden dug over and the greenhouse washed down now is the time to do it.

Lawns. With the milder than normal winters we get now, lawns can suffer algae like growths, making the lawn slippery. This is usually caused by poor drainage and compacted soil and can be more prevalent around trees. To eliminate this problem try aerating and top dressing with sharp sand. Avoid walking on the grass in winter where possible. Scarify to remove last years thatch. If you have a rhubarb patch place an upturned bucket over a crown, this will give you a few spear at least a fortnight earlier. Prune roses and fruit trees. Perennials that are showing new shoots can be divided. Some perennials die in the centre, it is a good idea to lift these and to replant a healthy part from the rim. Sow some salad leaves in a bucket its early but well worth a try. Broad beans can be sown now for an early crop.

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A Burns Supper and Ceilidh were held in Kilry Hall on Friday 25th January where our minister Reverend Stephen Blakey gave an excellent address to the haggis. This beastie was piped in by Stuart Wilkie. The Immortal Memory was delivered following a lovely supper provided by Kirrie Dumplings and Jim Brown’s band provided wonderful Burns music. Those present much enjoyed the piping, recitations and of course the dancing. A very happy fun evening! ~~~~

WAAM Lent Study Groups This year the West Angus Area Ministries team invites you to join us on a journey through the season of Lent, which runs from Ash Wednesday 6th March and through to Easter Sunday 21st April.

We will be guided on our journey by John Pritchard’s book on The Journey, which will be an excellent resource for personal study and also for our Lent Study Groups. The book is available in both hardcopy and kindle, and there are a lot of second hand deals on Amazon.

We have three groups planned, but there is always room for more. So far we have:

Wednesday afternoons 2.00 pm Starting Wednesday 13th March The Boardroom of St Andrews Church, Kirriemuir Led by Revd John Orr Thursday evenings 7.00 pm Starting Thursday 7th March Old Craig, Kilry Led by Carolyn Richmond (01575 560321) Friday afternoons 2.30 pm Starting Friday 8th March Broomhall, Kilry Led by Deryck and Barbara Lovegrove (01575 560267)

We do hope you will want to join in. You can buy the book and use it day by day and / or join one of the groups. The Kirrie Housegroup will continue to meet at 7.30 pm on Thursdays 28th Feb, 14th & 28th Mar and 4th April.

Photographs of Burns Supper provided by Christine Lauritsen Blakey Text submitted by Reverend Stephen Blakey and Jenny Ralston

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65th Wedding Anniversary

JOHN & EMMA ROBERTSON

Well done Dad & Mum Happy 65th Wedding Anniversary 19th March Quite an achievement!! Lots of love and best wishes from all the family

Alyth & District Pipe Band

Alyth & District Pipe Band would like to thank everyone who attended their Coffee Morning on Saturday 2nd February. We raised a fantastic £854.70 Thank you to everyone who helped with the baking, set up and clear up, the ladies in the kitchen and donated raffle prizes, particularly the following local businesses:

The Alyth Traditional Fish Bar Bourtree Jams & Preserves JB Corrie The Joinery Coffee Shop (Meigle) JRT’s Gents and Juniors Hair Salon The Losset Alyth Garage

The proceeds will help us to continue teaching young people traditional instruments at a minimal cost and help to keep traditional music alive. If you feel inspired to take up the pipes or drums, come along to one of our practise nights and give it a go. We meet on a Wednesday at 6pm in Alyth Town Hall, all welcome.

For more information, please contact Karen Barton 01828 640169 / 07977239140

17 Alyth Show Saturday 15th June 2019, Bogles Field, Blairgowrie - Industrial Tent Schedule

Section 1 Baking Judge Lynsey Smith Section 4 Handicrafts Judge Julie Hermitage Sponsored by Jonathan Treffry Installations Sponsored by Peapod Studios Scotland

"Trauma Teddy" pattern supplied. To be donated to Police 1 Chocolate Filled Sponge Sandwich Cake (8"/20cm) 31 Scotland/Children 1st

2 Upside Down Cake - any fruit topping (8"20cm) 32 A Wet Felt Item

3 Cheese Scones (3) 33 Mobile Phone Cover – any medium 4 Melting Moments (3) 34 Cushion – Woodland Theme (Max Size 16”) 5 Black Bun (2 pieces) 35 A lamp made from a Bottle (displayed without lampshade)

6 Chocolate Hobnobs (3) 36 A Decorated Photo Frame (no larger than A4) 7 Gluten Free Cupcakes (2) 37 Unframed Sketch of a Tree – No larger than A4 8 Weetabix Loaf – Recipe Supplied 9 Rhubarb Muffin (2) Unframed Painting of a Woodland – No larger than 38 A3 10 Rosemary & Garlic Rolls (3) 11 Mint Aero Traybake (3 pieces) Section 5 Photography Judge John Lindsay Sponsored by Angus Forbes Photography 12 Swedish Tea Ring Section 2 Produce Judge Anne Simpson 39 Beasts with Horns Sponsored by The Potato House 40 "A Woodland Walk" 13 Strawberry Jam (small jar) 41 Woodland Flowers/Fungi 14 Chilli Jam (small jar) 42 A Sign 15 Whisky Marmalade (small jar) 43 "Purple" 16 Spiced Apple Chutney (small jar) 44 Clock 17 Mushroom Soup (small flask) 45 Children 12yrs – 16yrs – Trees 18 Vegetable Pickle (small jar) Section 6 Children Judge Dawn Tosh Sponsored by GRM Podiatry 19 Individual Quiche 20 Small Key Lime Pie Pre School 21 Individual Strawberry Mousse 46 Colouring in Picture (Supplied) 22 Small Dish of Pâté 47 Pine Cone Person 23 Home Bred Hen’s Eggs (6) 48 Wooden Spoon Puppet 24 Barbecue Sauce (small jar/bottle) Primary 1 - Primary 3 Section 3 Floral Art Judge Evelyn Caldow 49 Woodland Scene in a Shoebox Sponsored by Something Special Flowers 50 Wooden Spoon Puppet 25 Bowl of Floating Fuchsia Heads 51 Chocolate Crispy Cake - 2 26 Jug of Garden Flowers 52 Paper Chain Character 27 Arrangement Incorporating Wood 53 Photograph – A Tree 28 An Arrangement including "Shades of Green" Primary 4 - Primary 7 29 Twist of Nature using Foliage & Wild Material 54 Woodland Scene in a Shoebox 30 An Imaginative Display of Herbs 55 Wooden Spoon Puppet 56 A Filled Baked Potato Entry Fee £5 - cheques made payable to Alyth & District Agricultural Show. Entries to Children's Section and Class 45 are Free. 57 Paper Chain Character Return Entry Form to Judith Knox, Bankhead of Alyth House, Alyth, 58 PH11 8HQ, Tel 07834195779 Photograph – A Tree

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Strathmore Golf Club – Junior Section

FREE TASTER SESSIONS

We are encouraging local children and Families (boys and girls can bring along a family member) to try golf. We are running 6 sessions - Saturday 9thth March at 10 am and 11 am Sunday 10th March at 11 am Saturday 16th March at 10 am and 11 am Thursday 4th April at 5 pm These sessions are also being promoted in local schools by Active Schools coordinators Caroline Lawrie and Magnus Moncrieff. If these date or times don't suit contact me and alternative arrangements can be made - Iain Butchart – Strathmore Junior Convenor email - [email protected] , mobile – 07707 657233.

Golf is all about fun and learning a new sport. It teaches many life skills and is healthy with plenty of exercise and fresh air. For members we run Fun events every week, the Centre pay a PGA Professional to supply 17 hours of group tuition to each member. We have joined Golfsixes a brand new stepping stone from coaching to playing. We have handicap and scratch teams and events. So something for everyone.

Over the last few years we have had many successes - 2 PGA Assistant Professionals – Rory Tinker (Piperdam) and Hannah Robb (Sonning) 3 Greenkeepers – Tod Bannerman (Gleneagles) Cory Miller (Elmwood) and Ben Anderson (Alyth) 4 Juniors achieved Scholarships to attend Universities in America - Emily Aird, Hannah Robb, Michael Brodie and Kirsty Brodie. Hazel McGarvie is combining golf and studies at Stirling University. 6 players have represented Scotland at International level with another representing Russia. Alex Simpson became our first National Champion being part of the 4 boys team who won the Scottish Boys Area Team event in 2018, the first time in history for Perth and Kinross.

6 years ago, with a grant from Drumderg, I set up a unique Club Hire scheme which allows children to rent sets of clubs for £25 per annum rather than buying them which over the “growing years” can save parents a fortune. Golf doesn't need to be expensive and last year we had 38 children using the scheme. Since it started 59 youngsters have benefitted from this and some are into their 4th year and 3rd set.

If anyone has any unused golf clubs these can be donated and put to great use.

THANK YOU—Mollison

Wanda, Doreen, Drew, Derek and Families would like to thank everybody for their cards, flowers and kind words after the recent passing of William (Walla) Walla will be greatly missed by family and friends alone after playing such a big part in the community. We would also like to thank David Scott Funeral Directors, Rev Mike and Donna at Pitcrocknie Coffee House for the Wonderful services we received

We would also like to give our biggest thankyou to the wonderful team at Alyth health centre, including the district nurses, the carers and the Blairgowrie community hospital who looked after Walla during his illness.

We collected £871.20 which has been split between the GP unit at Blairgowrie cottage hospital and Cancer Research UK

Regards

Wanda and Family

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ALYTH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS Don’t have access 200 Club to email? It’s FREE in the Airlie Street Library FEBRUARY DRAW (Thanks to Madeleine McIntosh for making the draw )

1st - £50 - 70 - Mr G Robertson 2nd - £30 - 122 - Mrs E Strachan 3rd - £20 - 187 - Mr H Simpson

LIGHTS AGM Will be held on Wednesday 15th May 2019 in Airlie Street Lounge at 7.30pm Royal Bank Of Scotland MOBILE BANK At least two members of the Committee will be standing down and we need YOUR support to Tuesday - 11:00am to 12:00pm Town Square continue the excellent work of the team. Thursday - 2:00pm to 3.00pm Town Square Without your support the Lights team may not be able to continue. BLAIRGOWRIE & DISTRICT TREFOIL GUILD There are only a handful of informal meetings in a year and the reward is huge.

Please come along and support YOUR Lights.

All Welcome! New members welcome

Meetings at St Catherine’s Church Hall, Blairgowrie at 7.30pm on the 1st Wednesday of each month (apart from Jan & Feb) THANK YOU

The Trefoil Guild supports local Girlguiding, enjoys activities, guest speakers and outings in a friendly atmosphere. Alyth Christmas Lights/Alyth Voice Next Meetings: 7th Nov & 5th Dec 01828 632679 or email On Valentine’s Night a Bingo was held and was hugely [email protected] supported by patrons who enjoyed a good night of bingo with excellent prizes donated by some very generous people.

Glenisla SWRI Thanks go to everyone who helped in any way; organisers, donors, Geraldine, sandwich makers and servers, kitchen Meet in Glenisla Community Hall @ 7.30pm staff, patrons, Jean, not forgetting our entertaining checkers Contact Mrs Hilary Lawrence (president) 01828 633112 and anyone else who helped us raise a massive £670 or Kathleen Davidson (secretary) 01575 582205 which will be split between The Voice and The Christmas New Members Welcome Lights, giving them £335 each.

Membership £25.00 Visitors £4.00 Thank you all for your support, it means a lot.

Liz Gordon,

Alyth Christmas Lights THE COFFEE CYCLE

Meet every Wednesday morning. Alyth Square 9.30am For a cycle in search of coffee and cake. All welcome. Destination decided on the day. Interested? Call/text Pat 07583297408 Or just turn up. See you there!

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Alyth & District Pipe Band Alyth Senior Citizens' We are looking for new or experienced pipers Lunch & Socialising Club and drummers to join the pipe band. (Perth & Kinross Healthy Communities Project) Weekly practise in Alyth Town Hall Tel : Audra Webster 01738 473146 on Wednesday’s from 6pm. New members welcome Strathmore Tots

For more information please

contact Karen Barton Alyth New members & volunteers 01828 640169 / 07977239140 welcome Baby and Toddler Group

Monday mornings 9.30am to 11.30am Exercise Group - Mondays 10am Ogilvie Rooms, Commercial Street, Alyth in the Airlie Street Hall

Whether you're a first time Mum or Dad or have a larger family, come along to our local friendly group for Lunch at 12.30pm in the Airlie Street Hall a cuppa and a chat with other parents (£2.50p per person) while the wee ones play. Grandparents and Carers also welcome.

£2 per family, this includes a snack Next Lunches: for the toddlers and as much tea and 11th March and 25th March coffee as you can drink!

To keep up to date with what we have on and where, join our Facebook Ericht Art Club page – Strathmore Tots, Alyth.

Meigle Art Group We are a friendly little club, where people of all abilities from beginners to expert The Group meets on Tuesday Or for more information call or text painters are made most welcome. the mornings in the Alyth Scout Hall main objective is to enjoy your hobby in a 10am 12pm 07807591868 fun environment.

New Members Welcome If you would like to find out more please Scottish Charity No. SCO44910 Equipment can be provided for starters. contact Tina Gliddon on 07443338580 or Contact 633811 for further details Lesley Garside on 07739463594 Alyth Art Group We meet on Tuesdays from Gordon Coutts 10am to 12 noon STRIDE FOR LIFE at the Community Wing of ALYTH GROUP Alyth Primary School If you would like to join our friendly group ALYTH GIRL GUIDE HUT Stride for Life is a walking project providing please contact

FREE led walks for individuals in their the Secretary – Angela Meachen community. The group meets on a Tuesday 01828 632532 FOR RENT or HIRE at 1.30pm at The Airlie Street Hall. for more information Our walks last approximately 45-50 Contact Angie for details: minutes. Walking is a great way to keep ALYTH HEALTH CENTRE 632106 active and make you feel better. We think it's much more fun walking in a group and Is a Collection Point for enjoying a good old blether! On average we CALLY CRAFTERS have about twenty walkers so why not come USED SPECTACLES Bridge of Cally Hall and join us. There is no need to book, just for VISION 2020 Every Thursday turn up on the day! “The Right to Sight Project” 1.30 - 3.30 pm

Linda Messer 958498 (Walk Leader) For further information on the project, Traditional and contemporary crafts Peter Robertson 632674 (Walk Leader) please contact Marja & Tom Dalzeil 633032 (Walk Leader) and all abilities Meg & Jim Muir 633407 (Walk Leader) Pam Robertson, John Eggleston 633965 (Walk Leader) Angus Optix, 153-155 East High Street, Come along for a free taster session, or Forfar Tel: 01307 462461 contact 01828 633083 for more details

Towards the end of last year, as our gardening season was coming to a close, the members of Alyth in Bloom thought it would be a good idea to place signs at various points around Alyth to show both locals and visitors the areas we had been planting and tending throughout the year. Then we had an even better idea – why not ask the local primary school children to take part in a competition to design these signs for us? This they certainly did and we received 147 entries! Thank you to every one of you. They were all brilliant.

Judging all these works of art was great fun, if exceedingly difficult, but we have now decided on the winners in each of the three age groups. By the time you read this we will hopefully have presented the prizes and printed the signs, so look out for them around town in flower beds, tattie boxes and planters just as the spring bedding and bulbs are coming into flower. More will follow later.

Although there is apparently nothing to show for it, work continues on the redevelopment of the burn side. Meetings with various departments of PKC have taken place to ensure that anything we plan to do will comply with regulations. And we continue to raise money towards the £120,000 the overall project will cost. To date, approximately £78,000 funding has been secured, so we are well on our way.

The folks from Alyth in Bloom are now meeting to talk about our plans for 2019. As always, we can use more help. If you feel you could spare some time, please join us. It’s not full time—come when you can--it’s informal, it’s fun, it’s rewarding and what we do is much appreciated.

Contact either Karin Donaldson (632479) or Tam Thomson (632036) Alyth burn side renovation Fund raising

Glenisla SWRI

Meeting - 14 February 2019

Our February meeting was open evening attended by members, friends and visitors from rurals in the Angus area. We were treated to a lively and entertaining evening of music and song provided by Freewheelin’ with Joyce Ramsay and friends. During the course of the evening a raffle was held which raised £156 to be donated to the Sandpiper Trust, who provide emergency medical equipment in remote parts of Scotland to trained medical professionals. A light supper and refreshments followed rounding off a most enjoyable time.

Hilary Lawrence proposed thanks to Freewheelin’ and to all our guests for joining us for the evening at Glenisla.

Our next meeting is Thursday 14 March 2019 at 7.30 pm in Glenisla Hall featuring: Tea Growing in the Walled Garden, Kinnordy with Mrs Mary Gifford

Visitors and New Members most welcome Membership £25 Visitors £4

Jenny Anderson

Alyth in times gone by

It’s always interesting to see what people thought about Alyth in times gone by. Thanks very much to eagle-eyed Voice readers Russell Taylor and Clare Cooper who have been ferreting around the Alyth archives in Perth Museum on research projects.

They have turned up these cheerful clippings from a 1940s guidebook to Alyth and a local newspaper from the 1930s. Check out the wonderfully retro cover of the guidebook with its proud piper and the paragraph from the inside promising visitors a warm welcome. And what about the acronym of Alyth - who would disagree that it’s as true today as it was 70 or more years ago?

Finally, does anyone remember when Lunans had a lending library? This clipping from the local newspaper is an interesting combination of romance, murder and mystery. How much have reading habits changed since the 1930s, if indeed they have?

Latest news from Alyth Development Trust

Strathmore Cycle Network

We’re continuing to work hard with our colleagues in the Blairgowrie and Rattray Development Trust and Forward Coupar Angus to develop the Strathmore Cycle Network (SCN). Phase 1 connecting Alyth and Rattray is being well-used and a map/leaflet for this section is being distributed. Phase 2 is now in development, and the SCN Steering Group is consulting widely with the local community. The proposal to convert the Couttie Bridge outside Coupar Angus to single- lane traffic controlled by traffic lights, so as to allow a cycle/footpath to be created, attracted 72% support from the community. Now, specialist consultants are going to work with local groups to determine the best route from the centre of Coupar Angus to the bridge.

Alyth Creates

We’re delighted to be supporting this year’s Alyth Creates festival, scheduled for 24-26 May and taking as its central theme the mysterious Picts, who ruled most of the land north of the Forth estuary for hundreds of years before the modern kingdom of Scotland emerged in the 10th century AD. Alyth Creates 2019 will feature talks, displays and demonstrations of Pictish culture and craft. ADT is delighted to be helping make it happen with a grant of £4,760 from the funding we are starting to receive from the Tullymurdoch Windfarm. Search Alyth Creates on Facebook for more information and look out for updates in the next couple of months.

Get involved

ADT was set up in February 2015 to help improve the quality of life for everyone in Alyth, to support business and enterprise in the town and to make Alyth more environmentally friendly and better prepared to tackle climate change. We’re aiming to help create a vibrant, accessible and inclusive town that makes the most of its strengths and opportunities.

If you’d like to know more about our work or, better still, if you’d like to get involved, then please visit our website at www.lovealyth.org.uk and sign up for our e-newsletter, or follow us on Facebook at @AlythDevelopmentTrust. Our monthly meetings are also open to the public, and this year we’ll be holding them on the first Monday of each month:

4 March 3 June 2 September 2 December 1 April 1 July 7 October 6 May 5 August 4 November

Meetings start at 7.00pm in the Losset Inn, so do please come along if you can - we’d love to see you there.

Alyth Community Projects Fund Here to help you help our community!

We’re delighted to announce that our new Alyth Community Projects Fund (ACPF) is now open for the first round of applications.

Alyth Development Trust (ADT) has an agreement with Tullymurdoch Ltd, who operate the new windfarm just northeast of Alyth, to distribute the community benefit funds they are donating to the community of Alyth. We’re allocating 35% of the money each year to individuals and organisations in our community through the ACPF.

We expect to receive the first payments from the windfarm in the summer, so we’re inviting applications from local groups and individuals now so as to be ready to start distributing the money as soon as we get it. We’re looking to make grants of up to £2,000 to support community projects. Do you have a Big Idea that could help develop, support and sustain activities that:

Improve the quality of life for all in the community? Support local business and enterprise to increase new employment in the town? Make Alyth more environmentally friendly and sustainable?

Our strategic goals are to create a vibrant and economically sustainable town, accessible to all and with a strong sense of inclusiveness and community cohesion. We want to help Alyth capitalise on its assets and heritage, to meet the needs of the community in the future.

We have set up a Panel charged with distributing the community projects funds in accordance with the ADT aims and objectives. The Panel will consider: How your project helps deliver the ADT outcomes; The target audience for the project; The need for the project; The difference you propose to make; The capacity of your organisation to deliver the project, and Value for money.

You can download an application form from our website: www.lovealyth.org.uk or alternatively you can obtain application forms from Alyth Library.

The deadline for this first round of funding applications 31 May 2019, and you should submit your completed form to Alyth Development Trust Ltd, Fernbank House, Bamff Road, Alyth, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, PH11 8DT.

All applications received will be considered by the Community Panel by the end of June. Applicants will be notified on the outcome of the Panel's decision during July and grants will be paid to successful applicants from beginning of August 2019.

For further information and Terms & Conditions visit our website or contact one of our Trustees, see website for details.

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ALYTH ALYTH HEALTH CENTRE WRVS RECYCLING FAMILY HISTORY Books on Wheels PROJECT Thank you to the many local people who have handed in ink cartridges, mobile phones etc for recycling. The charity which Can’t get to the library? in Alyth Parish Church provided the collection facility and contrib- We deliver books to your door... uted to NSPCC no longer operates that Books – in normal or large print / OPEN SUNDAYS service. Audio Books – cassette player req. / 2pm - 4pm Music CDs and Videos We have sourced a new collector for ink cartridges although not as yet for other From Easter Sunday items. Please continue to bring your ink Telephone cartridges only down to the Health Centre 01250 872 905 for details To Remembrance Sunday until further notice. Thank you.

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4. 6,500 Burial records and NEIL DARROCH THE LITTLE GLENNERS PARENT AND headstone photographs for Alyth’s and friends are trying to TODDLER GROUP 3 cemeteries arrange a reunion. 5. Publications & memorabilia over Every Friday (Term Time) 150yrs 9.30am – 11.30am Isla Primary School- Community Hall For more details contact ADMISSION FREE NEIL DARROCH All Welcome via his Facebook page Find us on Facebook

Meigle Musicality Alyth Literary Society We are a local singing group who March sees the end of the 2018/19 season of the Literary Society with an sing to raise money for local children’s illustrated talk by Eddie Small of Dundee University, entitled “The History of the cancer charities. We are a very friendly group who meet to Scottish Funeral”. have fun and sing. This will take place on the 5th March in the Ogilvy Rooms, Commercial Street at There are no auditions, you don’t have to 7.30pm. read music, just come along and sing. The Annual Supper will be held on 19th March, 2019 at the Strathmore Golf We meet every Tuesday at 7.30pm upstairs Centre, 6.00pm for 6.30pm, when the guest speaker will be George Annan. in the Kinloch Arms in Meigle. Why not come along and see what you think. No pressure, we’d love to meet you.

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It was a daunting sight upon arrival at one of the Cub meetings. The Cubs were being instructed in their Martial Arts Activity Badge by Martin Hogg from Meigle Taekwondo Club. There was great enthusiasm from the Cubs who were revelling in the moves they were being shown. We are indebted to Martin for carrying this out, maybe we should have had the course for the Leaders so we can defend ourselves! The conclusion of the badge was a demonstration put on by the Cubs for the parents

The Cubs also observed Burns Night complete with tatties, neeps and haggis which was prepared for everyone by Alison Arnold. No mean feat to satisfy the inner man, but she managed admirably. Mike Erskine gave the Selkirk Grace and Peter Kinnear the address to the haggis. I am delighted to report that the Cubs paid due diligence to the consumption of the fair provided and no-one got up from the table hungry. Cleaning up the left overs was an easy task as the only thing they left on the plate was the pattern. Not to be out done The Beavers celebrated Burns night with some dancing, chanter playing by one of the Beavers, shortbread & Irn Bru!

The Group held a Burns Night as a fund raiser which was arranged by Kenny Moyes. Prior to the event, some turnips were delivered to the Scout meeting, and following a comment along the lines “You look like a neep”, you can see the transformation from Scout to neep in one easy step. As a change to previous evenings, the sections put on a “turn” The Explorer’s made up a short film involving puppet characters which they had made from scratch themselves. Highly commendable. The Scouts illustrated the need for that alternative national dress – wellies and the dire consequences that require their wearing. Our thanks to the “Sir Billy” for this one!

As part of the World Badge, each Scout is required to carry out some voluntary work. Well, charity begins at home and a Saturday afternoon was set aside to undertake some duties in the Scout Hut. We were a formidable force, with 9 Scouts and 3 Leaders carrying out so many of these jobs- full of good intent- that just never seem to get done. A mass clean up of the hall completed the day – and well done to the Scouts for their enthusiasm and hard work. I just hope it will encourage them to keep it tidy!

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An Annual Visit

Late winter, because that’s what it is when you get to read this piece in early March, is a time of starvation for wildlife, which can continue well into May and, in the hills, right into early June when red deer hinds drop their calves.

The promise of spring starts early though: the brilliant green of last year’s briar shoots in a bush behind the house. The signs gather pace: the purple buds of black alder swell and soon the stumps of birch trees will bleed sugary sap. Then, the frogs’ and toads’ will migrate to their breeding grounds and their purring will cheer the day.

But, back to the present, more or less: Wednesday,13 February, is the day for this year’s visit of the first year ecology class from Edinburgh University. This group has been coming here to visit the beaverscape since at least 2008. They arrive with their measuring tapes, quadrats, nets and jars for sampling the water. I take them for a quick walk along the Burnieshead path before we set off for the western swamp where they will carry out their field studies. We reach the burn and I point out the narrow ditch it once was and the beautiful pools that have resulted from the beavers’ efforts over the years. We turn left along the path and stop from time to time as points of beaver natural history occur to me, or students come up with questions of their own.

Then we head over for the Wet Wood or beaver swamp, once upon a time the Gauldswell bog, and they start work. Last year the ground was covered with snow and the students built a snowman before trying to do their sampling and measuring. This year the day was mild for the season at 8ºC.

One swallow doesn’t make a summer. Nor, I suppose, does one peewit make a spring, but it was heartening to see one flying over the beaver swamp as I chatted with the students’ lecturer. It was a single bird looking out, I hoped, for a suitable place to occupy and in which to breed. I wait in hope to see that these birds return to our wetlands, adding validity to our project to restore this important habitat.

The students have left. I watched them as they packed up their nets and sampling jars, took off their wellie boots and waterproofs, piled into the minibus and set off for Edinburgh.

I enjoy the Edinburgh students’ visits and to welcome the return of this class each year. They are young, enthusiastic and committed. And there is a lot to do.

Paul Ramsay

Notes from Alyth Musical Society The Hills are Alive!

It’s almost showtime folks but before you rush to buy your tickets, we’d like to take the opportunity to update you on a few developments. First of all, thanks to everyone who supported the Coffee Morning on 16 February which raised a whopping £755.

On a different note, the society is raising money for The Scottish Network for Arthritis in Children (SNAC). JIA (Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis) affects about one in every thousand under 16s yet most people don’t even know that kids can get arthritis. SNAC was set up by parents of kids with JIA to provide support and information for families affected by the condition. On their website you will find information and real-life experience about a variety of issues. This can be accessed at http://www.snac.uk.com/

Alyth Musical Society will be raising funds by hiking up Alyth Hill on Sunday 24 March (in full costume!) You can show your support by sponsoring a member of the society or by donating at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/AlythMusical. Finally, tickets go on sale online from Saturday 23rd March at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/alyth-musical-society and at the box office in the Café in the Square from Monday 1st April.

Interview with: Bill Davison by Kevin Coe

There can’t be many Alyth residents, if any, who have competed against five Olympic sprinters at once, but Bill Davison has! Having retired only five years ago after 62 years in the sports equipment business, he certainly has a fascinating story to tell.

Bill was born in Ashington, Northumberland, in 1932 and was a very keen runner at school, competing in everything up to and including the 440 yards (today’s 400 metres). When he was 14, his father moved the family to Norham-on-Tweed where he had bought a butcher shop and Bill kept up his running even though he soon afterwards left school.

“I left school on the Friday and started work in my father’s shop at 6.00am,” he recalls, “but I continued competing in local and regional meets, eventually as a member of Tweedside Athletic Club. Two or three times a week, I cycled the nine miles to Berwick for training. I remember my first pair of running shoes cost six pounds - my dad went bonkers when he heard the price!”

In 1948, the Olympics came to London, and in those days international athletes often prepared for the Games by competing in local events around the host country, so 17-year-old Bill found himself competing against five of the 100 -metre finalists.

“Local competitors got a handicap advantage, but in my case it was only a five-yard head-start. Even though I was close to 10 seconds for the distance, they still beat me!” he laughs.

Bill was called up for national service in the RAF in 1949, but was found to have a perforated eardrum meaning he couldn’t fly. “But they kept me in for a few weeks so I could run for the RAF team!” he says.

After five years working in his father’s shop, Bill decided the butchery business wasn’t for him and applied for a job in the radio department of the famous Bainbridge’s department store in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

“At the interview, my sporting interest came out, so I was introduced to the buyer for the sports department, who hired me on the spot! I went home and told my parents, which didn’t go down too well at first!

“A couple of months later, a local sports equipment agent put me in touch with the Newcastle United director (and former player) Stan Seymour who offered me another job in charge of the football department at his sports shop. Part of my job was to supply the strips and kit for Newcastle United’s games.

“For home games, I also had to lace up six balls - the old leather type - get them checked, put them in a net bag and take them to the ground for the referee to examine. The lacing had to be spot-on. I did the same for big rugby matches and soon developed big calluses on my hands from the stiff lacing, but I was improving my knowledge of sports equipment all the time - all the big local clubs got their kit from Seymour’s.

“I carried on running for my club, and looking back now it’s amazing to see how things have changed. In athletics, for example, the track has changed immensely from the old grass circuits, through cinder track to today’s modern synthetic surfaces. I’m sure they give top athletes today a massive performance boost, plus of course they’re training every day and they never run two races in one day, unlike athletes in my time who had day jobs to fit training around, and sometimes found themselves running four races in an evening. We sometimes forget how important good equipment is in sporting performance.”

After two years with Seymours, Bill was approached by Henry Murton’s, the top department store in Newcastle, to become under-buyer, and later buyer.

“We sold everything from canoes, to aqualungs, 25 different models of golf clubs, skis - everything you could think of, with customers from all over north-east England, including national and international sports competitors. I was improving my knowledge all the time, and I had 14 or 15 staff in my department,“ he says.

In 1965, Bill joined a company in Hull to run their sports shop, but it didn’t work out so he decided to ‘jump over the counter’ and become a freelance sports equipment sales agent.

“At the Open Golf championship in Hoylake in 1967, I met Jimmy Letters, the sales manager for the famous John Letters golf club maker, whom I knew well, and he took me to meet John Letters who owned the Craigton Golf Co. They offered me an agent’s contract for Yorkshire and northeast England on the spot. Later, I became the Scotland and northeast England agent for Surridge and other companies too.”

Bill travelled round the country visiting sports shops, and developing his knowledge: “I was always wanting to learn more about the equipment so as to be a more knowledgeable salesman. I had a very good racing driver friend called Keith Hall, who had won the Index of Performance title at Le Mans in 1957, and he suggested getting more involved in skis and ski equipment. He took me to some big trade shows in Europe to meet the top manufacturers, which was often an experience in itself - I remember once he drove me from Rotterdam to Zurich in only eight hours in his E-Type Jaguar - quite an experience!”

Bill steadily developed his agency network and in in the mid-1970s won a contract with top ski manufacturer Elan, with whom he worked for 10 years.

“Elan took me to the Sarajevo Winter Olympics in 1984, and I made some great lifelong friends through Elan including the Swedish skiing legend Ingemar Stenmark who has won more World Cup races than anyone else, and the Austrian mountaineering hero Peter Habeler, who with Rheinhold Messner in 1978 completed the first-ever ascent of Everest without using oxygen tanks. I still keep in touch with both of them and we meet up if we can when they come to the UK.

“After the Games, I was invited to a special presentation at Aldershot where Princess Anne thanked me for arranging some 60 pairs of skis for the whole British cross-country team.”

Bill had formed his own importing company by this time, but decided after a few years that he was happier on his own as an independent agent. In 1988, he got a contract with the Lancashire-based sports clothing manufacturer Halbro.

“I knew the chairman Bert Moores, who hired me on the spot. We had worn Halbro jerseys when I played football for the Norham village team back in 1946. I covered Scotland for Halbro for 25 years. I also represented the famous rugby ball manufacturer Gilbert.

“In 1993, I had another career highlight when I got to play nine holes of golf with Gary Player at Lytham St Annes - that was quite an experience!”

Bill and his wife Sheila, whom he’d met at a dance in Newcastle’s Assembly Rooms in 1954, had been living for much of this time in Alnwick, Northumberland. Around 15 years ago, however, they moved to Alyth to be nearer their daughter in Laurencekirk.

“We love Alyth,” says Bill. “I don’t think we’ll be moving anywhere else very soon!”

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