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The newsleer of Dunpender Community Council Autumn 2015 Gala Day 2015
Gala Day on 13 June was a great from Despicable Me. The Pretty but to name a few the committee success. It stayed dry and calm Mudders also managed a bit would particularly like to thank and the turnout from the village more walking after their morning those who placed an advert in the was excellent. This year’s parade exertions. Queen Lorel, her Con- programme, donated prizes, sup- was much larger than usual and sort Oliver and her court per- plied beer (Crown & Kitchen), many thanks are due to the driv- formed the traditional ceremony burgers (Linton Butchers), ice ers of the old cars that added beautifully, with the new Queen cream (Ian’s Confectionery), flow- considerable length to the parade being crowned by former Gala ers (Ruth from Sweetpeas, Marc’s and of course to the superb floats Queen Katie Bath, confirming Lo- and Stewart Stenhouse) ice to that embraced this year’s ‘Films’ rel as East Linton’s new Gala cool the drinks and rolls for the theme with Harry Potter (Beavers, Queen for the coming year. On a burgers (Co-op) and those who Cubs and Scouts), Paddington practical note, the new Gala Com- carefully checked the accounts (Rainbows and Brownies), 101 mittee not only ensured Gala (Dicksons). It was a delight to see Dalmations (Playgroup) all repre- Week went ahead as always but East Linton Gala supported by so sented in addition to the tradition- that its events were well attended many residents, making it a truly al Queen’s Float. Walking groups and supported. The Committee local event and a genuinely great included the Wizard of Oz would like to thank the many peo- community day. (Church), Tigger the Movie ple who stepped forward to help (Babies and Toddlers) and vari- in all sorts of ways on Gala Day If you enjoyed Gala Day and ous Disney films (Nursery). Lots and those who came along and would like to help in any way next of other well-dressed movie char- supported the event by enjoying year contact: acters were on show in the village the rides, the fare and the Gala including Fred Flintstone, The Market. There were far too many [email protected] Lone Ranger, and the Minions volunteers to mention everyone, or call 01620 861688
Brownies …#GirlsCan! East Linton Brownies is a thriving Unit of twenty girls aged 7 to 10. We meet once a week in East Linton Community Hall – if you’re walking past and hear a lot of noisy, busy and excited girls, it’s probably a Brownies night! Brownies follow a loose programme called the Brownie Adventure. Each stage of the Adventure takes about a year to com- plete and comprises ac vi es that challenge us to try new things, to help our community and to learn about the wider world. We get out and about as much as we can and already this term have been up to the park to prac ce our agility and to Binning Wood to collect brambles for a delicious pudding that we'll make at Brownies. We work in our Sixes (the Foxes, Rabbits, Hedgehogs and S uirrels on cra pro ects, games, pu les and fun challenges like drawing a map of our village or making up our own exercise rou ne! We love it when we have visitors, like when a Brownie’s ad brought in a telescope when we were doing our Starga er badge. We like to oin in with other Brownies, Guides and Rainbows too; we really went to town with our marmalade-tas c addington’ oat at Gala 01 (as did many of the ums! and some of us recently oined in with the cele- bra ons for the 0 th anniversary of Allison Cargill House at Whi ngehame. Those among you who were members of GirlGuiding when you were younger would recognise many components of a Brown- ies mee ng, but much has changed too, making the organisa on much more ambi ous and relevant to 1 st century girls. You’ll s ll nd the home skills badge, but Brownies is about so much more now — building con dence and raising aspira ons, mak- ing a posi ve di erence and ge ng muddy GirlsCan! East Linton Brownies is full at the moment, but we’d love to hear from you if you have a skill or hobby that you’d like to share with the Brownies, if you have a community pro ect that we could help with, or if your daughter would like to oin the wai ng list. lease email us at [email protected].
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Dunpender Community Council East Linton EAST LINTON ANTIQUES AND BRIC-A-BRAC FAIR Judith Priest (Chair) 83 High Street, East Linton
EH40 3BQ Tel 860380 East Linton An es an Bric-a-Brac air has been r nning s ccessf ll for over 30 ears, Hailes originall as a co ercial vent re b t now b npai vol nteers fro East Linton an Dis- Anne Pearson trict o nit Associa on. S nn si e ar o ages, The ain ai s for r nning the fair on a reg lar basis (8 es a ear) are...... Ha ington, EH41 4PY Tel 860093 * To help raise ch nee e inco e to keep East Linton o nit Hall open thro gh East Linton stall hire an oor entr charges. John Robson (Treasurer) 9 Dr law Terrace, East Linton * To provi e an affor able ven e for local people an those fro f rther afiel to sell their EH40 3BA Tel 860842 goo alit ite s. Allison Cosgrove 13 Stories Park, East Linton * To offer goo alit ite s to the p blic. EH40 3BN Tel 860812 Barry Craighead * To provi e a S n a ven e where visitors to East Linton can eet, chat an have a light 40 Longstone Aven e, snack an rink. East Linton EH40 3BS Tel 861 65 * To enco rage re-c cling Robert Russel HOWEVER...... 1 The Dean, East Linton The f t re of this pop lar event is in jeopar beca se of new licensing laws intro ce b EH40 3ED Tel 860 02 East Lothian o ncil which now re ire that stallhol ers who reg larl b an sell secon han goo s for profit st b a licence in or er to tra e. Gordon Gray As a res lt, so e of o r stallhol ers have eci e to opt o t of co ing to the fair giving 1 Lawhea o ages East Linton, EH40 3DT ore one off opport ni es for prospec ve stallhol ers e.g. an one wan ng to clear a Tel 860019 ho se, garage, she etc. If o are selling o r own goo s.....YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A LI EN E, BUT PLEASE ar n tra han NOTE.....this is not a car boot/ j ble sale/ table top t pe of event. 20 D npen er Roa , We enco rage stall hol ers to bring along goo alit HINA..LINENS..VINTAGE East Linton LOTHES..SMALL ITEMS O URNITURE...JEWELLERY...OLD TYPE TOOLS..ET . EH40 3BW Tel 861048 Ite s nee to be selecte with care an as a res lt, o can expect to sell the at a higher Tyninghame and Whitekirk price than at a car boot sale. Anne Jolly If o are intereste in taking a stall an wo l like f rther etails an /or help with se- So th View, Main Street, T ningha e, EH42 1XL lec ng o r ite s, please on t hesitate to contact s an we will be happ to co e along Tel 861014 to give o a vice on the s itabilit of o r ite s.
ri ar n WE HAVE A NEW CAFÉ SELLING GREAT FOOD – COME FOR BREAKFAST OR LUNCH 2 West Roa , Whitekirk, EH42 1XA DATES FOR THE REST OF 2015 AND INTO 2016 ARE...... th TH TH TH Tel 8 03 0 OCTOBER 25th...NOVEMBER 29 ....FEBRUARY 28 ....MARCH 27 ....APRIL 24 ...
Whi ngehame In the first instance, please contact LIZ DORRIAN on 01620-861-991 or Linda haw tewart e- ail li orrian b nternet.co Eas iel Stea ing, Whi ngha e Tel 01368 850358 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————-- Markle Jon wi Tel 861213 Markle isheries Markle East Linton EH40 3EB Tel 861213 Rockrose Equestrian Sports opened early equestrian disciplines. Please see their in the year at Sunnyside Farm near East website for more details on membership Mee ngs irst Th rs a of ever onth Linton. They offer a state of the art Livery and activities. (except J l an A g st) Yard and hold regular competitions, .30p demonstrations and training sessions to www.rockroseequestrain.com or contact o ncil ha bers, East Linton improve both riders and horses in all [email protected]
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News of Dunpender councillors: Park work group and new bin collec ons are Shelagh Richards from Newbyth volunteer path wardens working well with a big resigned earlier this year. She and obtained further Paths increase in recycling and funded and organised all our for ll funding. some 800 tonnes less Defibrillators – thanks Shelagh! ● carried a baton for the rubbish being sent to We have two new members for Commonwealth games landfill each month. Over 300 tonnes of food waste Whitekirk and Tyninghame, ● agreed a series of traffic is now collected every nne olly and ric ar n, many management op ons for month! It’s turned into thanks for volunteering. ast Linton fer liser, as well as being This year we have, among other ● started work on plans to used to generate heat and things: improve the footway on electricity so it’s well worth ● purchased three Public ccess Preston Road that bit of extra effort from defibrillators ● had the pavement us all. Ju ith P i t ● produced a lengthy response rebuilt around the Square I’d like to take this to the ain Issues Report of the and, a er many years, opportunity to welcome Local Development Plan and seen the pavement we everyone who’s moved to the Whitekirk Hotel planning requested built beside into the new houses at applica on Haddington Road Orchardfield this year. We ● Paid for, installed or repaired Your Community Council is hope you’ll enjoy living no ceboards at Whitekirk, a link to ast Lothian here and join in all the Whi ngehame and Tyninghame Council and we try, many ac vi es on offer – ● produced a Community through our website you’ll find details of these Resilience informa on lea et for www.eastlinton.uk.com in The Library or on our you and through the ar cle in website. your Adverser , to keep ● replaced some of the Best wishes for 2016, let’s you informed of LC plans Christmas lights and planned hope we have a be er and pass on any new ones summer! informa on they send us. ● con nued to support the Judith Priest Recent news was that the Friends of ohn uir Country October 2015 L- Y PJJJ7 2015/2016
Dunpender News Page 4 East Linton Curling Club On the 24 th October, two rinks from East Linton will be taking part in the Indoor Grand Match organised by the Royal Caledo- nian Curling Club. The format of the event involves teams from the south of Scotland playing teams from the north, the tra- di onal bonspiel in a Grand Match when played outdoors. The Indoor event will involve teams at ice rinks. The East Linton rinks teams will be playing at S rling against Linlithgow and at Edinburgh against Lundie and Auchterhouse. This event is usually every ve years. Opportuni es arise for poten al new curlers to try the game at Murray eld Ice Rink. If you are interested and want to give it a go, contact us on 2 8 94 . ou might even get the chance to play in ve years me
An Apple a Day……. East Linton Heritage Orchard. On Sunday 3 th August, two well-known apple experts from Perthshire made an unannounced visit to the Herit- age Orchard in East Linton. ews of their visit came in an e mail and on Twi er in which they shared they had admired “the wee orchard” and the quality of the apple crop. It is eleven years since the orchard was planted by children from East Linton Primary School in partnership with the East Linton Hor cultural Society. It was part of the project to Bring Colour to East Linton and was planned to reflect the importance of fruit growing and or- chards in East Linton. All the apples selected would have been grown in the 9 th Century for the market. It was also decided that the varie es would all be cook- ing apples. Orchards need to be managed throughout the year and that task has been carried out by the Society. ine varie es are grown and are harvested over a period of ve weeks. Some of the varie es are stored for about six weeks before they are used. The apples are donat- ed to the Day centre who are advised of what each variety is best used for such as sauce or pies. Unfortu- nately the other original use planned was the primary school kitchen but meals are no longer cooked on the school premises. The children can no longer have the op on of baked apple or apple pie.
The names of the children who were involved are listed on the descrip ve leaflet they produced. They will now be eleven years older. It would be worth exploring a reunion and a visit to the Day Centre users where they could learn how much this annual harvest is appreciated by the members. Op ons for a new sign to tell the story of this project are being explored. One thing is clear as our visitors discovered and tweeted; we can grow quality apples in East Linton.
I can See a Rainbow Rainbows is for girls aged 5 to 7 and takes place in East Linton East Linton Rainbows are planning a fun filled term taking Community Hall e ery Thursday during school term from 6:30 part in lots of di erent ac i es working towards their to 7:30. Roundabout badge. O er the next few weeks the Rainbows Interested? email :[email protected] . The will be ge ng close to nature and amongst other things group is full at the moment and we keep a wai ng list but will take part in a colour sca enger hunt and learn how to spaces open up when the girls mo e up to Brownies. make wheat into flour.
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Dunpender News Page 6 News from the nags Update on the grazing programme at Traprain Law
Since the arrival of the Exmoor ponies (7 arriving in May 2012; bolstered by a further 6 animals in October of the same year), it has been eagerly an cipated that they would have a posi ve impact upon the ecology of the site Speci cally, that through their pa ern of grazing, coarser grass es that had begun to take over the hill would be knocked back, and a wider array of ner grasses and flowers would have an opportunity to establish themselves ith the caveat that we are s ll only 2 years into the pro ect, there are de nite signs of posi ve change These can be seen by both a casual walk over the site, with some areas now looking much more closely grazed This has also had a bene t in revealing archaeological trace features which have been hidden from view for many years n an a empt to provide some proper data to support this view of bene cial change, for the past two summers there have been botanical and insect recording surveys at Traprain Undertaken by trained volunteers these surveys are star ng to now demon strate the effects of the ponies’ work Looking at the plant surveys rst, here, speci c areas of the hill are surveyed for the presence / absence of ‘target’ species – both plants that indicate a ‘good’ habitat, as well as other plants (e g ragwort), that suggest a deteriora on of uality hilst there has not been a signi cant increase in the number of flowers recorded, we did not expect there to be – given that Traprain is a grassy site Other measurements were much more encourag ing, rstly the amount of dead plant material (that forms impenetrable tussocks) has fallen right down Related to this, the average height of the vegeta on has also dropped signi cantly oth these factors demonstrate what grazing can do – munch up and reduce plant material, thereby providing space for ner grasses and flowers to try and come back e ust now hope that they take the hint soon! On the bee front we are s ll compiling the results for 201 ertainly the cold weather will have inhibited bum blebee ac vity this year, but if we look back to 201 there was an encouraging trend, with a 6 fold increase in numbers compared to 2013 This may in part be due to 201 being a good summer, but it could also reflect that there was an abundance of flowers, too Longer term monitoring will help determine if this was a ‘one off’ or a trend ————————————————————————————————————————————————————--
Abbeyfield House in East Linton has been undergoing some excing changes including increasing the number of rooms. The installaon of a plaorm li makes reaching the four upstairs rooms much easier. Our contractors have also been busy conver ng what had been the housekeeper s apartment into two, new accommoda on units The downstairs room is spacious, with views of the garden in two direc ons and with a large en suite wet room The rst floor apartment is reached by its own staircase, which is ed with a stair li These new units are not yet occupied, so there are opportuni es for either single older people or an older couple to oin the exis ng resi dents in a comfortable, family atmosphere bbey eld East Linton Society is an independent charity which is managed by a volunteer Execu ve ommi ee ay to day ac vi es are undertaken by 3 members of staff bbey eld ouse in East Linton is not a care home, but provides very sheltered accommoda on for older people who are able to look a er themselves in terms of daily ac vi es These individuals receive support that enables them to retain a high level of independence in the com munity Each resident has their own bed/si ng room with an en suite or private bathroom The house has its own overall security system with door entry carefully controlled, each resident has a “front door bell” and can speak to a visitor before allowing them access to the house n addi on, the door to a resident s room is their own individual “front door” nyone wishing to nd out more should call the hairman (John owan) on 01620 860 70 or the ousekeeper/Manager ( everley Lister) 01620 860 67 lterna vely you can email abbey eld eastlinton@abbey eld com with your en uiry
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LYNTON DAY CENTRE ynton ay entre s a ee ng o nt or the sen ors o ast n ton an surroun ng areas, un en er oun l Area, n lu ng yn ngha e, ar le, h te r , h ngeha e , an on s u r Par . ynton ay entre s reg stere w th the are Ins e The new season of torate; we a t n a or an e w th legal requ re ents or the films has started. rote on o ulnerable a ults. The films will be e are un e by ast oth an oun l, an run by a anage shown at the usual ent o ee o olunteers, ro ess onal tra ne sta , an a venues of ery e ate grou o olunteers. e ha e the su ort o a Tyninghame Village ra table, to hel boast our un s an we are un ra s ng Hall and East Linton Community Centre. throughout the year to ro e extra treats or our l ents. Check the website e ater or 6 eo le ea h o en ng ay; we are o en on on www.pixinthestix.org. ay, ues ay, e nes ay an Fr ay, between a an 4 . uk . You can register I eo le fin t, ffi ult to get to the entre we o er a tax ser for free and get Wheel Fix It ! e to ta e the to the entre an ho e aga n. e o er a details of films, ho e oo e eal re are by one o our abulous oo s. e dates, times and N S wor at Preston ll s ongo ng w th eta ls a a lable use lo al ro u ts an throughout the year, we get generous venues. through on s te n or a on ona ons ur ng har est e, su h as a les an egetables. boar s. e o er our l ents a ar ety o us al enterta n ent, theatre, a range o ga es su h as; ar et bowl ng, new age url ng, shuffle boar , wor ga es, o no, et . Re n s en e grou s
are on o er e ery on ay an e nes ay orn ng, to hel ro e e or es n a un way, seate exer ses to stay fit, qu es, b ngo an o e a ernoons, tal s by lo al eo le, n lu ng Pol e S otlan , w th a e on how to stay sa e n your own house an how to eal w th bogus allers. A ew es a Christmas Market 2015 year we go on an ou ng, a ery o ular s a ay on the anal boats n Ratho. e elebrate hr st as w th a tra onal hr st The 2015 East Linton Christmas market will take as lun h an a s t ro Santa, rth ays, alen ne s ay, place on Sunday 6 th December in the village Halloween, St. Patr s ay, Robert urns lun h w th a er an square, from 4-7pm. The square will be a frenzy a resser to honour the Hagg s an any other elebra ons. e harge £4 or a ho e oo e lun h an £2. or a tax re of activity with sixteen open air stalls selling local turn, w th n ast nton. ax s ore sl ghtly ore ex ens e or Christmas crafts and foods to get you in the fes- the surroun ng areas. e reate a war , ho ely an wel o tive spirit. A dedicated team of five organisers ng la e where ol er eo le an be sa e an eet w th the r Carolyn Dunion, Pam Tannahill, Becca Bell, An- r en s an eers. e ha e a lo ely gar en to s t n or get han s nie Roberts and Sarah Waite are working hard to on an grow so e egetables or lant flowers. e also o er ensure the market will be buzzing with festivities. su ort an res te e to the a l es an arers o our l Annie explains that “the East Linton villagers real- ents. ly support the open air market so we are working e ha e so e s a es or new l ents on o er at th s o ent, hard to ensure it goes ahead for 2015. It is a su- so you are o er 6 , an n nee o so e su ort an you per event for getting into the Christmas swing and woul l e to fin out ore about ynton ay entre ser es. I a great opportunity to purchase some Christmas you woul l e to be art o our ery r en ly, war , sa e an gifts.” If the weather is bad the event will be held wel o ng ay entre, lease o e along one orn ng or a u in the East Linton Community Hall, but all going o o ee, tea an so e ore n or a on. ou an also onta t to plan we will have a lovely outdoor experience! us on 62 86 8 7 or by e a l: lynton entre@bt onne t. o
Dunpender News The newsleer of Dunpender Community Council Editorial Team : Anne Pearson & Robert Russel Desi n Distri u on : ast nton & str t A er ser o es Pr nte by oth an Pr nters, 9 H gh Street, unbar.