MORE ELECTION FEVER FURTHER CONVINCING NARRATIVES FROM OUR LOCAL POLITICIANS : PAGES 8 - 10 Series 2 No. 8399 Established May 1848 Thursday April 8, 2021 www.eladvertiser.co.uk 80p BRIEF ING NEWS Derelict land blight hope £500k price tag stops Holmwood flood plan A NEW £50m Scottish gov - Residents to be offered individual protection measures instead ernment fund will help trans - A PROJECT to prevent flooding in are owned by Dumfries and Galloway form thousands of hectares of Holmwood in Langholm will not go Housing Partnership, officers will engage vacant and derelict land in ahead because it will be too expensive. with the registered social landlord in Scotland and signal commit - Dumfries and Galloway Council has developing property flood resilience ment to tackling the legacy decided that it can’t afford to spend measures. blighting communities. £500,000 on protecting people’s homes “Ward members and this committee Full story: Page 7 from the surface water which runs down will be kept advised of progress on these the hill and into their gardens before lower-cost intervention measures which NEWS running down the road. will be met from the Flooding budget.” A report by Steven Herriott, head of Councillor Archie Dryburgh, Annandale roads and infrastructure, to the commu - East and Eskdale, said he would not give nities committee, revealed a design had up on getting the work done. been completed and the anticipated cost He said the former environment and Online Subscriptions to was about £500,000 which was far more infrastructure committee had set aside £250,000 for the work and, while some the E&L Advertiser than the initial estimate. Mr Herriott said: “There is no funding of that had been spent on a survey, he now available from only wanted to find out where the rest of the £1 per week identified for this estimated cost work and, furthermore, it would not be eligible money was. A new way to read the for Scottish government grant-funding Another project ‘Langholm Paper’. at 80 per cent because the benefit cost He believed it could have been spent Published weekly and ratio is significantly below the threshold on another project. available to read anytime of 1.0. At one point, the Holmwood project and anywhere “The flood risk management team is was included in the main Langholm flood using multiple devices from currently looking to offer flood resilience protection scheme. mobile phone to tablet protection to any interested property and If it had been a stand-alone project, it and laptop. will engage with all the residents over would not have met the criteria for the Full story: Pages the next year to enable us to monitor government funding. log on to flood incidents and the effectiveness of He said: “We have to have another dis - www.eladvertiser.co.uk the resilience measures. cussion about Holmwood and the flood “Given that a number of properties team will speak to residents. Water has poured down off Meikleholm hill into people’s gardens in Holmwood Latimers of Langholm FUOPENING TIMES:RNIT MondayUR - FridayE 8.30am-5.30pmSALE | SaturdayNO 8.30am-4.30pmW ON GREAT SAVINGS ON SOFAS • CHAIRS • RECLINERS • LIFT & RISE CHAIRS • DIVANS • BEDROOM AND DINING FURNITURE 2 Thursday April 8, 2021 Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser www.eladvertiser.co.uk Peacocks saved Deaths Church Notices EWM Group supports bid RODDICK CANONBIE UNITED & LIDDESDALE PARISH CHURCHES LANGHOLM, Neil, born and bred in Langholm, after a brave ESKDALEMUIR, fight, sadly passed on the 30th March 2021. Canonbie Church Greatly loved by wife and best friend Eileen, will welcomes you to EWES & WESTERKIRK be sadly missed by daughters Caroline and Worship on Sunday PARISH CHURCHES Sandra. Papa to Judith, Laura, Cameron, Lewis morning at 11:30. Church Services and Laurie and great papa to Skye, Millie and Worshippers will be Sunday 11th April Tristen required to adhere to Forever in our hearts. Covid restrictions. Langholm 10am Our families thanks to the Doctors and staff in If you are seeking Contact us for transport ward B2, Dumfries hospital for their care and pastoral support or 0744 885 8818. friendship. Thanks also to Dr Taudevin and nurses wish to arrange a wedding or baptism at Langholm Heath centre Social Distancing Donations in Neil’s memory will be collected to please contact Rev will be observed. buy respiratory equipment for ward B2. Morag Crossan on Please wear masks. 07861736071 or email If you would like to donate please give online Preacher: the Minister. mcrossan@ churchofsc www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/neil-roddick Tel: 013873 80859. otland.org.uk Or donations dropped into Eileen. Mobile. 07543 179469 All Services CANCELLED Charity no. SCO11946 Thanks for Sympathy until further notice FARRER Thank You The sale will save 2,000 jobs and 200 stores will reopen when the lockdown rules are eased Sandi and family would like to thank everyone for the flowers, cards, messages and kind words To the staff at Thomas Hope Hospital EWM Group, the private investment consortium. following the sad loss of Richard. group controlled by the Day family, The transaction will give another has agreed to support the sale of chance to Peacocks Stores, which was Also to David Erskine for his support and Morag Tony Reid would like to say a big thankyou to all Peacocks to rescue it from adminis - placed in administration last November Crossan for the lovely service. nursing staff for looking after him, they are like family and a credit to their profession. tration. because of the devastating effects of The group is supporting a bid by an the COVID-19 lockdown on the busi - We need the community hospitals to stay open, international investment consortium to ness. as this pandemic has proven how vital this buy the discount clothing chain from The Peacocks’ management team hopes service is . administration. that, with the support of its partners, Funeral Services Thankyou very much The deal has been negotiated by FRP, suppliers and landlords, it will be able Tony Peacocks’ administrator. to reopen up to 200 stores when the The bid is led by Steve Simpson, the lockdown rules ease and protect about chief operating officer of Edinburgh 2,000 jobs. FUundnerteakrera &l M Donuimrenetacl Sterovirce s Happy Birthday Woollen Mill. The company hopes that all 1,850 It is being backed by a consortium of store staff currently on furlough will New Memorials supplied international investors who have agreed be able to return to work once stores Additional Inscriptions and Cleaning Happy 80th to provide sufficient working capital to reopen. enable the business to emerge from In addition, more than 150 colleagues Birthday administration. in head office and support will be able As the leading secured creditor, EWM to go back to their jobs. David W. Erskine Mam (Adrienne) Group has agreed to use its security No job losses are planned as a result Briery Bank, Ewes, Langholm on 13th April. and provide a deferred loan to the of the deal. Tel: 013873 81251 or 07710 906257 Love from all your family FUNERAL DIRECT ORS share the news of any.......... For a Personal Service • engagements >T Frohm Paege 1 fight Mgr Heorriotte said:s “Thi s woill fonllow a Hedle y and Tur nbull • marriages period of engagement with the com - • anniversaries “There’ve been hardly any complaints munity later this year and the completion 013873 75404 / 013873 75532 / 0789 655 7941 over the past couple of years but we’ve of the required Environmental Impact • births not had the same amount of rain which Assessment. • thank yous caused massive problems in the past. “Consultation with those directly “I hope residents will tell the team affected by the works and the necessary • congratulations what the issues are so we can move mitigation measures will be undertaken forward with it. It’s taken far too long in Q2 and Q3 of 2022. J.Independent & A. Family Hodgson Funeral Directors Contact us on 013873 80012 to get anything done. 134 High Street, Annan [email protected] “I would like to see something in Inquiry A Caring Family Firm place to reduce the chance of the worst “These stages are affected by the pos - Caring for your family The Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser happening. sible need for an inquiry or hearing. Private Rest Room is part funded by “We also need to wait and see what “The project plan, with timescales, For 24 hour caring personal service will happen with the flood protection will be updated when there is sufficient Dumfriesshire East scheme (for the Esk) and whether it clarity from which to develop the Tel. 01461 205920 Community Benefit Group can be fitted in there. appropriate project management Society of Allied & Independent Funeral Directors Member “I’ll keep on fighting until something arrangements.” Golden Charter Pre-Paid Funeral Plans available on request and charitable trusts and individuals is done.” The flood team is also installing CCTV from the community of Langholm. The ward members have been kept cameras at the golf course because of up to date with progress on the flood surface water flooding emanating from Scottish Rural protection scheme by officers. the course. Development The scheme’s publication is scheduled The work will establish the route(s) Programme for September or October 2022. of drainage in the area. Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser • Owned by the Community : Published for the Community Thursday April 8, 2021 3 Roadworks schedule Survey shows gunfire SURFACE dressing will be done on a number of minor routes in Eskdale in the next year. They are the B6357 from Broats to the C44a; B709 at North Burncleuch, U257a at Potholm inaudible at monastery and B709 Cote towards Enzieholm.