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Some facts and figures from Angus Community Safety Partnership: Recorded vandalism in Carnoustie is 38% lower than in 2011/12. Monifieth is 9% down. Vandalism rates per head of population in Carnoustie and Monifieth are both well below Angus average Vandalism in Carnoustie and Monifieth is linked to town centres, alcohol and the night time economy. Whilstvandalism in Carnoustie often involves damage to parked vehicles. This differs in Monifieth where there are many incidents of private residences having windows smashed. Anti social behaviour calls received by Angus Council regarding Carnoustie and Monifieth increased in 2014/15 compared to previous years. Despite this increase, rates of complaints per head of population remain well below the Angus average. Proactive activity by Angus Council has led to a fall of a third in dog fouling complaints in Carnoustie and Monifieth during 2014/15 when compared to 2012/13. Levels of dog fouling complaints in Carnoustie & Monifieth per population are below Angus average. Complaints of littering in Carnoustie and Monifieth have halved in recent years. Complaints of fly tipping in Carnoustie and Monifieth in 2014/15 are significantly down on the 2013/14 numbers. Drugs related offences in Carnoustie and Monifieth have fallen dramatically in recent years. Levels of discarded needles and other paraphernalia reports are very low in both Carnoustie and Monifieth, although, Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) are a growing concern throughout Angus – including Carnoustie and Monifieth. Serious violent crime is very rare in both Carnoustie and Monifieth. These low levels have not changed significantly in recent years, however, levels of more minor assaults (while still low) have increased slightly in recent years. There is a strong link between violent crime, alcohol and the night time economy. Violent crime is also often linked to domestic issues between co-habiting couples. Sexual offences have increased in Carnoustie and Monifieth in recent years. This pattern is repeated throughout Angus and Scotland. Population adjusted rates of offending in both Carnoustie and Monifieth are below the Angus average. Levels of accidental house fires are significantly higher in Carnoustie and District compared to Monifieth and Sidlaw. The opposite is true for secondary fires with much higher levels reported in Monifieth. Rates of reported break-ins to private houses – while still rare – are above the Angus average in Monifieth and Sidlaw. 116 people in Carnoustie: 66 people would share their skills with others Who do I see quite regularly and say hello to in my local neighbourhood ? Someone working in a shop – 74 % Policeman/woman – 8 % Community warden – 2 % Health worker – 7 % GP – 13 % No-one – 14 % Other – 21 % If I wanted to meet new people who share my concerns or hopes for my community I would go to: 65 people in Monifieth: 22 people would share their skills with others Who do I see quite regularly and say hello to in my local neighbourhood ? Someone working in a shop – 72 % Policeman/woman – 29 % Community warden – 12 % Health worker – 12 % GP – 25 % No-one – 14 % Other – 14 % If I wanted to meet new people who share my concerns or hopes for my community I would go to: 32 people in Sidlaw: 16 people would share their skills with others Who do I see quite regularly and say hello to in my local neighbourhood ? Someone working in a shop – 72 % Policeman/woman – 9 % Community warden – 9 % Health worker – 22 % GP – 41 % No-one – 16 % Other – 19 % If I wanted to meet new people who share my concerns or hopes for my community I would go to: SURVEYS – August 2015 CARNOUSTIE/MONIFIETH/SIDLAWS 214 PEOPLE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES CARNOUSTIE "It can be quite a clique community but not sure what can be done about that" "Open the pavilion as a bike hire business combined with an ice cream smoothie parlour and cafe and restaurant. Huge public asset not being utilised properly for years." "More things for youngsters to do to discourage them from hanging about streets" MONIFIETH "See more police walking around, need a community hall" "More stuff for young people/more sports facilities" "Have a community centre" SIDLAWS "Safer routes, resolve car parking issues at the school, considerate drivers" "Getting more of the local community to get involved with events, fundraising etc" "More for the elderly" Some of the skills people in Carnoustie, Monifieth and Sidlaw have that could help others in the area DID YOU KNOW? …… in & around Carnoustie Iain MacMillan, the photographer East Haven is one of the who famously produced The Carnoustie Golf Club was earliest recorded fishing On communities in Scotland, Beatles’ Abbey Road album cover, originally constituted in 1842, dating back to 1214, and but records indicate that golf has was born in Carnoustie this year celebrates its been played at Carnoustie since octocentenery (800 years) at least the 16th Century The frontage of the Two streets in Carnoustie are Carnoustie Hotel houses named after local Victoria Cross Carnoustie’s first golfer the world’s largest Rolex winners – Lance Corporal Charles might well have been a clock. Jarvis, Royal Engineers, and Petty gentleman named Sir Robert Officer George Samson of the Royal Maule (1497-1560), a local Naval Reserve. Both served in the First World War landowner Westhaven is a small unspoiled village which has Billy Connolly made his a small sandy beach first public performance surrounded by rocks which at the Stag’s Head in Easthaven is one of the earliest form a natural harbour Carnoustie in the 1960s recorded villages in Angus. The heyday of Easthaven was in the early 1900s as a fishing and holiday resort Developed around two former reservoirs, Monikie and Crombie Country Parks boast beautiful woodland and parkland with a Legend also has it that the Norse variety of things to see and do Gods were so incensed by the loss Local inhabitants prefer to tell of their favourite warrior that they that the town got its name after put a curse on the neighbourhood, the Battle of Barry in 1010 in letting thousands of crows loose on which the Scottish King, Malcolm Barry Sands. Soon, the crows II, repulsed a band of Danish colonised the woodland on what is The name Carnoustie probably invaders led by their general, now Buddon Ness, their numbers derives from two Scandinavian Camus. History suggests that the growing to such an extent that the nouns, “car” meaning rock and Battle of Barry was a bloody area became known as Craw’s “noust” meaning “bay” affair that raged for hours until Nestie, later corrupted to become Camus was put to the sword Carnoustie The handloom linen weaving industry Carnoustie is home to dominated Carnoustie's economy through its the junior football club Carnoustie early years. Flax was grown in considerable Panmure F.C.. Formed in 1936, they are quantities in the area. nicknamed the Gowfers due to the Aside from the linen industry, the economy town's well-established links to the rested mainly on agriculture and fishing sport of golf ("gowf" in Scots) The recent successful Carnoustie charrette was an interactive Alan Cumming, who has played design process involving starring roles in major films such community members, public Carnoustie Golf Links has three as Golden Eye and X2: X-Men bodies and private sector golf courses: the Championship United, lived on Panmure organisations working with a course, on which several Estate, to the north of specialist design team to international tournaments are Carnoustie, and attended generate a shared vision for the held, the Burnside course and Carnoustie High School community the Buddon Links course DID YOU KNOW? …… in & around Monifieth and Sidlaw Monifieth railway station serves Dundee Corporation on 3rd June the town of Monifieth near On 1913 acquired the Ashludie Dundee. The station was Mansion house and 48 acres of opened on 6 October 1838 land for £7,500. Accommodation to provide a sixty bed sanatorium was added at a further cost £8,500 Ashludie Hospital was opened on the 9th of February 1916, Various “Earth Houses” Monifieth is famous today as a centre of golfing by Mrs William Don, including Ardestie Earth of Ardrossan House, dating from the Iron excellence, and the course Age, are situated within the here is used as a qualifier for Monifieth District the Open Championship The Laws Estate near The Maule family, Monifieth is an ancient Earls of Panmure, The name "Monifieth" is had a castle at estate dating generally taken to derive back to medieval times. The Ardestie, in Monifieth from the Gaelic Monadh Feith, 'Hill of the deer Mansion was demolished in the1960’s Pictish stones were discovered at St Rules Parish Church and graveyard suggesting it was a Pictish church of The highest of the Sidlaws is some importance. The Angus Sidlaws includes the Craigowl Hill at 455m. communities of Birkhill & Auchterhouse Hill, reaching Muirhead, Liff & Fowlis, 426m, is a well-defined Auchterhouse, Strathmartine, summit, marked by the Murroes and Wellbank and remains of a prehistoric hill- their surrounding areas fort James Earl of Panmure, was born at Ardestie Castle. James was a staunch jacobite and for his devotion to the `cause` at the Battle of Sherrifmuir, lost his titles and estates The Dighty Burn is a small river in south east Angus, the Dighty (or Dichty) Water rises as the Lundie Burn in the Sidlaw Hills to the northwest of Dundee. It flows In the early eighteenth century southeastwards to enter the Tay the main industries included estuary between Broughty Ferry and quarrying, weaving within the Monifieth, having completed a home and the start of the course of 12½ miles manufacturing of linseed oil at a water powered mill, by the Dighty burn, later to be name Milton of Monifieth Records have shown that Milton of Monifieth was a During the Napoleonic Wars when import favourite haunt of the of wine brandy and other goods from the `gaugers` (smugglers) who European continent was illegal, smuggling would lie in hiding waiting flourished.

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