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April 2019 1750 Copies www.alythvoice.co.uk 244th Edition, April 2019 1750 copies Photo courtesy of Frank Horrocks IMPORTANT NOTICE PLEASE REMEMBER all articles and adverts you wish placed in the Voice need to arrive with us no later that the 14th of the month. The Alyth Voice is a free monthly community magazine, managed, written, and delivered by volunteers. EDITOR’S LETTER Welcome to the April issue of the Alyth Voice! If there’s a theme to this month’s issue, then it’s something to do with looking forwards and looking back. The April Voice includes a big piece looking forward to the launch of the exciting new Cateran Ecomuseum project in November, and urging local youngsters to get involved in designing three outdoor installations. The installations and the Ecomuseum will bring the heritage and history of this area very much to life in the 21st century, using digital technology and the enthusiasm of youth to create a very special celebration of life in eastern Perthshire. We also feature a profile of the Alyth Bowling and Tennis Club, one of our oldest community leisure groups, but one with its sights set firmly on the future. You can read more about their plans for growth in 2019 later on in this issue. Interestingly, on the theme of looking back, I decided to have a look at the National Library of Scotland’s excellent online collection of old maps to see when the Bowling Club first appeared. That’s where I found out that Alexandra Street used to be called Bowling-Green Street - which was news to me despite having lived a stone’s throw from Alexandra Street for 22 years! As is often the way with these things, I found myself browsing through older and older maps in the collection, and it’s interesting to see how place-names change over time: on one map dating from 1654 Alyth is listed as “Elit”, and on another from around 60-70 years earlier it’s written as “Elicht”. If, like me, you’re a bit of a geek when it comes to old maps and documents, I can heartily recommend the NLS maps website: https://maps.nls.uk/ To finish this Editor’s Letter on a forward-looking note, I thought you might like this photograph of Alyth in early summer, with the morning sun rising over the misty valley - something to look forward to in April and May! Finally, huge thanks to the Alyth Lights Committee for their generous donation to the Voice following the recent Bingo Tea, and also to Mrs M Robertson for her kind contribution to our funds - Many thanks indeed! Best wishes, Kevin Coe Editor PS: Please remember that our deadlines have changed and that we now need to get your stories and adverts by the 14th of the month before publication. So, for the May issue, that deadline will be 14 April. 2 USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS *~*~* DATES FOR YOUR DIARY *~*~* Airlie Street Hall (contact-Shona Milne) 01828 633219 Due to the advance notice of these dates, please check for changes! 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