Alyth Voice 136th Edition, July 2009 Tel. 01828 633045 Minimum Circulation 1700 Email address: [email protected] Website: www.alythvoice.co.uk GUIDE HUT GARDEN PARTY A HUGE thank you to all who supported, helped at, contributed and donated to, the Garden Party in so many ways. The fantastic total in excess of £2000, including over £500 for Billy's Beard Shave, gives us a great start to our Guide Hut Restoration Fund. Irene Hart (Chairperson) Enjoying the sunshine in the above photo are: Back: Dawn Tosh, Jenny Rattray, Sheena Fotheringham, Gillian Rattray, Meghan Bisset, Jessica Atkinson, Claire Gordon, Louise Murray, Susan Parker, Christina Park, Fiona Young, Irene Hart Middle: Karen Arnold, Hannah Oosterhoorn, Tayla Rhind, Lori Harden, Sadie Sangster, Jessica Duncan, Grace Atkinson Front: Shania Hamilton, Ruby Muir, Megan Thom, Sarah McInally, Lisa Fairweather, Lacey Rhind Alyth’s former sub-postmaster and Citizen of the Year, and current member of Alyth Musical Society, Billy Gordon, continued to grow his beard after ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ so he could be sheared by District Guider Jenny Rattray to raise money for the Guide Hut Restoration Fund, and lose at least 20 years in the process! The Alyth Voice is a free monthly newsletter, managed, written, and delivered by volunteers. Above: Alyth Parish Church Primary Sunday School had a ‘Treat Day’ on Saturday 9th May when they painted plates at Scone. Showing off their designs at church are L-R: Raighan Lindsay, Caitlin Milne, Callum Milne, Isla Reid, Emma Tait, and Ross Tait with Sunday School helper Lynn Ferguson. © M. Kay ALYTH LADIES KNITTING FOR CHARITY Well done! You have done it again! My wardrobes are filled. I am hoping to have had a working party to pack and label another enormous contribution to those in need throughout the world - Feed the Children, Ninewells Neonatal Unit, Balcraig Foundation and Smile Train. I am still being asked for wool, so if you know of any hidden piles of wool please either let me know, or hand them in to Megs Mini Market, or Hobbies. I reckon we will have knitted Alyth (and friends) dry in another COMMUNITY COUNCILLORS RETIRE year. So let’s see what we can do! I have on my computer a record of nearly a The retirement of Alyth Community Council chairman, Jim Adam, and 1000 articles, which tallies a set of matching goods as one! And 48 or 96 squares secretary, George Durance, was marked by a dinner at Strathmore as one blanket, depending on the size. A mammoth task! Thank you so much. Golf Centre on Saturday 16th May with Councillors Ian Miller and I have quite a few names of regular contributors, you know who you are, and I Dennis Melloy, as well as past and present Alyth community thank you specially, but there are many more I don’t know where you are, but councillors. appreciate every stitch. I would also like to thank Meg and Muriel for acting as my “collecting boxes”. Lastly I would like to thank Michael Kay for taking time to get a photograph of some of the lovely work you have handed in, displayed in Hobbies’ The above photo shows L-R: George Durance, Pauline Durance, window last month. Have a great summer, and hope the sun shines for us! Hilda Adam, Jim Adam Susan Dawson, 01828 633239, email: [email protected] 2 Useful Telephone Numbers Airlie Street Hall (contact-Margaret Smith) - 01828 632256 ALYTH HEALTH CENTRE Blairgowrie Police Station - 0300 111 2222 NEW ALYTH ROAD, ALYTH, PH11 8EQ Perth Police Station - 0300 111 2222 Hydro-Electric Emergencies - 0800 300999 Telephone: 01828 632317 Scottish Gas Emergencies - 0800 111999 Scottish Water - 0845 6008 855 Repeat Prescription Line: 01828 633663 Alyth Post Office - 01828 632301 (24 hour answering machine) Alyth Health Centre - 01828 632317 Alyth Primary School - 01828 632462 Community Nurse: 01828 632425 Blairgowrie High School - 01250 873445 Alyth Environmental Group - 01828 632907 Health Visitor: 01828 633954 NHS 24—new 24 hour health service - 08454 24 24 24 Anti-social Behaviour Team - 01738 476173 Opening Hours - Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm If you offer an emergency or breakdown service, send the Voice your name and number. After Hours - NHS24 tel: 08454 24 24 24 ALYTH VOICE TEAM Late surgeries by appointment Editor: Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday - 5pm to 6pm Paul Ramsay - 01828 632992 - [email protected] Early Surgeries by appointment Compositor/Secretary: Irene Robertson - 01828 633045 - [email protected] Blood Clinic - Monday/Wednesday - 8.30am to 9.30am Advertising: Pamela Luscombe - 01828 633693 - [email protected] Marjory Macpherson & Margaret McKenzie Distribution: Paul & Barbara Prettyman - 01828 633725 - - VOICE TEASER - - - Treasurer: What is the origin of the CURLING POND? Michael Kay - 01828 632252/632690 - [email protected] ~~~ Webmaster: Derek Todd - [email protected] Answer to last month’s Teaser – The origin of Crathie Bridge? From “Crathie” at its south end. ARTICLE/ADVERT SUBMISSION to the Voice Crathes, 1794, 1805 - Ainslie, Stobie. In order to avoid disappointment please ensure that articles/ads for publication are Pictish; cf. W. cardden, thicket, with the transposed r, as is common, and n word submitted before the 21st day (8th for colour photos/16th for ads) of each month. Note: The views expressed in the Alyth Voice are not necessarily those of the team nor can off as in Urquhart. Compare also the loss of A.S. genitive in an, which became ë they accept any responsibility for accuracy and spelling of any article. (pronounced) in Middle English. Please note ALL articles must be accompanied with a name and address The O.S. map retains the final s, but nobody seems to have heard it locally. If the BEFORE they will be published in the Voice. s be original, see p.14. On request, the name and address may be withheld from publication. The bridge was built after the disaster of Crathie, in December, 1786, in which, Any submission without these details will NOT be included. by the capsizing of the ferry boat, some Alyth people lost their lives. One of them is commemorated in the Old Churchyard (see below). *~*~* Dates for Your Diary *~*~* [Extract from Meikle’s ‘Places and Place-Names Round Alyth’ 1925] Due to the advance notice of these dates, please check for changes! The eroded headstone in The Arches mentioned above has been recorded already and will be included in the Alyth Parish Church Family History Project (see p13). JULY 3rd Quiz Night, Burnside Inn Jam in the Den CT helm, shield, mantling. 17[66]. D M. K A. Originally erected by David 6th-11th Annual Kirk Shop, Airlie St. Hall (p19) Alyth Parish Church [Moncur] mert in Alyth - - - - - - - - - - of [Hope Park Rattray] - - bro Wm, sister 15-9 Aug Bookfest, Cairnleith Street (see p12) Scouts & Girlguiding Eliz---- (Ed: Jervise ms vol 5pp 1659 & 1664 gives: David MONCUR, green cloth mert Alyth, along with six other persons was drowned by the upsetting of 25th Jam in the Den, Alyth Den (see p8) Jam in the Den a ferry boat on Crathie 27.12.1786; renewed by his nephew John MONCUR of 27th Lunch Club, Airlie Street Hall Alyth Senior Cit. Club Hope Park Rattray imo fa John MONCUR green cloth mert of Alyth, mo Janet RAIT, bro Wm, sister Eliz all int here, bro David mert Dundee int St. Peter’s AUGUST churchyard Dundee). Winged sandglass, skull, crossed bones. [(c)Monumental 1st Family History Project launch (see p13) Alyth Parish Church Inscriptions pre 1855 by John F. Mitchell & Sheila Macbeth or Mitchell (1975)] 1st-9th Charity Shop, Cairnleith St. (see p27) Alyth Guide Hut Fund 15th Coffee Morning, Airlie Street Hall Freedom Coach 22nd Coffee Morning, Airlie Street Hall SNP 31st Lunch Club, Airlie Street Hall Alyth Senior Cit. Club 31st Blood Donor Session, Town Hall Scotblood PLEASE GIVE BLOOD Alyth Town Hall on © M. Kay Monday 31st August 2009 5.00pm - 8.00pm Cadets from 2519 (Strathmore) Squadron, Air Training Corp, had the 99 people donated in May, including 7 new donors. Thank you. chance to fly at Perth Air Show on Sunday 7th June. Above shows For further information please visit our website at www.scotblood.co.uk Cadet Ian Fotheringham (Alyth) in the Piel CP. 301A Emerande just before take-off. (See Cadet Stuart Carling (Alyth) page 6) DATES FOR 2009 10am - 3pm on all dates: Strathmore & the Glens Rural Partnership 25th July - Alyth Square 22nd August - Blairgowrie Wellmeadow PO Box 6621, Blairgowrie PH12 8YF 26th September- Alyth Square www.strathmoreglens.org 24th October - Blairgowrie Wellmeadow or contact Sue Cole on 01828 640763 or [email protected] 28th November - Alyth Square 5th December - Indoor Christmas Market Blairgowrie 3 TOUTIE STUDIOS The Art Studio on Lower Bank Street run for many years by PAUL MILNE Jean Redgrave has reopened as 'Toutie Studios'. The studio offers all kinds of opportunities in art and music and is run by BUILDERS local artists and musicians Julie, Keri and Luke. Toutie Studios hosted their first event in April as part of the New Builds, Renovations, Extensions, Paving etc Strathmore Arts Festival where Keri, a ceramics graduate Free Estimates from Duncan of Jordanstone College ran a series of ceramic tile printing workshops for all ages. The work produced was Gracefield, Craigie, Phone: 01250 884 714 exhibited alongside 'Disco Beards', an exhibition by Dundee based artists Rob Hunter and John Louden who are soon to Blairgowrie, PH10 6RG Mobile: 07736 176 294 exhibit at Dundee Contemporary Arts. The workshops and ROBERTSON’S DAIRY exhibition were a great success and were soon followed with A.D. ROOFING, BALKEERIE a paper making project led by textiles graduate Julie and Slaters, Tiles, Gutters, BY GLAMIS FORFAR undertaken by three age groups – 5-9's, 10-15's and adults.