DIARY Monthly: 1st Wed Strength and Balance Group 10am Friendship Room Pensioners Club 2-4pm Friendship Room KEMNAY NEWSLETTER 2nd Tues Greener Kemnay 7.30pm Burnett Arms last Thursday Community Council meeting 7.30pm except July, Aug & Dec. Issue 451 Weekly : Sun Bingo, Kemnay Village Hall 6.30-8.30pm Mon Monday Club 2-4pm Friendship Room Mon Dru Yoga 7.55pm Church centre December 2017 Tues Children’s Dance Classes 3.30—6.45. Village Hall Tues Adult Dance Classes evenings. Village Hall Wed Knit & Natter Group 3-5pm Kemnay Library “It’s All Happening in Kemnay” Fri Kemnay Bargain Box 9.30-1130. see page 6 Health Walks 9.30am Meet outside Village Hall See page 16 (The Yellow Book) Fri Community Coffee Morning 9.30-11.30 KVH (side entrance) see page 6 For details of inclusion in the 2018 edition of this useful Dec booklet, turn to page 25 Fri 1 st “Bond - An Unathorised Parody” KVH 7.30pm. See page 25. Wed 6 th Strength & Balance Group 10-11.30am Main Hall, KVH. See page 16 Thurs 7 th Kemnay WI Ladies from Cluny - Crafts with a Christmas theme. See Page 12. Sat 9 h Greener Kemnay Birley Bush 10-2pm See page 8. Author Event Kintore Library 10.30am See page 6 Christmas Family Disco Kemnay bowling Club 7pm. See page 18. The Newsletter Tues 12 th Tuesday Centre 1-4pm Christmas Party - All Welcome. Sat 16 th Pop-Up Movie Night. See page 20/21 Team would like Mon 25 th Merry Christmas to all our readers Wed 27 th Kemnay Movie Night “The Lego Batman Movie” KVH 7 for 7.30pm See page 21 to wish everyone HAPPY NEW YEAR A Wonderful Christmas Jan and a Prosperous New Wed 10 th Strength & Balance Group 10-11.30am Main Hall, KVH. See page 16 Wed 17 th Kemnay Angling Club AGM Wainman Room, KVH 7pm. See page 29. Year The Newsletter is produced by Kemnay & District Community Association for and by the people of Kemnay. It is distributed each month to approximately 2250 homes in and around Kemnay. If you would like anything included please note that the closing date for both articles and advertisements Note: All meetings held in the Friendship Room, Kemnay Village Hall unless otherwise stated. is 9am on the 23rd of the month. FOR JANUARY EDITION deadline is Tuesday 12th December! To book the Village Hall email [email protected] or visit www.kemnayhall.co.uk. If email is not available phone 01467 643320, office hours only, and leave a message. All inclusions to: Kemnay Newsletter, Kemnay Village Hall, 8 Aquithie Road, Kemnay AB51 5SS (The letterbox for the Village Hall is located half way down the right hand side of the Hall). Tel 01467 641120 (leave a message on answer phone) or email your inclusion to: [email protected] or [email protected] Once again we ask all organisers of events in Kemnay & District to give details for publication in the newsletter. If you have any queries about delivery, please ring 01467 642167 or email It is much better if events do not clash, for in a small community such as ours, these clashes can result in [email protected] divided loyalties and maybe a lower financial return for those who are raising funds for charity or their clubs expenditure. 1 PETRIE FAMILY The wall mounted memorial round the corner from the Findlater memorial (November 2017) commemorates members of the Petrie family. Andrew Petrie was born in Kennethmont and served his apprenticeship with James Howie, merchant in Huntly. Soon after completing his apprenticeship he moved to Aberdeen and it was not long before he set up on his own account as a grocer in the Green. In 1876 he moved to Kemnay and commenced business as a general merchant in premises which were to become the nucleus of the Burnett Arms Hotel. In 1888 he moved to custom built premises on the corner of High Street and Station Road from where he carried on as a general merchant comprising; grocery, ironmongery, house furnishing, hardware, drapery, gent’s outfitting as well as an agency for the Town and County Bank. The shop had a two door frontage to High Street with the entrance to the bank office on the corner. The window in the photo showing the hats is the present day window of the Music Shop. The business prospered and Andrew Petrie was joined in the business by three of his sons. The store in Monymusk was taken on and run Come Along to Kemnay Church Centre in conjunction Every Tues. & Thurs. from 9.30 – 11.30 a.m. with the Kemnay For Mums, Dads and Minders to get together business. for a coffee and a chat! Mr Petrie took a Fun for Babies & Toddlers (Birth to 4 years) keen interest in Snacks provided – Everyone is Welcome! local affairs, being for many years a member of the School Board and the Parish Council. He was secretary of the Kemnay Hall Company for nearly Each session costs £1.50p plus 50p for each child twenty five years and precentor (leader of praise) in the Free Church for a over 6 months (no extra charge for babies under 6 months). similar period. We are open all year round except on advertised dates - which will be up- Andrew Petrie died on 4 th April 1908 aged 70 years, his widow, Annie dated on our Facebook pages. Kemp, died on 12 th July 1933 aged 84 years. Join us on Facebook: 1st Stop Parent & Toddlers Kemnay (this is a closed group-members only) and 1st Stop Toddlers Kemnay (open page to view by all). 2 43 Catholic Church KEMNAY PARISH CHURCH Mass celebrations in Kemnay OF SCOTLAND A&G Collie Butchers St John’s, Fetternear, Fraser Place St Bryde’s Road Kemnay (outside Kemnay) SUNDAY SERVICES on alternate Sundays at 6pm 10am Family Service 01467 642207 May to October A warm invitation is extended to Purveyors of locally reared beef, lamb, pork and Please check details on the parish website: all. free range chickens [email protected] CHURCH CENTRE Parish Priest Fr Patrick Rice SJ Loaves and Fishes Coffee Shop Monday to Friday 6am - 5pm, Saturday 6am - 4pm Tel: 01467 268313 Tues – Friday 10am - 4pm Order your Christmas Dinner now. email: [email protected] You are very welcome! CONTACT From Turkeys, Capons, Duck and Geese to Gammon, More information on a wide range Lamb or delicious Beef to roast, we have everything Newsletter Advertising of activities www.kemnayparish.church to make your Christmas Dinner special. Costs Church Office Tue-Fri 9.30 – 12.30 Also remember the pigs in blankets. Page Com- Non- [email protected] Size mercial Commer- cial 01467 643883 Have a Merry Christmas from all the team. Full £40 £20 Half £20 £10 St Anne’s Scottish Episcopal Quarter £10 £5 Church Eighth £5 £2.50 Kendal Road A member of the worldwide Anglican WE WISH TO ADVISE OUR Communion Inverurie READERS THAT WE DO NOT Services www.minuspestcontrol.com ACCCEPT Sunday Holy Communion 10.00 am e-mail: Tuesday Prayers 12 midday RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE [email protected] All welcome! 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