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CARRADALE GOLF CLUBABC COUNCIL QUOTE: “There are grants of up to 80% available towards the cost ofrepairing shop-fronts in the Conservation Area, and restoring them to their original historicappearance. Many shops in Campbeltown still retain some original features which will beretained and enhanced. Works will include: removal of inappropriate fascia and advertisingand replacement with an approved design; redecoration if it is part of the renewal scheme;and the removal of paint from stonework”. For three commentaries see page 5.

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Charles McMillan and Mark Charlwood com-pleted their sponsored walk along the shore-line from Skipness Memorial to CarradaleMemorial in aid of the Erskine Hospital. Thetwo completed the task in eight hours fifty fiveminutes covering 19 miles of shore walk. Thechaps said it was a bit tough going on somestretches with the ground very wet and boggyafter the recent bad weather. They were met atthe War Memorial by family and friends.Photos and report courtesy of Johnny Durnan.

CARRADALE GOLF CLUBAlthough the numbers attending were downthis year, an excellent evening was had for theAnnual Dinner/Dance. The Carradale Hotellaid on a very good buffet with a wide variety ofchoice. The evening was preceded by theannual match when the Captain’s team(winners) v President’s Team took place. Themonthly draw including the Snowball prizeswas drawn and the winners were as follows: - November December1st £30 R. Caddick Miss H Campbell2nd £18 Miss E. Neilson G. Semple3rd £12 Mrs S. Bannerman Mrs D. Headrick4th £ 6 Miss L. Semple Mrs J. Allan

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THE OPEN MEETING: 15 NOVEMBERThe Secretary, Carol Abernethy, opened theproceedings with a reading and prayers, afterwhich she introduced the entertainers for theevening; Lachie Paterson, Les Oman andShelagh Cameron. Les played his guitar and sung some wellselected songs. This was followed by Lachieshowing a variety of slides, videos and films ofCarradale and the surrounding areas from theearly 20th century up to the 1960s. Somewere of the fishing, including the shark facto-ry, but many other videos were of holidaymakers. It was fascinating to see how busyCarradale had been at this time and howfishing changed when the Harbour came intobeing with boats not having to moor at Water-foot. Lachie also included a short film ofTarbert which Shelagh enhanced with hersinging. After refreshments Lachie showedhis own recent photographs of the remainingCarradale ring-net fishermen. Les brought theevening to a conclusion with a well knownsong, the audience joining in with the chorus.Mary Macalister Hall thanked all three guestsfor an excellent evenings entertainment.

THE CHRISTMAS FAIRThis took place on Saturday, the 27th of No-vember in Carradale village hall and wasopened by the Minister, the Rev. JohnVischer. All the usual stalls were in operation,tombola being the most popular with an excel-lent array of prizes. The guessing games alsodid a good trade. Although the number ofparticipants was fewer than normal, possiblydue to poor weather, the amount raised was£800. Thanks are due to the hard work by thecommittee, members of the Guild and themany other contributors. M.P.

The prizewinners were -Treasure map: Janita King.Tablet squares: Margaret Richardson.The weight of dumpling: shared by Pat Laud,

Isabel McConnachie and Moira Foreman.Weight of Christmas cake: Keith Campbell.Number of lollipops: Jenny Vischer.Number of items in hamper: Mo McCormick.

CIRCLING AVALONThe ‘apple’ of the Carradale Fleet was calledinto service to transport its owner and skipperto attend a hearing in Central Scotland in midDecember. The sincere hope was that theywere not courting trouble in the decidedlycriminal weather. Unfortunately the court de-cided that Avalon would need to ‘re-turn’ inFebruary - Avalon (probably from the Welshword afal, meaning apple.)

MORE NOVEMBER EVENTSFLOODS AND FIREWORKS

Photos courtesy of Johnny Durnan.

ANTLER DEADLINESWHY ARE ANTLER DEADLINES WELLBEFORE THE DISTRIBUTION DATE?

(1) The Antler needs to be delivered to sub-scribers before the month starts.(2 days)

(2) Allow for 2nd class delivery(2 days)

(3) The Postal Officer needs to find time to foldan Antler into 90 A3 envelopes, put a labelon the front, stamp it and take it to the postoffice (when it is open) Thursday-Monday(4 days)

(4) The Antler needs to be collected fromKrisp Print and distributed to 23 agents(1 day)

(5) The Antler needs to be with Krisp Print aweek for printing(7 days)

(6) The Editor needs at least two days to fitarticles and pictures into the space availa-ble which must be in mutiples of 4 pages,and to commit them to a PDF disc(2 days)

TOTAL 18 days. Therefore the last day forsubmissions is around the -

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‘GENTLE JOHNNY RAMENSKY’ JOHN RAMSAY: SAFE-BLOWER AND WAR HERO

The reputation of eastern European immi-grants has always been one of hard work andintegrity; those who came to the Britain’s aidjust before and during the Second World Warshowed a dedication to the task in hand rareeven among those from the homeland or theCommonwealth who saw the dangers aheadand were prepared to volunteer their services. The Czechs, the Poles and those whocame from the Baltic Sea states of Lithuania,Latvia and Estonia have this tradition and itremains to this day in the hand-intensivefarming parts of the south and east of Britainand among fishing communities in Scotland.Even well established descendants of thosewho came across in earlier times still carrywith them the national traits.

So how does someone bearing the veryfamiliar name of John Ramsay come to beassociated with the tenets of Lithuania andanti-social acts of someone born in Glenboigand brought up in the Gorbals.

The explanation is clearly set out in Robert Jeffrey’s latest book ‘Gentle JohnnyRamensky’, now on sale for a remarkably low price of £9.99.

Robert, a frequent visitor to his house in Waterfoot, but now retired as ManagingEditor of the Glasgow Herald Group of companies, has a successful record ofpublishing books on the tougher side of Glasgow life. This latest book has all theattractions of earlier works, but brings to life the remarkable story of someone whostarted and remained at the bottom end of society, developed from being a pettycriminal to one of the best safe-cracksmen, played a prominent part behind the linesin Hitler’s Europe and calmly returned to his old pursuits immediately after the war.

Without giving the complete game away John Ramsay was born Yonus Ranan-auckas, became Johnny Ramensky, changed his name to John Ramsay by deed pollwhile a prisoner in Peterhead in 1943 and reverted to Johnny Ramensky when hereturned from service in the Commandos to continue his safe-breaking career.

The book is a fascinating account of his life as an accomplished criminal, as anintelligent prisoner, an inveterate escapee and as someone who was chosen to blowup safes behind enemy lines belonging to major Nazi leaders. It tells of his relation-ship with the prison system, a number of its governors and his ability and interest infighting the cause of others suffering in the civilian prisons of the twentieth century.

In this brief look at the Johnny Ramensky’s life I thought that Robert Jeffreywouldn’t mind me quoting a section from his book which gives a glimpse of the ‘gentle,(if somewhat naïve), Johnny Ramensky’ as he pleads to be let out of prison to join thearmy in 1939 – well before conscription was introduced.“Sir, In this time of national need I offer my services to the country unreservedly. Myparents are both Lithuanians, but I was born in Glenboig, Scotland. My father diedover 25 years ago. I have a very bad record as a criminal. I assure you that most ofmy efforts were carried out in a spirit of high adventure. I beg you to overlook my pastrecord and give me the chance to serve my country. I am willing to make the supremesacrifice. I am healthy and fit in every way and I know I would make a good soldier. Ihave had my good times and my bad, mostly bad. Still I do not forget I owe a lot tothe country I was born in. For my King and country I am prepared to do the best a mancan do. Fight and die if necessary. I ask you to believe this comes from my heart. Iknow where my duty lies. Please give me the chance.

I am, sir, yours always, John Ramensky”.Robert Jeffrey’s account of John’s life is an intriguing read about one man’s patrioticsupport of his country at war, an indictment of earlier practices in the prison systemand the addiction of a man whose skills could have been more rewardingly employedin times of peace - if only the ‘system’ had been geared towards rehabilitation ratherthan retribution.

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CARRADALE PRIMARY SCHOOLCHRISTMAS PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION & CONCERT

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents for attending andsupporting our School Exhibition and Christmas Concert. I hope you allenjoyed it! The wonderful sum of £146.00 and £333.05 was raised.

CHRISTMAS LUNCHThe wonderful Christmas Lunch, cooked by Mrs Sheena Ramsay,raised £96. A truly wonderful, festive feast enjoyed by all!

CHRISTMAS TREEThanks to Mrs Angela Arkell for the kind donation of the Christmastree. I am sure that if you saw the tree you will agree that it lookedlovely in the corner of the hall.

CHRISTMAS MAILAnother big thank you to Mrs Angela Arkell and her ‘posties’ fordelivering Christmas cards. The school received a donation of £275from the above venture.

CONGRATULATIONSCongratulations go to Tabitha Broach who was awarded a ‘HighlyCommended’ in the Road Safety Classroom Calendar Competition.Well done, Tabitha. As we approach the end of a very eventful and successful schoolyear, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very MerryChristmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

Yours sincerely, Mrs A.M. Elliott, Head TeacherCHRISTMAS CONCERT PICTURES & COMMENT BY J.D

Just some quick shots of the childrens concert. This was an excellentperformance by the school children, from the nursery to p7, I would saythis was the best showing I've seen as yet. They were very talentedand witty and had the audience of over 80 people in stitches at times. There was a grand raffle of prizes and hampers were made up anddistributed to the elderly of the village. The headmistress Mrs Elliotthanked everyone,the audience,parents,staff,those who donated raffleprizes and hamper contents,all who helped on the night and notforgetting the children. Well done. For those not at the concert,it wasvideoed and a CD of the nights entertainment will be availableshortly,contact the school to purchase.

Santa and his elf arrive by fire engine

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Shepherds, royalty and angelic voices in abundance

AN INDEPENDENT VIEW‘C.H.O.R.D.’ & SHOP FACES

In the 1950s and 1960s the Council in Norwichsupported a scheme to brighten the city shopfronts - a rash of pale colours spread through-out its conservation area. Other towns andcities followed suit. Campbeltown caught up inthe late 1980s and has recently extended itsconservation area. This has focused attention on shop frontswhich were outside the original area. As a resulttraders in parts of Longrow have now beenwarned that they need permission to changetheir colour scheme or style of lettering Several years ago a well-known and re-spected Campbeltown architect, Harry Eccles,tried to persuade HIE to cut red tape, reducepermission costs and approve a completescheme for the Town. Some shop ownersweren’t persuaded. Others went into an earlierscheme and instead of paying £500 for paintended up paying 25% of schemes costing up to£5,000. With two new businesses opening inLongrow during the last few months and anoth-er with new management, house owners seek-ing advice on solid fuel heating do not need totravel to Oban or Glasgow to see a wide rangeof wood or mixed fuel stoves. Ladies could bepersuaded to buy something attractive anddifferent in clothing and accessories from whatused to be the toy shop, and hardware shop-pers can now purchase a range of DIY productstogether with traditional items from what usedto be McNair’s shop. All three shops have added to the quality ofshopping already in Longrow, but, unfortunate-ly, without planning permission for their inter-esting facades, two traders have been warnedof fines up to £1,000 if the shop fronts were notreturned to their original state. The final ques-tion is a matter of taste. Does changing coloursreally make for conservation or is it down to thedesigners personal preference? How‘conserving’ is substituting a mid-tone blue for amid-tone red - some of us ‘see red’ when toldto do things when the justification is a littlesuspect and possibly unnecessarily expensive. Finally how does one find out what a shop’s‘original historic appearance’ was in terms ofcolour and graphics, unless the McGrory collec-tion contains accurate coloured pictures wellbefore colour photography was invented. Struc-turally little has been done to correct nineteenthand twentieth century changes to earlier build-ings, so the only significant alteration is to col-our - which is where ‘Zena’s’ and the‘Blacksmith’s Shop’ join the now not quite soattractive ‘Eaglesham’s’ in showing the wayforward (and backwards). F..

THE ‘WEE TOUN’ VIEWTHE CONSERVATION AREA

REGENERATION SCHEME & THETOWNSCAPE HERITAGE INITIATIVE

Campbeltown has been successful in at-tracting grant assistance from two separateheritage based regeneration schemes. Thefirst, which has been active since 2007, ispart-funded by Historic Scotland, and isone of their first Conservation Area Regen-eration Schemes (CARS). The other project is a Townscape Her-itage Initiative (THI) part-funded by the Her-itage Lottery Fund (HLF).Both are grantschemes administered by Argyll and ButeCouncil and are part of the CampbeltownTown Centre Regeneration Project. The process is designed to generatesustainable improvements to Campbel-town Town Centre's Conservation Area inan effort to make it a better place to live,work and visit. It will involve the preserva-tion and refurbishment of a number of keyhistoric buildings in the town centre whichwill remove dereliction and decay, and im-prove the overall image of Campbeltown. It is anticipated that new uses will befound for old buildings including the provi-sion of new housing, tourist facilities andcommercial enterprises.

INFORMED COMMENTIt seems that some of the traders in thenewly extended preservation areas decid-ed not to heed the advice issued to them byCouncil officers in the last three years, andwent ahead and altered their frontages orbuildings regardless of the legal implica-tions. One can understand their desire toimprove their premises immediately andavoid the inevitable delays in following thecorrect procedure, but the CampbeltownProject Officer, explained to the Editor thateven if traders and shop owners do notwish to take the ‘grant’ route, because offeared design restrictions or increased fi-nancial commitment, officers working onthe scheme are more than willing to helpthem achieve an attractive compromisewhich would be inexpensive, in keepingwith conservation guideline and acceptableto the local authority. Of 50 projects inCampbeltown only 10 have gone ‘all theway’ though the approved main streamgrant process, the others have beenhelped to reach a compromise satisfactoryto the authority, building owners and totrading tenants.Interested parties should contact the TownCentre Regeneration Office on 01586559048

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Argyll and Bute Council has agreed to an ambi-tious and forward-looking programme to assistregeneration and economic development in fiveof it’s waterfront towns - Campbeltown, Helens-burgh, Oban, Rothesay and Dunoon. In Novem-ber 2008, the Council unanimously agreed toallocate more than £30 million to the pro-gramme, since named ‘CHORD’ The multi-mil-lion pound initiative will see major improvementsto the town centres and waterfronts of all fivetowns.The schemes in each town are:· Campbeltown – improvements to the town’s

heritage and conservation sites through theCampbeltown Town Centre RegenerationProject, the re-development of the existingmarina and the regeneration of the KinlochRoad area (£6.5million).

� Helensburgh – developing a more sustaina-ble traffic management system in the towncentre and redeveloping the West Bay Es-planade between Colquhoun Square andWilliam Street (£6.66million).

� Oban – assess the viability of creating amarina facility in Oban, and constructing anOban Development Road to provide newroutes around the town centre and unlockdevelopment opportunities (£6.9million).

� Rothesay – deliver a THI for the RothesayTown Centre Conservation area, and reno-vate and improve Rothesay Pavilion(£2.4million).

� Dunoon – redevelop and create a vibrantand attractive waterfront (£8.3million).

For information about the management of theprogramme, you can access the details of themeetings on the ABC web-site Minutes, Agen-das, Meetings. For information about the devel-opment of the projects in the five towns, you canaccess details of the meetings and the OutlineBusiness Cases put forward here.

Each of the CHORD projects, with the ex-ception of the Campbeltown THI, are now enter-ing into the preparation of a Full Business Case,i.e. progressing through the various stages ofdesign and firming up on benefits / costs. TheCampbeltown THI has already progressedthrough this stage and is now in the implemen-tation stage.

The consultancy services that we require forthis work varies – with some being undertakenin house and perhaps calling in expertise asrequired – others will wholly be procured exter-nally. In each case the Scottish Government’sProcurement Portal will be used.

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ANOTHER VISIT TOKILKERRAN GRAVEYARD

CAMPBELTOWNMany Kintyre residents have already had achance to enjoy one of Angus Martin’s infor-mation-packed tours around the historicgravestones in Kilkerran Graveyard and toread his first anecdotal book recording detailsof the life and families of some of those in-terred there. Kintyre Civic Society in associa-tion with the Grimsay Press published on 18thDecember a sequel to this book entitled Kilk-erran Graveyard Revisited, which comprisesanecdotes based on a further selection of thegraves. George John Stewart of the Oyster-catcher Gallery has again provided a numberof illustrations (some of them light-hearted),and a map to enable you to pilot your wayround the graveyard to find the graves de-scribed. The book went on sale in Campbel-town shops from 18th December onwards at aprice of £10.95. A further publishing venture which alsoappeared on 18th December, is a CD entitled “Old Kilkerran Cemetery, Campbeltown,Argyll: a record of the monuments therein”.The CD gives details of over 1,200 monu-ments of various sizes commemorating some4,500 souls interred in the cemetery. Index-es allow you to search under any name ap-pearing on the stones, including maiden

names, and an image of the wording on thegravestone will appear. David and FlorenceMcEwan of Campbeltown had compiled thedetails in 1984-85 into seven shorthand note-books, but these were not easily accessibleuntil Ann Boulton transferred the records on tocomputer, and 4D Teaching Tools (proprietorAdam Ford) was approached to design aninteractive CD to enable the information to behandled in a manageable form. Copies areavailable from local bookshops at a price of£13.50. Although this is very much a researchtool for the family history specialist, it providesfascinating snapshots of Campbeltown’s past. Kate Singleton.

KINTYRE FAMILIESIn January Angus Martin sent the Editor acopy of his most recent book, ‘Kintyre Fami-lies’, a fascinating insight into the occurrenceof local and national surnames, invaluable to‘ancestor hunters’ and of general interest tothose without family connections in Kintyrewho wish to be sure of their ground beforetrampling on community relations. Packed, as usual, with facts accumulatedover the years through patient research, theauthor lists over 286 family names and avariety of sub-sects. In its 78 pages, the reader can trace localfamily connections and the extent of influenceon the male line through the introduction ofblood from familiar and unfamiliar sources. This valuable addition to the Kintyre ar-chive costs £5, including p&p, and can beobtained from the author at 13 Saddell Street,Campbeltown PA28 6DN. (01586 552605)

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OLD KILKERRAN CEMETERYCAMPBELTOWNARGYLL:A record of the monumentstherein

BABER, Lewis 893BAKER, J. A. Argyll, d.1953, 70 yrs 614BANNATYNE, Mary, d.1922, 70 yrs 773BAXTER, James, d.1925, 43 yrs 645BAYLEY, Doris Kirkland, d.1967, 59 yrs 852BELL, Christine 912BELL, Gordon, d.2000, 52 yrs 912BIRD, Joan, Hannah, d.1969, 43 yrs 850BLACK, Lachlan, d.2004, 78 yrs 970BLACKIE, Adam Laidlaw, Henderson, d.1989, 77 yrs 974BLUE, Angus, d.1971, 89 yrs 819BLUE, Elizabeth, d.1977, 69 yrs 724BLUE, Flora, d.1993, 79 yrs 649BLUE, Isabella, Paterson, d.1996, 85 yrs 916BLUE, Mrs. William, d.1939 650BLUE, Sarah, d.1971, 85 yrs 819BLUE, William, d.1958, 79 yrs 649BOYCE, Colin, Edward, d.1989, 47 yrs 930BOYCE, Suzanne930BOYD, Jenny Adam, d.1925 600BOYD, Jenny Adam, d.1925 599BOYD, Roderick MacSwan, d.1976, 74 yrs 730BRACKLEY, CEMETERY 588BROCK-DOYLE, Daniel, d.1991, 86 yrs 943BROWN, Agnes, d.1930, 82 yrs 615BROWN, Agnes, d.1938, 81 yrs 713BROWN, Andrew, d.1978, 69 yrs 900BROWN, Angus, d.1975, 90 yrs 653BROWN, Annie, d.1891, 64 yrs 738BROWN, Catherine, d.1932, 52 yrs 617BROWN, Christine, d.1950, 89 yrs 685BROWN, Douglas 900BROWN, Isabella, d.1933, 88 yrs 615BROWN, Jeanette 900BROWN, Jessie, d.1978, 83 yrs 884BROWN, Jessie, d.1986, 71 yrs 949BROWN, Margaret, d.2000, 80 yrs 653BROWN, Neil, d.1969, 88 yrs 839BROWN, Robert, d.1934, 91 yrs615BROWNIE, Agnes, McDougall, d.1985, 62 yrs 953BROWNIE, Donald, d.1934, 6 yrs 641BROWNIE, Frederick Alex., d.1992, 67 yrs 640BROWNIE, Frederick, A., d.1963 641BRUCE, Donald, d.1898, 54 yrs 766BRUCE, James, d.1850, 48 yrs 766BRUCE, Mary, d.1911, 73 yrs 594BUCHANAN, Angus, d.1951, 77 yrs 672BUCHANAN, Angus, d.1964, 59 yrs 851BUCHANAN, Callum 672

BRACKLEY GRAVESFollowing the publication in the Antler somemonths ago of information about burials in theWaterfoot Cemetery, the following Brackleydetails are from Harold A. Ralston through theArgyll & Bute Council web-site. Photographsof the gravestones are available from Mr Ral-ston whose e-mail address is http://www.ralstongenealogy.com. Burials in the last fewyears may not be included but could be addedin the near future.??, Malcolm, Flo & Bessie 688ANDERSON, Carol d.2003 35 yrs 981ANDERSON, Margaret d.2001 92 yrs 818ARKWRIGHT, Rose Emmeline d.1998 91 yrs 692ARMSTRONG, Alan 682ARMSTRONG, Grace Semple, d.1920, 70 yrs 746ARMSTRONG, Janice 682ARMSTRONG, Lea 682ARMSTRONG, Mary H., d.1951, 75 yrs 683ARMSTRONG, Neil 682ARMSTRONG, Tom Jackson Semple d.1993, 61 yrs 682ARMSTRONG, Tom Semple, d.1967, 80 yrs 683ARMSTRONG, William T., d.1922, 79 yrs 746

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C.H.U.G.CARRADALE HARBOUR USERS GROUP

A FURTHER REPORTSeveral further meetings have been held withinterested parties since the last report(November 2010). The principal discussion has taken place withArgyll & Bute Council. This has concentrated on1. The council's thoughts on a future local

management structure for the harbour area.2. The council's legal responsibility when hand-

ing over to some form of management part-nership.

3. The financial makeup of any agreementbetween a Carradale based managementgroup and ABC

4. The acquisition of accurate figures for in-come derived directly from Carradale Har-bour over the last few years so thatmeaningful financial plans can be formulat-ed.

  Also it has been agreed that the presentcommittee will produce, in the immediate fu-ture, a consultation document for ABC whichsets out a 5 year redevelopment plan leading toa long term 25 year development proposal. It isvitally important that these documents receivethe  support of  the village community beforebeing put before ABC. Towards this end localconsultation will be sought and a public meet-ing held before  any submissions  are  made. Marcus Adams.

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NOVEMBER RAINFALLBy the law of averages the rain had to come,and it came with a vengeance. The first fort-night was exceptionally stormy, wet and a lotcolder. By the 13th we had accumulated195mm (nearly 8 inches.) The statistic of 40mm on the 8th was the highest daily rainfallwe have ever recorded here in Grogport. Thiswas understandably the case as over the 48hours Nov 7/8th the barometer reached arecord low. Lower than we have ever recordedin the lifetime of our record keeping anywherein the UK since 1973. By the 19th the totalrainfall for the month had risen to 215mm. Would it never stop raining? peopleasked, but it did calm down and the periodbetween the 20th and the 26th was cold, butsurprisingly it was a seven day dry stretchwhen no rainfall was recorded. The last ten days in November were bitter-ly cold and raw, with driving northerly, northeasterly or easterly winds bringing exception-ally low temperatures and snow falls butthankfully these did not prove as severe or asdisruptive as in other less fortunate parts ofthe country. Carradale School did not close,and the B843 north of The Glen was stillpassable with care. Trace rainfall recordings at the end of themonth brought the monthly rainfall total to218mm. The dry second half of the monthmeant that the November total rainfall figurewas below average for the month, as theaverage is 227mm (with a range of between141mm in 2008 and 305mm in 2006.) Amaz-ingly and so far, with just one month to go, thisstill puts 2010 as the year with the lowestrainfall since the year 2000.

DECEMBER RAINFALLWinter dug even deeper in December andmany additional records were broken. Rainfall-wise it was our lowest rainfall total for anyprevious December. We recorded just 72mm-easily December’s lowest total (previous rangebeing 116mm (2002) and 325mm (2006). Up until Boxing Day we had barely hadanything other than trace recording with thetotal just 21mm. A sudden rise in temperatureand heavy rain brought the thaw and a read-ing of 36mm in the rain gauge on the 27th andthe month ended with readings of 5,7,3mm onthe 28th/29th and 30th completing themonth’s total. We recorded our lowest eversub zero temperature ever -6 degrees and thiswas even with the warming influence of ourclose proximity to the sea here in Grogport.Places in Carradale and the local inland glens,we know, recorded even lower temperatures.Also record breaking certainly for us was theprolonged and sustained sub zero night-time

and, for a time, daytime temperatures overthe last seven weeks. So this winter of 2010will be remembered for many years to comethat is unless these conditions are repeated insubsequent years and, horror on horror, be-come the norm!

RAINFALL STATISTICSWith so many records broken this year asgiven in my monthly reports; it must come asno surprise that here in Grogport, 2010 wasboth the driest and coldest since 2000 and formany years prior to our record keeping. Certainly national statistics and weathergurus tell us it’s the coldest prolonged winterspell for a generation at least. Though per-haps not the driest for a comparable periodnationwide, as here in Kintyre, we were fre-quently and unusually, experiencing in 2010less rainfall than other parts of the country. But 2010 will surely be etched oneveryone’s memory as beginning and endedin Arctic conditions snow and icy roads. Forthose statistically orientated rainfall totals forthe past 10 years are recorded below. Theyshow a widening Annual Rainfall range1390mm in 2010 to 2253mm in 2004 (55inches to 90 inches). The weather never fails to amaze and beof interest. It’s not surprising that it continuesto be a frequent topic of conversation. My closing question must of course be“What will 2011 bring?” M.L.

Ten year totals: year-mm-inches

Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 mm 1617 2189 1696 2253 1997 Ins 65 88 68 90 80

Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 mm 2050 1535 1783 1901 1390 Ins 82 61 71 75 55

NETWORKThe Network Tearoom will re-open on Mon-day 17th January 2011, 11am. to 4 pmClosed Wednesday and Thursday. José

POPPY COLLECTIONEdna Paterson would like to thank Betty Mac-Gregor, Mary McMillan, Neenie, the staff andowners of both village shops for their effortswith this year’s Poppy Collection; the amountraised was £354.70.

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EKCC MINUTESApologies to those readers who enjoy readingthe EKCC minutes. At the time of going toprint on Thursday 13th January 2011 theminutes of the November and Decembermeetings in 2010 had not been received.

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KEEPING YOU INFORMEDSent in by Leonard McNeill of West LochFyne Community Council, but issued by

The Wiltshire Constabulary‘This has been passed on via another Forcearea through our own Fraud Department InWiltshire Constabulary, and it is a very con-vincing SCAM. We have been asked to dis-seminate the information as widely and asquickly as we can through NeighbourhoodWatch, School Safe and others’.

‘This one is pretty slick since they provideYOU with all the information, except the onepiece they want. Note, the callers do not askfor your card number; they already have it.This information is worth reading. By under-standing how the VISA & MasterCard Tele-phone Credit Card Scam works, you'll bebetter prepared to protect yourself.. One ofour employees was called on Wednesdayfrom ‘VISA’, and I was called on Thursdayfrom ‘MasterCard’. The scam works like this:Person calling says, "This is (name), and I'mcalling from the Security and Fraud Depart-ment at VISA. My badge number is 12460.Your card has been flagged for an unusualpurchase pattern, and I'm calling to verify.This would be on your VISA card which wasissued by (name of bank) did you purchase anAnti-Telemarketing Device for £497.99 from aMarketing company based in London ?" Whenyou say "No", the caller continues with, "Thenwe will be issuing a credit to your account.This is a company we have been watchingand the charges range from £297 to £497, justunder the £500 purchase pattern that flagsmost cards’.

‘Before your next statement, the credit willbe sent to (gives you your address), is thatcorrect?" You say "yes". The caller continues- "I will be starting a fraud investigation. If you

have any questions, you should call the 0800number listed on the back of your card (0800-VISA) and ask for Security. You will need torefer to this Control Number. The caller thengives you a 6 digit number. "Do you need meto read it again”?’

‘Here's the IMPORTANT part on how thescam works the caller then says, "I need toverify you are in possession of your card."He'll ask you to "turn your card over and lookfor some numbers." There are 7 numbers; thefirst 4 are part of your card number, the next 3are the security numbers that verify you arethe possessor of the card. These are thenumbers you sometimes use to make Internetpurchases to prove you have the card. Thecaller will ask you to read the 3 numbers tohim. After you tell the caller the 3 numbers,he'll say, "That is correct, I just needed toverify that the card has not been lost or stolen,and that you still have your card. Do you haveany other questions?" After you say, "No," thecaller then thanks you and states, "Don't hesi-tate to call back if you do", and hangs up Youactually say very little, and they never ask foror tell you the Card number‘.

‘But after we were called on Wednesday,we called back within 20 minutes to ask aquestion. Are we glad we did! The REAL VISASecurity Department told us it was a scam andin the last 15 minutes a new purchase of£497.99 was charged to our card. Long story- short - we made a real fraud report andclosed the VISA account. VISA is reissuing usa new number. What the scammers want isthe 3-digit PIN number on the back of the card.Don't give it to them . Instead, tell them you'llcall VISA or MasterCard directly for verifica-tion of their conversation. The real VISA toldus that they will never ask for anything on thecard as they already know the informationsince they issued the card! If you give thescammers your 3 Digit PIN Number, you thinkyou're receiving a credit. However, by the timeyou get your statement you'll see charges forpurchases you didn't make, and by then it'salmost too late and/or more difficult to actuallyfile a fraud report’. ‘What makes this more remarkable is thaton Thursday, I got a call from a "Jason Rich-ardson of MasterCard" with a word-for-wordrepeat of the VISA scam. This time I didn't lethim finish I hung up! We filed a police report,as instructed by VISA. The police said theyare taking several of these reports daily! Theyalso urged us to tell everybody we know thatthis scam is happening’.If you have been affected by this scam or ifyou need advice please contact Royal MailFraud on 929 7239 6655.

KARATE CLUBMOD MACHRIHANISH

BUILDING 81MONDAY

Adults 7- 8.30WEDNESDAYAdults 7- 8.30

Children 6.30- 7.30FEES, £3 A SESSION,

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Allan Reed (6th Dan)01586 820474

PARCEL SCAMWARNING FROM ROYAL MAIL AND THE

TRADING STANDARDS OFFICEA card is posted through your door from acompany called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service)saying they were unable to deliver a parceland you need to contact them on 09065511911 (a premium rate number).

DO NOT CALL THIS NUMBER.If you do you will start a recorded messageand you will be billed £315. So if you receive acard from PDS recycle it or contact police.

HIBERNATIONby Robert Giddings

Over the yellow autumn leaves A late white butterfly slowly glides, As if it looked, as if it sought for Summer and something else besides. But the mists rise on the spider’s weaving The whistling migrants flock and go, And half the world’s round head is plunging Into the cap of cold and snow. Into the blackening glint of frost The drifting myriads flutter on, With one last hope, with one last question, Seeking the sun. they know has gone. The many die; and the few remaining In rusty barns fold up their wings Yet they, whom Spring’s green light releases, Carry the tint of new-born borne things.

Sent in by Lily Cregeen(after receipt from Wendy Byford.)

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PLANNING APPLICATIONReference: 10/01862/PP East Kintyre Commu-nity Council Proposal: Renewal of bay windowin the west elevation. Location: CarradaleHouse, Carradale, Campbeltown, Argyll &Bute,PA28 6QQ Applicant: Mr Colin BurgessCarradale House, Carradale, Campbeltown,Argyll And Bute, PA28 6QQ Agent: Tom GrantPartnership Campbeltown 41 Longrow, Camp-beltown, Argyll Development Type: 01 - House-holder Development Grid Ref: 180670 - 637794

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NOT FOR BREAKFASTRAMORUM SPREADS

Ramorum disease, caused by the pathogenPhytophthora ramorum (P.ramorum), hasbeen confirmed in Japanese larch trees ina forestry plantation on the Craignish penin-sula in Argyll. About 1.25 hectares (3.1acres) of the trees are being felled as partof measures designed to prevent furtherspread of the disease. P. ramorum was firstdetected in Britain in 2002, and although ithad been detected in Scotland in a numberof plant and shrub species, including rhodo-dendron, it had never previously beenfound in trees here. Even in England and Wales it had initial-ly affected only a small number of trees, andusually only trees standing close to heavilyinfected Rhododendron ponticum plantsthat are found in many woodland areas.The most vulnerable area is western Scot-land, because the disease thrives best inwetter climates. It can be spread in mists,watercourses, air currents and watersplash, on boots, vehicle tyres and equip-ment, and by the movement of infectedplants. The symptoms on Japanese larch treesinclude wilting shoot tips and needles turn-ing black and falling prematurely, and can-kers that bleed resin can appear on thebranches and upper trunk. However, ramo-rum disease of larch is more difficult toidentify in winter because larch trees shedtheir needles in the autumn, although tell-tale resin bleeds can still be visible on thetrunks. Anyone who suspects their larchtrees in Scotland might have ramorum dis-ease is required to contact the Tree HealthDiagnostic & Advisory Service (DDAS) ofthe Forestry Commission’s Forest Re-search arm at Northern Research Station,Forest Research, Roslin, Midlothian, EH259SY; tel: 0131 445 2176; email:ddas.nrs@forestry.gsi.gov.uk. P. ramorum is a ‘quarantine’ organismunder European Union law, and its suspect-ed presence must be notified to a relevantauthority (Forestry Commission, ScottishGovernment, Fera or the Welsh AssemblyGovernment). It was first found in Britain ona viburnum plant in a nursery in 2002. It cankill many of the plants and trees that itinfects, but symptoms vary according to thespecies. It also infects bilberry (Vacciniummyrtillus, known as blaeberry in Scotland),an important ground-cover plant of wood-land and heathland environments. One siteon Arran has been identified with infectedblaeberry, and action has been taken toeradicate the pathogen there.

Please contact the Editor at Benbecula, Waterfoot,Carradale, Campbeltown Argyll PA29 6QX

Tel: 01583 431281e-mail: geoffreyf.page@homecall.co.uk

CHRISTMAS QUIZThe Christmas Quiz was held this year in afestively decorated Village Hall on Wednesday29th December. It was hoped that holding theevent between Christmas and Hogmanaywould attract more people and indeed an en-couraging 14 teams took part. We were particularly pleased to seeyounger people in some of the teams. Most favoured rounds were those entitledChristmas, Homes, Dance and What is?, prov-ing once again that seemingly unprepossess-ing and weird sounding categories… oftenprove popular and are answered well. In theMusic category, which featured TV signaturetunes, the tunes were often recognised but therecall of the Programme title did on occasionsprove more elusive! Least liked were the sec-tions on Trees and Sport. Most teams scoredaround 75% … very commendable; and thetop three teams scored over 88% a veryknowledgeable and brilliant total. It proved a close run contest with a tiebreaker question needed to differentiate be-tween 3rd & 4th places. This was won on thetie break by visiting team the ‘Surrey Sassen-achs’ over a local team ‘Quartet’ who ran in 4th. ‘Orbiteers’ with 91 points were 2nd, andthe overall winners, by just a single point, witha total of 92, were ‘Junior Biscuit’ an Abernethyfamily team made up of Gordon, Laura, Bobbyand Caitlin.

Congratulations to all four of them. Theyeach received a mug appropriately filled withQuality Street chocolates. Chocolates too, forthe second and third placed teams, and also forthe ‘B team’ a group who with three young peo-ple and just one adult performed very creditably. Judging by the comments afterwards itwas well received and had proved an enjoy-able evening. Thank you to all those whohelped run the event, and to all those thatparticipated. M.L.

TREE-MENDOUS THANKSTo Mr Strang, Mr Hopkins and their helpers forthe erection and decoration of this year’sChristmas trees in Carradale & Saddell.

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SOUTH KINTYRESENIORS' FORUM

MEETING HELD ON11 NOVEMBER 2010

IN CARRADALE VILLAGE HALLPRESENT: George McMillan [Chair], Mar-garet Turner, Ailsa Stewart, Janet Russell,E McDonald, Jean Miller, Marjory Gillies,Mary & Geoffrey Page. APOLOGIES: IanTeesdale. The Chairman read the minutesof the October meeting:

MATTERS ARISING -HAZELBURN LUNCHES: the Chairmanreferred to the correspondence betweenthe Secretary Ian Teesdale and the ChiefExecutive of Argyll & Bute Council, SallyLoudon concerning the sudden withdrawalwithout consultation of the Hazelburnlunches. Mr. McMillan had received a fur-ther letter on the matter from Alison Hunter,Area Manager of Resources for the MidArgyll, Kintyre and the Isles Area, whichsaid that the decision had been takenagainst a background of reduced financialcircumstances; there was no budget to con-tinue subsidising the Hazelburn lunchesand the related transport costs to the extentof £11 per person per week. The Council'sview was that residents using this servicecould obtain a meal in Campbeltown for thesame or less money; only three residentsattending the lunch had a Social Work as-sessed need. Although a £2 meal contin-ued to be available at Lorn and LowlandChurch on Fridays and a similar schemecosting £2.25 operated at the SalvationArmy Citadel on Tuesdays and Thursdays,cover at the Woodlands Hostel had beenwithdrawn and the Red Cross no longeroperated a meals service. Questions wereasked about 'Meals on Wheels', and wheth-er the school meals service could cover onMondays and Fridays. After further discus-sion it was decided to invite Alison Hunterto a meeting in 2011 to make a presentationon the services available to the elderly andto answer questions on particular aspectsof Argyll & Bute Council's activities.CHIROPODY: There were mixed reportson the availability of the NHS facility. Somemembers had no difficulty in obtaining treat-ment while others were unable to get on thelist. Ailsa Steward said that the three-monthinterval between treatments was too long.OTHER NHS. ISSUES: Mrs Turner ex-pressed the view that she was surprised tofind that the health service staff working atweekends continue to be paid double timeeven when off sick, and given the bank staffemployed would receive similar payments,it was time that the payments were re-viewed. She added that in relation tochanges in funding under the Better Neigh-bourhood and other similar Councilschemes it seems that there was more thana tendency to direct funding towards chil-

dren and away from pensioners. She made itclear that while she supported those childrenand families with care needs, there was aneed to extend schemes for the elderly andhandicapped.FUTURE ACTIVITIES. It was thought that theSecretary was still involved in contacting amember of the Salvation Army to attend afuture meeting, for the Police Station to beopen for a group visit and for the Red Cross toattend the AGM.

SURGERY PATIENT GROUPMINUTES OF CARRADALE SURGERY

PATIENT GROUP AGMMONDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 2010

1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE: These werereceived from Josephine Blount, Alan Briggs,Mary-Ann Gosling and Paul Murphy.2. MINUTES OF LAST AGM: These wereread and approved - Proposed by Dr Elder,seconded by E Black3. MATTERS ARISING FROM MINUTES: DrElder commented that there had been nochange in the ambulance situation from lastyear. He was aware that any extra resourcesput into the ambulance service were beingdirected towards upgrading ambulances to2-man crews. He also stated that although intheory District Nurse cover was as stated inthe minutes, in practice things were not quiteas documented. Things were quiet in Car-radale at present compared to the workload ofthe community nurses in Campbeltown, andJacquie McGougan was therefore working 1or 2 days each week in Campbeltown. Howev-er a community nurse was still always on callif required in Carradale between 9 and 5.Following last year's request to be able tosubmit prescription requests by e-mail, thiswas now in place with the practice receiving 2or 3 such requests each month.4. FINANCIAL REPORT: Accounts for theyear to Nov 10 were presented. Income com-prised £40 in donations, £0.46 interest, £1000grant from the Wind-farm Trust and £1035from Carradale Surgery towards the cost of anew ECG machine. £300 had been paid to theRed Cross for transport during 2010 and anew ECG. bought for £2035, leaving a bal-ance of £773 in the funds. There followed adiscussion regarding continued funding for theRed Cross patient transport. It is understoodthat funding from the Council for the RedCross minibus will again be under question inMarch 2011, although no request for furtherletters of support had as yet been made. Itwas felt that we should assume it would becontinued and as the transport is vital to manyin the community, a further application forfunds should be made to the Wind-farm Trustin Spring 2011. It was also agreed that thePatient Group would hold a fundraising ven-ture towards the costs in the form of a hamperraffle during Red Cross week in May. It ishoped that items for the hamper will be donat-ed by members of the group and other patients,

5. CHARITY FUNDRAISING: Staff at the practicehad recently donated items for a hamper whichhad raised £115 for the "Wear it Pink" BreastCancer Campaign and planned again to put to-gether a Christmas Hamper for funds for Children1st. It was suggested that posters advertisingthese fund-raisers would alert patients theyshould bring money with them as not everyonehas change with them when coming to the surgery.6. HEALTHCARE CHANGES Dr Elder outlinedvarious changes locally including the plannedreduction of beds at Campbeltown Hospital andthe change of Southend and Muasdale practicesto salaried doctor posts. At the moment one postat Muasdale and the post at Southend are vacantand cover is being provided by locums. ObanHospital is also undergoing a process of re-de-sign. The reduction in beds arises from more daycase operations and patients being dischargedsooner to care in the community.7. PATIENT TRANSPORT: To highlight the diffi-culties practice staff encounter when handlingrequests for patient transport, Dr Elder drew at-tention to extracts from a document sent by theAmbulance Service giving guidelines and criteriafor eligibility for such transport. These had alsobeen highlighted in the autumn surgery newsletter8. ADOPTION OF GROUP MEMBERS FOR2010: Mr J Henderson was elected as a newpatient representative (Proposed by G Mclntosh,seconded D Maccormick). J Blount, V Cannell,M-A Gosling and J P Murphy had intimated theywere happy to continue as representatives andwere re-elected. As proposed last year D.N. JMcGougan was now joint trustee of funds.9. AOCB: As the wintry weather had contributedto the poor turnout at the meeting, it was agreedthat the AGM would be better earlier in the year.An amendment to clause 3 of the constitution toread "Patient members of the group shall beelected at the group's AGM which will be heldannually in September" (rather than November)was proposed by V. Cannell, seconded by E.Black and carried unanimously by those present. The opportunity to become part of a widerforum of Patient Participation Groups did not ap-pear to have been taken up. In an effort to allevi-ate the problem of long waits of over an hour atsome surgeries, reception staff were now aimingto inform patients if they anticipate this happening,and offer waiting patients the option to go homeand be contacted to come back at the end ofconsulting.(As the normal timings of surgeries and the timingof public holidays over Christmas 2010 wouldresult in there being no GP consulting time atCarradale after the open surgery at 3.30pm onChristmas Eve until Thurs 29th, there will be anextra open GP surgery at Carradale on Wed 28thDec 2010 at 9.30am. Similarly there will be anextra open surgery on Wed 5th Jan at 9.30am.) There being no other business raised, themeeting was closed at 8.30 pm. No date was setfor a further meeting but the secretary should becontacted if it is felt appropriate to call one.