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PUBLIC MEETING
FRIDAY 20th MAY
Discussions have now reached the
stage where it is important that the
village is made aware of the present
situation regarding negotiations with
various authorities about potential
improvements to the harbour area,
the future possibilities and the
necessity for a committee/board of
directors to be elected. The present
committee are therefore holding a
public meeting/discussion in the
Village Hall at 7.30pm tomorrow
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Carradale Ladies held their annual Inter-Club Day on Sunday 17 April,
with players from Machrihanish, Dunaverty, and Tarbert travelling to
take part in a most enjoyable competition.
As always, the match was played in an extremely friendly and
sociable manner and was concluded with a meal held in the Carradale
Hotel. The winners were Ann Gallagher (Machrihanish) and Margaret
Richardson (Carradale) with 37 points, pictured here with Carradale
Ladies Captain, Janice Hanning.
WINTER ECLECTIC
Carradale Ladies Section Winter Eclectic was won by Margaret
Richardson, Runner-Up was Margaret Campbell. Congratulations to
both players. M.C.
In days of yore men’s golf competition results were frequently featured
in the Antler; are the current male players shrinking violets or hiding
their highlights under a rhododendron bush(el)? Ed.

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Judge Meri Wrightson holding David Byford’s winning print.
Carradale Camera Club recently held its annual Print of the
Year Competition. Members can enter up to 4 prints in colour,
monochrome or infra red.
This year’s winner of the Print of the Year trophy, The
Duncan Ritchie Memorial Quaich, is David Byford.
Unfortunately David was unable to attend, and the
photograph below shows Christine Ritchie, Duncan’s daughter,
second from the right, holding the winning print.
The winning monochrome print was taken by Rachel Grant
who wins the Wallis Hunter Quaich, whilst the Runner-Up was
Steve Partridge winning the Carra Cup.
The judge for the competition, was local Art teacher and
keen amateur photographer, Ms Meri Wrightson. She was most
impressed with the standard of photographs, and her
constructive criticisms were much appreciated by club
members. Many congratulations to our winners.
For those who enjoy looking at the Club’s photographs, the
Annual Exhibition will be held in the Village Hall (12/13/14
August), with this year, photographs from some of Carradale
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THOSE WERE THE DAYS
THE FIRST WINTER IN TORONTO: ICE AND SNOW
My mother, brother and sisters arrived in Toronto early the next year after
crossing on the R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth to New York, then by train to Toronto.
They arrived with some personal luggage but the trunks and boxes containing
household items arrived by train several days later from Greenock, through the
port of Halifax.
By that time I was somewhat accustomed to the cold and snow having
purchased knee-high felt-lined winter boots. The snow started around the middle
of November and was piled about three feet high along the curbs when the
family arrived. Although we experienced some snow in Torrisdale it quickly
melted and seemed more granular than the flaky snow here. When it comes it
usually stays until spring with some occasional thawing but not enough to melt
it entirely.
Sometimes getting to the sidewalk requires crossing snow banks which can
be treacherous without winter boots that have ribbed soles. The low shoes with
smooth soles the family wore proved to be quite a challenge and with snow
melting inside became very uncomfortable.
Home owners, tenants and business owners, etc. with properties fronting
on sidewalks are responsible for keeping them free of ice and snow. Employees
of towns and municipalities plow and salt the streets and roads while the
Province contracts the work on highways. The salt used is mined at Windsor
Ontario and is very corrosive. When used on sidewalks it can etch the cement
surface and also garage floors when brought in on car wheels and in wheel
wells. Motor vehicles of all types experience extensive rusting particularly
around wheel wells and rocker panels if not protected with an undercoating of
oil or asphalt based materials. However today’s vehicles are built with
galvanized floor and rocker panels along with plastic wheel well inserts in an
effort to prevent premature rusting. Several times when going south for the
winter, our van on arrival changed colour from blue to white due to salt spray.
My uncle’s house was now very crowded with sleeping and eating space
at a premium. Two weeks before the family arrived my aunt and I moved the
furniture around to accommodate beds and mattresses we purchased.
Fortunately I was working at night and slept during the day except for my night
off work each week when I slept on the floor in a bedroom with one cousin and
my brother who both slept in beds. There was some confusion for a while as
the family experienced the same challenges as I faced earlier on.
Purchasing winter wear, getting used to winter conditions, enrolling in
schools, looking for work , riding street cars to get around mother became very
ill and was confined to bed for some time. I think she was exhausted from the
move. Discovering the shops with all the produce was an exciting time for my
sisters, particularly seeing all the bananas which due to the war some never
saw before.
My brother and two sisters soon started school and my two other sisters
started to work in the offices of Canadian General Electric. After mother fully
recovered she also started to work in the home of a family who owned a shop
not far from where we lived. Later on we purchased our first home; mother took
on a second job-cleaning the offices of the Philco Electric Co. during evenings.
We all pooled our money and during the first late summer we were able to buy
our first house with a down payment and taking on two mortgages. It was quite
a struggle for a while as paying down the second mortgage was our first priority
due to the high interest rate.
Then, there was furniture to buy and everything required to set up house
except bedding, a sewing machine and some dishes and personal items which
came from Torrisdale.
It now became my responsibility to look after the house which included the
furnace, purchasing coal, cutting grass, shovelling snow, etc.
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HOSPITAL REDESIGN
This is the 5th Newsletter detailing the
progress that is being made on the redesign
of inpatient services in Lorn & Islands Hospital.
In this issue we outline further decisions which
have been made around the reconfiguration of
wards in the hospital and detail some of the
action which is supporting this redesign.
The decision to merge Cruachan Ward and
Ward C resulted in the need to compile an
appropriate staffing establishment for the new
ward, then to manage the process of
organisational change which would bring the
ward into being.
Regrettably the consequence of this was
the need to formally displace staff throughout
the two wards then to go through the process
of matching and appointing staff to jobs within
the new ward.
No one underestimates the degree of
concern or anxiety that this uncomfortable
process has resulted in for staff in the two
wards.
Significant progress has now been made
in the matching process and managers, staff
representatives and representatives of Human
Resources are working extremely hard to
complete this part of the redesign and we are
grateful to everyone concerned for their
patience while the process is completed.
At a recent meeting of the Task Group a
number of options were considered for the
name of the new ward. In the end the group
decided that the ward should be called Ward I
so it is by this name that the ward will be known
once the merger has taken place.
The original intention was to reduce the
ward complement from four to three in the
Spring and we are on track to achieve this
major outcome of the process. In effect
because of the Health Environment
Inspectorate upgrading work that was
undertaken in Wards A, B and C the hospital
has already reduced its ward complement but
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the majority of April. For this reason we have
not set a deadline for the merging of wards but
we will confirm this date as soon as we are in
a position to do so.
The developments currently being
managed within the hospital have recently
been discussed both at the Locality Public
Partnership Forum and at the local Area
Community Planning Group. Both of these
groups were enthusiastic about the potential
benefits and it is good to know that the local
community supports the redesign in this way.
As ever I appreciate the continuing
patience of those for whom this is a time of
uncertainty and I am grateful to everyone for
their dedication in all matters regarding the
hospital’s redesign.
David Whiteoak,
Locality Manager, 18 April 2011
Beyond the decision to merge the two wards
an enormous amount of work has been going
on to underpin the hospital redesign and to THE KINTYRE MAGAZINE
improve both the effectiveness and efficiency The Spring issue contains some fascinating
with which we provide services to patients. articles on a wide range of subjects.
Many staff have been involved already in
Daryl Martin contributes a lengthy study on
compiling or reviewing patient pathways within
‘The Arrival of DNA Genealogy’ and Madeleine
Departments and within specific clinical
Slater follows with an inquiry into ‘The Hills of
settings. All of this work will ensure a
Skipness’ - not as one might suppose about
consistency in the quality of care and treatment
the landscape of Skipness but a study of a
provided to patients in future.
Renfrew family which came to live in Skipness
Work has been going on for some time to in the late 17th century. Clare Grant (nee
increase the proportion of surgical patients McNeil) is also on the ancestral trail trying to
treated as day cases. This represents a
trace her father’s family into the 1800s. Apart
challenge to those traveling from some from contributing another interesting ‘By Hill
distance or from the islands but there is clear
and Shore’ Angus Martin recounts his
opportunity to address this issue for a greater attendance at a Council for Scottish
number of patients from in and around Oban. Archaeology's Summer School in Kintyre in
We need to increase the proportion of 2009 entitled ‘Cnocan a’ Chluig’, and Per
patients undergoing pre-assessment prior to Kvaerne traces the visit to Kintyre in 1877 of
admission for surgery and progress is being the Norwegian painter Hans Gude (1825-
made in particular in ensuring patients from 1903).
Lochgilphead and Campbeltown are
The Raven on the cover of the magazine
undergoing this procedure. initiates a report on page 15 from The
The introduction of the Board Round Argyllshire Herald of the 19th of April 1913
concept on Ward B in January has been very suggesting that Ravens are traditionally
successful. The Board Round in Ward A was associated with the Campbell deaths and
established early in April and a similar process disasters, while James MacDonald and Neil
will be instigated in Ward I when it opens. Brown continue the avian theme with extended
studies of barn owls and ravens.
Editor’s note: The picture at the head of
column 1 was copied from the Lorn and Islands Finally Moira Burgess adds to her
Hospital web-site. It shows how the constantly renowned interest in Naomi Mitchison by
changing philosophy of National Health recounting the literary collaboration between
hospital care has an unsettling effect upon the Carradale grande dame and Denis
physical foundations; either that or the Macintosh (1899-1980). There are also
photographer has been enjoying the reviews of recent publications on pages 32-34,
generosity of NHS hospitality. and a meeting with otters on the inside cover.
The Magazine is available from local
bookshops. Ed.
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KINTYRE FORUM
ON COMMUNITY CARE
MINUTES OF AGM MEETING 28TH APRIL
2010 IN COMMUNITY EDUCATION
CENTRE, CAMPBELTOWN
PRESENT: Elaine Hemmings, Andrew
Williamson, Susan Paterson, Eva Macdonald,
Jackie Berryman, Tina Jordan, David Wright,
Linda Mcfadyen, Peter Harper, Val Cannell,
APOLOGIES: Maryanne Stewart, Jean Bell,
Alison Hunter, Alex Johnson, Lindsay Fox-
Denham, Alison McCrosson, Stephen Duffy,
Sandy McKendrick, John Dreghorn.
SPEAKERS: David Wright and Tina Jordan
gave a presentation of their work with
ACUMEN and its part in Mental Health
redesign in the last few years.
MINUTES: The minutes of the previous AGM
on the 29th April 2009 were approved by
Susan Paterson and seconded by Eva
Macdonald.
MATTERS ARISING: None
SECRETARY'S REPORT: Correspondence
was read out and was available for members
CHAIRS REPORT: Mary Margaret the Chair
was not in attendance and her report was not
available for the meeting. (Her report has since
been presented to the committee, this was due
to an error of the date of the AGM being sent
out with the previous minutes.).
TREASURER'S REPORT: Treasurers report
for the meeting was not available, this has now
been sent out with the mailing shot.
FUTURE PLANNING: The forum members at
the meeting were asked their views on future
planning; this was in consideration of the poor
attendance today in is what is seen as an
important meeting, the AGM. It was asked if
the forum was of any value. Andrew felt Susan
hadn't had the support of the committee and
the Forum should be giving Susan more
support for her work. One member felt that the
forum was important to pass on information but
at the moment it was depressing at the interest
in people attending the Forum. Another felt the
"turn-out was abysmal" as it was an AGM. She
felt we could cascade information and share
information. A Carradale resident felt someone
could come out to Carradale and share
information. The Link Club in Campbeltown felt
it was important to share information. It was
noted that no one from the NHS was present
at the AGM. One member was enthusiastic
about the Forum and it was "a fantastic way of
information gathering" and information could
be given out to other people.
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It was hoped that the meeting could be kept
to one and half-hours, as this was a more
useful use of people's time. It was requested
that any further views to improve the use of the
Forum could be sent to the secretary either by
email, phone or post. It was noted that some
information may not be of interest to other
organisations attending the Forum and that
some updates take too long, which is why
some members may not attend. It was hoped
that the Forum could receive any helpful ideas
from the members to make the meetings more
useful. There was a question of what should
be the future format of the speakers attending.
REPORT FROM DEVELOPMENT WORKER:
Susan Paterson the Development Worker
reported that we had been given £2800 from
the FAB grant, which is being used to update
the Directory. There is still £900 of the carer's
grant available. Susan suggested the mailing
list for the KCCF be expanded to encourage
people to attend. A comprehensive report was
read out by Susan regarding her work this year
as consultant worker for the Forum and a copy
is to be sent out to the mailing list.
ELECTION OF OFFICE BEARERS
Mary Margaret Hanna resigned as Chairman;
she was thanked for all her hard work on behalf
of the Committee. Andrew Williamson was
elected the new Chairman, proposed by Susan
and seconded by Eva. Jackie Berryman was
elected Vice Chairwoman, proposed by Susan
and seconded by Eva. Elaine Hemmings was
reelected as Secretary proposed by Susan and
seconded by Peter. Jean Bell was reelected
as Treasurer proposed by Susan and
seconded by Peter. It was agreed the
committee should if possible meet monthly.
AOCB: UPDATES FROM MEMBERS:
Val Canell: Carradale Seniors. Reported
that it had been helpful that the Red Cross bus
has been able to continue to help the residents
of Carradale. People who don't normally go out
had been able to have a Christmas meal and
a trip to Arran.
Peter Harper: British Red Cross. Reported
that the project had been successful in
securing funding. South Kintyre car scheme
has been running for 5 years and the aim is to
concentrate support in South Kintyre. There is
still ongoing work for the Respite Care Bureau
being planned by Social Services and Peter
will feed further information into the Forum
when available. The BRC are still helping out
the Ambulance Service. Linda, Home Care
Organiser, reported that decision regarding the
service redesign of older people's services
should be made in September, it is unclear at
the moment what will happen
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Eva Macdonald: Advocacy Service,
reported that Advocacy had been going into
the local; care centres to give information
about Advocacy to both staff and clients.
Jackie Berryman, Link Club, reported that
the club is trying to encourage members to do
activities that they wouldn't normally do e.g.
horse riding. They were also helping members
to eat healthy and to budget. They were also
helping set up a Link Club in Islay with input
from ACUMEN.
KINTYRE CRIME
PREVENTION PANEL
Kintyre Crime Prevention Panel recently held
its AGM within the Conference Room at
Campbeltown Police Station. Chair, William
Durance gave the annual report in which he
outlined projects undertaken throughout the
year. Projects included the fitting of Door
Viewers, which was a joint project with Argyll
& Bute Care & Repair, Domestic Abuse
Campaign, Bottle Marking Scheme, Poster
Competition involving Primary School children
in Kintyre with the project having a Crime
Prevention theme. Sheriff Ruth Anderson Q.C.
judged this competition, and also presented
the prizes.
During the past year, the Panel has
acquired Charity Status. Overall, it has been
a very busy year. Two Panel members
resigned, and three people were nominated
then ratified, and are now serving Panel
Members. A fourth nominee is presently
awaiting ratification The Panel expressed
gratitude to PC Lindsay Wallace for her sterling
work over recent years as Panel Secretary,
and gratitude was also expressed to Special
Constable Robert Westerman for all help and
technical skills given to the Panel when
carrying out projects. SC Westerman was
welcomed to the Panel as Secretary for the
next year.
Office Bearers elected for 2011-2012 are:
Chair, William Durance, Vice Chair, Eva
MacDonald MBE, Treasurer, Walter Bell.
Campbeltown Police were thanked for their
support readily given to the Panel over the
year. Applications have now been made to
various Agencies in order to hopefully secure
funding for future projects which are now being
spoken about. E.McD
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BLIND TO THE INTERESTS OF OTHERS
A POETIC PLEA BY BOBBY POHLER
As you walk along the pavements, do you ever give a thought
to the dangers in the things you see, to others who cannot.
Like the hole you walked around that wasn't previously there –
Do you think to phone the powers-that-be to make a quick repair?
Did you ever see a street-drain with its cover off, and cry
"they should do something about that"!, and then just pass on by?
Would you like it to be you the poorly-sighted have to thank when
they step on to the roadway and find they're doom in stank!?
When you work out in your garden and admire your lilac tree,
have you ever paused to ponder what a hazard that can be?
Though the overhanging branches may well ornament the place,
they could give a poor blind laddie a real smack across the face!
So why not take your pruning shears and go into the street -
remove that extra foliage and make your tree look neat!
And, as the branches drop away, don't say "now that'll do"!
If you've only cleared the passage for the under 5 foot 2!
Are you one of these nice people who, when at their own abode,
park their car upon the pavement (just to keep it off the road)?
So it will not be collided with – that's what it's all about –
there will be no nasty bumps or little scratches, I've no doubt!
But a lass with vision may just come along the street
and your car will be the obstacle that she's about to meet.
She'll be forced to step out into the busy carriageway
and, as like as not, there'll be a blinking lamp-post in the way!
When you've got your shopping trolley and you stop to have a chat
with a friend who's got a go-chair, or some other thing like that,
and discuss the awful weather or the price of stewing steak –
do you realise the obstacle the two of you must make?
To those of us who cannot see, it would mean such a lot,
if all these little things were given just a little thought.
Let us walk the streets in safety; let us hold our heads erect
yes, please give us back our pavements - is it too much to expect?
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TWO REPORTS ON THE CARRADALE BAY BEACH CLEAN
ON SUNDAY 17TH APRIL
At 2.30 there were only half a dozen people, a small pony and trap and
a large dog and when 3 of the company said they weren't there for the
clean up my heart sank. However before I could mutter “Community
Spirit eh! " a positive hoard of volunteers arrived! By the time we were
equipped with pickers gloves and bags (provided by the GRAB Trust)
our number had grown to a very respectable twenty nine people. Young
and not so young alike, wandered happily along the beach filling bags
with all sorts of litter which were picked up by jeep and trailer. General
flotsam and jetsom filled 64 bin bags with, as expected, a high
proportion of plastic. We combed the beach for 3 hours - locals, holiday
home owners and a family of holiday makers too. Thanks go to everyone
who turned out to help with a special thank you to Elizabette, Jack and
Carlo who gave up an afternoon of their holiday to help clean the beach.
Shelagh Cameron, Convener of East Kintyre Community Council
A FEW REQUESTS:-
Don't flush anything with a plastic backing down the loo.
Take all your litter home with you when you go to the beach.
Clean up after your dog and don't leave bags of ‘poo’ for somebody
else to pick up.(yes dog owners - somebody IS doing that!)
Beach Cleaning - a perfectly pleasant way to spend a few hours on a
sunny Sunday afternoon (when you're in good company and don't need
to bend or actually touch the litter!)
AND A REPORT AND WARNING BY THE CARRADALE GOAT
WEB-SITE WEB-MASTER JOHNNY DURNAN
The beach clean on Sunday 17th April attracted a mixture of willing
helpers,around 29 locals of all ages and holiday makers/visitors giving
a bit of their time to help out also. An annual event organised by the
local community headed by Shelagh Cameron with thanks also to Grab
Trust for providing pickers,bags and gloves. Around 64 bin bags were
filled over a period of three hours and carted away by our local fire chief
Robert Strang.
On a safety issue, if anyone comes across a suspicious looking
object on any beach do not touch it, call the COASTGUARD 999, it does
not matter if it is not an ordnance (old war relics/bombs or modern
devices) or pyrotechnics (flares/phosphor or any other odd looking
things).
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MACHRIHANISH
BUY-OUT PROBLEMS?
KINTYRE INITIATIVE WORKING GROUP
To: Ian Hay, Principle Estate Surveyor
Defence Infrastructure Organisation,
Room F114, Building 351
RAF Brampton Huntingdon PE28 2EA
20/04/2011
Dear Sir
MACHRIHANISH MOD SITE
I have been asked to write to you on behalf of
the Kintyre Initiative Working Group (KIWG)
which is a Kintyre based community group
deeply involved in community planning, sup-
ported and attended by both local elected
members as well as members of both the
Scottish and Westminster parliaments. At its
last meeting held on 15th April 2011, the
group were advised of concerns held by some
participants that various aspects of the trans-
fer of the above site to community ownership
were not proceeding altogether smoothly. I
have therefore been instructed to write and
seek your assurance that firstly while it is in all
parties interests that the transfer take place as
soon as possible, that here will be no undue
haste whereby important aspects of a com-
plex conveyancing transaction involving multi-
ple titles, could be missed.
I have also been asked to seek your as-
surance that the services on the site such as
the water sewage, electricity and similar utili-
ties are maintained at their current level and
not allowed to deteriorate. While we fully un-
derstand that the vendor in any transaction, in
this case the MOD, will be unlikely to wish to
expend substantial resource either financial
(or in kind), in maintaining a site which it is
about to dispose of; it is important that the site
be in a usable condition on transfer. There is
little point in the community taking over re-
sponsibility and ownership of a site which it is
subsequently unable to maintain, when a
small amount of preventative maintenance
could avoid the issue entirely.
Councillor Rory Colville.
Chairman.
IAN HAY’S REPLY TO RORY COLVILLE
28/04/2011
Dear Cllr Colville,
Thank you for your letter of 20 April on behalf
of the Kintyre Initiative Working Group.
Firstly, I can assure you that MOD will
continue to make all reasonable endeavours
to support the Community Body (CB) in their
desire to buy the former airbase, but the fact
remains that MOD was expecting their second
attempt to complete on 6 April and the delay
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exacerbated the situation. As a result, MOD
no longer has any funds to guard or maintain
the site. You will appreciate that we must have
regard to the wider taxpayer and focus our
limited resources on other key defence
priorities elsewhere, in support of our
servicemen and women, and must therefore
seriously reconsider our support to both the
CB and existing tenants (including the wind
turbine manufacturer and HIAL). It is obvious
that the longer it takes to complete the sale the
worse this situation is likely to get.
I do appreciate the complexities of this
transaction, from the CB perspective, but whilst
they are numerous they are not particularly
difficult to resolve. The CB has already had
over 12 months to undertake preliminary due MACHRIHANISH AND
diligence. However, in view of the fact that
Scottish Ministers did take longer than
ARDRISHAIG RAIL
anticipated to reach a decision, we will not RESURRECTION IN
push for a purchase immediately but will allow
the CB up to 3 months from 6 April to complete CAMPBELTOWN?
the purchase on MOD's standard terms and AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET EN-TRAINED
conditions. Meanwhile we will continue to Dear Editor,
guard and maintain the site, so far as possible,
Campbeltown’s Railway sadly closed in 1931
but failing such agreement we will be making with the advent of road transport. Does anyone
our plans to disengage from the site by that
wish to change that and bring it back? The
date. Campbeltown Railway Trust (CRT), Scottish
Regretfully, there is therefore a risk that Charity number 040545, certainly does at a
any further delay on the part of the CB may time when there could be some very interesting
result in MOD having to terminate and/or and positive developments.
reduce its support contracts - with a
In 2007 Campbeltown was kindly gifted a
subsequent deterioration in service and 10.25 inch gauge railway by Mr Passey the
potential redundancies. Hopefully this can be
previous owner and operator of the Ardrishaig
avoided through an early sale - but we have Miniature Railway.
always made it clear that MOD is not funded
to undertake any improvements, for example Our small Committee (currently 4 people)
to the utility infrastructure. wish to establish and operate the railway on
the sea front green during the summer months.
Meanwhile, I can confirm that the latest
phase of the Land Quality Assessment has We have been working tirelessly to
establish who the owner of the old pump house
been completed, with the removal of some
hazardous substances, and a final report is is as we considered this building to be ideally
suited to house the engine and rolling stock.
expected shortly. This will be given to the CB.
We now understand that Scottish Water is
Finally, there appears to be some going to auction this property in either June or
confusion within the CB over the level of September.
material which is included in the sale.
If a railway is ever to become a reality
All fixtures/fittings and equipment etc. again in Campbeltown then we need to apply
would normally be included but the list of for funding, seek relevant permissions and
moveable objects, such as furniture etc., has recruit more like minded volunteers to help us
never been agreed. We have therefore given move the project forward or this opportunity
the Military until the end of May to remove any will be lost forever.
furniture that it may need elsewhere, otherwise
it will be left in situ for use by the CB. If you are interested in helping to develop
this railway in Campbeltown then please
Regards, Ian M Hay contact me on 01586 820269 for further
Asst Head Projects (ER & Disposals) information.
Defence Infrastructure Organisation Yours faithfully
Room F114, Building 351, RAF Brampton, Andrew Hemmings
Huntingdon, Cambs, PE28 2EA. Secretary CRT.
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TOSHS’S PARK D.I.Y RESIDENTS SAY TAR-TAR TO THE COUNCIL

‘CONTACT THE TOSH’S PARK TEAM FOR ALL

YOUR POTHOLE AND ROAD RESURFACING’.
Its a poor show this day and age when we all have
to attend to our access road because the road is not
adopted by our local council. Really shocked last
week passing through Ardrishaig to see thousands
of pounds re-tarring a whole car park area, probably
not council, but making a point money wasted whilst
our roads are a disgrace. Someone does not seem
to have their priorities right.
No water filled potholes tarred with this amateur
team, all materials bought by all the residents chip-
ping in together and taking on trying to keep our only
route to our houses drive-able. We and all others
wonder why we pay taxes whether road or council
because it is not getting any better. We up here, and
like some other areas where the roads are not
adopted feel it is time our local council rethink about
this. What’s good for one is good for all.
The Toshs’s Park road, before work started Comment and pictures from the Carradale Goat Hammering home the point to the Council
web-site courtesy of Johnny Durnan

Almost there - note the

broom supporter’s
professional stance Just a bit more - no bumps here Getting it straight, above Council standards

In the Good Old Days when money was scarce
and not frittered away on high executive
salaries, or on bi-lingual road signs which make
little sense to the non-gaelic speaking majority
or to continental holiday visitors, money was
spent on absolute necessities. Roads were a
priority and were dealt with on a regular basis
by skilled council employees. Argyll District
Councillors made it their business to ensure
that even those without a car had the pleasure
of being able to walk down the middle of a well
surfaced tarmac avenue, stepping aside for the
occasional motorist - an attitude which still
persists between the Hotel and Tormhor. With
the transference of forestry houses to the local
authority and the disappearance of District
Councils, maintenance records of narrower
roads serving these houses also vanished.
This left residents with a road surface,
untreated with salt during the winter and bereft
of repairs during the following summer months.
Toshs’s Park was not the only road affected in
Kintyre, Shore Road and the Waterfoot road
have see only sporadic repairs and receive
little or no salting in the winter. While the efforts
of the Toshs’s Potholers demand praise from
everyone in the Kintyre anxious to preserve
their facilities, it is time that Argyll & Bute
Councillors started to turn their eyes from
obvious ‘public realm works’ in Lochgilphead
and Ardrishaig and started to look seriously at
minor roads within their responsibility and
provide immediate and effective repairs. G.P.

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COUNCILLORS INVITED TO LOOK AT THE STATE OF THE ROAD AT KILDONAN

EAST KINTYRE
COMMUNITY COUNCIL
MINUTES
OF THE MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY 7TH APRIL
Present: Shelagh Cameron, Ronnie Brownie, Stuart
Irvine, Andrea Hopkins, Elizabeth McMillan, Tom Adams,
Councillor John Semple, Councillor Anne Horn.
MATTERS ARISING FROM LAST MINUTES:
• Roads - Julian Gray will attend the next Community
Council meeting if it can be arranged
• Treasurers report - closing balance at end of financial
year, £1963. 79
• Goat management programme - after last years cull
(which a lot of people were not happy about) it was
agreed to establish a goat management plan similar
to the one at Machrihanish. Colin Burgess to speak to
Andy. Convener Shelagh Cameron to speak to Brian
(gamekeeper)
THE KILDONAN KILLER • Community buyout update - Convener Shelagh
UNPROVOKED ROAD ATTACKS - A DAILY HAZARD Cameron spoken to CDSPA (Conservation and
The Kildonan killer has attacked another road user. A three-year-old is the latest Development in Sparsely Populated Areas), also to
road casualty of the Council’s user-unfriendly Roads Department, its contractors Andy Anderson of UIG Community Development Trust
and its dismissive insurance underwriters. who were in a similar situation. A business plan has to
Following a spate of damage to those parts of the travelling public’s body in be established to find out if it is viable, valuation
contact with the road surface, the new preferred means of disablement has moved needed, funding etc
to the tarmac equivalent of the patella and to the underlying structure; knee • Planning - none
replacements are frequently required. • Rhododendron disease I clearance - not much
progress. It was verified that an area of 100 metres
While it is common practice to see travellers moving from one side of the B842 had to be cleared from infected bush. Funding is
to the other to fend off attacks, others, with the safety of their families firmly in mind, available, more information on web-site
are prepared to minimise the risk of assault by dangerously moving down the centre • Community futures - Convener Shelagh Cameron
of the road. attended a meeting of the Local Area Planning Group,
Although the regular daily traveller is most at risk, professionals acknowledge was very interesting, pamphlets from other areas who
the dangers inherent on a short section of the road just North of Kildonan on the have already done a
B842, where the road narrows through a copse of dark trees. They take what COMMUNITY PLAN
evasive action they can to limit the damage to themselves, their passengers and • Village survey - 4 easy questions to go into the June
load by slowing to a walking pace and picking a path through the the emotional and Antler
physical craters and lumps of an unacceptable hostile road environment. Private
motorists in somewhat less sturdy vehicles are already haemorrhaging financial CORRESPONDENCE:
blood and resorting to a variety of mobile and non-mobile surgeries. • Scottish Rights of Way and Access - leaflet
• Fire Brigade Union - leaflet
If nothing is done to deter the demons who threaten travellers by over-filling
road chasms, hoping that they will sink to the normal road level, it is likely that users ANY OTHER COMPETENT BUSINESS:
of the road may join forces and contact ‘B842Lawyers4U’, one of the less well-known • Beach clean - Sunday 17 April 2011 at 2pm, meet at
advertisers who promise to recover accident costs without charging victims for their deer shed, leaflets to be put up round the village
services. • Red Cross bus - being withdrawn, letters to be sent to
Councillors from Community Council in support for
Argyll & Bute Councillors John Semple, Donald Kelly and Rory Colville must be keeping the Red Cross bus
aware of the problem when, on a rare occasion, they travel to Carradale for • Gardens - volunteer has come forward, more still
community council meetings. On the other hand, since they are not due to face the needed. Poppy seeds still needed. Raised bed to be
public at an election until 2012, perhaps they are not publicising the efforts they put up at front of garden
have made to bring it to the attention of the Council’s road maintenance department, • Notice boards - no progress
but keeping it as a promise for their next term in office. • Water pump building unlocked - Electricity building
Incidentally on a recent 1,698 mile journey round the rural areas of Scotland and cover flapping about, Tom Adams to take forward
England, no minor road was as holed or as badly repaired as the B842 and no trunk • Colin Burgess - footpath documentation still needed,
road was treated so disgracefully as sections of the A83 south of Lochgilphead. also a sticker of some sort needed for PAL bins
Ed. DATE OF NEXT MEETING: Thursday 2nd June

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EAST KINTYRE COMMUNITY COUNCIL:

CARRADALE SURVEY
ARGYLL & BUTE COUNCIL STATE THAT IT WANTS TO ENCOURAGE -
Communities that are culturally rich with a desire to excel
• Proactive communities where local people and organisations look for and create
opportunities
• Dynamic public services with more delivery of high quality ‘professional’ services
from Argyll and Bute
• Partnership working across all sectors to coordinate developments, promote Argyll
and Bute and remove constraints
• Communities that encourage lifelong learning and are keen for communities to be
involved in the planning process.
Argyll & Bute Council have a Community Plan for the area which we should be feeding
into if we want the best for our community. To that end East Kintyre Community Council
has taken the decision along with other community councils in the area to be part of
a Community Action Plan. We are starting that process with a Community Views
Survey in Carradale. Please take a couple of minutes to be part of the process - it's
your village please make your views known.
THE SURVEY
What do you like about Carradale?
What do you not like about Carradale?
What would make Carradale a better place to live in, work in or visit?
What are your priority projects or actions - the ones that you'd like to see developed first?
We would be grateful if you could tell us
a) Which age band you are in - (please circle)
5-11 12-17 18-24 25-44 45-59 60-69 70 -79 80+
b) Whether you are Male or Female M F
Please drop your completed survey form at either post office or phone Shelagh 431345
to arrange collection. If you wish to add further comments please use the back of this
sheet Thank you. Shelagh Cameron.
Although the survey is included in the June Antler as general information, a separate
survey form was inserted in copies distributed in Carradale itself.
APRIL RAINFALL
April was a dry month with just 74mm recorded. However, it was not the driest as our
records show that both 2003 and 2007 recorded less. (66 & 54 mm respectively).
We did not get the frequent expected showers so typical of April, instead we got
bursts of heavy rain peppered with dry and protracted dry spells. For two consecutive
years now April has proved to be the ideal month to visit Kintyre, but farmers and
gardeners now need rain. Those on private water supplies are even to be heard
muttering the dreaded ‘water shortage’ words under their breath.
Heavy rain daily in the first week, and also on the 11th & 12th meant that by that
date 67mm had been recorded. After then, apart from an overnight reading on the
22rd/23rd there were only trace recordings amassing the 74mm overall total. This
gave the impression, if not reality, of a lengthy 18 day long dry spell for the second
half if not for most of April.
The fine settled sunny weather, with higher than expected temperatures, was
broken only in the two final days when fresher North Easterly winds brought cooler
weather but still no early prospect to the end of the dry spell. M.L.
. RNLI BONUS BALL WINNERS
5th March James McConnachie, 12th March Frank King, 19th March Jay McConnachie
26th March No Winner, 2nd April Elma McLean, 9th April Lindsey Semple
16th April Margaret Richardson, 23rd April Dr.R. Abernethy, 30th April Duncan Dunlop.
I would like to thank everyone who took a chance, played, won, or lost. All contributed
to a donation to the RNLI since April 2010 of £1000.30p!! The Bonus Ball can still be
played at Semple's and now The Cruban Maureen Owen.
TRAVELLING CRATAGEUSLY
SPRING WAS BUSTING OUT ALL OVER .....
While leaving Kintyre always seems to be like having a
limb torn off the body cultural, the experience makes
returning more of a pleasure. Following the unusually
severe winter, the loss of trees and shrubs, a chance to
see how the countryside was affected in other parts of
the UK was somewhat of a mixed prospect.
The very late Easter and much discussed unusual
holiday period opened with a prolonged period of
sunshine and high temperatures further south. After
Ed. leaving Carradale at 4.45am on the 20th of April and with
the 7.30am M8 panic only just evident, the long stretches
of the M74 proved to be an enjoyable change from the
badly repaired B842.
As the temperature rose well above seasonal
averages, roadside hawthorn bushes and trees became
progressively more like floral arrangements for a
Californian wedding. By the time we entered William and
Catherine’s titular county creamy-white was the definitely
the colour to to be admired.
On the following day the first avian sign of spring
appeared above Shotley Church - a well-known building
for those seamen who trained at HMS Ganges and for
families of German sub-mariners lost in World War 1.
While it was much too early to hear the nightingale on
the banks of the river which Eric Blair chose as his
pen-name, we failed to hear the cuckoo until 29th of April,
when we returned to Kintyre.
The lesson learned on this increasingly expensive
journey is that what Kintyre lacks in the way of cheap
fuel, good road surfaces and florid natural vegetation it
gains through its less dramatic entrance to the pleasures
of the season and its appreciation of subtle changes to
the landscape - our less abundant hawthorn blooms have
yet to open fully, giving us greater pleasure in seeing a
quieter evolution. G.P.

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RESULT OF ELECTION TO SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT ELECTION -
SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS REGION
George Doyle, Independent 542 (2.04%) Results of the Scottish Parliament Election in the Highlands and Islands Region:
Alison Hay, Scottish Liberal Democrats 3,220 (12.11%) PARTY/CANDIDATE DESCRIPTION NUMBER OF VOTES SHARE
Jamie McGrigor, Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party All Scotland Pensioners Party/Scottish Senior Citizens Party 436 1.64%
4,847 (18.22%) Ban Bankers Bonuses 198 0.74%
Mick Rice, Scottish Labour Party 4,041 (15.19%) British National Party 183 0.69%
Michael William Russell, Scottish National Party (SNP) Christian Party ‘Proclaiming Christ’s Lordship’ Scottish Christian Party 231 0.87%
13,390 (50.35%) Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 4156 15.63%
George Alexander White, Liberal party 436 (1.64%) Scottish Green Party Eleanor Scott for MSP 1304 4.9%
Michael William Russell has therefore been elected as Scottish Labour Party 3804 14.3%
the Member of Scottish Parliament for Argyll and Bute. Scottish Liberal Democrats 2155 8.1%
Scottish National Party (SNP) Alex Salmond for First Minister 13172 49.52%
Total electorate (2010 in brackets* ) : 48,925 (67,165) Scottish Socialist Party 95 0.36%
Turnout: 54.36% constituency & 54.49% regional. Socialist Labour Party 204 0.77%
Solidarity – Scotland’s Socialist Movement 50 0.19%
RESULT OF THE ALTERNATIVE The Liberal Party 247 0.93%
VOTE REFERENDUM UK Independence Party UKIP
TOTAL VOTES CAST
362
26,597
1.36%
99.77%
IN ARGYLL AND BUTE
Yes votes: 9,526
No votes: 16,580
The Antler welcomes stories articles and reports sent to The Editor at
Rejected votes: 169 Benbecula, Carradale PA28 6QX - e-mail geoffreyf.page@homecall.co.uk
Total votes cast: 26,2285

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JOB LOSS AND REDUNDANCY SENIORS FORUM
EXTRACTS FROM ‘CHOOSE-LIFE’, ‘PACE’ & CITIZENS ADVICE PAMPHLETS MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD AT KINLOCH
Work is important for lots of reasons, losing a job can mean the loss of more than money. HALL CAMPBELTOWN ON 14TH APRIL 2011
You might feel a bit lost, angry, confused and sad as you adjust to unemployment. It is PRESENT George McMillan (chair) Emily McDonald,
also hard as an employer to lose your business and to have to make people redundant. Catherine Mclntyre, John Mclntyre, Jean Miller, Janet
IF THIS IS YOU Russell, Florence Lamont, Emily McDonald and
ASK FOR HELP if coping is getting hard. Look to friends, family, organisations and Maryanne Stewart. Apologies Ailsa Stewart and Douglas
your G.P. for support. McKerral. The chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.
+ Keep Busy and Active: Keeping to a routine, including a time for regular job searching,
will support your well being. MINUTES
+ Talk: Sharing how you feel with people who care about you will help lift your spirit and The minutes of the meeting held on 14th March were
keep you motivated. approved on a motion proposed by Catherine Mclntyre
+ Look After Yourself: This is a stressful time in your life, do what you can to reduce and seconded by Florence Lamont. There were no
stress - get enough sleep, stick to recommended drinking limits - drinking too much matters arising.
may increase stress . Eat well and keep well hydrated - plenty of fibre, fruit and veg FINANCIAL STATEMENT
and water. Keep active - a brisk walk every day will do wonders for your mood, your There was no financial statement available this month
sleep and reduce stress. If the stress of job loss has led to thoughts of suicide - talk
JUNE MEETING
to someone straight away. If you can't think of who you would tell, use one of the
After some discussion it was agreed to have the June
help-lines overleaf. You can get help to manage your feelings and talking about them
meeting at Tayinloan for the summer outing on 9th June.
may save your life.
Maryanne to book for 3pm. Numbers will be confirmed
FACING REDUNDANCY? nearer the time.
Employment laws relating to how employers should handle proposed redundancies, for AOCB
example: The digital changeover was discussed and advice given
+ You must not be unfairly chosen for redundancy. by Argyll Voluntary Action.A query arose about postal
+ Your employer must consult with you before deciding to make you redundant.
votes and George was able to give a full response.
+ Your employer must follow the correct procedures and give you proper notice.
Argyll Voluntary Action was thanked for giving temporary
+ You should be offered any suitable alternative work and be given time off to look for a
assistance.
new job.
+ If you feel you have been unfairly treated, get advice; don't delay. Date of next meeting: 12th May 2011.
+ If you are a union member, your union representative can help.
+ Find out about your benefit entitlement and how to claim as soon as possible.
You can get help under a Scottish Government initiative called Partnership Action for
Continuing Employment (PACE) that can help manage the impact of redundancy on
businesses, employees and the local community. Find out more about PACE by
contacting: The national redundancy help-line on 0808 100 1855 or www.skills
developmentscotland.co.uk/ redundancy
GETTING BACK TO WORK
Are you looking for a job or considering a new career? It is vital that you plan your next
steps. You need to consider your options,know what skills you have, assess the
employment market and decide what's best for you. The following can all help:
+ SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SCOTLAND (CAREERS SCOTLAND)
Offers a range of career planning, employability and information services to enable you
to make well-informed work and learning decisions. www.careersscotland.org uk 0845
8502 502
+ JOBCENTRE PLUS
Help and advice on making or maintaining a benefit claim, accessing vacancies and
advice on job-search techniques. www.direct.gov.uk 0845 60 60 234
+ BUSINESS GATEWAY & THE PRINCE'S SCOTTISH YOUTH BUSINESS TRUST
Practical help, advice and support for new and growing businesses. The Prince's
Scottish Youth Business Trust: (16 to 25 yrs, up to 30 on the islands)
www.bgateway.com 0845 609 6611 www.psybt.org.uk 0141 435 7560
You might also want to consider volunteer work, joining your local time bank or making
use of your local Community Education Centre to build on or refresh your skills as you
look for help. This will help to maintain a sense of well being and show prospective
employers that you are motivated to return to work.
USEFUL CONTACTS
Emotional Support & Information. Breathing space: Free, confidential phoneline 0800
SCOOTER & ROAD TRAILER
83 85 87. FOR SALE
Samaritans: 0845 90 90 90 www.samaritans.org. e-mail jo@samaritans.org. A Sym Joyride 180cc 4-stroke Scooter. First reg. 24
The Argyll and Bute Choose Life Initiative: www.chooselifeinargylland bute.org.uk. March 2006 Mileage 1200 km (745 miles) needs an
Online guided self-help support www.livinglifetothefull.com.
MOT, £700, plus a large-wheeled double motorcycle
Practical information & Support, Advisory, Conciliation & Arbitration Service (ACAS)
trailer, used twice. £300. Ring 01583 431281.
08457 47 47 47.
Advice Guide: Online self help from the Citizens Advice Service www.adviceguide.org.uk.
Argyll College: 0845 230 9969 www.argyllcollege.com.
Argyll Voluntary Action: 01631 569 545. THE ANTLER WELCOMES
Work Smart: Information and advice about the world of work from the TUC 0870 600 CONTRIBUTORS, SUBSCRIBERS &
4882 www.worksmart.org.uk.
ADVERTISERS
Please contact the Editor at Benbecula, Waterfoot, Carradale,
Argyll & Bute Citizens Advice Bureau: 08456 123 808 Info@abcab.org.uk. Campbeltown, Argyll PA28 6QX.
Tel: 01583 431281. e-mail: geoffreyf.page@homecall.co.uk

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