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Black Eagle and the Arran Vikings
In 1999, a group of Arran people, decided to build a replica boat to celebrate Arran's Viking heritage and to extend their own sailing and rowing skills. They constructed a 40ft longship…
Hazel McLeod, 1918-2015
Best known to Music Society concert goers as a friendly dispenser of interval tea and coffee, Hazel, who died last month at the age of 96, was accurately described by John Roberts…
Dramatic Scottish History
For this year's Edinburgh International Festival, the Scottish playwright, Rona Munro, was commissioned to write a series of three plays on the lives of James I (The Key Will Keep the Lock),…
Conservation and Heritage in Planning
On Monday 22nd September, Arran Civic Trust has invited Stuart West to present a talk on Conservation and Heritage in Planning. Stuart is the manager of the Development and Marine Planning function…
In for the count
Scotland’s biggest population survey, the 2011 Census, takes place on Sunday 27th March. Every household will receive a questionnaire asking 13 questions about the household and up to 35 questions about each…
Walking on the Wild Side
Lucy Wallace Magical Machrie Moor I love getting to know the layers of a landscape. For me, walking on Arran is an ongoing study in the composition and history of a place.…
Sannox people arrive at Lac Joseph
More from Jim Henderson on the Clearances journey of Arran people to Canada At the end of their long trek to the allocated land at Lac Joseph, the Sannox folks found a…
From Lamlash to Canada in 1829
Jim Henderson of Lamlash continues his story of how the Clearances caused so many Arran residents to emigrate to the Megantic County of Canada. Here, he gives some of the background to…
Words from Douglas Fulton
Jim Henderson sends us some notes written by Douglas Fulton, then the Lamlash minister, in April 1965. At the time, Harold Wilson’s Labour Government was taking over from Alex Douglas-Hume and the…