The Harbour Cottage Gallery now has it’s own website: http://www.harbourcottagegallery.co.uk/

The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright history website  has recently been updated with numerous pieces from old books outlining the history of the lands and their owners from all the parishes of the county, as well as some more specific local histories. In a different section of the website are to be found over 300 old picture postcards with views of many places in the area.

Three new pages have been added to the Kirkcudbright Community Website under the heading of the Harbour/Marina.

David Collin, a local historian and author, has very generously contributed three articles about the working harbour:
1. The Leisure Port
2. The Fishing Port
3. The Commercial Port

Our great appreciation goes to David, and we encourage him to keep up the good work!

A new website – Stewartry Kirkyards Illustrated –  is up and running listing monumental inscriptions (gravestones) and photographs for the following chuchyards and cemeteries across the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright.

Auchencairn
Borgue
Buittle Cemetery
Buittle Churchyard
Colvend
Dundrennan Abbey
Kirkchrist (The Stell)
Parton
Rerrick
Senwick
Southwick
Tongland
Twynholm Cemetery
Twynholm Churchyard

The Art and Crafts Trail website has been revamped, and now has lots more information about artists/makers and venues etc.

Visit http://www.artandcraftstrail.co.uk/

Give Blood – Kirkcudbright Town Hall

Event date: 02/03/2010.

Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service Welcomes Blood Donors

 

Tuesday 2nd March in Kirkcudbright Town Hall

Sessions run from 2.30pm to 3.45pm, and 5.15pm to 7.30pm

More information on how to give blood on ScotBlood website

The Servant o’ Twa Maisters – Kirkcudbright Parish Church Drama Club

25/03/2010 until 27/03/2010.

“The Servant o’ Twa Maisters”, a three-act comedy in the Scots language, adapted from an Italian original, is to be presented in the Parish Church Hall on Thursday 25th, Friday 26th and Saturday 27th March.

Tickets (adults £5, juniors £3) will be available from Thomson, Newsagent, Kirkcudbright.

Dunmuir Park, Castle Douglas

The Friends of Dunmuir Park have complained to the Care Commission about the condition of the fabric of the building which is owned and maintained by the Council. Dunmuir Park home provides long-term and respite care for adults with learning disabilities, many from the Kirkcudbright area, and has been threatened with closure despite strong local support to keep it open. More details on the BBC News website .

Poetry and Emotion

 February 23rd – March 6th, 2010

An exhibition of poetry and photographs by Alyson King, from Carsphairn, opened in the Tolbooth Art Centre this week.

Alyson said, “In the mid 90s I was encouraged to enter a poetry competition organised by the International Society of Poets. I sent them a piece titled ‘The Kiss’. It won and subsequently earned me the honour of International Poet of Merit. With the accolade my work became known in America, where the Society is based and I have won the International Poet of Merit a further twice. I was also nominated for Poet of the Year.

In this exhibition I am presenting my most recent work Shadow Lands. Its purpose is to raise awareness of dementia and similar conditions. “Also exhibited are some of my recycled works of art. I like to do this as many lovely items are so often discarded so I look for the broken, unwanted etc and bring them to life in a variety of ways. This venture is know as ‘Scratch the Surface’.”

The exhibition is open Monday to Saturday from 11 am – 4 pm.
Admission is free.

Public Toilets in Kirkcudbright

The failure of Dumfries and Galloway Council to identify funding to repair Kirkcudbight’s ailing public toilets has recently caused considerable dismay among local elected representatives. For nearly a year now the Gents and the Disabled toilets have been closed due to structural failure. The Ladies toilets remained open but, apparently because of vandalism, have also recently closed.

The toilets in the Town Hall have been made available during the daytime, and 1 portaloo and 1 disabled portaloo are positioned at the Harbour Square. There used to be laminated signs on the fencing directing people to the toilets in the Town Hall but these have gone and not been replaced. The situation has been identified as wholly unsatisfactory, and urgent action needs to be taken to give much better toilet provision before the easter holidays.

The next meeting of Kirkcudbright Community Council will take place at 7pm on Wednesday 10th March in the Council Chamber in the Town Hall. Attending will be Mr David Allan, Head of Neighbourhood Services, DGFirst, D&G Council, who will be indicating the course of action required to get the toilets back into operation again.

Community Council meetings are open to the public and everyone is welcome to attend.

 

For more on the Community Council and a full agenda for the meeting go to the Kirkcudbright Community Website.