Down memory lane: Fond memories of White Hart Hotel
‘Those were the days, they were a great crowd. Bunty was always special.’
Campbeltown
Columnists
The view from Westminster: Brendan O’Hara MP
This was in reality, ‘gesture bombing;’ essentially dropping bombs on a country without any clear, strategic plan to secure a long-last and just peace for the beleaguered people of Syria.
Letters
Letter: Carradale path wrecked
How can one grudge the odd £700, to replace a pot-hole wrecked wheel and tyre, when we know that our money is really being spent on such an essential and environmentally friendly project.
Kintyre
From our Facebook: Plastic pollution revolution?
‘Other countries clean their beaches on a regular basis by drawing a type of rake pulled by a vehicle on some sort along the high water mark at low tide.’
Columnists
Adding insult to injury
Last night, at Campbeltown Picture House, a light hearted drama documentary about the cinema’s restoration, The Wee Pictures, was shown to a select invited audience at the formal opening.
Letters
Letter: Slavic Gospel talk
Derek Maxwell from the Slavic Gospel Association will relate how the unsaved are being reached.
Columnists
Kintyre is hooching for spring
There will be a media circus including television coverage at Campbeltown Picture House on Thursday evening.
Letters
Letter: Islay beach clean
Our famous Islay beaches must not be allowed to be steadily covered in plastic debris.
Letters
Letter: Sugar tax may hit diabetics
However, for those who live with or care for young children with type one diabetes, quick access to a fizzy drink or sugary food can be a life-saver, and the change is likely to create a new challenge.
Letters
Letter: Campbeltown’s spring clean
All the dirt, leaves and debris had been cleared from the inside of the pavements and the whole area is looking pristine.
Columnists
The view from Westminster: Brendan O’Hara MP
This was in reality, ‘gesture bombing;’ essentially dropping bombs on a country without any clear, strategic plan to secure a long-last and just peace for the beleaguered people of Syria.
Columnists
Adding insult to injury
Last night, at Campbeltown Picture House, a light hearted drama documentary about the cinema’s restoration, The Wee Pictures, was shown to a select invited audience at the formal opening.
Columnists
Kintyre is hooching for spring
There will be a media circus including television coverage at Campbeltown Picture House on Thursday evening.
Columnists
Thought for the week, April 13, 2018
These sentient creatures are slaughtered because people think they have the right to rob them of what makes them who they are.
Columnists
Volunteers’ selfless service
Another group of volunteers which has worked hard for many years is the Kintyre Red Cross committee.
Columnists
Dogs take the blame for owners
This means the dog, no matter how well behaved, should be on a lead in the countryside wherever farm animals are present.
Columnists
A dramatic weekend
Even the adjudicator Kevin Boland was a comedian, particularly as one player commented, at the end, from holding him back from a dram.
Columnists
Thought for the week
Memories flood back and, with nostalgia, I wonder where all these decades have gone with so much in between.
Columnists
Grammar school’s new era
Judging by acting head Catherine Cameron’s speech she is certain the building will provide the environment for great teaching.
Columnists
Thought for the week, February 16 2018
One snowflake weighs nothing, yet together they can cause an avalanche.
Campbeltown
Down memory lane: Fond memories of White Hart Hotel
‘Those were the days, they were a great crowd. Bunty was always special.’
Letters
Letter: Carradale path wrecked
How can one grudge the odd £700, to replace a pot-hole wrecked wheel and tyre, when we know that our money is really being spent on such an essential and environmentally friendly project.
Kintyre
From our Facebook: Plastic pollution revolution?
‘Other countries clean their beaches on a regular basis by drawing a type of rake pulled by a vehicle on some sort along the high water mark at low tide.’
Letters
Letter: Slavic Gospel talk
Derek Maxwell from the Slavic Gospel Association will relate how the unsaved are being reached.
Letters
Letter: Islay beach clean
Our famous Islay beaches must not be allowed to be steadily covered in plastic debris.
Letters
Letter: Sugar tax may hit diabetics
However, for those who live with or care for young children with type one diabetes, quick access to a fizzy drink or sugary food can be a life-saver, and the change is likely to create a new challenge.
Letters
Letter: Campbeltown’s spring clean
All the dirt, leaves and debris had been cleared from the inside of the pavements and the whole area is looking pristine.
Letters
Letters: Dog microchipping
In the end I settled on the dogs shortly to be micro-chipped on Gigha.
Letters
Letter: Be patriotic on passport printing
Can you imagine the Americans having their passports made in a foreign country? Are we to become the laughing stock of the world?
Campbeltown
Maurice McMillan Duncan: August 29, 1954 – August 11, 2017
Obituary for musician, composer, adjudicator and tutor
Campbeltown
Farming pillar was was a truly good man
The farming community in Kintyre has lost one of its best-known figures.
Obits
Adam Bergius 1925-2017
A NAVY man who feared battleships and volunteered for ‘special service of a hazardous nature’, surviving the Second World War, was laid to rest in Kintyre last weekend.