1981 - Buckie and District Fishing Heritage

Archibald Garage with the garage being reopened following majorrefurbishment they chose the occasion to unveil Leyland’s newest car theTriumph Acclaim.Advert - Liam Barr stone mason – interior and exterior stonework, stonefireplaces, stone carving and wood lettering. Little Woodend, Drummuir.Hey ho! Did you hear about the Dublin tenement that went on fire. A woman wasseen at a top window frantically holding out a child. Paddy Mulligan was amongstthe crowd he stepped forward and shouted , “Missus, I used to play in goal forOirland for 10 years, drop the little ‘un and I’ll catch it for yez.” The tiny bundlewas released and fell a hundred feet into Paddy’s massive paws. As the crowdcheered he bounced the baby on the pavement and booted it up the street.Buckie Speakers Club - met in the Cluny Hotel on 17 September when thechairman for the evening was Charles Brown local manager of Thorn Lighting whointroduced the club president, John Fowlie, housemaster at BHS whose speech wasentitled “ A Cause for Retiral” was a critical re-examination of the evidence andcharacters involved in the well known ballad, “Who Killed Cock Robin?”. Other mainspeakers were George McKenzie, Rector of BHS who explained the tantalisingintricacies of the Rubic Cube and George Jappy, Ex. Officer with Dept. of Healthand Social Security who discussed the various forms of art painting in vogue withinthe current century.Topics chairman George Campbell head of Portgordon School . These wereevaluated by Mike Harvey, proprietor of a local music shop,. General Evaluatorfor the evening was John Watt , a local bobby. The vote of thanks was given bytimekeeper, Duncan Jamieson.Oct 20 Ten girls have been given notice of redundancy at Thorn Lighting plant atBuckie take effect from mid January. A whole product line is to be paid off since itis discontinued. Mr Brown suggested that because of the world-wide depression itcould be that smaller firms that bought their lamps had gone out of business.Rathven and Arradoul Community Council - The following people have beenappointed - James Grant, Ardelle, Rathven, Wm. Milne, 5 Kirk road, Rathven, FredRumbles, 7 Kirk Road, Rathven. For Arradoul – Patrick McIvor, 1 CraigminCottages, Drybridge and Mrs Margaret Wilson, Walkerdale Farm,. Drybridge.Lennox Community Council - Clochan and Enzie - Jeffrey Jones, ClochanSchoolhouse and Freda McLean, Kirkland, Clochan. Speybay – Mrs MargaretForbes, Upper Dallachy and John Stewart, 13 Bogmoor, Fochabers – John Birnie,Peter Dawson, Dr Donald Cameron, Brian O’Brien, Mrs Joan Douglas, GeorgeRamsay, Portgordon – Alexander Johnston.28Closing down - Casual Wear Boutique, 16 Grant Street, Cullen.shop fittings also for sale.Prices slashed,A new outside trader - Mrs Burnside, Montrose m Carpets, bedding , ClunyHotel, Friday 23 October.And in the Fishermen’s Hall – J and G Conn from Bacup, Lancs. Underware (sic)and clothing for all the family. Wednesday 21 st October- all British goods.Buckie Rovers beaten by Nairn St Ninians – by four goals to two .Sammon, Sellar, Mair, R. Smith, A. Ewen, Lyon, Cormack, Cowie, Murray, Coull andReid.Mair hooses - Alexander Hall and Sons, Aberdeen are to build 61 houses atNetherha at a cost of £951.342.