Year of publication 1990 - Fell and Rock Climbing Club

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WATERS COTTAGE: THE FIRST YEARDavidMillerOne Friday evening, early in January 1989. John Hartley rang to tellme that the Old Police Station in Kinlochleven was being offered for saleand that it might be suitable for use as a Club hut. John had beensearching for premises in Scotland for the Club for some time and.following a preliminary inspection and report by Cynthia Grindley, hethought that it may be worth pursuing. So early next morning, incompany with Tom Parker, we set off for Kinlochleven, where we metAlan Rowland who had come over from Edinburgh. The weather wasatrocious, with heavy rain and gale force winds.The Particulars of Sale were not promising:- "The bungalow is in poorrepair and would require extensive refurbishment. Offers in excess of£14.000." The photos which accompanied the particulars showed thepremises looking run-down and depressing.So when we got there we were pleasantly surprised; the bungalowlooked much better than we had expected to find it. It was soundly builtand although unoccupied, even following a period of wet and windyweather, it was essentially dry. Our view, and that of the local builderwho we had invited to inspect the premises, was that it was simply inneed of maintenance, decoration and limited fitting out.In addition, alongside, was the equally large Civil Defence building.which was built in solid walls with few windows and a concrete flat roof.It was in remarkably good condition considering its recent neglect andclearly had potential for future development. The site itself waspleasantly located in a residential area on the outskirts of the township.It was clear from our inspection of the Police Station, the amount ofinterest being shown by prospective purchasers, and the price fetched byproperties recently sold in the area that a substantial bid would beneeded to secure it. The following day we braved the floods and gales totour the Glencoe and Fort William areas, looking at properties whichwere for sale or had recently been sold, in order to provide a basis forcomparing value with the Police Station. It was soon clear thatproperties in those areas which were far less suitable for Club use, and inpoorer condition, were selling for sums in excess of the finance we hadavailable, which at that time had been set by the Committee at £45.000.It was suggested that the Police Station may fetch over £30.000 whichexceeded the professional valuation we subsequently received, but at theend of that weekend we were of the opinion that it would be worth theClub bidding a sum in the region of £40,000 to acquire the property.13
14 WATERS COTTAGE: THE FIRST YEARTwo weeks later the Committee agreed to bid just over £40.000 andthen the waiting began. First, we heard that we had put in the highestbid. apparently by a small margin. Then we had to wait until theplanning authority considered our application for 'change of use'.Finally, permission was granted and the purchase was completed inJune.
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A VERY SHORT WALK WITH TITUSStephen
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126 THE MEET REPORTAlter half an ho
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132 IN MEMORIAMwhich took him into
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134 IN MEMORIAMRoman Wall. Indeed,
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136 INMEMORIAMMozart's "Ave Verum"
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138 INMEMORIAMthree volumes, as it
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140 IN MEMORIAMhis numerous article
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142 TN MEMORIAMFRANCES RONA WALLACE
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144 IN MEMORIAMexceptional degree o
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