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Alexander Robertson & Sons, America’s Cup Yachtbuilders at Sandbank on the...
A big player in Argyll’s nautical history was the boatbuilding business at Sandbank on the Holy Loch north of Dunoon which was run by Alexander Robertson and his sons.Robertson’s parents (his father...
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Mather takes Mandelson to task for holding Thursday’s debate on the...
Argyll’s MSP and Enterprise Minister, Jim Mather has taken issue with Lord Mandelson for lack of courage in choosing the House of Lords as the venue for the debate on the highly controversial proposal...
View ArticleWill Brown now introduce the stocks as the latest PR decoy from his...
The UK Government announced last night – wait for it – that it is to print leaflets with details of minor court judgments and then bombard localities with these things to name and shame the culprits....
View ArticleWhy has Alan Reid not signed the Early Day Motion against privatisation of...
Argyll’s representative at Westminster, Alan Reid MP, has spoken widely across Argyll about the need to save the Post Office from the part-privatisation the UK Government proposes – and about saving...
View ArticleWith forest leasing and Royal Mail privatisation polarising opinion, Mike...
‘Nothing is either good or bad but thinking makes it so.’ (William Shakespeare)The recent Scottish Government consultation on the forestry provisions within the Climate Change Bill have been largely...
View ArticleCheck if and when Alan Reid MP signs the Westminster Parliamentary Motion to...
Share the fun. Alan Reid, Argyll’s MP, has been saying one thing and failing to do another. He’s been saying – at Argyll Post Offices, that he supports them in their opposition to the UK Government’s...
View ArticleMorvern gets breakaway postcode from Oban
Should Argyll be the next to get a breakaway – from Paisley?The issue isn’t quite the same, of course.Morvern has got its breakaway post code – moving from Oban’s PA34 to its own PA80 – because it’s...
View ArticleApproved Scottish budget brings £1M to help local Post Offices through recession
Argyll’s MSP, Enterprise Minister Jim Mather, has welcomed the Scottish Parliament’s vote to approve the Government budget, against Labour opposition.Among its measures, the budget is to make £1...
View Article64 year-old postmaster assaulted in raid on Strone Post Office
Strone must be feeling pretty battered and bruised.First its primary school with a healthy roll in the early 40s, was listed to close in the joke-no-joke proposals hashed up by Argyll and Bute...
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End of an era on Royal Mail contract but West Coast Motors sees staff OK
76 years of service came to and end last Saturday (29th October 2011) when West Coast Motors delivered their last load of mail to Mid-Argyll and Campbeltown from Glasgow.Royal Mail have decided to...
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The Gertrude Canning Murder: facts, confusions and developments
At the end of June 1942, WREN Gertrude Canning was murdered and her body left in a ditch below a path at an idyllic spot in Inveraray woods.She was reported missing two days later and her body found by...
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Clachan community spirit beats flash flood
The village of Clachan in Kintyre had to cancel its Smallholders gathering at short notice. It should have taken place yesterday, on Saturday 1st August.But on Wednesday a flash flood hit the charming...
View ArticleJura sustainability boost with £650k from Big Lottery Scotland
Big Lottery Fund Scotland has just announced – 27th February – its latest package of funding worth over £3.3 million to six projects across Scotland.Amongst the six is the Isle of Jura Development...
View ArticleRussell welcomes reopening of Sandbank post office
Local MSP, Michael Russell, has welcomed the plans to reopen the post office at Sandbank in Cowal – with longer opening hours. The post office will operate from an open plan till, located at the shop...
View ArticleStrachur Post Office under threat of closure
This Friday and Saturday residents in Strachur were shocked to find that it was decided last week to cut the number of days the Strachur post office would be open from 6 days to 3.Not only that, but...
View ArticleSunday Lunchtime Blues on Rosneath peninsula
Next Sunday, 28th July, Cove Burgh Hall on the Rosneath peninsula is hosting Sunday Lunchtime Blues with Harmonica Lewinsky – a redolent name and an amazing band.Doors open at 12.30 for a 13.00 start....
View ArticleUncontrolled mob rally: BBC ‘Scotland Decides’ debate
Watching tonight’s BBC 1 ‘debate’, Scotland Decides, in the hope of an interesting and informed debate, turned out to be an unpleasant – and disturbing – experience.There is usually a degree of...
View Article12 months to grab a granny, a ferry, a mail service: go for it
Two things happened today which signal that the Scottish Government is throwing open the vaults in a desperate attempt to shore up the independence vote at all costs.Deputy First Minister Nicola...
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