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Useful Telephone Numbers Airlie Street Hall (contact-Fiona Dorchester) - 01828 632455 Blairgowrie Police Station - 01250 872222 Perth Police Station - 01738 621141 Hydro-Electric Emergencies - 0800 300999 Scottish Gas Emergencies - 0800 111999 Scottish Water - 0845 6008 855 Alyth Post Office - 01828 632301 Alyth Health Centre - 01828 632317 Alyth Primary School - 01828 632462 Blairgowrie High School - 01250 873445 Alyth Environmental Group - 01828 632907 NHS 24—new 24 hour health service - 08454 24 24 24 If you offer an emergency or breakdown service e.g. Plumber, Electrician, Locksmith, Glazier, Central Heating or any other trade, please send us your name and number for our useful numbers section Alyth Voice Team Paul Ramsay 01828 632992 Editor paulramsay@bamff.demon.co.uk Irene Robertson 01828 633045 Compositor/Secretary alythvoice@alythvoice.co.uk Margaret Stanford 01828 633083 Advertising advertising@alythvoice.co.uk Paul & Barbara Prettyman 01828 633725 Distribution Margaret MacKenzie Advertising Marjory Macpherson Advertising Michael Kay 01828 632252/632690 Treasurer mike@atcalyth.freeserve.co.uk Derek Todd Webmaster derek@toddalyth.freeserve.co.uk In order to avoid disappointment please ensure that articles/ads for publication are submitted before the 21st day of each month. Note: The views expressed in the Alyth Voice are not necessarily those of the team nor can they accept any responsibility for accuracy and spelling of any article. ARTICLE SUBMISSION to the Voice Please note ALL articles must be accompanied with a name and address BEFORE they will be published in the Voice. On request, the name and address may be withheld from publication. Any submission without these details will NOT be included. *~*~* Dates for Your Diary *~*~* AUGUST 1st-13th Bookfest, Scout Hut Alyth Scout Group 18th Storytelling Teddybears’ Picnic Alyth Library 19th Coffee Morning, Airlie Street Hall SNP SEPTEMBER 1st-3rd Flower Festival Alyth Parish Church 12th Opening Mtg, Burnside Com. Lounge Silvie & Ruthven WRI 14th Scottish Country Dancing Begins Airlie Street Hall 15th Mor. Acad. Swing Band-Town Hall Alyth Com. Council 15th Voice photographic competition closes - submit your entries! 26th Rehearsals Resume Alyth Choral Union OCTOBER 1st Alfred Anderson Memorial Cairn Unveiling & Concert - TBC 20th A Musical ABC, Town Hall Alyth Musical Society B B Q Safety - - - VOICE TEASER - - - What is Midyokin? Answer to last months Teaser- What is Orra? Odd DO Make sure that your BBQ is in good working order. DO Keep a bucket of water, sand or a garden hose nearby in case of emergencies. DO Make sure your BBQ site is flat & well away from sheds, fences, trees & shrubs. DO Use only enough charcoal to cover the base of the BBQ to a depth 50mm (2”). DO Keep children, garden games and pets well away from the cooking area. DO Make sure the BBQ is cool before trying to move it. Empty ashes onto bare soil. Community Markets 4th Saturday of the Month from 22nd April Blairgowrie Wellmeadow 10am –3pm 2 THE TEDDY BEARS’ TRAIL THE TEDDY BEARS’ TRAIL is sponsored by Alyth & District Business Association and is a competition that has been designed for the young and the young at heart. Teddy has come to Alyth to enjoy the peace & tranquillity, good food, excellent service from the businesses, many quiet rural walks, fishing and the three golf courses and also to meet all his Alyth pals from years gone by. He has decided this year to hold a Teddy Bears’ Reunion in Alyth for all his friends from round the world. Many of the visiting teddies have asked businesses in Alyth for assistance in helping them make a display with them holding their postcards from their homes in various towns/countries. The Trail begins on Monday 3 rd of July and runs until the end of August. Collect a free entry form from Alyth Post Office, Airlie Street, The Spar, Commercial Street or Costcutters, Airlie Street and follow the instructions, which will lead you round the town. Look for the Teddy Bears/displays in the shop windows and answer the questions. For the young ones taking part please look and listen for the traffic as you cross the roads. Once you have answered all the questions please take your entry forms to The Doll’s House Shop, Camno, Workshop, Commercial Street, Alyth. We hope you all have fun completing the Teddy Bears’ Trail, and visitors to the town have enjoyed their visit to Alyth. Thanks must be expressed to the compiler Mrs. J. McGill, for her work in producing the entry form, all the businesses for their Teddy Bear displays and their willingness to take part and to all who have entered and those who are going to do so. Have fun on the trail. Thanks must be expressed to Mr. B. Pidsley of Alyth Post Office, Mr. P. Duncan of Paul’s Spar, Commercial Street and Mr. C. Macdonald of Costcutters, Airlie Street and all their staff for distributing all the entry forms, and to Mr. S. Eno of the Camno Workshop for collecting the answer forms and to everyone who takes part in the Teddy Bears’ Trail. The winner will be announced at the September Committee meeting. TED MEMORIES OF ALYTH I OFTEN think about Alyth, and have done – more especially when some distance away. Schooldays were always something I thought about, remembering the war years and friends of yesteryear. Mr. MacIntosh the headmaster, or ‘Dome’ or ‘Domie’ was special to me as we were on the same wavelength. He was keen on nature and took us in nature study, sometimes on rambles down to the golf course (only one in those days). He introduced me to ‘Luciarnots’ one of the umbelliferae, a small plant with short round leaves. It had an edible root which tasted like hazel nuts and I remember, along with a few friends going down to the site of the old pipe band hut, opposite the High Kirk, where dozens of these plants grew and having a right old feed. This was fine when there were no hazel nuts. Another plant we used to eat was the ‘soorick’ (one of the sorrels) which grew in profusion along the sides of the air raid shelter in the field opposite the qualifying class of ‘Alyth Public School’ (at that time). Going up the hill was a marvellous thing for kids and many hours we spent up there. There was a lochan on the west side which was perfect for skating and generally in the winter there was nobody there but our group. In summer it was a tremendous place to play and games were dictated by the films we had seen at the town hall picture house. Now and again we would walk as far as the post office shop at Kilry, have a drink of lemonade and walk back home again. Continued on page 3> Strathmore & The Glens PO Box 6621, Blairgowrie PH12 8YF www.strathmoreglens.org E-mail-: sue@strathmoreglens.sol.co.uk DON’T Ever use petrol or paraffin to start or revive your BBQ. DON’T Use anything but recognised lighters/fuel, on cold coals. DON’T Ever leave the BBQ unattended. DON’T Ever put ashes straight into a dustbin or wheelie bin. When hot, they can melt the plastic & cause a fire. REMEMBER BBQs should never be lit indoors!
Your Letters DEAR ALYTH VOICE, 21 year old Laura Jane Davie, is our grand-daughter. Her uncle and cousins also live in Alyth although Laura's home is in Fife. She is now serving her second tour of duty in Iraq. In the photo she is the girl sitting on the tank. She wishes to send her regards to the friends she has made in Alyth. Her first tour of duty was with her dog searching for insurgents. This time she is searching for mines and explosives. I enclose an e-mail she sent, about her dog, it's good to see she hasn't lost her sense of humour! She is a very brave and courageous girl and our hearts and minds go out to her. I'm sure the readers of The Voice would all wish her well. Peter Davie Original email - “I’m now out on task at a new camp, which is a bit of a scary place but there are loads of great guys out here looking after me! Whilst out on patrol the other night in the tanks we stopped off to do a vehicle check point (v.c.p) where we pull over random vehicles checking for explosives. My dog was showing loads of interest inside this wagon so my cover men started to get a bit worried, but it turned out to be a chicken!! He had hold of it by the neck as it was flapping around, it took me a few mins to detach my dog from this poor chicken, my cover men were in stitches!! He is now renamed the chicken detection dog!” Continued from page 2... Alyth hill was given to the people of Alyth by Lord Airlie, mainly I think, to cut peat, or turf, for their fires, but it was well used by laddies and some adults for the odd rabbit (and other things!) for the pot. We all thought of the hill as being ours. Jack Ogilvie, Forfar [Ed: The Voice team are very grateful to Jack for providing a wide collection of material in relation to Alyth, which we will use in future editions. Many thanks Jack for sharing this with us. How many of our readers remember this rhyme, which was used to decide teams? Eetl ottle blue bottle, eetl ottl out, if you want a piece ‘n jam, just you step right out! LI’L JIMMY REED PLAYS ALYTH!! L-R: Willie Brown, Alan Oliphant, Jim Skinner, Sandy McCurdy, Andy Warner, Li'l Jimmy Reed. AS MANY Voice readers may know, Dundee hosted the annual Blues Bonanza on 1st/2nd July. One of the headlining acts was Li'l Jimmy Reed from Alabama. Arriving from USA on Tuesday 27th June, Li'l Jimmy was staying for a couple of nights prior to the Bonanza with Sandy & Isabel McCurdy. Sandy stated "I thought that Li'l Jimmy would be suffering from jet lag, but not a bit of it! He just wanted to play music! So, within a couple of hours, we fixed up an impromptu jam session in the Burnside Inn, with some local musicians. It was wonderful for us to play with a "real deal" bluesman whose career stretches back to 1956. I think for all of us, it was a highlight of our musical careers. Li'l Jimmy is a fascinating character and a lovely gentleman." Li'l Jimmy was such a huge hit at the Dundee Blues Bonanza, he was immediately booked for the Smokie Blues Festival at Arbroath on 15/16 July, on his way back from a Swedish Festival. Airlie Street, 15.7.06 DEAR ALL, We arrived back home on Wednesday 12 th after a 2 week break in Dortmund, Germany - the home of football and beer. We’ve wanted to go for a while now but due to work commitments it was not possible. We had a great time visiting family and old haunts and other places of interest. It just so happened that the World Cup was on and we joined in the atmosphere watching giant screens in the pub beside the hotel and in the city. The atmosphere was electric and not a bit of bother amongst rival fans. People were very friendly, especially when they found we were Scottish! It was a really hot 2 weeks, glorious sunshine in the 90s, although we had a spectacular thunderstorm one day with hailstones. Thank you to all the people who so generously donated to the “leaving fund” and contributed to a very memorable holiday. Wherever you are on your own holidays may you all have a great time too. Regards, Billy Gordon 3 Don’t have access to email? Alyth Library are now offering FREE access to the Internet for SURFING the WEB / sending EMAILS Visit the library for more details... Ian Miller Local Councillor. SURGERY AT ALYTH TOWN HALL (Old Council Chambers) on 1st TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 7.00PM OR CONTACT BY Tel: SNP OFF: 01250 876576 Home 01250 873304 P&K Council Tel: 01738 475018 Email: imiller@pkc.gov.uk TAKE A TRIP BACK IN TIME WHERE CAN you find a broom dog or a pig mell or a drunk’s cart? And what are they? Those items are just three of the many interesting artefacts on show at Alyth Museum in Commercial Street. Visitors who step through the red door are invited to take a trip back in time. Here you can learn how great granny did the family’s washing or how an apprentice saddler learnt his trade. Much has changed over the years, as the displays demonstrate. Many of our younger visitors are amazed at how families had to manage without the things we now take for granted, such as electricity to power domestic equipment. The way people work the land has also changed, with the tractor taking over from horse power. The downstairs displays have a wonderful selection of tools and farming implements which show how things used to be. These objects were made or used locally. Alyth town itself has changed down the years. A lot of shops and all the mills are now gone. Graphics illustrate some of the businesses that are no longer with us. Visitors can order copies of prints from the photo bar. We are interested in seeing any old photographs of the area which could be added to the collection, or copied. Interest is maintained by keeping the displays up to date as appropriate. New for 2006 is a secure sorting desk and other items from the 1930’s. These were saved for the collection, having lain unused in the Alyth Post Office for several years. Perhaps you remember using the Post Office and have information that you could pass on. How busy could it get? Were you a regular user or just occasionally? How did it differ 20 or 30 or 40 years ago from visiting a post office today? The displays are only as strong as the collections. People sometimes inherit things that they might not actually want or maybe they are thinking of throwing out something that they have had for a long time and which is no longer of use to them. If it is in good condition and is associated with a trade or business in Alyth or one of the surrounding farms, it might be of interest to the museum. Museum assistant Paul Prettyman would be pleased to hear from you. Alyth Museum is pleased to welcome child and adult groups for a more informed visit. So don’t walk past the freshly painted red door, but take some time to enter, relax and take a trip back in time. Alyth Musum is open until the end of September – Wednesday to Sunday, 1pm - 5pm For further information please contact Paul Prettyman (Museum Assistant).
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