TEN YEARS AGO
Friday March 21, 2014
New equipment, which turns waste into a product for the food chain, has been installed at Campbeltown Creamery.
In its sustainability report for 2013, First Milk, which owns the creamery, revealed the new machinery can turn whey – a waste product – into an edible ingredient.
The company also revealed it has achieved its target of sending zero process and packaging waste to landfill.
First Milk is the UK’s largest dairy co-operative with 1,600 farmers. It has also arranged joint haulage and milk swap initiatives to reduce transport by 422,000 miles and 75 per cent of its tankers are fitted with recycled rubber tyres which saves 68 litres of oil per new tyre.
Kate Allum, First Milk chief executive, said: “We look constantly to improve the economic, environmental and ethical sustainability of our supply chain – learning from best practice in dairy around the world and in other industries.
“We are also involved in a number of pan-industry initiatives. The leading role we are playing in the latest version of the Dairy Roadmap is one example.”
Many hands made light work during the first clean-up of the year at Dalintober Beach in Campbeltown.
Pupils from Dalintober and Castlehill primary schools as well as GRAB Trust members, who run a beaches and marine litter project, were joined last Friday afternoon by members of the Dalintober Beach Restoration Group, formed last year to restore the beach to its former glory.
TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO
Friday March 26, 1999
Between 250 and 300 people attended the University College London on Saturday to pay their respects to Carradale’s Naomi Mitchison.
The service of memoriam for ‘Naomi Mitchison 1897-1999’ was attended by writers, politicians and dignitaries from all walks of life and family and friends.
Carradale’s Alan Oman joined a number of well-known people who were asked to speak at the service
which was opened by Naomi’s eldest son, Denny Mitchison.
Jenni Calder, author of Naomi’s biography, was followed by Alan who spoke about Naomi and Dick’s life in Carradale.
Also speaking were Anne McLaren, Martin Pick and Baroness Shirley Williams.
‘Jerusalem’ was sung by the congregation.
At the service, Alan also met Campbell McKenzie whose father used to be a doctor in Kintyre.
He then joined Naomi’s family and other friends for tea and reminiscences after the service.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Thursday March 21, 1974
Elsewhere in this week’s ‘Courier’, you will find news about arrangements being made by various political parties and others to contest the first local elections in Strathclyde region.
The elections are on May 7. Everyone eligible gets two votes.
One ballot paper is white and a vote on it indicates which candidate is preferred as a councillor to sit on Strathclyde Regional Council in Glasgow.
The second ballot paper is coloured. A vote on that indicates your preference for someone to sit on Kintyre District Council.
Strathclyde Regional Council will be the authority for all major planning. It will cover, for instance, where industry is to go, how population should be distributed, transport, ways of using land, water and sewerage.
It will also look after police, fire, education and social work services. Its budget will be more than £300 million.
Kintyre District Council will look after housing, public health, local planning and development, local industry and building control.
It will share responsibility for museums, art galleries, parks and sports centres with the regional council.
Between them, the regional and district councils will touch nearly every aspect of people’s lives.
It is still over a month till the date of elections but everyone should be thinking seriously about how they are going to cast their two votes on May 7.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
Saturday March 22 1924
The congregation of the Parish Church of Southend, Kintyre, praised their minister, the Reverend Angus J MacVicar MA and his wife, on the evening of Thursday last when, at a congregational gathering held in a social capacity in the Territorial Hall, they received handsome presentations.
The gathering was a remarkably large one, completely filling the commodious hall, and there must have been few homes in the district not represented at it.
Tea was served in the good old-fashioned soirée style, and the service was very efficient indeed, a large number of young men acting as stewards.
Mr James A Hunter JP, Machribeg, was chairman and the platform party included the guests for the evening, Reverend Mr MacVicar and Mrs MacVicar; her Grace the Duchess Dowager of Argyll, Captain Douglas Campbell and Mrs Douglas Campbell, from Macharioch House; Mrs Boyd of Carskiey; Mrs Hunter, Machribeg; Reverend D J MacDonald, Killean; Reverend J A Argyll Baker, Carradale; Reverend Kenneth MacLeod, Gigha; Reverend Norman Mackenzie and Reverend Donald Davidson, Campbeltown; Reverend John MacRae, UF Church, Southend; and Reverend D M Cameron, Lorne Street UF.
The Duchess Dowager of Argyll and party from Macharioch House arrived immediately after tea had been served and remained till the end of the programme.
Mr J A Hunter opened the proceedings with a happy speech.
The chairman said it gave him great pleasure to preside there that night to help to do honour to whom honour was due. They were met to show their respect and regard for their worthy minister and his good lady.
On behalf of the Session of the Established Church of Southend, he wished to accord a hearty welcome to the ministers who had made time to take part in the proceedings and the many other friends in the audience who had gathered to join with them in honouring the occasion.
It was 14 years this month since Mr and Mrs MacVicar came amongst them and, since then, they had both won the goodwill and respect of everyone in the parish.
Four of these years were the most strenuous our country ever came through and it was with pride they recalled the fact that Mr MacVicar, besides carrying on his ministerial duties, did his part in the Great War and helped secure the peace which they all longed for.
Editor’s note: Serving tea in the “soirée style” is just afternoon tea but served a few hours later, in the evening.
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