Recently added articles from Arbroath Herald (Arbroath, Scotland):
MORRISON'S URGES CUSTOMERS TO 'GO GREEN'.
Jan 02, 2008 ... ARBROATH'S Morrison's store has issued a rallying call to customers asking them to 'go green'. Working in partnership with the Salvation Army, they are operating a Christmas card recycling scheme. It is estimated that one billion cards - 17 for every woman, man and ...
PLAN TO ADDRESS LIBRARY ACCESS PROBLEM.
Jan 03, 2008 ... THE PROBLEM of disabled access at Arbroath Public Library looks likely to be addressed. Angus Council has submitted plans, which are recommended for approval subject to conditions being met, to the council's development standards committee on January 8. Currently, ...
ARBROATH WOMAN ACCOSTED.
Jan 03, 2008 ... A 23-YEAR-OLD woman was accosted in Alexandria Place on Tuesday, New Year's Day, at about 6.45 a.m. A dark blue Ford Escort car drew up beside her and she was offered a lift by the front seat passenger. When she said no, there was a struggle from which she broke away ....
60 YEARS WED.
Jan 03, 2008 ... CELEBRATING their diamond wedding anniversary on Thursday were Mr and Mrs Donald Watson, 37 Cliffburn Road, Arbroath. The couple were married by the Rev. Crosby in the Victoria Cafe on December 27, 1947. Born in Blairgowrie, Mr Watson (84) moved to Arbroath as a ...
APPEAL LODGED OVER HOUSING DECISION.
Jan 03, 2008 ... AN APPEAL has been lodged against Angus Council's refusal to grant planning permission for a 121-dwelling development at Cliffburn, Arbroath. Stewart Milne Homes, Aberdeen, were invited by planning committee members to submit an amended proposal, with a less intense ...
CHARITY IS THE WINNER.
Jan 03, 2008 ... Sye's Sharks 3, Hamish's Hasbeens 2 OVER [pounds sterling]400 was raised for the Cafe Project's street football programme at a charity football match at Ogilvy Park on Sunday. A tight contest was expected in this annual game as over the previous three years the ...
LICHTIES OUTPLAYED AT MONTROSE.
Jan 03, 2008 ... ARBROATH made the short journey along the coast to meet county rivals, Montrose FC, full of hope but returned home with their tail between their legs at the wrong end of a 5 - 0 scoreline after a dismal performance. The Gable Endies were streets ahead in a match in which the ...
DISCORD OVER VICTORIA PARK PROMENADE UPGRADE.
Jan 04, 2008 ... LOCAL independent councillor, Bob Spink, is "incandescent with rage" that he was not given the opportunity to debate the proposal to undertake a [pounds sterling]5 million refurbishment of the Victoria Park promenade. He explained: "I am delighted at the inclusion of works to ...
DIAMOND CELEBRATION FOR MR AND MRS DUNCAN.
Jan 04, 2008 ... MR AND MRS James Duncan celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary on Thursday. They were married on December 27, 1947, at the West Port Rooms, Arbroath. Mr Duncan (83), is well known in the town after his many years of driving buses and rubbish trucks. ...
RETIREMENT THE BEST PRESCRIPTION!
Jan 04, 2008 ... ON MONDAY Kevin Curran, Friockheim's pharmacist since 1994, made up his last day's prescriptions before retiring. The business re-opened yesterday as a branch of the Blairgowrie pharmacy chain, Walter Davidson & Sons. Mr Curran is a native of Dunbar, who qualified as a ...
FIRST 'SHOUT' OF 2008.
Jan 04, 2008 ... BOTH Arbroath lifeboats, RNLB 'Inchcape' and 'Duncan Ferguson' were launched just minutes into the New Year to attend an incident at Arbroath cliffs. This was the first call out of 2008 for any of the UK's lifeboat stations and it took place at 50 minutes after midnight. ...
CUP WIN FOR ASC.
Jan 04, 2008 ... Arbroath SC 5, Newburgh 1 ARBROATH Sporting Club cruised in to the last 16 of the Redwood Leisure Cup with a convincing victory over Newburgh. Ryan Owbridge gave the home side the lead after 20 minutes but the visitors showed good determination to level the game just ...
FOTHERINGHAM HAT-TRICK AS VICS BAG SIX.
Jan 04, 2008 ... Arbroath Vics 6, Forfar Albion 0 ARBROATH Vics played their final league match of 2007 at home to Forfar Albion on Saturday. Vics took the game to their opponents from the kick-off and when Terry Masson was hauled down in the sixth minute, Lee Jones sent the free ...
ARBROATH MANAGER PLAGUED BY INCONSISTENCY.
Jan 04, 2008 ... ARBROATH manager, John McGlashan, speaking after Wednesday's match said that everyone was devastated by the result. He said: "We came to Montrose on the back of a great result against East Fife and managed to completely reverse that. You have to take victories and defeats and ...
TRIBUTE TO RETIRING LEGION PRESIDENT.
Jan 05, 2008 ... COLONEL George Mathieson has stood down as president of the Arbroath branch of the Royal British Legion Scotland after 11 years in office and Colonel Ian Ballantyne, the previous chairman, was voted in as his successor. At the recent annual general meeting in the clubrooms, the ...
CALL FOR MORE RECYCLING POINTS.
Jan 07, 2008 ... AN ARBROATH councillor wants the local authority to consider installing small recycling bins in the busiest areas of town. Donald Morrison believes that, if implemented, the new collection points would increase Angus Council's already excellent recycling rate. ...
ARBROATH ROAD DELAY HITTING BUSINESSES CLAIM.
Jan 08, 2008 ... SHOPS and local businesses in the Burnside Drive area could be losing out due to the continued delay in completing the road and crossing improvements. That's the view of Arbroath councillor Donald Morrison, who has criticised Angus Council for the time it is taking to finish the ...
ARBROATH BELL ROCK MODEL UNVEILED.
Jan 08, 2008 ... THE BELL Rock Lighthouse model recently purchased at auction by Angus Council was shown for the first time in the county at Arbroath's Signal Tower Museum on Tuesday. Councillor Jim Millar, convener of Neighbourhood Services, and the council's museums manager, Willie Milne, were ...
ARBROATH COUNCILLORS MEET POLICE CHIEF.
Jan 09, 2008 ... UNDER-AGE drinking was on the agenda when two Arbroath councillors met with the town's police chief Councillors Jim Millar and David Fairweather got together with Inspector Donald Scobie to discuss incidents of under-age drinking and anti-social behaviour in the town. ...
CAR SMASHED UP ON ARBROATH / LUNAN BAY ROAD.
Jan 10, 2008 ... ARBROATH police are carrying out enquiries after a car abandoned with a flat tyre on the unclassified Arbroath to Lunan Bay road, near Anniston Mill, on Sunday was damaged. The owner of the yellow Skoda Octavia had left it with a flat tyre at about 4 p.m. When he returned ...
