Playgroup sets sights on former school building as new base

From: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK) | Date: February 28, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

A Deeside playgroup is hoping to use a former school building as its new home - with the help of a lorry and some removal men.

Parents at the playgroup in Lumphanan, near Banchory, hope to use the portable building occupied until 1998 by nearby Corgarff Primary.

The building, which still sits in Corgarff, consists of one main room, a corridor and toilets, and has sufficient space to provide regular activities for the 25 children registered with the playgroup, the parents believe.

The playgroup's present base, at Lumphanan Village Hall, is used by a number of community groups, denying the ...

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