Local Directory Live - Issue 29

LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY & COMMUNITY MAGAZINE APRIL / MAY 2018

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Contents

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Warm welcome

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Queensferry Lifeboat Fundraising

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CleanFerry

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Cruise Liner Dates

15 & 29 Kirkliston Community Centre 18-19 Rogue Village 20

A Word from Local Directory Live

26-27 Hawthorn Bank Makeover 32

Ferry Fair

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Forth Dimension

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Did You Know

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Warm welcome!

It's this community spirit that I really wish to draw upon on.

The Six Nations may have come to an end (Go Scotland!) and you may be left wondering what on earth you are going to do with your weekends now?

Myself and a small team recently took the reins over from Mike Smith, who was the previous Editor. Mike started the magazine five years ago and has grown it to be a well established and respected magazine within the local business community.

Thankfully, Spring has certainly certainly sprung. The clocks go forward, lighter nights and school Easter Holidays are upon us! Now is a fantastic time to get out and enjoy all that our Local Directory Live is now local area has to offer - especially in new hands with a fresh pair all the beautiful walks and sights, of eyes, and over the next few finished off with a delicious iceissues we really hope to work cream, cake or meal of course! towards being a magazine at the heart of the community.

It's almost unbelievable to think that we were ground to Claire & The Team a halt with snow just a matter of weeks ago! I think I am right in saying that in times of crisis, community spirit really is at it's peak. It was fantastic to read about the local community working together; clearing roads, helping the vulnerable and pulling together as a community should.

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QUEENSFERRY LIFEBOAT FUNDRAISING BRANCH

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n integral part of the organisation at Queensferry Lifeboat Station is the Fundraising Branch. It will come as no surprise to learn that just to operate the vital life saving service provided by the boat and crew at Queensferry RNLI costs many thousands of pounds each year. What may surprise some is that the RNLI is entirely funded from voluntary donations and legacies: there is no Local Authority or Government funding whatsoever. In order to raise these necessary funds, most lifeboat stations have a fundraising branch staffed by volunteers.

ing”. This hugely popular event has contributed almost £13,000.00 to our funds. Our most important event is the annual Open Day, held each year at the Station and on the Hawes Promenade.

This is a joint effort with crew members and their families joining forces with the Fundraisers to organise the day which over the years has raised many thousands of pounds, every penny of which goes towards the operating costs of the Station.

This year’s Open Day takes place on Sunday 1 July from 12 noon to 4pm and we welcome everyone to attend.

We also have a souvenir shop at the Station; this is manned by dedicated volunteers all year round and is a significant source of vital funds.

This is where Queensferry Lifeboat Fundraising Branch plays a vital role. The small group of volunteers organise various fundraising activities throughout the year: examples are a Country Dance, a bucket collection at the Loony Dook, an annual Christmas Raffle, a mulled wine and home made soup stall at Queensferry’s Christmas celebrations, bucket collections at our local Tesco and Scotmid stores and other ventures. For the past two years we have been involved with other local groups in organising “Strictly Dundas”, an event based on television’s “Strictly Come Danc-

Branch members meet on a regular basis to plan and organise all these activities: we are always on the lookout for new members. For details please contact David at david@ferryfair. co.uk or through the Lifeboat Station.

Submitted by David M. Steel Chairman Queensferry Lifeboat Fundraising Branch 23 March 2018 7

CleanFerry Takes on Clean Ups and Prevention

Introduction to the group CleanFerry operates under the GreenFerry Trust, aiming to reduce the amount of litter and waste in South Queensferry, inspire others to take action and to raise awareness of the littering issue.

In 2009, the group won a Keep Scotland Beautiful Award for organising the biggest Clean Up in Scotland with over 1,300 people taking part. Big Clean Ups continued for three years before the group stepped back and the local schools took on their own organised Clean Ups. However, in recent years, members of the community identified that litter was once again becoming an issue in the village and the CleanFerry group was relaunched. After just a year of action, and using the Litter Pick Plus Toolkit for guidance and inspiration, the group now has a core of 14 volunteers, led by David Hutcheson of the GreenFerry Trust, taking regular action in the village.

Taking Action Most of the CleanFerry volunteers meet every six weeks to complete a major litter blitz of a local known hot spot. Additionally, all of the team work on their own or in small teams to adopt a litter trail, which they cover weekly or fortnightly. This provides the highvisibility presence which is seen by all members of their community and is the behavioural ‘nudge’ to remind people that littering is not acceptable.

Alongside the work that each volunteer carries out, David Hutcheson and David McGuinness (co-leader) work with other community groups and businesses to align resources, recognising that there is strength in numbers. Queensferry Parish Church Eco-congregation and Community Group, and Friends of Ferry Glen have all joined with CleanFerry to reduce litter and show that by working together they can change the social norm around littering.

CleanFerry Takes on Clean Ups and Prevention David commented:

Communication stories and that this is vital to motivate, inspire and educate the wider community in South Queensferry, the group continues to expand its communications reach.

Using local press has been key to sharing their message locally and Cleanferry has already featured as front page news on the Queensferry Gazette. A Facebook page has been created with advice from Keep Scotland Beautiful, so that the group is accessible to people looking for more information about them.

The group has plans to invest in a banner and posters utilising the advice highlighted in the Litter Pick Plus Toolkit to advertise their Clean Ups to other community members.

They have also purchased high visibility jackets complete with personalised logo to make them instantly recognisable and further ‘nudge’ local people to more responsibly deal with their litter.

Community events are also key to their success and, as the planned in the village, with a photographer, birthday cake and bin bag display, showcasing the group’s achievement of 1,000 bags of litter removed in a year.

Campaigning

The group is extremely ambitious to build on the work of its volunteers, reaching out further to local businesses and schools, to engage the whole community with litter awareness.

David Hutcheson approached Scotmid, Orocco Pier and McDonalds, amongst others, encouraging them to maintain the cleanliness of their sites and most have complied with this request.

Three of the group members have made a commitment to design and deliver “litter – it’s a messy business” workshops to S1 pupils at the local high school and are following on with litter awareness presentations to the three primary schools in the area.

The engagement with the pupils during the High School workshops has been very positive. The children are open and honest about their own littering habits and those of their peers and provide us with a good insight into the minds of young people.

The kids regularly quote peer pressure and not being seen to be ‘cool’ for reasons not to use litter bins.

When asked what he thinks is the key to litter prevention, David answered:

There is no simple answer. The big challenge is to change the culture in this country where littering is acceptable. Lack of litter bins and the like are really smoke screens to the underlying issues.

Using an analogy many years ago, drink driving was almost tolerated, but the culture has changed and culprits now receive the appropriate sentences. The change in attitude was not only driven by severe penalties, but by generating greater awareness of the dangers and impacts of drink driving.

Unfortunately, we have a significant minority of people in all our communities who for various reasons have few environmental values and they will not change their ways so we need to focus our malleable to change.

The main plank of our anti-litter strategy will be to educate all young people on the wider impacts of littering in the community.

Hopefully through these young people we can lead them to become better citizens and help discourage bad behaviour amongst the wider family group and friends.

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A Busy Cruise Liner Season Ahead A total of 24 cruise liners will visit South Queensferry in 2018, with some staying for two days. The Royal Princess (making the first of 11 visits on a series of 12 day round Britain cruises from Southampton) is the first ship of the season arriving with 3600 passengers on 10th May. A full list of arrivals is produced below.

As usual, local welcome volunteers from the CruiseForth Project will meet each of the tenders arriving at Hawes Pier providing them with local maps of South Queensferry and advice on how they may best spend their day ashore. Keep an eye on the CruiseForth Facebook page for more up to date information as the ships start

to arrive. Overall 113 ships will visit the River Forth this season, with 40 of those sailing under the Bridges to Rosyth.

The remainder arrive at Leith or Newhaven.

CRUISE SCHEDULE ** 23rd July -Crystal Serenity – NOTE – Sails on 24th at 10pm

10th May – Caribbean Princess – Sails at 7pm 17th May – Brilliance of the Seas – Sails at 6pm

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22nd May – Caribbean Princess – Sails at 7pm

2nd August – Royal Princess – Sails at 7pm

30th May – Zuiderdam – Sails at 8pm

3rd August – Zuiderdam – Sails at Midnight

3rd June – Royal Princess – sails at 7pm

7th August – Koningsdam – NOTE – Sails on 8th at 5pm

8th June – MSC Magnifica – Sails at 8pm 15th June – Royal Princess – Sails at 7pm 23 June – Brilliance of the Seas – Sails at 6pm

9th August – Celebrity Eclipse – NOTE – Sails on 10th August at 6pm

24th June – Zuiderdam - Sails at 6pm

14th August – Royal Princess – Sails at 7pm

26th June – MSC Meraviglia – Sails at 4pm

26thAugust – Royal Princess – Sails at 7pm

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YOUTH AND CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME in KIRKLISTON

Kirkliston Community centre now hosts some great activities and groups specifically for the kids and youths from Kirkliston.

The groups have seen a huge surge in popularity and we’re so glad to see as many young people attending.

Thought we’d let you all know just what there is on at Kirkliston Community Centre.

WEDNESDAYS - 19:00 to 21:00, Senior Youth Club for S1 to S4 - £1

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A hugely popular club, professional musicians teach and mentor the students in a variety of instruments including: drums, guitar, keyboards and even vocal coaching.

For the more sporty kids, other activities that run at the centre include: Mini Flicks, Tae Kwon Do, Enjoy-a-ball, Karate and Kickboxing.... there’s a lot going on..

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Feast of food and drink on the menu alongside watersports fun at Port Edgar Marina Open Weekend

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his year’s Open Weekend at Port Edgar Marina will feature a feast of new food and drink treats alongside its amazing array of watersports fun, thanks to the addition of Canteen Street Food Festival, from pop-up specialists Rogue Village.

The Open Weekend, which takes place over Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 May at the largest watersports and activity centre in Scotland, will feature 100s of 60-minute on-the-water taster sessions for families. Expert instructors from Port Edgar Watersports will be showcasing everything from paddleboarding to kayaking.

New for this year, the marina team has developed its food and drink offering by joining forces with Rogue Village. Renowned for Canteen Street Food Festival at Archerfield Walled Garden in East Lothian, Rogue Village will be cooking up a storm of street food stands, DJs and family-friendly activity for the event. The Marina’s own Down the Hatch café will be joined by vendors such as ShrimpWreck, Chick & Pea, Meat Stack, pizzas from Pizza Geeks and The Big Blu, Spice Pots, Moo Pie Gelato, cocktails from Herringbone, Poco Prosecco, Ferry Brewery and delicious baking from Mimi’s Bakehouse.

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Less than 30 minutes drive from the city centre, on the southern banks of the Firth of Forth, Port Edgar Marina boasts stunning views of the Queensferry Crossing and the Kingdom of Fife beyond.

Maid of the Forth, with waterproofs and safety kit provided. The Ribs rides are strictly age 8+, and all children must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets will be available to purchase on the day at £10 per person.

More than 5,000 visitors attended last year’s Open Weekend to try their hand at a myriad of activities on and off the water and to discover the on-going multi-million-pound development of the marina, which will soon include the addition of a 200-capacity restaurant, Scotts, which opens this summer.

The dry land activities promise to be equally exciting, including loads of kids’ activities - with arts and crafts, science and slime making with Be Experimental, a mobile cave and face painting.

There will also be live music from Four Corners DJs. As one of the east coast’s largest marinas with berths for over 300 boats, Port Edgar is also home of Port Edgar Yacht Club and a number of major marine businesses.

This year’s activities on the water will once again feature the thrilling 30-minute Rib rides under the three bridges run by the team from

The weekend also provides the opportunity for some retail therapy at Bosuns Locker, the on- site shop which offers everything from country clothing and all manner of boating accessories right up to new and used boats. There will be a 20% discount on selected clothing and accessories during the Open Weekend from brands including Joules, Schoffel and Fairfax & Favor.

“The Open Weekend is the perfect chance for people to try their hand at some watersports for the first time and enjoy this beautiful location between the iconic Road and Rail bridges and the new Queensferry Crossing,” said managing director Russell Aitken.

“If you don’t fancy getting on the water, there will be loads to do for all the family, from shopping, as well as face painting and slime making for the kids.

We are really excited about the addition of Canteen this year, which is offering an amazing array of street food and drink and more of a party atmosphere.”

Peter Manian, co-founder of Rouge Village added: “Port Edgar Marina is in the midst of a renaissance and looks set to become a major destination that goes beyond watersports. It's fantastic to be partnering and bringing our unique brand of events to this early stage of an exciting and dynamic vision.”

The Port Edgar Marina Open Weekend, 12 & 13 May 2018, 10am-6pm. Parking charge of £2 on entry. For further information, visit www.portedgarmarina.co.uk and the events page on Facebook.

To avoid disappointment, it’s recommended to pre-book a taster session by contacting Port Edgar Watersports on 0131 319 1820 or by emailing bookings@portedgarwatersports.com. It is £5 per child age 8-16 and £10 per adult. www.portedgar.co.uk www.portedgarwatersports.com

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A word from Local Directory Live

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introducing new sections over the coming issues; What's On, Food & Drink, History, Arts & Crafts, and many more.

aving recently taken over the reins of Local Directory Live from the previous editor - Mike - it has been an interesting journey to get this issue (our first issue) published. In fact, as I write this, there is hustle and bustle all around as the magazine gets finalised to go to print.

As this is a free magazine, distributed to around 7,000 houses in the local area (with around 20,000 readers), we need to make sure we've included something for everyone - but we need your help!

I'd like to start by saying a huge thank you to everyone in the local community who has contributed and helped to make this work (special mentions at the bottom of this page).

We'd like to hear your suggestions and your stories. Something missing that you'd like us to include? Got an interesting story or an upcoming event that you'd like to share? Or would you like to contribute your own touch to the sections we'll be including? We'd love to hear from you!

Our vision for Local Directory Live is to create a magazine which engages, informs and entertains the local community. As such, we'll be

To get in touch, our details are below: E-mail: hello@localdirectorylive.co.uk Facebook: /localdirectorylive

Graeme McKinley, Queensferry District Community Council - introducing contacts and general support www.queensferrydistrictcommunitycouncil.co.uk

A few shout-outs to people who have been an enormous help with this issue:

Peter Wilson, Project Manager for CruiseForth content on cruise liner dates www.cruiseforth.com

Debbie, Beeline PR - front cover, content for Rogue Village in Port Edgar www.beelinepr.com

To the people mentioned above - an enormous thank you for your help!

David Steel, Chairman of Ferry Fair Festival Committee, Chairman of Queensferry Lifeboat Fundraising Branch, Member of the Organising Committee for Christmas in Queensferry, Local Correspondent for the Queensferry Gazette content for Queensferry Lifeboat Fundraising, content for Ferry Fair www.ferryfair.co.uk

We now look forward to starting work on our second issue (Local Directory Live's 30th issue), and we hope that you look forward to seeing the changes we plan on making in the coming months.

Claire & The Team

Juliette Lee & David Hutcheson, GreenFerry Trust - content on GreenFerry, content on Hawthorn Bank make-over www.greenferry.org.uk

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Kirkliston Comunity Centre sits in the heart of the village and supports hundreds of locals every week using the centre its services and facilities.

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FERRY FAIR First, a piece just giving some basic information about this year’s Fair……

The Ferry Fair Committee looks forward to welcoming friends old and new to this year’s Ferry Fair week celebrations which run from Monday 6 August 2018 to Saturday 11 August 2018. This will be the 82nd year of the Ferry Fair.

Full details of all the activities planned throughout the week will be displayed in our programme which will be published well in advance of the Fair.

Nevertheless, we still look to the community for assistance, either from people with an interest in joining the committee or from anyone who would like to help in one way or another.

If you would like to become involved, or to find out more, please in the first instance contact our Secretary Stella Marland at stelmarland@ googlemail.com

Then, an appeal for entries for the Tour of the Burgh and the Queen’s Procession……..

The Ferry Fair Queen and the Main Court characters will be provided by pupils from Queensferry Primary School, all the names will be listed in our programme together with the names of the Posy Girls and Escorts who are pupils from all three Primary Schools.

One of the highlights of Ferry Fair week is the Tour of the Burgh and the Queen’s Procession which kick off the celebrations on Ferry Fair Saturday, 11 August 2018. The Parade of the Burgh starts off from Burgess Road with the judging of the decorated floats and vehicles with all the vehicles, motor cycles etc led by the Queen and her court moving off to tour the Burgh at around 10.30am. These all return to Burgess Road to be joined by the marching bands and walking groups for the final procession led by our Town Crier down to the High Street stage leaving at around 11.15am. Once all the vehicles have passed through the High Street to Edinburgh Road they disperse and that should be just after 12 noon.

To view images and read information about past Ferry Fairs visit our website, www.ferryfair.co.uk

Then, an appeal for help……

We are sure the whole community of the Ferry and district is aware that planning, preparing for and putting on the Ferry Fair each year doesn’t just happen by itself. In addition to the work of the committee, help and assistance in different forms from local individuals, organisations and businesses is essential to keep the Fair going and to maintain the standards which we all now come to expect.

So, what the committee is appealing for are decorated floats, cars, vans, motor cycles, bicycles, any interesting or unusual vehicles such as vintage cars and also walking groups who would like to take part in this colourful and fun-packed and of course important aspect of the Ferry Fair.

For businesses and other organisations this is an ideal opportunity for promoting yourselves. For more information or for an entry form contact David Steel at david@ferryfair.co.uk

This year we are fortunate to have a full committee of 15 members under the Chairmanship of long-standing Ferry Fair committee member and volunteer David Steel. We are also fortunate in having at our AGM appointed a new member Stella Marland who has taken up the vacancy of Secretary.

Submitted by Ferry Fair Chairman, David M. Steel

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FORTH DIMENSION

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ORTH DIMENSION, South Queensferry’s very own Musical Theatre group for the past thirty-nine years, for many years performed an annual Musical production and also our Concert Party travelled about locally to entertain members of local Clubs, Societies and also residents of Care Homes and long-term Hospital Wards. Currently we perform an annual Concert in the spring and a Pantomime at the beginning of December.

Rehearsals have begun for our Spring Concert which will take place at the Priory Church – details of dates and ticket contacts to be announced later - follow us on our Facebook page – Forth Dimension Musical Productions for those.

We have a mixed age membership – Forth Dimension Juniors (9yrs – 17 yrs) and our Adult section, all working together, meeting for rehearsals on Thursday evenings from 7.00pm until 8.30pm for the Juniors, with the Adult Section continuing until 9.30pm, plus a few Sunday afternoons.

Rehearsals for the Panto commence in August, so if you would like to boost our membership (especially the Adult Section) you would be most welcome to join us. If acting isn’t your thing, join up for next year’s Concert, a solely a singing affair. For more information on either the Panto or next year’s Concert, contact Melanie Smith (Secretary) at melanotes7@gmail.com or follow us on our Facebook page - Forth Dimension Musical Productions.

DID YOU KNOW… That our Queensferry Crossing achieved a Guinness Book of World Record during its construction?

The centre tower was the Longest free-standing balanced cantilever in the world.

Our other famous bridges were record holders too when they opened.

The Forth Bridge was the largest steel structure and cantilever bridge in the world. The Forth Road Bridge was the longest suspension road bridge in Europe.

That the first air raid over Britain in World War II took place above the Firth of Forth and our mighty Forth Bridge.

In fact, it is where the first German planes were shot down over Britain during WWII and the first time Spitfires came face to face with enemy planes.

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