The New Banchory Fly 2 (Spring 2019)

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Contents News 4 Community Council 5 Groups News 8 Dibble’s Doodles 10 What Do They Do? 13 Men’s Shed 15 Cllr Contacts 17 The Barn Arts 18 Club Directory 21 Advertisers’ Index 22 Ad Rates & Copy Dates 22

Welcome to Issue 2 of The New Fly. And welcome to Spring!

This issue we bring you news from River Dee Radio, Banchory Men’s Shed, Fairtrade and your Community Council.

Dibbles Doodles has some advice on controlling pests...

Contributions from any local groups or organisations/random causes are welcome at any time; these appear for free as long as there is space. Advertising starts at £27 and there are discounts available for block bookings.

If you have any ideas for features or regular information that should be between these pages, don’t hesitate to get in touch.

The Fly will appear quarterly for this year, and any events/news that appears between publications can be spread via our Facebook page. Remember you can also read The Fly online at issuu.com Big thanks to Jan Leatham for our cover picture and also to Crathes Castle, Garden and Estate fb page for the snowdrops opposite! Thank you to all our advertisers and to anyone who contributed copy. If you want in, give us a shout.

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Do you have something to share?

Group or individual, let The Fly know what you are up to, using the contacts on p3 and 22.

New Hall For Crathes?

Moira Hamilton is on the case

After community consultation and adaptation of plans, the Board of Crathes Hall will soon be submitting a planning application for a brand new hall.

Of course this will require a massive fundraising effort and we need your help and support. The target date for a new hall is 2021. The Crathes community has now grown in size due to the large new housing development at the Gardens.

The recent Christmas party and Hogmanay ceilidh, both held at the hall, brought together many residents from Crathes “old” and new.

The new hall will provide for this growing community including many children and young people.

To keep in touch with developments, see the hall’s Facebook page @/Cratheshall, website www.crathes.com/hall.htm or subscribe to our mailing list.

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Pipe Band Championship King George V Park, Banchory Sunday 12 May, 10am-5pm

Organisers of the North of Scotland Pipe Band Championship are looking forward to once again bringing to you the best pipe band talent from across the area this May. This annual spectacle has been growing year upon year and is the premier piping event that our area has to offer.

This year promises to be as exciting as ever as they welcome a range of Pipe Bands, including several Grade 1 bands, and various Drum Majors.

There will also be a wide selection of trade stands, food and drinks stalls, children’s entertainment and activities at the King George V event.

The championships are sponsored and organised by Banchory Business Association, in conjunction with The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association.

For more information and updates, see their Facebook page or email info@ visitbanchory.com.

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If you’re looking for a new opportunity, why not try volunteering on Banchory Community Council, where you can make a positive difference to what is going on in your own community?

Many of us have our own views and ideas about what is best for Banchory. If you become a member of the Community Council you get involved with the issues that really matter. You will have a voice and local people will be at the heart of everything we do.

The issues we tackle can be big or small but they affect all our lives. Our major achievements include Banchory Community Council taking a lead in collating the town’s Community Action

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Plan, working to build resilience in the event of an emergency such as flooding and helping decide which voluntary groups receive vital funding for projects to benefit local residents.

Mary Lennox, the current Chair of the Banchory Community Council, said: “We welcome new members who can spare a few hours every month to help us. Our meetings are on the second Monday of every month (except July and August) and we want to encourage residents to come forward and give it a try.”

We’re a friendly, inclusive bunch of people on BCC and if you want to come along and meet us you can contact us through our dedicated email, banchorycommunity@hotmail.com

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Health Walks

Health walks are weekly, low-level, local walks that last up to one an hour and are led by friendly, trained volunteers.

They cost nothing to join and are always followed by tea/ coffee and a chat. Want to feel healthier and happier? Stop wanting – start walking with us!

Banchory Walking to Health, Thursdays and Fridays, 9.55am. Meeting Point: Banchory East Church.

Finzean Health Walk, Mondays, 10am. Meeting Point: Park across from Farquharson Court Sheltered Housing.

For more info contact Health Walk Coordinator, Kirsty on: 07973 945467 or at Kirsty.muirden@nhs.net

Banchory Sports Centre

Holiday Camp We have a variety of activities for 5-14 year olds on the first week of the Easter Holidays.

Booking is available for half days, whole days or the full week. Early drop-off and late pick-up options are available.

Fitness Classes We also have various exercise options for Adults, this covers all abilities.

All exercise classes are included in the Live Life Aberdeenshire membership.

For more information about timetables, prices and any other activities on offer please go to the Live Life Aberdeenshire webpage.

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Fairtrade Group Rices to Challenge...

It’s time to celebrate our Fairtrade achievements and our commitment to make trade fair.

Last year the Banchory Fair Trade Group encouraged the local area to take the ‘90kg rice challenge’. Selling 90kg of fairly traded Kilombero rice from Malawi earns a farmer enough to send a child to secondary school for a year. Could we achieve this? YES, WE DID – in fact we sold 450kg of rice, so five times ‘the challenge’!

Well done and thanks to all those in the community enjoying the delicious rice – sold via the local churches, cafes (Dee-Licious, Buchanans, Number One), Banchory Academy and various groups.

And Hill of Banchory Primary went for their own ‘90kg challenge’ too!

This year, the Fairtrade Fortnight theme is ‘She Deserves a Living Income’. The spotlight is on improving the lives of cocoa farmers, particularly the women farmers in West Africa. $1 a day is the current income, $2.50 a day would give a living income. Political and purchasing activities are called for. The Fairtrade Foundation is launching a campaign with a petition to the UK government to make living incomes a priority for UK aid. So please sign the petition, lobby your MP and MSP, then go and buy a bar or two of Fairtrade chocolate. Who doesn’t enjoy a bar of chocolate? There are lots of different bars of Fairtrade chocolate available in the local shops, so try several!

Please make a Deeside difference this Fairtrade Fortnight 25 February – 10 March and on through 2019. www.fairtrade.org.uk

After The Show...

Another Show! writes Drew Young Flushed with success following their Christmas pantomime, the Banchory Drama Club has launched itself into the annual Festival of One-Act Plays. With a couple of adult entries in the competition this year, the club has been able to cast 12 eager actors in two quite different plays.

‘The Train’ is a very serious piece set in… well set in a train but there’s not much more we can tell you without spoiling the experience. ‘The Corrida’ is an altogether lighter play, featuring members of an ad hoc ping-pong club having fun putting on a bullfight in their village. (In Banchory?)

The first round of the Festival, in February, will have been and gone by the time you read this edition of the Fly, but the second round in Brechin is in midMarch and we’re hoping that at least one of our plays will make it through. We’ll also try to find a suitable date and venue to showcase the plays in Banchory.

Watch this space for news of our successes – or glorious failures – and check out River Dee Radio for information.

Board not Bored

A recent consultation by the Busy Banchory group showed the community were interested in playing board games and that Banchory Library would be willing to provide a space.

If you are interested, please answer the following questions by emailing BanchoryLibrary@aberdeenshire.gov.uk or talking to library staff.

When would you prefer to participate in a board games session: Option A: Wednesday 3-6pm Option B: Friday 3-6pm What games would you like to play?

If you would like to help run a session and are available please contact us.

Fledgling Philosophy Group Takes Flight

Chilly start followed by warm enthusiasm, writes Bob Russell Members of the Philosophy Group met in January in Banchory; the first 10 minutes in a freezing cold shop doorway due to a last-minute change of venue, before adjourning to a local hotel!

Brief introductions were followed by a general “what do we do next?”.

The first conclusion was the recognition of wide differences in background and expectations, but there was also an enthusiasm to see what would evolve.

We aim to meet monthly at this stage probably Tuesday or Thursday at 7pm, at a member’s home and prepare in advance a topic for discussion at each meeting, allowing time for research/ documentation etc (no pressure!).

We felt that some structure to the meetings would be desirable, so a chairperson (perhaps the meeting host, or the topic leader) would guide the proceedings.

We also identified some online courses that might be of interest – these are free as long as you don’t need a final test and certificate. One of these which we had some experience of was the University of Edinburgh’s Introduction to Philosophy.

Our topic for the next meeting is based on an introductory book, A Beginner’s Guide to Philosophy by Dominique Janicaud (ISBN 978-1-60598-078-2 51396). We hope to circulate a precis of this before the meeting – for those who can’t see the book straight away.

So we’re off. If you are interested in learning more, we’d love to hear from you, and you’d be welcome at our first meeting.

Do call or email: Bob Russell 01330 820376, russellb@lodgeconsultancy.com

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New to Number One this month are new language and cooking classes.

Our regular tutor Beatrice with friends is running a Friday evening cooking and dining session. Ready, Steady Almost There! Is for anyone interested in cooking and eating out.

If you have no interest in learning to cook, at least you can be guaranteed a good meal.

After last months request for class ideas we have a new Spanish group on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. Gaelic will be running on Saturday morning.

The art classes on Monday are always popular. There is now a waiting list for drawing but a few spaces available for painting in the afternoon.

Number One is a community cafe providing affordable snacks. The space is also good for workshops and regular courses. If you are a tutor or would like to join a class drop-in and have a chat. Meeting rooms are available every day from 9am - 10pm @ÂŁ5/hour Look out for events on our Facebook Page or on the visitbanchory website calendar. Contact numberonebanchory@gmail.com

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Dibble’s Doodles

your favourite gardening columnist looks at how to deal with common pests...

Did you know that there are three different definitions of the first day of Spring? No? Neither did I: a) Meteorological spring, based on temperatures, is March 1st in the northern hemisphere. b) Astronomical spring, this year March 20th, is the day where Earth’s tilt on its axis is neither towards nor away from the sun. c) Solar spring, based on daylight hours, was February 1st.

And the clocks go forward on March 24th. Hope you have a happy Easter. I am so happy I could wet my plants.

The next time you boil or, if you are posh, steam vegetables, don’t pour the water down the drain, use it to water potted patio plants, and you’ll be amazed at how the plants respond to the “vegetable soup.” Do let it cool down first though!

Now is the time to divide any perennials if they have become too large for the space. Don’t throw any rooted bits away.

Pot them up and give them to your friends or the Gardening Club annual plant sale on Saturday May 25th.

Some of the pests to watch out for – in no particular order 1) The neighbour’s cat 2) Slugs 3) The cat from the next street 4) Snails 5) The cat from 2 streets away 6) Greenfly/blackfly/white fly 7) The man who wants to clean your drive 8) The cat from the other side of town 9) Wood Pigeons

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Plant Lots of Garlic: Garlic is an effective and natural bug repellent. Plant lots of it in your garden in among other vegetables to protect them from pests.

You could also make your own garlic spray by boiling a pint of water, throw in roughly chopped garlic cloves and steep until the water cools. Remove garlic bits then spray on plants frequently. You will also smell wonderful afterwards, particularly if you have any French ancestry.

The best way to eradicate slugs is to encourage lots of natural predators such as birds, beetles, frogs and hedgehogs.

Happy gardening.

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• To support people, communities, professionals and organisations that have information to share.

• To ensure that stakeholders are informed, skilled and confident in the use and application of web services and that they are connected as part of a wider community of practice.

• To ensure that ALISS is used and is strategically aligned with Scottish health and social care needs.

How ALISS works – input your postcode to search for activities and services in and around the area. You can filter search results by organisations operating locally and/or nationally, as well as by several categories to give a more personalised result. ALISS can be accessed on line here: www.aliss.org/ *ALISS is a crowd-sourced information site so we would encourage organisations and services to add their details and activities. Please contact enquiries@avashire.org.uk if you require further information or support to add your organisation and activities.

What do they do? River Dee Radio

River Dee Radio is Banchory’s own radio station. It was set up a couple of years ago and is increasing its audience.

There’s a great mixture of music, chat and local information. Many of the shows are recorded live from Banchory’s British Legion, others are recorded at home and placed on the daily schedule.

You can listen to River Dee Radio every day using your laptop, tablet or smartphone.

Download the River Dee Radio app using this web address https://tunein.com/ radio/River-Dee-Radio-s274232 or google River Dee Radio and follow the links. Once you’ve downloaded the icon you can listen to River Dee Radio at any time.

Alternatively if you are on Facebook, go to River Dee Radio page and you can listen to the regular shows at any time. If you go to the website mixcloud.com and search river_dee_radio you will find a number of archived programmes so you can catch up with your favourites.

The daily 24-hour schedule is varied, something for everyone! At 8am we have “Macrae’s Mix”, an assortment of easy listening hits, followed by “Chuck’s Choice”, a selection of 50s and 60s music.

The next show, “Saturday Morning Live” is two hours of music, chat and information.

Presenters Mike Gill and Graham Bett

provide entertainment with quick-witted banter and an extensive range of music.

At the start of the afternoon we have an hour-long special, “Jane Live”, which reviews the local culture and provides information on events up and down Deeside. There follows an hour of sports programmes, “Sport with Paul”, with interviews featuring local sporting personalities and clubs.

The schedule continues with music and chat including “Bett Bros” at 2pm, “The Word Association” at 3pm and some past shows from Robby McRobb at 4pm. The afternoon session finishes with “Jazz Café” from 5pm to 6pm.

The evening starts at 6pm with “That Friday Feeling”, an hour live special with Jan Leatham and Andy Wilkins. This is followed by “Mike’s Country Club”. At 8pm “Headbangers” turn their attention to rock music. Then an hour of Scottish music with “Macrae’s Ceilidh” from 9pm to 10pm. “The Lonestranger” provides two hours of rock music from 10pm. The last programme of the schedule is a latenight chill session from midnight to 1am.

Please feel free to contact the radio station by emailing riverdeeradio@gmail. com. We hope that you can listen to us during 2019.

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Work is about to begin on conversion of a portion of the Legion Scotland undercroft to be a Men’s Shed. Phase 1, conversion of a garage bay, is fully funded, and fundraising continues for Phase 2, conversion of the open area.

Meanwhile, the Men’s Shed meets every Tuesday at 10:30 am at Legion Scotland Banchory Ravenswood Club. Membership is open to all men aged 18 or over, and is free.

Prospective members are welcome to drop in and will receive a warm welcome.

The Men’s Shed movement began in Australia and has spread worldwide. Sheds provide a social and practical outlet for men, many of whom might otherwise become isolated. “Sheds” have become recognised as major contributor to the improvement of men’s health and wellbeing.

Men’s Shed activities typically fall into five areas: work and activity, health and welfare, educational, recreational and communal.

The Men’s Shed movement recognises the particular challenges which men face around life changes such as retirement, social isolation and a lack of established social circles once away from the working environment, and also the isolation and lack of direction which men can experience due to, say, long-term unemployment.

Men’s Sheds are not always exclusively for men, and many Men’s Sheds have women actively participating, but a Men’s Shed provides those facilities to address needs particular to men and the different ways in which men live, communicate and interact.

A common saying is that “Men don’t talk face to face, they talk shoulder to shoulder”.

For further information, please see our website http://banchorymensshed.org or our Facebook page.

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Banchory Community Council

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The Fly LOVES Business!

The new Fly relies on advertising to pay for design and printing. But our advertisers are not just a space on a page.

All advertisers also benefit from featuring in a Facebook album every quarter, and where advertisers’ posts are seen, they are shared. Feel free to tag The Fly to make sure we see it.

New businesses who advertise can also benefit from introductory features, and there are perks to being a long-term advertiser too, or featuring in our Aboyne and Alford publications also.

The business landscape and publicity methods are changing all the time so if you have any ideas on how The Fly can further support you, do let us know.

No matter if you are on the High Street, out in the sticks, working from your spare room or just online, get in touch.

The very best of luck to all new businesses starting up. Have you started a new business in the Banchory area? Want a mention?

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News from the area’s premier arts and entertainment venue

By the time you read this we will be nearing the completion of the first phase of our current capital improvement programme.

Our main Box Office will reopen to the public at 12 noon on Tuesday 12 March but works will be continuing around the site until the launch of our new craft store in early summer 2019.

We have a new brochure for March and April, packed with an array of performances and workshops for all. We are particularly excited to be launching BLOOM, our brand new arts festival for children, which continues the Barn’s long-standing focus on linking nature and creativity. We are also delighted to welcome wildlife conservationist and TV personality Saba Douglas Hamilton of Big Cat Diaries to the Barn, to share an evening of exciting wildlife tales from her family life in Kenya.

So, pick up a copy of our new brochure today, it’s packed with a whole load of reasons to come along to the Barn this Spring! Visit our website for more details and to book tickets www.thebarnarts.co.uk

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Club Directory

This directory is compiled using the Aberdeenshire Council website’s clubs and societies listings. Thank you!

If you know or discover any of the details to be incorrect, or if you wish to add your club’s details to it, please get in touch: catrionahouston@yahoo.co.uk Banchory & District Round Table 1st + 3rd Thursdays of every month, 7pm Banchory Lodge Hotel, Dee Street Colin Redman, enquiries@bad-rt.org Banchory Gardening Club Norma Makin, 01330 822827 mail@banchorygardeningclub.com www.banchorygardeningclub.com/ Banchory Curling Club Season runs from September until April Curl Aberdeen, Lang Stracht, Aberdeen Lorraine Brand, 01339 882388 l.brand@btinternet.com Banchory Running Club Tuesday, Thursday, 6.30pm Banchory Sports Centre (Winter) Guide Hut (Summer) www.banchoryrunningclub.com Banchory Singers Wednesday, 7.15-9.30pm Banchory West Church, High Street. Mary Brown, 01330 823879, mlbshackleton@gmail.com Banchory Volleyball Club Monday, 6-8pm Juniors Seniors: Thursday, 7.30-10.00pm Banchory Academy Games Hall Andy Smith, 01330 844110

andysmith1@hotmail.com Banchory Mens Probus Club 2nd + 4th Wednesday each month 10am12noon, except July/August Burnett Arms Hotel, 25 High Street Banchory Stonehaven Athletics Club Keith Stewart BSAC.secretary17@gmail.com Banchory Trampoline and DMT Club Daily apart from Sundays, Banchory Sports Centre, Raemoir Road Deeside Agricultural Association (Banchory Show) Ernest Christie, 07763 413574 secretary@banchoryshow.co.uk Sooyang Do Martial Art - Banchory Tuesday Juniors, 6.00 - 7.00pm; Adults, 7.00 - 8.00pm; Thursday mixes classes, 7.30 - 8.30pm Banchory Town Hall Colleen McIver 07889 850229 colleen_mciver@msn.com Deeside District Scout Council secretary@deesidescouts.org.uk www.deesidescouts.org.uk/ Banchory Stroke Club 1st Tuesday of the month, 2pm Episcopal Church Hall Ian Shepherd, 01330 820501 Bowling Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, 10-12 British Legion, Ravenswood, Ramsay St Ian Shepherd, 01330 820501 Scottish Accordion Music Group 2nd Sunday of the month, 6.30 - 9.30pm Durris Kirkton Hall Kirkton of Durris Philosophy Group Bob Russell 01330 820376 russellb@lodgeconsultancy.com

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