Aboyne Fountain 18 - Autumn 2019

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Issue 18 Autumn 2019

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Contents News/Groups 5> Poetry returns 7 Movie Round-up 11 Everything Electronic 12 Bee Kind 15 In Lady V’s Shoes 19 Councillors’ Contacts 20 Talking History 23 Advertisers’ Index 30 Ad Rates/Copy Dates 30

Welcome to Issue 18 of The Fountain Lots of BEES in this issue, and while looking for a suitable photo I found this little cartoon, which reminded me a little of myself at the time, as I was putting together three magazines while juggling all those back-to-school balls!

Aboyne is full of busy bees to again we enter a new season, buzzing. The Bike Park has been busy gearing up for a new funding phase while numerous groups are restarting after the summer, from politics, poetry and cinema to history and crafts. Even the Big Yin is set to make an appearance on screen in November...

Businesses continue to thrive and as the turning season often focuses the mind on health and wellbeing, we have a few features from the experts who can help you to feel your best, every day. Meanwhile, Lady V is getting thrifty on p19.

Thank you as always to all our advertisers and to anyone who contributed copy about their group, organisation or event. You can find all the details and ad prices inside the back page.

And remember that community information is FREE to include, so if you have any news, tell me about it.

Cat Houston – Design/Editor

get in touch via email to catrionahouston@yahoo.co.uk

or call Cat on 013397 55243 www.myriadpro.co.uk find us on facebook

Do you have something to share?

Group or individual, let The Fountain know what you are up to, using the contacts on p3 and 30.

Bike Park tackles second Fundraising Phase

Aboyne Bike Park has entered Phase II of its fundraising campaign with the launch of a JustGiving page and a special event.

The community project was built in 2013 in Bellwood and is managed by a voluntary committee. They have recently being granted planning permission to extend the bike park to add an additional run and a new pump track, and they also need funding to maintain the existing popular facility.

While the group works proactively to secure funding to assist in the development of Phase II, they are also taking positive action to raise funds in the community and in mid-September they hosted a special event at the Victory Hall, attempting a turbo trainer cycle distance challenge from Aboyne to its twin town of Martignas-SurJalle, (no mean feat at 1,168 miles!)

You can find out more about Aboyne Bike Park and the funding campaign and how to donate or support it via their Facebook Page, or on Trailforks.

Planning permission has been secured

by Mid Deeside Community Council (MDCC) for a large new triple-panelled doublesided noticeboard in the centre of Aboyne, near the bus stop opposite the Victory Hall. It will be used for a wide variety of community, business and tourist information, replacing an existing under-sized noticeboard, which it is hoped to relocate to Dinnet (pending planning permission). Funding is largely in place, with generous grants from Mid Deeside Community Trust, Marr Area committee and the National Lottery Fund.

This should allow purchase and installation to proceed later in 2019. MDCC is looking for new members to work on projects like this to improve the lives of everyone in our community. If you’re interested or would like to know more please contact us at middeesidecommunitycouncil@gmail.com or through our Facebook page.

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Poetry Please!

Group meets in Library

A informal poetry reading group is set to start its new season at Aboyne Library.

It is led by Duncan Lockerbie and Eddie Gibbons of Tapsalteerie, a Scots and English poetry publishing house based in Tarland.

Participants can collect a book from the library to read before the group meets. For more information ask at the library or send the group a message on Facebook.

Duncan told The Fountain: “We’re a friendly wee group and you don’t have to be an expert poetry reader to join us, or remember anything you did about poetry at school! We focus on new Scottish poetry, which has a flourishing scene at the moment, and cover a diverse range of different poets. Once or twice a season we organise a live reading where a poet joins us over a video chat to read and discuss their work. The aim is really to demystify the whole thing and show that poetry can be as easily accessible, enjoyable and rewarding as any other type of reading.”

The first meeting of the new season is September 30th, 6-7pm, when they will be discussing the first half of Nadine Aisha Jassat’s Let Me Tell You This – ‘an electrifying debut collection from a

powerful new voice in UK poetry’.

The group will meet at the same time on the last Monday of the month until May 2020. Why not give it a go?

1st Aboyne Brownies has now found volunteers needed to keep the pack going and are looking for girls aged 7-10 to join as a Brownie. They meet every Tuesday in Aboyne Scout Hut from 5.45pm-7pm.

Anyone interested should contact Kirsty Robertson on kirstyrobertson700@ yahoo.co.uk

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Group Focus: Aboyne Craft Club All ability levels welcome, says Kate Boressen

Aboyne Craft Club meets weekly in the Bowling Club. We have about 60 members from Aboyne and surrounding villages.

All are welcome, whatever their crafting ability, and there is always someone willing to help teach new skills. As well as doing our own craft projects, we enjoy trips to places of interest, demonstrations, workshops and meals out.

We hold a Craft Exhibition every two years in the Victory Hall. This is the time when we display for public viewing items the club members have made. We hold a tombola and competitions at this event to raise money for local charities. The next exhibition will be held 23-25 May 2020.

We are all about Patchwork, Embroidery, Knitting, Stitching, Cardmaking, Painting and lots more besides.

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So come along, have coffee and meet our friendly members.

We meet on Wednesday mornings from 10am to 12 noon at the Bowling Club Pavilion For further details please contact Kate Boressen on 07784 888832 or Ruth Housden on 013398 81613.

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Billy Connolly’s final stand-up tour hits the big screen at Aboyne Theatre this winter when The Sex Life of Bandages (18) can be seen on Friday November 1st.

Screening as a special one-nightonly event, Connolly will muse upon his career, life and legacy in a deeply personal interview filmed exclusively for cinema audiences. Recorded during the Australian leg of his 2015 tour, his whip-smart routine is a riotous journey filled with outrageous tales and blistering observations of everyday absurdities.

Prior to retiring in 2016 following his diagnosis with Parkinson’s Disease, Connolly toured worldwide continuously for 50 years, performing to an audience of over 10 million.

See www.showsataboyne.co.uk for ticket information and the full season’s line-up of entertainment.

Go to the Movies... a round-up of the area’s flicks

Tarland Film Group restarted in September and will run every first Thursday of the month until June 2020.

Films are screened in the Upper MacRobert Hall at 8pm, with free refreshments available from 7.30pm.

Annual membership is £12 and guests for single film evenings are very welcome at a suggested donation of £3.

Members choose the films. To join email tarlandfilmgroup@hotmail.co.uk or just turn up to a film event.

Ballater Films Ballater Films hosts monthly movies in the Victoria and Albert Halls, Ballater.

Doors are from 7pm.

September 28: Mary Queen of Scots (entry by donation to BF) October 26: Fisherman’s Friends (in aid of the V&A Halls) November 23: Rocketman (in aid of Ballater School Parent Council) December 14: (TBC) See www.ballaterfilms.co.uk or Facebook for ticket details

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Volunteers Invited to Everything Electronic

Have you heard about Cromar Future Group’s “Everything Electronics” youth club? It meets every Monday evening 6.30 to 8 pm at Tarland’s MacRobert hall.

The creative industries are 20% larger than the car industry and employ 3 times as many people. The biggest sector by far is games and software which is four times the size of music, arts and culture combined.

Everything Electronics focuses on helping youngsters learn some of the basic skills used in these industries, so they can “​Develop skills whilst having fun​”.

It features activities which include coding, filming, stop motion animation, graphic design, and electronics. Already it has an awesome coding section and a very popular graphic design section. We are just finishing off our first video featuring Marty robots constructed by the members.

It is free to all who are 18 or under.

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE PASS ON YOUR SKILLS Everything Electronics Youth Club is looking for volunteers to help youngsters develop skills in electronics and filming and film editing. We have youngsters wanting to learn, what we need are volunteers who can inspire them and oversee their efforts. We’re willing to invest in equipment and projects for these areas, are you willing to help them?

Everything Electronics meets at the MacRobert Hall, Tarland, every Monday from 6.30 to 8pm.

Contact us: info@futuregroup.org

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Play Creates a Buzz

A new play by local artist Mel Shand is set to have Finzean Hall buzzing with a topical subject matter later in September.

Coming from the same pen as the very successful alter:Nativity (2015), the story highlights the current global bee crisis and what can be done to help.

Audience members are invited to come inside the hive and see from a bee’s perspective and its parallels with community life.

Interspersed with popular songs, the community play aims to be joyful and informative – join the swarm and be kind!

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Games attracts international visitors

Co-founder’s relatives came 3,000 miles, writes Ian McLaren

Sun cream and ice cream were the order of the day on Saturday as Aboyne Highland Games basked in warm sunshine.

A crowd numbering around 10,500 packed on to Aboyne Green to enjoy the Aberdeenshire village’s annual celebration of Scottish traditional sports, culture and music. Held under the patronage of Granville Gordon, the 13th Marquis of Huntly, the event once again welcomed visitors from across the globe. Tourists from Columbia, Kenya, New Zealand and Thailand all marked their countries of origin on a world map in the overseas tent.

Among the crowds were Duncan Mackintosh, his wife Annie and their daughters Eliza and Adelaide who had travelled from their home in the United States to attend Aboyne Highland Games.

The family had made the 3,000-mile journey to acknowledge the role Duncan’s great-grandfather, William Mackintosh, had played in helping to found the event in 1867.

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Indy Books and Blethers Ladies who are curious about independence, perhaps for the first time, are invited to join other women online or in cafes throughout beautiful Deeside.

Indy Books & Blethers is a new community group that started in April and so far have met in Aboyne, Drumoak and Cambus O’ May, Ballater. There is a big bag of books to borrow and discussion is always interesting and respectful.

Founding member, Yvonne StevensonRobb from Banchory, thought there might be demand because of how visible and changeable politics has been as a result of the current shifting political landscape.

She noticed that many people were asking questions and considering politics in a different way. Keen to aid communication between different opinions and out of a desire to provide information to those asking questions, she put a reference library of political books together and decided to set up a network so people could come together, become informed and discuss politics of self-determination at a local, considered level. ‘I checked the local libraries and bookshops and thought it would be an idea to get a selection of books and resources together. Being environmentally minded, all the books were donated so it is about recycling too’.

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I moved here a little over four years ago, with a newborn baby and a wobbly walker in tow. I knew a fair smattering of local faces to say “Hello” to, but was yet to find my true place amongst my peers.

Thus, for the first few months of village life I actually found my place of salvation within the local charity shop of HomeStart.

I would go in, rain or shine, with my children and be welcomed by the volunteers. During my darker days, I always found the charity shop to be a place of hope.

I recently went to talk to the volunteers there to find out more about what they do, and why they do it. Tery, Liz, Molly and Carol were such a delight as they showed me around their operations. They spoke to me of how they came to volunteer at HomeStart, beginning for many as a way to meet new people and as a way of giving back to others.

It became apparent very quickly though that their time in the shop wasn’t a sense of obligation or duty. There was a real energy and buzz between the ladies as they went about helping customers, organising stock and labelling items (I actually managed some sneaky purchases before they were released to the shop floor – if you see me sporting a new shirt feel free to compliment me).

After wrapping up my chat with the Fabulous Four I took to the shop and proceeded to marvel at the range of donations for sale. There were wetsuits, wall hangings, books upon books (my library has since inflated in size) and much more. I came away with a beautiful skirt for my daughter,

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some books for my son and toys for my dog (one can not forgot one’s first baby).

Shopping in charity shops has always been a welcome break on my bank balance, but it so much more than that. All money raised at the shop goes towards assisting vulnerable families with young children throughout the Deeside area. If you, or anyone you know, needs some extra support I can’t recommend HomeStart enough. Please don’t hesitate to contact them by calling 01330 824443.

Or, perhaps, you have been inspired to volunteer?

More information can be found on their website and Facebook page, with Volunteer Courses being run throughout the year.

It is time for me to bid you Adieu – until we meet again, keep an eye out for my fabulous new shirt around the village...

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Group unveils winter talk schedule There is an awakening happening in Aberdeenshire... can you feel it? A wealth of alternative health and spiritual practitioners are offering their services throughout the shire.

Aboyne is home to The Red Kite Reiki; aka Josie Heslop, a Reiki Master and Teacher and Intuitive Tarot Card Reader. Josie is passionate about personal transformation and shining a light for you to return to your sparkliest and best self.

She offers you a connection to Universal healing energy and guidance from your spirit team for connection to your truth.

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Cromar History Group talks are open to all and are held in the MacRobert Hall, Tarland, on the second Thursday of the month, exc December, beginning at 7.30pm.

Entry is ÂŁ4. Coffee, tea and biscuits available from 7pm. The MacRobert Hall now has an Induction Loop System for hearing aid users.

Oct 10: Granite Men: Aberdeen author Jim Fiddes tells the stories of generations of north-east men who toiled their lives away to unearth the stone that gave the Granite City its name.

Nov 14: The Old Deeside Road Revisited: Graham Marr has explored the old road and written a book. Graham will describe what he found and the enjoyment he had exploring the road and discovering a window into Deeside’s past.

Dec 5: Sir Charles Forbes of Newe: Peter Duffus will tell us about Sir Charles Forbes, 5th Baronet of Newe. The photographer and inventor with 55 patents to this name had Royal connections but there was also a whiff of family scandal attached to his reputation. www.cromarhistorygroup.org.uk

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Club Directory

This directory is compiled using Aberdeenshire Council’s club information.

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.

1st Aboyne Brownies Anne Silcock, District Commissioner, 013398 86332 2ndaboynebrownies@gmail.com 1st Aboyne Cubs Bernie Cassie, 013398 85390 bmkh67@yahoo.co.uk 1st Aboyne Scouts Tuesdays 7.30pm-9.30pm (term time) 1staboynescouts@gmail.com Badminton Club Richard Seeber, 013398 89307 rseeber861@gmail.com www.aboynebadminton.org.uk Canoe Club Chris Redmond, 013398 86241 aboynecanoeclub@gmail.com aboynecanoeclub.co.uk/ Craft Club Kate Borrensen, 07784 888832 kate.borresen.@gmail.com Drop-In Games (young autistic adults) Jenny 07899 977033 jennydurward@yahoo.com Garden Club Jim Campbell, 013398 85511 campbej9@yahoo.co.uk Golf Club Fraser Dunlop, 013398 86328 (Option 1) pro@fraserdunlopgolf.co.uk www.aboynegolfclub.co.uk Judo Club James McBeath, 013398 86049

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mjmcbeath@btinternet.com Library Book Group Fiona Robertson, 013398 86004 aboyne.library@aberdeenshire.gov.uk Probus Club Eddy Horton aboyne_probus_sec@btinternet.com Rotary Club of Aboyne & U-Deeside John Halkett, 07815 676314 Scottish Country Dancing Ruth Housden, 013398 81613 thousden@gotadsl.co.uk Sub Aqua Club Gary Shire, 07443 439453 gary_shire@yahoo.co.uk Sooyang Do Martial Art Colleen McIver, 07889850229 colleen_mciver@msn.com Also in Torphins Tennis Club aboynetennis@gmail.com Twinning Association Maureen Forsyth, 013398 86704 moforsyth@gmail.com Deeside Camera Club David Packer, 01330 822666 davidpacker00@gmail.com www.deesidecameraclub.org/ Deeside Gliding Club Glen Douglas, 013398 85339 office@deesideglidingclub.co.uk www.deesideglidingclub.co.uk Deeside Heritage Society Dr Douglas Riach, 013398 85488 douglas.riach@btinternet.com Aboyne Highland Games Morag McBeath, 013398 86049 morag.mcbeath@btinternet.com Cromar & District Horticultural Society Mrs Jess Gibb, 013398 81277 Cromar Future Group Lesley Ellis, 01339 880062 info@futuregroup.org.uk futuregroup.org.uk/ Cromar History Group Lesley Ellis, 01339 880062 info@cromarhistorygroup.org.uk

www.cromarhistorygroup.org.uk Finzean SWI Louise Counsell, 01330 850323 louisecounsell@ymail.com Lumphanan Golf Club Joyce Wilson, 013398 83480 secretary@lumphanangolfclub.co.uk www.lumphanangolfclub.co.uk Lumphanan Whist Club Irene Thomson, 013398 83365 Tarland Curling Club Lesley Farquharson, 013398 81534

sports Boulers o’ Birse Petanque Club Info.boulersobirse@ gmail.com Saturdays 10-12, Birse & Feughside Church, Finzean. Tues evenings from 18:30 in summer.

Swimming Upper Deeside Amateur Swimming Club Richard Smout 07494 455196, richard. smout58@gmail.com; Alan MacLeod udasc. treasurer@icloud.com Tai Chi Classes in Aboyne, Ballater and Banchory www. taichiaberdeenshire. co.uk Stroke Group Monday mornings in the Auld Kirk Hall Eric Sinclair, 07442 502574 Breastfeeding Group Community Room in Deeside Community Centre, Aboyne, Mon 10am-11.30am.

Tarland Golf Club Carole Foreman, 013398 81000 secretary@tarlandgolfclub.co.uk www.tarlandgolfclub.co.uk Tarland Playgroup 013398 81193 tarland.playgroup@gmail.com Tuesday Stravaigers (Walks) Anne Heath, 013398 81558 abheath@hotmail.com Upper Deeside Art Society R Mitchell, udasmemsec@btinternet.com

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DEADLINES . FEB 1 . MAY 1 . AUG 1 . NOV 1 PUBLISHED MAR JUNE SEPT DEC Advertising space is also available in our Alford publication, The BULLetin, and The Fly, covering Banchory FREE!

Issue 13, Spring 2019

A Community Magazine for Alford

The Banchory Fly fly: [adjective] to partake in a small unplanned break wth refreshment, often with friends or colleagues; particular to Aberdeenshire, UK

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