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Roadworks until April
Castle Road roadworks
For the next 30 working days Ayrshire Roads Alliance will be working on the construction of 60m of gabion walling to support the pavement and road next to The Croft.
The link to the notification from the Scottish Road Works Commissioner is here (you will need to type in the road name and village).
Gabion walling is basically a metal cage containing stones – there’s an excellent description here.
It looks like early April before the work is completed.
In the meantime, extra vigilance is required from motorists!
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Closing date set for Fisherton Church
Interest has been intense to purchase the Fisherton Church building and car park.
It has been one of the first of the current tranch of properties to be given a closing date, which has been set for Thursday 29th of January at 12 noon.
Details and the brochure can be downloaded here.
We can only hope that the new owners will treat the property and the village heritage it represents with respect and dignity,
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Last Christmas at Fisherton Church
The last ever Community Carol Christmas Eve service
Led by the congregation will be held at Fisherton Church on Wednesday 24 December at 6.30pm.
All welcome to this very special service.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Message put up to Facebook by Helen Malcolm
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Fisherton Church Services
Fisherton Church is still holding services, right up until Christmas.
Here is the list of services:
- December 14th, 9:30 am – Morning Worship
- December 21st, 9:30 am – Morning Worship
- December 24th, 6:30 pm – Community Carols
- December 28, 9:30 am – End of Year Service
Alloway Church services.
This is the list of services at Alloway Church – residents of Dunure and Fisherton will be most welcome.
- December 14th, 10:30 am – Service of Lessons and Carols
- December 21st, 10:30 am – Christmas Family Service
- December 24th, 11 pm – Community Carols followed by
- December 24th, 11:30 pm – Watchnight Service
- December 25th, 10:00 am – Christmas Family Service
- December 28th, 10:30 am – End of Year Service
Be assured of a warm welcome at all of our services
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Fisherton Church for sale!
The Church of Scotland have offered
Fisherton Church for saleStarting price of £130,000
This is an ideal opportunity for the community
If, as Dynamic Dunure claim, the Kennedy Hall is no longer fit for purpose, an ideal replacement would be to purchase and convert Fisherton Church.
For less than half the price quoted to remove Kennedy Hall from the village and turn it into holiday lets or flats, the village could have a facility with a large car park, ample tourist potential, and genuine links to the heritage of the people of Dunure and Fisherton.
We wouldn’t need to spend £900,000 on consultants either.
The justication for the massive £5,000,000 spend on the ‘Helm’ looks more and more like an excuse to build a wedding venue / tourist attraction rather than serve the needs of the village.
Here are some of the details of the church:
- Not a listed building – free from awkward planning conditions
- Already connected to mains electricity and water services
- Half an acre of car park
- Adjacent to the school, offering great educational potential
- Free of the acoustic problems of Kennedy Hall
- On the main road to the Electric Brae and Culzean
- Excellent views across the Firth of Clyde towards Arran
The Brochure from the Church of Scotland highlights these advantages
The property is not listed, and could be used, without the necessity of obtaining change of use consent, as a Creche, day nursery, day centre, educational establishment, museum or public library. It also has potential for a variety of other uses, such as retail, commercial or community uses, subject to obtaining the appropriate consents.
Conversion to residential accommodation might also be possible, again subject to the usual consents.Here is the brochure:
Given the low starting price, the location, and the huge potential, it’s likely that Fisherton Church will be sold quickly.
Driving past today (Friday 12th December) I noticed many cars in the church car park. It turns out that there is a great deal of interest in the church as a property: to guage the seriousness of those viewing, I saw at least three Range Rovers, a Jaguar, and a motorhome along with a constant stream of other cars parked up.
It would be a great shame to see such an important part of the heritage of
Dunure and Fisherton turned into a private house, or holiday lets.That would really be a betrayal of our heritage.
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The Worst Road in Scotland?
Who can deny this is the worst road in Scotland?
This is the main access road to Dunure from the south.
It takes the driver past some of the best views across the bay to Culzean.Woe betide any driver who takes their eyes off the road for a fraction of a second though – the state of the road requires full attention!
Thanks to June Anderson for taking the time to create, and agreeing to share, this video.
This has been an ongoing problem for years.
It has been discussed at Community Council multiple times – click on the tag cloud to see when.
A77 AGM Ayrshire Roads Alliance Beacon Broadband Bus Business Pointer Castle Road Cemetery Church Co-opted Members Craig Tara Culzean Way Defibrillator Dynamic Dunure Dynamic Dunure AGM Festival of the Sea Gaelic Hall and Park Harbour Harbour Committee Helm Heritage Centre Heritage Lottery Fund Hope Homes Kennedy Drive crossing Kennedy Hall Lighthouse NCCBC Old Well Pedestrian Safety Phone Pub Car Park Road Safety Roadworks Rowing Club Sauchrie Wind Farm Seaview South Ayrshire Council South Road Station Road Traffic Calming Viewing Bridge VOIP Website
It was discussed again at the December Community Council meeting.
Ayrshire Roads Alliance had been invited to attend the meeting.
Ayrshire Roads Alliance failed to provide a representative.Provost Campbell undertook to ensure they attend the next meeting of the Community Council.
If you agree that this is an urgent issue requiring our support, please make sure you attend the next meeting of the Community Council and make your views known to Ayrshire Roads Alliance.
The next Community Council meeting is on Tuesday 20th January at 7:00 in the Kennedy Hall.
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Dunure Remembers
A ceremony to commemorate those who lost their lives in World War 2.
The annual ceremony paying tribute to those who lost theirs lives in World War 2 will take place this Remembrance Sunday, 9th November, at the Dunure Cemetary. There will be a service at 9:30 followed by a wreath laying ceremony at 1:00.
Forty Seven airmen are commemorated, from the Royal Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and the Air Transport Auxiliary.
The range of nationalities represented brings home with force the worldwide nature of the war, of the common humanity pitched against totalitarianism and dictatorship.
The range of ages represented is telling, from the age of 19 to 53, all lives cut short in the determination to stand up for the values of decency and respect for human rights.
If you’re not able to attend the ceremony, perhaps take a moment to look at the list of the fallen on the website dedicated to commemorating their loss.
Here is one example of a husband and wife who both lost their lives.
Captain DOUGLAS KEITH FAIRWEATHER
Air Transport Auxiliary
Died 03 April 1944
Age 53 years old
- Son of Sir Wallace Fairweather and Dame Margaret Eureka Fairweather, of Glasgow;
- husband of Flight Captain the Hon. Margaret Fairweather, who also died on service
- buried in the same grave.
Flight Captain The Hon. MARGARET FAIRWEATHER
Air Transport Auxiliary
Died 04 August 1944
Age 42 years old
- Daughter of the Rt. Hon. Walter Runciman, P.C., D.C.L., LL.D., J.P., 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford, and
- Viscountess Runciman of Doxford, J.P. (nee Stevenson), of Doxford, Northumberland;
- Wife of Capt. Douglas Keith Fairweather, Air Tpt. Aux., who also died on service
- buried in the same grave.
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Keen Photographer captures images of Dunure
I’m sure we have all seen ‘that perfect shot’ when out and about in Dunure.
What we lack is the skill and patience to turn that perfect shot into a great photo.
Michał Piasecki has that skill. Posting images up on Facebook, Michał has taken shots of true beauty at Dunure, one of his favourite spots.Tip – use the
button to select Full Screen mode.Michał has kindly agreed to allow us to share some of his pictures – only a fraction of his amazing portfolio.
You can see more of his work on Facebook, where he is known as Keen Photographer, or on the website he shares with his wife Iwona Piasecka, herself a painter.
If you’d like to meet Michał he’ll be at the Grain Exchange this Saturday (8th November) and his pictures will be on display there this week until Sunday.
We could all be doing with some tips!
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South Ayrshire to promote Gaelic in schools
A five year plan to increase the use of Gaelic in South Ayrshire has been approved by Councillors.
Once the plan has been approved by Bòrd na Gàidhlig, parents children and staff will be encouraged to learn and use Gaelic.
The plan replaces the previous plan, which ran until 2025.
While recognising that there is limited demand at present for Gaelic in South Ayrshire, the plan recognises that it’s important there is support for those who want to learn and use the language.
You can see from the paper that there are many opportunities for people to indicate an interest in learning Gaelic, and when that interest is sufficient then we are clearly able to provide that for them.
Councillor Hugh Hunter
Councillor Alec Clark commented “Sacred Heart School in Girvan ran a
very successful season of Gaelic which went down really well.”You can download a copy of the draft plan here from the South Ayrshire website.