Tea Festival to celebrate Auchenblae’s James Taylor

Aug 20, 2014 | AB30

The upcoming Scotland’s Tea Festival will highlight the connections between Sri Lanka and the Scots involved in establishing the Ceylon Tea industry. The focus is firmly on the story of James Taylor, recognised as “The father of Ceylon Tea” in Sri...

Tea Master to visit Mearns Festival

Aug 15, 2014 | AB30

The organisers of Scotland’s Tea Festival have announced a wonderful latecomer to the event. Lalith Lenadora, Sri Lankan Tea Master with the East India Company, is to be attending the festival and bringing with him his lifetime’s expertise of tea. Lalith...

Mearns Connections have war-themed weekend

Aug 10, 2014 | AB30

Thanks are due once more to Jim Brown and his Mearns Connections committee for organising and delivering another successful festival of local culture at the Grassic Gibbon Centre. The dinner on Friday evening had as its theme the outbreak of World War one. Jim gave a...

Picnic at the primary (with bears!)

Aug 8, 2014 | AB30, Laurencekirk

It’s terrific! Teddy bears are to be celebrating Scotland’s Tea Festival at their own Teddy Bear’s Tea Picnic on Saturday 23 August, 2-4pm in the grounds of Laurencekirk Primary School. All are welcome to join in the family fun and games  –...

A mad tea invitation!

Aug 7, 2014 | AB30

The Mad Hatter invites you to join in the fun at his table at Scotland’s Tea Festival, on Saturday 23 August 2014 in the St. Laurence Hall, Laurencekirk 10am – 4pm. See if you can tell what time everything stops for tea!

Ballad Bus will tour Mearns war memorials

Aug 7, 2014 | AB30

The Ballad Bus is back on the road for Mearns Connections Festival 2014. A tour visiting many of the Mearns war memorials will be illustrated by accompanying stories, songs and poetry. The entertainers include Allan Taylor, Donald Clark, Alan Sim and Jim Brown who...
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