Dickson Hall Café

Sep 11, 2014 | Notices

Customers please note that on Friday 12th September, Dickson’s Cafe will close at the early time of 12.45pm. We apologise for any inconvenience and look forward to welcoming you to the Cafe next week for our delicious choice of soups, sandwiches and home baking...

Australian Couple on a quest to find their Mearns Roots

Aug 27, 2014 | AB30

Rob and Linda Bruce from Melbourne have made their second visit to the Mearns within two years. Linda (nee Adam) left Laurencekirk in March 1956 with her family for a new life in Australia. When her mother died she realised that her Scottish past was a bit of a...

Customer Services Adviser/ Life Services Adviser required

Aug 25, 2014 | AB30

NFU Mutual Insurance agency in Laurencekirk is currently recruiting for a Customer Services Adviser/ Life Services Adviser. As a Customer Services/Life Services Adviser within our small team, you’ll play a key role in the success of an expanding local business,...

Buy a Brick for Kincardineshire dialysis unit

Aug 22, 2014 | AB30

Stonehaven Rotary Club have revealed their campaign to raise funds for the planned new Kidney Dialysis Unit to be built at the Kincardine Community Hospital. This unit will serve all of the communities in The Mearns. It’s called BuY a Brick – see the...

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  –...

What did you think of Laurencekirk Gala Week?

Aug 8, 2014 | Laurencekirk

Laurencekirk Gala Committee are keen to hear your thoughts, comments and opinions on this year’s Gala week. It will help the committee see what was liked, what was disliked, and what the people of Laurencekirk want to see as part of their future Gala Week...
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