Thursday, 11 March 2010

Out & About-Cash for Kids

Cash for Kids Sell-out success for Cash for Kids fundraising lunch, Easterbrook Hall Dumfries

Out & About-Body Electric

Body Electric Dance & Soul Dance students are rewarded for their prowess

Profile-Louise Marshall Millington

Louise Marshall Millington

Piping Hot-Louise Marshall Millington was just two when she started to learn tunes from her famous father in Gretna Green. Now she bagpipes all over the world and is an influential figure in making the instrument cool once again...

Towns - Dalbeattie, see you there

Dalbeattie Have you ever, in a moment of high jinks, slapped on that very distinctive carroty ginger wig and tartan tammy ensemble known to one and all as the ‘See You Jimmy’ hat? Chances are high it came from Dalbeattie. Have you ever sipped appreciatively on a delicious and particularly creamy and fruity liqueur? Chances are high it came from Dalbeattie.

Food & Drink - The Allotment, Dumfries

The Allotment, Dumfries Do you remember those days, long before giant, edge-of-town supermarkets ruled the retail world, long before you could shop for your food without leaving your house, simply by using a computer?

Heritage - Dalbeattie Museum

Dalbeattie Museum Determined, stubborn, passionate, brave: all words to describe Tommy Henderson, who, as chairman of Dalbeattie Museum, has drawn on all of these characteristics in his ongoing quest to bring his beloved hometown to a wider audience.

Heritage-Border Ballads, Badlands

Border Ballads, Badlands I’ve always felt that the Hollywood directors of the Fifties and Sixties got it wrong. Wild West indeed! In my humble opinion, it had nothing on the Anglo/Scottish Borders some 400 years ago when Elizabeth I was on the English throne and James VI was champing on the bit further north.

Arts & Leisure-Border Boogie Band

Border Boogie Band The lights go down… Andy Keddie arches an eyebrow and smiles at the audience. His expression says: “Are you ready for this?” Frank Usher hits a power chord, Keddie punches the air and we’re off. Two-and-a-half-hours later, we’re rocked out and yelling for more...

Arts & Leisure - Go create

D&G Collection Young people from Maxwelltown High School and Lincluden Primary helped get Dumfries’s recently refurbished Midsteeple off to a great start with some innovative artwork which formed part of The D&G Collection. The exhibition, which included fashion, film, photography, sculpture, a documentary and a fashion magazine, was one of the results of a year-long visual arts and education programme, Italy.Scotland.

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Celebrity Road Traffic Accident Deaths

IM-2.150px.jpg Advertising Feature. The most notorious road traffic accident death was with little doubt the death of Princess Dianna on 31st August 1997 in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris.