Below is the information concerning the hew hours contained in a letter sent to a local customer of the TSB. It'll be Tuesdays and Fridays only from July. The retreat of banking services from Nairn High Street continues!
A Gurn from Nurn - News, opinion and pictures from sunny Nairnshire - keep in touch, bookmark the Gurn
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Charity Cricket Match Sunday 21st April 1pm the Links Nairn
Brian told the Gurn: "the story behind all this is of course the tragic loss of a long-time Nairn resident, NCCC member and regular cricket player Neil Gibson who sadly lost his life a year ago in a snowstorm while climbing in Wester Ross. The bodies of Neil and his brother Alan and their dog were found after many days of searching, by the Torridon Mountain Rescue Team.
So in memory of Neil, and to benefit the Torridon Mountain Rescue Team, the cricket club decided to organise this cricket match as a fund-raising event. We're playing against a visiting team from "The Forty Club", a group of cricket enthusiasts and veterans drawn from clubs around the country. We've got an assortment of sporting memorabilia to auction after the game including a bat signed by Ricky Ponting (Aussie test cricket captain and star batsman), a signed photo of the England T20 team, and also signed footy shirts from NCFC and Caley.... and various other items and raffle prizes."
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
As seen on twitter - a wedding on Nairn Beach
Such a wonderful day witnessing KAtrin and Fergus’s
— Kerry Lemon (@kerryannelemon) 13 April 2019
B E A U T I F U L wedding this morning at 7am in GORGEOUS sunshine on the beach in Nairn 🧡 🏴 pic.twitter.com/r5ydVnfpG1
Monday, April 15, 2019
Sandown Allotments phase 2 - seven years on from the first preparatory work onsite.
Nairn is still the envy of many other communities when it comes to allotment provision. At one time in the not too distant past two-thirds of all allotments in the Highlands were in Nairn. The waiting list for a plot in Nairn is not too long either compared with elsewhere with some applicants obtaining a plot within a year. A lot of folk have visited Nairn to get ideas for plots in their communities. The lower picture was taken this weekend.
The first picture above is from about this time in 2012 and before any work was done on site an incredible amount of effort had gone into the funding application for European LEADER money by a dedicated team from the allotments committee. What has been achieved by plotters since then is remarkable
As Nairn grows hopefully there will be more spaces like Sandown for people to grow their own fruit and vegetables. It is remarkable what individuals can achieve when they have access to land.
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Addition Support Needs cuts - information for parents and a draft e-mail to send to local councillors and Highland Council
This in from one of our regular readers who is a Highland Council employee:
"We are aware that many parents in Highland are concerned about the proposed cuts to Additional Support Needs and the loss of PSA posts. This will have an impact not only on the pupils supported by the ASN team, but on all pupils in a class.
Nairn Academy Parent Council have met with the local councillors and they are taking our concerns forward to Highland Council.
If you would also like to take action please see the Highland Parent Council Partnership website here where there is lots more information and a draft email to send to local councillors and Highland Council."
Whatever happened to the idea of a LIDL store for Nairn?
Recent conversations on social media about development at Balmakeith next to Sainsbury's got this observer thinking of way back when in 2014 when there was a consultation event in Nairn where we were shown pictures and plans of how a proposed Lidl store would look. Here's a Gurn article from the time. And here are images we took at the consultation event that showed us what we might have been getting.
And it seems the consultation process was well received by Nairn residents.
It's 2019 now though and nothing more has been heard from Lidl since. We decided to ask them on twitter if they were still interested. Here's what we said:
And a response came the next day
And it seems the consultation process was well received by Nairn residents.
It's 2019 now though and nothing more has been heard from Lidl since. We decided to ask them on twitter if they were still interested. Here's what we said:
Hi @LidlGB In Sep 2014 there was a consultation event in Nairn for a Lidl to be built (Developers Ziran). Pics, plans etc, we gave our views then heard no more. Do you still have plans to come to Nairn? I'm sure most shoppers would welcome you.— A Gurn from Nurn (@GurnNurn) April 10, 2019
And a response came the next day
Hi, thanks for getting in touch. Unfortunately we don't have any news to share regarding this at the moment. Sorry for any disappointment this may cause.— Lidl GB (@LidlGB) April 11, 2019
That's that then folks, doesn't look like we will see a Lidl in Nairn in the near future anyway. It is a pity because it is a cheaper shop and some families in Nairn do not have the ability to travel for bargains and so have less choice.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)