Social dancing in and around Tayside is alive and well. Take a look at our 2010 dance diary for full details.
February 1, 2010
December 24, 2009
I’m off work now on holiday. I decide to do the last minute shopping bright and early Thursday 24th December. I go to the Co-Op Supermarket in Forfar, pick up my shopping and that includes some wine for the Xmas break. “Can’t buy that just now”, says the assistant, no alcohol sales before 10:00. This is a new law that has taken 3 years to put in place – did anyone see the 3 years worth of consultations on this ?? The law came in during September 2009 and means you cannot buy alcohol before 10:00 anywhere in Scotland.
This is fine, BUT, I could not see any indications about this anywhere in the store – I am walking around unaware that this law is in place. No big notices, no isles tied off, nothing.
How daft is this country becoming where perfectly sensible adults cannot buy their festive supplies during the open shop hours because a MINORITY of the population cannot deal sensibly with alcohol. Once again the MINORITY rules !
December 24, 2009
This year 2009, I planned to collate all the really daft stories we are hearing in the press, you know the ones, the health and safety issues, the daft new laws being put in place, all the stuff that generally drives anyone with a wee bit of common sense to drink !
I didn’t get around to doing that but fully intend to do it for next year and pop it on this blog on a regular basis.
So look out for some interesting daftie items, that are not so daft as not to be true life going on in Scotland and UK today.
December 22, 2009
East and Old Parish Church FORFAR – Into the Digital Age !!
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East and Old Parish Church Forfar have a new Website, bringing the Kirk into the digital age.
The Church is currently seeking a new minister and it is hoped that the new website will help to spread the word about this wonderful church in the town of Forfar Angus.
The new site is at
East and Old
December 18, 2009
Clearly ANGUS & BEAR SCOTLAND (The responsible party) did not listen to any weather reports from Tuesday to Thursday.
Thursday afternoon from mid-day onwards and the county roads were like skating rinks, the town centre roads through Forfar were not much better. A gritter or snow plough – nowhere to be seen.
At 10pm the main route Aberdeen South, the A90 was closed due to the road conditions.
No doubt those in charge will tell us all that they did in fact grit the roads and did all they could to keep the routes open. REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE suggests no such thing happened.
Even when warned we seem to be so unprepared to react to the snow and no one ever takes serious responsibility for the inaction, even when serious accidents happen and lives are lost.
BEAR SCOTLAND – A disgraceful performance and winter has not even started in earnest.
December 9, 2009
The number of dance venues for mixed Ballroom / Latin or Scottish Country are dropping in number.
The STAR BALLROOM in Dundee will officially close by the end of 2009. This will leave a big gap in demand for dancing and dance locations within Tayside. The dance floor at the ballroom is also one of the best in the area and is a perfect size for all events. It will be sad to see it pass.
THE WEST END SOCIAL CLUB FORFAR is also in doubt as a venue for dances into 2010 as a sad tale of problems dogs the venue and could result in the loss of Tea dancing, dance practices and Friday night Ballroom dances at the venue. The continuation of regular Saturday mixed dances may also be in doubt. At some point soon, perhaps the current management or committees within the West End Social Club, will inform the paying membership what is happening into 2010.
May 12, 2009
Interesting reading in today’s copy of our Dundee Courier. The Church of Scotland are considering the use of “VIRTUAL MINISTERS” to help cover the short fall of some 200 ministers in parishes across the country.
This could be technology embraced on a level never before seen in a Church. Our church still use a manual paper ledger to record their finances !!!
In our own town, there are two churches (St Margarets and East & Old) looking to fill the post of a full time minister. There are two massive buildings, two sets of costs, repairs, maintenance and the churches are barely a quarter full.
Add the cost of installing the “new” technology into two buildings and it begins to seem a little overkill, a bit like having two multi-plex cinema’s in the wee town of Forfar.
Looking forward to seeing this in action, it will be fun if nothing else. !
Last year these two churches failed to merge after a 10 year effort. The case is yet to be proven for that decision. The merger info
November 13, 2008
Read it, listen to it, view it – - – all doom and gloom. Don’t take it any more, just live for now and how about dancing the blues away. Check out the dancing going on in your area.
BALLROOM
SCOTTISH COUNTRY
October 16, 2008
Crude is today down to $87 representing a 41% drop in price from the high’s earlier this year.
DIESEL is £1.10 per litre today down from high’s of £1.31 earlier this year. This represents a drop of just 16% – a gap of 25% !
ENERGY – UP 35% last month has not dropped at all anywhere despite the 41% drop in crude.
September 9, 2008
UPDATE 03-10-09
| Nymex Crude Future | 93.55 | -.42 | -.45 | 03:53 |
| Dated Brent Spot | 89.96 | .25 | .28 | 04:23 |
Unfortunately the petition is now ended, however, are we taking our eyes off the petrol retailers ? Their prices remain at 118p for diesel and around 109p for petrol while the oil is dropping back.
UPDATE 16-09-08
Crude prices are sitting today at $91.5 and our pump prices remain at £1.20 !
UPDATE 11-09-08
Crude prices are sitting at $101 dollars today and our pump prices remain at £1.20 !
Crude oil prices hit a low of 105 dollars per barrel today, this is more than 30% down from the high of June this year.
The pump price remains 120 pence per litre in our area and is much higher in remote areas, it has not tracked down the price of crude.
A petition was be sent to No10 on 30th September 2008.
