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2013: Youngsters from Badden Farm Nursery, Lochgilphead.

Southend’s 4th Argyll Cub Scouts did exceptionally well in the mini Olympicsrecently by picking up the top prize in the competition, the John Logan trophy.Competing against teams from all over Argyll and Bute, the six-strong team won thetop prize for their overall team performance: Scott MacBrayne, Andrew Martin, SamHales, and Andrew Galbraith; front: Kevin MacIntyre and Ian Galbraith.

Posted 04 Aug 2021, by Kate Cowcher In May 1967, a painting of men cutting down trees arrived in Dunoon, the small seaside town on the Cowal peninsula, in the west of Scotland. The painting was by the Tanzanian artist, Samuel J. Ntiro, and was posted from Dar es Salaam by Ntiro himself to T. G. Henderson, Argyll County Council's Director of Education. Ntiro's painting, Chopping Wood, had been bought by the renowned writer Naomi Mitchison for a council-funded initiative called the Argyll Collection. Mitchison had founded the latter in 1960 during her time as Argyll County Coun...

By Leslie Maxwell and Jamie MacTavish The tragic scene at the road bridge in Glen Croe after the hired Standard Vanguard car was found in the river; (right) Andrew and Hannah Donaldson on their wedding day DRIVERS approaching the Rest and Be Thankful usually have their minds fixed on the vagaries of the two landslip affected roads and the weather. But three miles west of Arrochar on the A83, just before they reach the two roads, they pass over a picturesque river bridge in Glen Croe called the Honeymoon Bridge - little realising tha...

Argyllshire Advertiser Shona Brechin, who is retiring after 32 years of service. 06_a12WeddingShow04 Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstate our paywall, However, rest assured that access to all Covid related news will still remain free...