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Gorilla Gardening

Bulb planting reminder – calling all volunteers to help plant them along the path in the park.
We will be planting this Saturday 28th 10-12noon.  Many hands make light work (oh and please bring a spade)!

Garvald School

Received a message from Bill Anderson which may be of interest to you all… Hoping he’ll send on some more historical photos to go on the website Gallery.

Hi there,
I have just found your web site and thought I would get in touch, our dad was John Anderson who was headmaster of the two teacher Garvald Primary through the 1950’s until the late 1960’s, when we moved to Rosewell. I was brought up in Garvald at the school house from 1953 until 1968 and it was a wonderful place to grow up in at that time of innocence. Sadly our dad passed away in September 2015 at the grand age of 96 and my twin brother may have some photos of Garvald school that may be of interest to you.
Bill

Gorilla Gardening in Garvald

Bring a spade…Gorilla gardening in Garvald

With proceeds from last year’s Village Show, Garvald Horticultural Society has bought (through East Lothian Council at our request), 2000 crocus and daffodil bulbs for the park. All we need to do now is plant them! The Council will shortly mark out the areas for planting along the path, then its all hands on deck. With circa 200 population – that’s 10 bulbs per person!

We anticipate planting late January – snow/permafrost etc permitting – for first full display next Spring (although if the weather stays mild we may get a few blooms this year from the daffs).

Watch this space for the time and date. Any questions – call Jo (685)

CitizenAID app

Message from Sandy Baptie, Emergency Planning and Risk Manager, East Lothian Council.

The CitizenAID  free smartphone/tablet app gives advice on how the public can take immediate action following, or during a terrorist attack/incident. It offers advice on what to do and also offers some basic advice on how to deal with injuries that may result from such an attack/incident. It also offers information on what to do on discovering a suspect bomb and the immediate actions to take after a bomb has exploded. Thankfully, it is not likely you will ever require to use the information, but the view ‘better to be prepared for any unexpected event’ is one I preach and follow! This app has been given considerable media coverage. More information is given below and on the CitizenAID website.

CitizenAID

Why not start 2017 with a resolution to be prepared? Simply download the free citizenAID App from either Google Play or the Apple App Store.

The citizenAID App will reduce the anxiety from difficult decision making in an unfamiliar situation. Follow the logical steps to do the right things in the right order. Stay safe and help us… to help you… to save lives.

The citizenAID app is free to the UK public and is designed initialy for use in the UK. Access is left open internationally for the wider public good, but recognising there is detail that relates only to the UK (such as emergency service phone number). Additional country versions will be developed dependent on demand.

Garvald Art Show 2017

Message from Tim Flynn:

It’s a while since our last Art Show and some old hands wonder if we have enough new/replacement artists in the area to enable a worthwhile exhibition this year. Traditionally November time, but other or better dates aren’t ruled out. These shows are commercial; run and financed by the artists themselves, attracting favourable rates for village hall hire. We have found that a show inspires artists to stir their (pencil) stumps, stretch their canvases and get arting – painting, carving, ceramics, tapestry, possibly even a photo section, and so on, as long it’s high quality. If you are, or know of, a local area artist who would like to get involved please, in the first instance, contact Tim Flinn at Beech Cottage or use the contact form and your message will be sent through to him.