Minutes from the February 2019 Community Council meeting are now available on the GMCC Meetings and Minutes page.
Garvald Village Show – Saturday 24th August – schedule
Calling Garvald growers, makers and bakers!
Here is the 2019 Show Schedule (link below), with a bit of a beach and blue theme. Hard copies will be posted through doors in May.
For primary school children – seed potatoes are available from Jo Robertson, for planting in April.
For questions, hints and tips – join the Show facebook group:
Garvald Growers, Makers and Bakers
2019 Garvald Village Show Schedule
Tickets going fast
Local road closures
Local road closures coming up this weekend and next week:
On 16th March Gifford’s roads and car park will be affected – 088_Road Closure – Gifford 16th March. Race information – Gifford RR Circuit & Marshal Points
From 18-22nd March Deuchrie road will be closed for resurfacing work – Road Closure Deuchrie Road 18-22 March
Time changes to Councillor Akhtar’s surgeries for March 13th
Please note that Councillor Akhtar’s local surgeries on Wednesday 13 March will now be at the following times:
1.00pm-1.30pm – Gifford
1.40pm-2.10pm- Garvald
2.20pm-3.00pm – Morham
Sound Bath Relaxation Session
There will be a Sound Bath relaxation session run by Kelly at Garvald village hall on Wed 20th March from 7.00-8.00pm.
A Sound Bath is a relaxation session using quartz crystal singing bowls. Just relax and let the soothing sound and vibration rejuvenate you. Spaces are limited to 20, please message Kelly on to secure your place.
Safer Communities – Safer Scotland
There’s lots of useful information on keeping yourself safe in this ‘Safer communities, safer Scotland’ booklet, giving practical tips on how to keep you, your family and your community safe – from protecting your home and possessions, to helping your children enjoy the benefits of the internet in safety.
Get your tickets for a bedroom farce!
It’s time to get tickets for the next Stenton Footlight’s show – Alan Ayckbourn’s Bedroom Farce – starring Garvald’s own Gary McGregor and Rufus Bellamy.
Wed 27th March to Sat 30th March in the Village Hall Stenton (7.30)
Wildlife talk in Gifford
Gifford Horticultural Society
Wednesday 6 March at 7.30 p.m. Gifford Village Hall – all are welcome.
‘Wildlife in your Garden.’ Stan Da Prato will tell us all about what lives in our gardens, how to attract even more of them and some of the issues this can bring to our private gardens, our public parks and open spaces.
Besides gardening, Stan chairs the Aberlady Bay Reserve Committee, has a PhD on small songbirds in the Lothians, is editor of the journal Scottish Birds and a past President of the Scottish Ornithologist’s Club.
This talk is followed by refreshments and a raffle.
Film Night – Hostiles
Yester Community Movie Association
Film Night – Hostiles
March 8th, 7.30pm
Director: Scott Cooper
2017, 134 minutes, Rating 15
1892 in the United States. Veteran of a 20 year war with Cheyenne, Apache, & Comanche native American tribes, Cavalry Captain Joseph Blocker (Christian Bale) is ordered to escort an ailing Cheyenne chief back to his ancestral home in Montana. Scarred & embittered from his experiences, he wrestles with this unwelcome mission & memories that haunt him. A tale of guilt, truth & reconciliation in the American West.