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Thrift Shop Update 19/20 January

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Prize Draw Winners - January

Monymusk Senior Citizens hold a monthly prize draw to raise funds for a summer bus trip and Christmas lunch for senior citizens. The first prize is £100 and the second prize is £25. The Draw must be made with non-committee members present to make sure everything is done properly so it will be made on the second Wednesday of each month in the Hall where non-committee members will be present to oversee proceedings.

There are some draw numbers available. You can get a form to join the draw, which costs £26 per year or £13 for six months (equivalent to only 50p per week), by sending an email to Elsie Aiken (bandeaiken@btinternet.com) or phoning Brian Murray (01467-651547). The names of winners will be posted here each month.

:)The winners for January were:
£100 Bob Forbes
£25 Ian Duncan

:)The special winners for December, drawn during the Christmas Lunch on 3rd December were:
£100 E Riddell
£25 Pauline Lamont
£25 Stuart Thomson
£25 Brian Murray
£25 Susan Giles
£25 Alan Sibbald

The Senior Citizens Committee needs folk to come forward and help to organise the Summer Bus Drive and the Christmas Lunch. The number of folk on the Committee is falling each year while the number of Senior Citizens who benefit is rising. If you know of anyone (including yourself of course!) who could make a contribution to helping the Senior Citizens please contact Louise (651359) or Elsie (651459). Thank you... .
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Thrift Shop Annual Update

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Minutes for Aug 2011

The agreed minutes for meeting of August 22.. .
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D Beattie
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Thank you all for your help. A bit of further research has turned up the 1797 Birth Record for George. Transcript as follows: 1798 24th May John Hogg & Jean Blair in Upper Balfour had a Son baptised, called George, witnesses George Hogg & Samuel Rough both in Rorandel For some reason the "H" was dropped from the surname when the family moved to Aberdeen. I have located photos of Upper Balfour & the hamlet at Rorandel - it looks like beautiful country, about as different as can be to where I live on .. .
Ian Beard
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The booklet "The Kirkyard of Monymusk", published by the Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society, contains details of gravestones. It includes four references to the family name "Ogg" and one to "Herd". A visit to the Kirkyard should be instructive... .
Alan Sibbald
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Hi there! I can only think of one Mrs Ogg in the area living very close to monymusk. I know Fairley at the Monymusk Arts Trust has pretty extensive records of family lines in and around the area, should would be worth getting in touch with. Herd is quite a common last name around this area so perhaps the parish records might help you that way. So, the Arts Trust and the Kirk would be good places to start! They are both located very close to the Grant Arms. The kirk is immediately opposite and the trus.. .
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Excellent info, they must be referring to the Ton bridge then as you need to cross that to get to Kemnay. It's about a mile away.. don't know why I didn't think of it before!.. .
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According to the "Illustrated Architectural Guide to Gordon" (Ian Shepherd) it should read 'From the Bridge One Mile by Ye (pronounced 'the', by the way- the old symbol for 'th' was written by as a single symbol that happens to look like the modern 'y') Young Buffs 1754' It refers to the regiment quartered at Monymusk House after Culloden, who had the task of improving the road to Kemnay... .
Albert Brydon
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Message from future self... fixed!.. .
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message to self, fix broken image in forum o.O.. .
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Looks really good.. there used to be a calendar here but it wasn't as good (also it was a bit broken). Perhaps this should go on the front page as a permanent feature? If you FTP it up with the same name it would be very easy to make it a permanent on the front page... .
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Thanks I did manage yesterday by going via Inverurie. Couldn't get any info from websites or travel line. Hopefully will manage to take the car again from today.. .
Cathy Edwards
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