MONDAY of this week was a red-letter day for the folk of Johnshaven, for it marked the start of the construction of the long-sought bowling green at Waird's Park.
Excavation of the £40,000-plus four-rink all-weather green is expected to take about a fortnight, following which the concrete base will be laid and then the synthetic "carpet" affixed.
Scottish Sports Council and Kincardine and Deeside District Co
uncil have contributed grants totalling some £18,000 towards the venture – but, all credit to them, the Wairds park committee are putting up around £26,000 themselves.
For a small community, that is something of which all concerned can be justifiably proud.
50 YEARS AGO
Friday, June 27, 1958
A PROMINENT Aberdeen shipbuilder, Mr John Wright, steered "Minx", his 14 foot Yachting World Dayboat, to victory in the first race for sailing boats ever held in Stonehaven Bay on Saturday.
The race, in which 14 boats took part, was organised by officials of the newly-formed Stonehaven Yacht Club. It was started from the harbour by Provost Christie of Stonehaven when he rang a ship's bell presented to the club by an anonymous donor.
100 YEARS AGO
Friday, June 25 1908
HAS Stonehaven adopted the Daylight Savings Bill even before it has passed the House of Commons were the remarks that fell from the lips of some who heard the town clock ring out a merry peal at seven o' clock on Saturday night.
Others, however, took the signal for a fire alarm, and soon Allardice Street was crowded by those anxious to know where the fire was. Among them was the chief of the fire brigade.
At last it leaked out, and caused no little amusement. It seems that in Mr Cruse's absence the bell ringing was entrusted to a very capable lady, who perhaps to test the value of daylight saving kept her house clock an hour fast.
On Saturday evening she was absent and her husband was entrusted with the duty of ringing the eight o' clock bell.
Taking it for granted his house clock was correct he set off to the clock tower.
He had not got very far with his ringing before Mrs Cruse and others had mounted the belfry, and in order to stop him pulled his coat and slapped him on the back, for hearing was out of the question in the noise.
The would-be bell ringer, however, was not to be denied and he pulled with all his might till the regulation was up.
How he looked and felt when informed that he was an hour ahead of the time, and had caused a big commotion on the street can be better imagined than described.
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