Over 180 turned up last Saturday and everything went very smoothly. "Everybody was very well behaved and I think all went away having thoroughly enjoyed themselves," said leisure and recreation officer Mr Ian Robertson.
Next Saturday's venture will be run along similar lines, and at the same prices, as the inaugural event.


50 YEARS AGO
Friday August 8 1958

STONEHAVEN'S harbour area was in gala dress on Saturday, the occasion being the gala arranged by the local branch of the Ladies Lifeboat Guild in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, whose flag was unfurled for the event.
The weather was fine and large crowds found their way to the old town to participate in the fun and to give a helping hand to the fund-raising.
For many it was the first taste of an event of this kind at Stonehaven and the hope was generally expressed that it would become an annual fixture and that other days of a like nature would be organised throughout the summer months.
The assistance, rendered by the folk of Gourdon, now the County's only lifeboat station, was very much appreciated by all who took part.

100 YEARS AGO
Thursday August 6 1908

AS we went to press last week the best attended concert ever held in the Town Hall was taking place, the attraction being a combination of the Stonehaven Pierrots and Mr Calder's Cinematograph and concert company.
So crowded was the building that many could get no further forward than the lobby. As might be expected the musical talent, both make and female, was of good merit, while the cinematograph pictures were most realistic, more especially that of the Scottish Historical Pageant at the Exhibition.
Considerable amusement was derived from the doings of a band of young men located at the end of the balcony, to whom the term of "The Rhubarb Brigade" was applied.
By some prior arrangement they got a wire running from the wing of the balcony on to the stage down which every now and then they sent some token of their appreciation of the various artistes.
Their gifts were varied on character, sometimes a cabbage or a few stalks of rhubarb, at others cigarettes, or sweets for the ladies.
The receipt of these gifts afforded not little amusement to the audience and the artistes as well.