A Postcard from Ardentinny Archives

August 28, 2011August 28, 2011

Ardentinny Post Office 1920

Matthew Gardener was born in 1854. He became the village grocer in 1891 and postmaster in 1901. This is one of several postcards he published around 1920. Image courtesy Janet Gardner Roy. More on the Gardeners. A postcard from Ardentinny. More historical images.

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February 27, 2011February 27, 2011

Ardentinny 1910

Little has changed of this view of Rock Cottage, Post Office and Ardentinny Hotel taken some 101 years ago. The postcard published by Mathew Gardner, Ardentinny (who ran the village post office) was posted to an address in Edinburgh on October 10, 1911.

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January 26, 2011January 26, 2011

Ardentinny 1909

This postcard published by M. Gardner of Ardentinny Post Office was mailed by a holidaymaker to a Kilmacolm address on 23 September, 1909. The Old School can be seen on left of picture. Can anyone name the donkey?

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Saturday, June 22, 2019. 11:00am.
Invereck Care Home Summer Fete
Invereck Care Home, Sandbank.
Home Baking - Cream Teas - Refreshments - Music - BBQ - Bric a Brac & other stalls. In the event of inclement weather, the fete will take place in Sandbank Village Hall. All welcome!
Monday, July 1, 2019. 7:30pm.
Ardentinny Community Council meeting
Village Hall, Ardentinny.
Saturday, July 20, 2019. 7:00pm.
Bellini's La Sonnambula Opera - Open rehearsal performance
Ardentinny Outdoor Centre
1955 has been slow at sleepy Dunroamin Hotel. The wedding of the owner’s daughter is nigh. She has stolen her fiancé from the minister's daughter who has taken to drink. In turn, she schemes to sully the bride-to-be’s reputation by enlisting the returning laird as her secret weapon. Not to mention the ghost! Will the wedding be derailed? Will the ghost be exorcised by Angus the ghillie?

For the eighth year running, Aria Alba-Opera for All take their operatic re-imagining to the Fringe in the form of Bellini’s La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker). Come and preview this glorious opera an open rehearsal performance, following Aria Alba’s opera residential.
Sunday, July 28, 2019. 12:00pm.
The Big Picnic
Glenfinart Walled Garden
With live music, teas and coffee. Bring your own picnic.
Sunday, September 29, 2019. 12:00pm.
Harvest Fair
Glenfinart Walled Garden
With live music. Coconut Shy, stalls and freshly pressed apple juice. Teas, coffee, home baking, burgers and juice for sale. Free entry.
Monday, September 30, 2019. 7:30pm.
Ardentinny Community Council meeting
Village Hall, Ardentinny.
Monday, January 6, 2020. 6:30pm.
Ardentinny Community Council meeting
Village Hall, Ardentinny.