Goodbye Ardentinny
Madeleine Hacking, who leaves Ardentinny this week after 16 years in the village, has asked us to post her message below. We wish her well in pastures new.
Ardentinny’s centenarian remembered
Born just three months before the start of the First World War and living to 100 years old, last weekend Angus Sutherland's family and friends celebrated the long and accomplished life of our sadly departed centenarian at a memorial service in Ardentinny Church. The Reverend Joe Stewart offered a warm and touching service and Angus’ …
Angus Sutherland: Enjoying life at 100
Ardentinny Resident of 31 years, Angus Sutherland, celebrates his 100th birthday this Saturday. Born at the onset of World War 1, his earliest childhood memory is receiving the gift of a little cat porridge bowl (pictured above) from his Dad at the age of three. Other childhood recollections in Angus’ still razor-sharp mind, are the dimming …
David P.J. Morrison, BA (Hons.) 1958 – 2011
David Morrison moved to Ardentinny from his native Falkirk in 1974. He studied fine art at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee and graduated with a BA (hons.) degree in 1989. Inspired by the Scottish landscape and Argyll in particular, some of his most popular works featured the brightly painted fishing boats literally on …
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Talent within our midst
It never fails to surprise us how much talent exists in Ardentinny. We have more than our fair share of good artists and crafts people and Teresa Forsyth is no exception. Teresa runs 'Teresa Forsyth Upholstery & Soft Furnishings' from her base in Ardentinny. The word 'upholsterer' might conjure up burly, leather-apron-clad males with a …