Doric Film Festival

Railway Memories brought to life

Doric Film Festival has commissioned a short film about the Alford Valley Community Railway for its 2021 event.

Film-maker Fergus Cruickshank (www. fergusfilms.com) has been working with the Alford Valley Community Railway to bring memories to the screen.

The film is a celebration of the railway and the hopes of the Donside community for the railway’s future. The railway has been closed since 2017, and the railway’s committee are raising funds for necessary repairs for its eventual reopening, bringing joy to future visitors. The film will help to raise awareness for the Alford Valley Community Railway’s efforts to repair and re-open the railway.

The film started being shot in February with some aerial photography of the railway, and interviews with former railway staff have been carried out. Many nostalgic stories have been captured, and a memory capsule has been created. Fergus is now working on the edit, with the film’s deadline approaching in May and the premiere happening at the Doric Film Festival later this year.

The Doric Film Festival commissions films that celebrate the Doric language. The theme for the 2021 festival is ‘Jist far I bide’. 11

Your Elected Representatives:

Chair: Nicola Sedgwick Vice Chair Anne Miller Secretary/ Treasurer Margaret Henderson Minute Secretary Dorothy Anderson Alford Steven Graham Dorothy Anderson Margaret Henderson Bruce Scott Vacancy x4 Lumsden/Kildrummy Sue Cross Tanya Reynolds Glenkindie/Towie Anne Miller Nicola Sedgwick Tullynessle & Forbes Vacancy x2 Montgarrie Gloria Malcolm Vacancy Keig Yvonne Buckingham Tom Milne Cushnie/Craigievar/ Fiona Bain Muir of Fowlis Vacancy Whitehouse/Tough Nicola Sedgwick Andy Travis Strathdon/Corgarff/ Paul Toohey Glenbuchat Vacancy x2 When do we meet?

Every 2nd Tuesday of the Month (except July and Dec)

What Time?

7.30pm – 9.30pm: tea/coffee from 7.15pm

Where?

Alford Community Campus

Once Government restrictions ease, anyone interested in what we do is warmly welcome to come along to any of our meetings

If you wish to contact one of the representatives please do so via the email addresses below and it will be forwarded: chair@ donsidecommunitycouncil. org.uk

Donside Community Council Micro-Grant Scheme

Grants of up to £500 for people doing work of benefit to the community in Lumsden, Towie, Kildrummy and Glenkindie are available from Donside Community Council.

Applicants can be groups (whether or not you have a constitution) or individuals, and applications can be made at any time. Application forms are available from:

Margaret Henderson, Secretary, Donside Community Council, 3 Kingsford Road, Alford, AB33 8HH chair@donsidecommunitycouncil.org. uk or at: https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/ programmes/kildrummy/

These are just a few of the groups who have received micro grants in the past:

Towie Toddlers who received help to replace broken toys and equipment

Lumsden Keep Fit bought equipment for a keep fit class and Glenkindie & Towie Community Group were able to purchase ducks and arts supplies for their annual Duck Race 12

Councillors' Contacts

This is your MP and MSP

Cllr Moira Ingleby 07770 410539 cllr.m.ingleby@ aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Cllr John Latham 07876 475038 cllr.j.latham@ aberdeenshire.gov.uk Cllr Gwyneth Petrie 07891 296064 cllr.g.petrie@ aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Cllr Robbie Withey 07388 956147 cllr.r.withey@ aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Donside Community Council continues to meet online during lockdown. We are all looking forward to being able to meet again in person when restrictions are lifted. As any of you relying on technology to keep in touch with friends and family or for work you will know that it always isn’t plain sailing.

There is a sense of treading water just now although many local projects are continuing, such as the fundraising for the Alford Valley Community Railway. When restrictions are lifted we will be looking at ways of helping our area ‘bounce back’.

Scottish Parliament

Alexander Burnett MSP 0131 348 5642

Alexander.Burnett.msp @parliament.scot

Westminster

Andrew Bowie MP 0207 219 2791 andrew.bowie.mp @parliament.uk

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