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CLUBS & SOCIETIES ART GROUP 2nd Monday or the month, 2pm 4pm at Clochan Community Centre. £2 per session. Call Alan on 01542 850493 for more info.

BUCKIE AND DISTRICT PIPE BAND Meets in the Royal British Legion Hall, Buckie on Thursdays at 6:30pm-9pm. Learners and experienced players welcome. www.buckiepipeband.co.uk BUILDING BLOCKS NURSERY Spaces available for children aged 2-5 years. Also provides funded pre-school places. Open all year, incl. school holidays, 8am-6pm. 37 St Peters Terrace, Buckie. Call 07771 360880.

BUCKIE CHORAL UNION Thursdays 7:30pm - 9:30pm at Buckie North Church Hall. Mixed choir. For more info (and map) visit: www.buckiechoral.org.uk BUCKIE SALVATION ARMY Meeting and Fellowship every Sunday 6pm, New Street Musical Tots Parent & Toddlers

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CLOCHAN COMMUNITY CENTRE Every Monday 2pm-4pm: art group - £2 per session. Contact Alan: 01542 850493. Every Tuesday 10am-12pm: coffee morning, home bakes and pancakes - £3. every Thursday 1:30pm-4pm: tea dance. Contact Pauline: 01542 850416.

FOCHABERS HILL WALKING & RAMBLING CLUB Meets the last Sunday each month for hill walking outings. £15 annual sub and £10-£20 bus fare. Contact Wilma Forsyth: 01343 821101.

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CULLEN ART GROUP Meets Tues 9am - 1pm at Cullen Community Centre. Friendly and supportive group. New members welcome. £7.50 per month.

Coffee break at 11am. Call Janet on 01542 840228 or janet.creese@btinternet.com CULLEN BOWLING AND TENNIS CLUB Provides a service to anyone who is interested in bowling and tennis. Bowls, tennis rackets, balls and shoes all available.

Contact Sandra Douglas: 01542 840118 CULLEN, DESKFORD, & PORTKNOCKIE HERITAGE GROUP Meets at Hall Church, Cullen on 1st Monday of every month, 2pm. Contact John Aitken: 01542 840476.

DALLACHY AEROMODELLERS Model aircrafts and helicopter flying at old Dallachy World War 2 airfield. Mainly at weekends.

Offers training on dual control. dallachyaeromodellers.org.uk FINDOCHTY B.A.L.L. GROUP Wednesdays, 2pm - 4pm in The Church of Scotland Hall. £2.50 per week, includes tea/biscuits.

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FOCHABERS 50+ WALKING GROUP New members are always welcome - do come and join us!

Meets alternate Sundays and Mondays at The Institute, High Street, Fochabers. 10am on Mondays and 1:30pm on Sundays (2pm on Sundays after

FRISKIS AND SVETTIS (KEITH AND FOCHABERS) Meets at Fochabers Institute on Tuesdays 10am and Longmore Hall, Keith on Wednesdays 9:30am-10:30am & Thursdays 10am-11am. Originating in Sweden, aiming to get people healthy. Exercise to music, open to all. Call Mandy on 882641 or visit: www.fsaberdeen.co.uk KEITH & DISTRICT RANGER GUIDES (GIRLGUIDING MORAY) Senior Section 14 - 24 yrs. 3 Wednesdays of 4, 5.30pm-7pm.

St Rufus Hall, Keith. Tel: 01542 886422 evenings KEITH COMMUNITY CENTRE BOWLING CLUB Tuesday & Thursday afternoons at Keith Community Centre. Call Mr Hugh Edgar: 01542 882586 MORAY ARTS CLUB Bringing 'The Arts' to the people of Moray. Call Myra Gallicker (Art Convener) on 01343 541426 or email mjg.artist@hotmail.co.uk or visit www.morayartsclub.com MORAY COAST MOTORCYCLE CLUB 1st Wednesday every month at Mill House Hotel, Tynet, Buckie.

Join us for social ride outs, fundraisers & more. Call Tracey Scott on 07928 444376 or visit www.moraycoastmcc.org.uk QUARRIERS BUCKIE EPILEPSY SUPPORT GROUP 1st Wed each month (except January) 1pm - 2:30pm at Riverside Christian Church Hall, Buckie. Provides sufferers & carers the opportunity to socialise. Call Tara 01309 675900 or 07871151198 or

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ST. THOMAS PARENTS AND TODDLERS GROUP Mondays 9:15am - 11am, during term time, Chapel Street, Keith, AB55 5AL (across from St. Thomas School) Toys, crafts and snacks for infants and toddlers and a cuppa for parents. All parents and children welcome!

SPEY BAY COMMUNITY HALL Tues Indoor Bowls 7pm - 8:30pm (821947) Wed morning BALL (821713). Thurs Mums & Toddlers 1pm - 2:30pm (821162). Fri Body Conditioning 11pm - 12pm (07973 149855) Indoor Bowls 7pm - 7:30pm.

Call Willie Pirie on 01343 823995 for general enquiries.

SWRI 3rd Tuesday of the month, 7:30pm, Arradoul SWRI Hall, near Buckie. For more info email pennyshepherd@tiscali.co.uk THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND BANFF & MORAY Promoting the NTS and fundraising to support local properties, Brodie Castle and Leith Hall. Varied annual programme of events. Contact the secretary on 01343 835258 or email secretary2.bmnts@ btinternet.com

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS Once upon a time there were two irreconcilable factions. One faction opted to come to a political agreement with a neighbouring country which was much bigger and more powerful than theirs, as the only way of saving their own country’s future and prosperity at the expense of its independence.

changing over time as the influence of particular political players waxed and waned. The relatively small and insignificant Kingdom of Judea was at the mercy of much bigger political powers, yet at the top there was an influential group of noblemen and clergy who believed that they ought to oppose what they perceived as any humiliating The other faction strongly opposed that political agreement with the move, and called for the defence of their Babylonians. country’s total autonomy. Both factions Their bellicose attitude resulted in the had their vocal proponents and backers siege of Jerusalem, the defeat of the city who had access to the king’s ear. In an and its defenders, followed by the attempt to please both sides, the king destruction of the city and the veered first one way and then the other. deportation of the inhabitants to As often happens in history, the king Babylon. The situation was an utter failed to please either side, and he lost disaster: it seemed that the annihilation whatever vestige he had of their respect. of the Chosen People of Israel was total That was the political situation in and irreversible.

Jerusalem over 26 centuries ago.

The Jewish state of Judea had to Yet the prophet Jeremiah, who had been negotiate with its neighbour, the among those who advocated entry into powerful and expanding Babylonian an agreement with the Babylonian Empire.

Empire, delivered a rather surprising call to the exiles who were in Babylon, far The Bible interprets the threat presented away from their homeland and feeling by the Empire as God’s punishment for devastated, miserable and hopeless: the sinful and unfaithful misconduct of The God of Israel says to all those I the people of Israel. It’s an carried into exile from Jerusalem to unambiguously one-sided interpretation Babylon: “Build houses and settle down; of the intricate geopolitical situation in plant gardens and eat what they the Middle East at that time. produce. Marry and have sons and There was a complicated web of trade, daughters; find wives for your sons and politics and military links and alliances, give your daughters in marriage, so that

All Saints Episcopal Church, Buckie Sundays 11.30am: Parish Eucharist.

Contact Canon Jeremy Paisey: 01542 832312.

Buckie Baptist Church Sundays 11am & 6pm. All welcome. Contact Rev. Gavin Hunter • Church - 836041• Manse - 833587 • jesuslives@hotmail.co.uk Buckie Church of Christ Sunday 9.30am: Bible Study. Morning worship 11am. Children welcome. Tel: 01542 834696.

Buckie North, Church of Scotland Cluny Square. Sundays 11am and 6pm. Contact Rev. Isabel Buchan on 01542 832118 Buckie Salvation Army Sunday meeting @ 6pm and Tuesday Musical Tots 10am. Enquiries 01542 489061 Buckie South & West, Church of Scotland High Street. Sundays 11:30am including Sunday school. Call 01542 833775 or email buckiesouwester@btconnect.com Buckie Methodist Church Sundays 11am and 6pm. Sunday school, Bible studies, prayer meetings, study and house groups, Alpha and Women’s Guild. Tel: 01542 831176.

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they too may have sons and daughters.

Increase in number there; do not decrease.

Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

(Jeremiah 29:4-7) The result of the Brexit referendum surprised many, even those who had voted to leave the EU. For many, it created uncertainty about the future.

Some people tried to present the result in binary fashion, either as a completely positive outcome or as a total disaster.

The reality is, of course, much more complicated and nuanced than that.

As with any other big political shift, the significance of this vote will probably become clear only to posterity.

For us today, however, it’s yet another twist and turn in the history of which we are part. We may feel that it’s not possible for us to have any impact on those political and social processes.

But in fact we are not only affected by them, we also affect them in our own individual way, and consequently we change the course of history just a tad.

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church at 11am. Followed by soup & sweet. Every other Sunday. Auld Kirk at 10.30am and the 2nd and 4th Sundays. Jubilee Hall, Deskford at 12pm.

Contact Sheila Sellar: 01542 840760. Email: sasellar@btinternet.com Cullen Methodist Church, Buckie Sundays 11am. Contact Ian Burnett (secretary to Church Council): 01542 840234.

Enzie Parish Church Portgordon, Buckie. Sunday worship and Sunday school 10am. Call 01542 833775 or Email: enziekirk@btconnect.com Findochty Church of Scotland Sundays 9.45am. All welcome. Contact David Pirie: 01542 834123.

Findochty Methodist Church Sunday fellowship 11am.

Findochty Salvation Army Sundays 10:30am Morning meeting, S.A.S Kids 12pm (Sunday School), 6pm evening meeting plus a weekly programme. Contact Majors Bruce & Isobel Smith on 01542 832189 for details.

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Useful Contacts Police Station ......................................................................101 Buckie Leisure Centre ........................................01542 832841 Keith Community Centre ....................................01542 882222 Keith Swimming Pool ........................................01542 882222 Keith Resource Centre ......................................01542 886174 Keith Library........................................................01542 882223 Keith Sports & Com. Ctr ....................................01542 882222 Moray Council Access Point, Keith ....................01542 885500 Registrar ............................................................01542 885525 Keith Tourist Info. Ctr ..........................................01542 888423 Keith Community Bus ........................................01542 886390 Babs Dial A Bus..................................................01542 835800 National Rail Enquiries ......................................03457 484950 Dial ‘M’ For Moray Buses ..................................03001 234565

SCHOOLS Botriphnie Primary School ..................................01542 810207 Cluny Primary School ........................................01542 831417 Crossroads Primary School................................01542 870221 Cullen Primary School ........................................01542 840279 Findochty Primary School ..................................01542 832287 Keith Primary School ..........................................01542 882802 Millbank Primary School ....................................01542 831113 Milne’s Primary School........................................01343 820977 Mosstodloch Primary School ..............................01343 820476 Newmill Primary School ......................................01542 882788 Portessie Primary School ....................................01542 832288 Portgordon Primary School ................................01542 831198 Portknockie Primary School................................01542 840244 Rothiemay Primary School ................................ 01466 711220

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St Peters RC Primary School ..............................01542 831339 St Thomas RC Primary School ..........................01542 882256 Buckie High School ............................................01542 832605 Keith Grammar School ........................................01542 882461 Milne’s High School ............................................01343 820611

DOCTORS NHS 24 ................................................................................111 Ardach Health Centre..........................................01542 831555 Seafield Medical Centre ......................................01542 835577 Seafield & Cullen Medical Group ........................01542 835577 Keith Medical Centre ..........................................0345 337 9944 Dr Grays Hospital, Elgin ......................................0345 4566000

DENTISTS 8 to 8 Dental Buckie ..........................................01542 833087 Buckie Dental Practice ......................................01542 831163 The Keith Dental Practice ..................................01542 886251 8 to 8 Dental Keith ..............................................01542 882507

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PARLIAMENT BLOG & TIDE TIMES I’m delighted to have the opportunity to contribute to this edition of Spotlight as one of your regional MSPs. I was elected in May and cover the entire Highlands and Islands region which includes Moray.

Tea in the Park at Glenlivet Hall was one of my highlights this summer. Every day through August you could get an excellent lunch or tea and cakes made by the volunteers with all the proceeds spent locally.

The day we went, there was a large group in, so the only tables left were outside. My peanut and broccoli soup was outstanding and made all the better by eating it al fresco in Speyside!

I hope whatever you did over the summer you had a good time. Now we’re well into the autumn, the few days of sunshine we had are a distant memory!

I recently had the great pleasure of meeting organisers and runners at the weekly Elgin Parkrun to mark the 12th Anniversary of the parkrun movement.

Hundreds of parkruns take place around the world and in Elgin alone over 100 volunteers help to make it work for the now well over 1,000 people who have taken part. It is a fantastic way for folk to improve their fitness with like minded people with feeling self-conscious and meeting other folk.

"There are walkers, joggers and runners taking part with the aim being improved health and wellbeing. A great initiative right on our doorstep….and it’s completely free to join in! Check it out online at: www.parkrun.org.uk/elgin.

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Each year myself and Angus Robertson hold a Christmas Card competition for children in Moray to take part in, to raise money for a nominated local charity. This year our nominated charity is Moray CLAN Cancer Support with kids being asked to design a card with the theme of ‘Welcoming’.

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CLAN do an amazing job with the dedicated staff and volunteers at their office in Elgin and in the outreach work they do throughout the Moray area and I’m delighted that we’re able to support CLAN Cancer Support through our annual competition.

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28 friday an audience with maureen smith (clairvoyant) 7.30pm at cullen bowling & tennis club. £20. tickets from the club or by calling 00791 968439. birlinn jiarg 8pm - 10pm@the drouthy cobbler. £10 visit thedrouthycobbler.co.uk multiple sclerosis awareness day 10am - 4pm, moray college, elgin. free. anyone affected by ms is welcome to come along. contact: keith park on 07554 116108. scottish rock garden club (moray group): mike’s tulips - speaker mike hopkins 7.30pm at new elgin hall annex, land street, new elgin. for info call netta milne (sec) on 01340 881558 or colinne souter (treas) on 10340 871504.

29 saturday a guy called gerald 10.30pm@ironworks, inverness. £10. visit ironworksvenue.com. baby show & happy mums’ market 10am - 4pm at elgin town hall. largest pregnancy & baby event in the North offering services, products & advice to families plus Mums’ Market, 10am-1pm. £@, children free. an evening of burlesque 7pm@the ironworks,.£20 over 18s. visit ironworksvenue.com.

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31 monday stagestars scotland keith: spooky halloween party 7pm - 8.30pm, stagestars scotland keith, £12. spooky drama games, choreography, gory make-up tricks, party food & treats. for info email seonaid@stagestars-scotland.com.

NOVEMBER 2016 2 wednesday “treasures of the falconer museum, forres”: speaker - liz trevethick 3pm - 4pm, dufftown library. free talk will include a selction of 'mystery objects' & a short film on 19th century museum founder, hugh falconer.

4 friday “battle of the somme” - special screening of 1916 film by the w.f.a. *& film forres 6pm (doors open) at forres town hall. music by laura rossi. wwi songs by kinloss military wives’ choir. entry by donation & page 18 - November 2016

proceeds to service charities. contact derek bird on 01343 876562 or derek.bird876@gmail.com. clochan community centre quiz night 7pm for 7.30pm, £3.50. all welcome. refreshments.

9 wednesday moray, banff & badenoch decorative & fine arts society (mbbdfas): "income & inspriration: financial secrets of the masters" by david phillips, oxford.

11am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin contact: membership@nadfas-in-elgin.org.uk. visit www.nadfas-in-elgin.org.uk.

10 thursday gary little - a little bit of personal 2016 tour@the drouthy cobbler 7.30pm. call 01343 596000 or visit thedrouthycobbler.co.uk. cullen library local heritage talk 7pm - 8pm, cullen library. free. all welcome. james nock, local heritage officer, gives a talk on local archives and records held in the local heritage centre. call 01542 841140.

11 friday fife keith picnic annual quiz night 7.30pm, keith golf club. £10 entry per team. teams of 4. £100 prize money. heads & tales to be played & raffles galore.

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isobel shanks & anne cameron. 2.15pm, st rufus church hall, turner street, keith. members - £2 & visitors £3. contact: dr alistair mason or email bfc.1880@gmail.com. visit banffshirefieldclub.org.uk cullen & deskford church coffee morning & christmas fair 9.30am - 12pm, hall church. elgin model railway club: modelfair exhibition 2016 10am, elgin town hall. family show. railway memorabilia with layouts & collections. radio controlled planes, etc

all welcome. hosted by the guild. collection to the band & marys meals, malawi.

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cullen skink world championships contact graham bell (sec) on 07801 850827 / 01542 841519. cullen voluntary tourist initiative, 23a seafield street, cullen. car boot sale. 9am - 2pm, clochan community centre. enquiries re pitch to contact person (evenings). pancake teas & bacon rolls. contact: christine on 01542 882478 (evenings).

sofie hagen - shimmer shatter@the drouthy cobbler 7.30pm. visit thedrouthycobbler.co.uk.

14 monday light & life 7pm, costa coffee, high street. elgin. free spiritual readings, spiritual art, personality styles, dream interpretation, healing for body & soul, etc. contact: alyson sim on 07733 127539. moray recovery roadshow 1.30pm - 4pm, buckie library. free. for anyone affected by mental health problems either now or in the past - personally or as a carer. contact: 01542 832121.

14 monday - 18 friday moray business week variety of events throughout the week. visit moray business week website for details.

15 tuesday teenage fanclub@ ironworks 7pm. visit www.ironworksvenue.com.

15 tuesday - 17 thursday 5th highland wheelchair curling triples competition 2016 10am - 4pm (tues), 10.30am - 4pm (wed) &, inverness ice centre. wheelchair curlers from all over scotland & the north of england in action. contact: mo simpson on 07798 710404/01463 235711 or wheels77uk@yahoo.co.uk.

18 friday open night: songs of praise with the keith & district silver band 7.30pm, south & west church, buckie.

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19 saturday buckie christmas kracker & lights switch on 10am 5.30pm. join in the festive fun. moray & nairn swi federation: authentic indian cookery 2pm - 4pm, duffus hall. £5. all welcome. contact: ruth anderson on 01343 544270.

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23 wednesday primal scream@ ironworks. time tbc. visit www.ironworksvenue.com.

25 friday scottish rock garden club (moray group): dwarf shrubs for the alpine garden - speaker graeme butler 7.30pm at new ellgin hall annex, land street, new elgin. for info call netta milne (sec) on 01340 881558 or colinne souter (treas) on 01340 871504. fourth friday sessions (music) 7.30pm - 11pm, clochan communtiy centre. £2.50 all welcome. byob. refreshments. contact: lorraine on 01542 850441.

26 saturday cast@ ironworks 7pm, www.ironworksvenue.com. keith christmas fayre 2pm - 4pm , longmore hall, keith. teas, stalls, entertainment & santa. stalls can be booked at the numbers below. contact: 07811 801961 or 07846 609063.

30 wednesday the drouthy cobbler comedy club 7.30pm. visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk.

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Carer Support Service (Moray) Missing out? Know your rights as a carer Friday 25 November 2016 is annual Carers Rights Day, with this year’s theme being ‘Missing out? Know your rights as a carer.’ If you’re one of the over 8000 people in Moray providing unpaid care to someone who depends upon you because of physical or mental illness, frailty, disability or substance use, \RX FRXOG EH PLVVLQJ RXW RQ EHQHÄłWV and entitlements that could make your life a little easier. Carers Rights Day is a national event aimed at improving awareness and understanding of the impact of caring on the lives of carers, and ensuring carers themselves are aware of their rights.

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SpotLight magazine launches new free online community database www.spotlighton.co.uk Over the last 12 months the SpotLight magazine has been designing and developing a brand new interface for the Moray and Highland area. The website is free to use and free for people to upload their own information. As a user of the site, it is not necessary to register, although doing so will enable the database to localise your information search.

Spotlight are pleased to advise that there are thousands of listings already loaded which include detailed information in the following areas: Trades, Clubs & Societies, Restaurants, Things to See & Do, Places of Interest, Useful Contacts etc.

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The website doesn’t stop there either! In addition there is a brand new interactive recruitment section where once again you can browse current vacancies or upload your CV and have potential employers contact you directly – again this is a free service. Recruiters should note that in the first 6 months of operation SpotLight are offering substantial discounts to the normal rates which in any event are priced very competitively.

Quarterly, 6-monthly and Annual packages are also available at greater discounts.

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Following the Light - New oil paintings 4 - 30 October 2016 An exhibition at Moray Art Centre, Near Findhorn About the Artist: I started drawing at an early age. I loved books about the natural world and I used to spend a lot of time copying illustrations of birds and animals. I rarely drew things out of my imagination â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I just wanted to recreate what I saw.

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During my Degree studies the main focus of my training was drawing and painting from the life model. The human figure, especially portraiture, has

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Join the conversation during ‘Co-production Week Scotland’ about how we can make mental health recovery a reality for everyone in Moray.

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x Hear from others about their recovery journeys and what recovery means to them.

Buckie-

1.30pm-4pm

Buckie Library, AB56 1HB

Lossiemouth-

5.30pm-8pm

Youth Café, IV31 6DF

x Learn about how writing and sharing stories can help people in their recovery.

Buckie-

10.30am-1pm

Phoenix (fully booked)

Keith-

2.30pm-5pm

Sports & Community Centre Circular Room, AB55 5GT

x Get information about the projects and resources that are available to maintain good mental health and wellbeing. x Find out about #YouChoose a new Moray participatory budget fund for supporting community mental health initiatives.

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Forres-

1.30pm-4pm

Community Centre Blue Room, IV36 1BU

Burghead-

5.30pm-8pm

Burghead Library, IV30 5UQ

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Dufftown-

2pm-4.30pm

Dufftown Library, AB55 4AB

Aberlour-

5.30-8pm

Sports & Community Centre AB38 9PN

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Cullen-

10am-12.30

Cullen Library, AB56 4AF

Fochabers-

2pm-4.30pm

29 High Street (ex shop)

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Tomintoul-

1.30pm-4pm

Richmond Hall, AB37 9EZ

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