In Campbeltown Once More - The Dvd Video

IN CAMPBELTOWN ONCE MORE - THE DVD VIDEO Released in November 2009, Freddy Gillies' video, as one will see from its 'menu contents' above, gives an interesting view of 'The Wee Toon' in the 21st century and, following a tour of the town's main streets and most recent housing developments, highlights the mix of industries, traditional and recent, which keep Campbeltown on the map today, the town particularly well known today for the piping abilities of its individual pipers and pipe bands. As well as giving us views and commentaries about The World famous stable of Springbank whiskies and a tour of Campbeltown's Creamery, producing a range of cheeses for supermarkets across Britain, the video includes a brief tour of Campbeltown's Heritage Centre, which is housed in the former Lorne Street 'Tartan' Church, displays there covering 1

the town's whisky, fishing and coal mining industries and including models of the fishing boats and puffers, which once crowded Campbeltown's harbour and too a static model of the railway which once connected the town with Machrihanish.

Amongst the most frequent of today's visitors to Campbeltown's quays is the Troon-registered "Red Baroness", carrying timber from Kintyre to Ayrshire and Northern Ireland.

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Another regular being the "European Mariner", transporting windmill towers, manufactured at Machrihanish, to other ports around the coast, closer to Britain and Ireland's new offshore 'wind farm' sites. Interestingly, Freddy Gillies, the video's producer, has interviewed a number of The Wee Toun's "worthies" for posterity, including Davy Martin, skipper of the Campbeltown fishing boat "Crimson Arrow"; John Armour, one of the radio presenter's at Campbeltown's own local radio station, Argyll FM; James M'Lean proprietor of Campbeltown's award-winning Burnside Bar; Alex McKinven, Campbeltown's local football historian and Pipe-Major Ian McKerral, who patiently and painstakingly tutors the area's aspiring young pipers and pipe bands.

Importantly, Freddy talks to George McMillan, changes he has seen over the last fifty years.

an ex-Provost of Campbeltown,

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This video is 'a must' for anyone who has an interest in Campbeltown and, it available in both PAL and other formats, from Ardminish Press, Isle of Gigha, Argyll PA41 7AA, Scotland, their website at http://www.ardpress.co.uk/ OTHER TITLES FROM ARDMINISH PRESS include Life with The Coal Tar

Dalriada

The Magic of Gigha

Vanishing Breed (DVD)

In Campbeltown Once More (Book)

Lets Visit Kintyre

Tales from the Dawn Hunter

Silver From The Sea

The Viking Isle

Now We See Through A Glass Darkly

From The Briny to The

Tarbert Fishing Boats 3

Gourmet Whispering Children

Son of A Gum

Rainbows

From Barra to Burma

Goodbye to Boots and Oilskins Pricing and Postage Costs available on request from [email protected] Cheques or Postal Orders, Payable to ARDMINISH PRESS and in Sterling Currency only, should be sent to The Company’s mailing address and order then quickly despatched.

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