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Footage from the Heathhall Forest stage and service point, just outside Dumfries, on Saturday 29th June. Courtesy of David Slater.
Unfortunately it was a wet Saturday for the 2013 parade on 15th June, but that didn’t dampen people’s spirits. People turned out in their numbers to see the parade. Thanks goes to the organisers of the event and a special thanks to the people who spent time in organising and decorating the floats and taking […]
This year’s Lions club of Dumfries annual raft race took place on Sunday 26th May on the River Nith in Dumfries. Entries were well up this year with 17 rafts being entered for this charity fund raising event. The sun shone magnificently this year and was supported by a great local crowd. Thanks to the […]
Here’s a film from David Slater, of the turf cutting ceremony at Dock Park, Dumfries, yesterday (21st May 2013) to start the regeneration of the ageing Dock Park facility. The cutting was done by the leader of the council; Ivor Hyslop and attended by other councillors and civic dignitaries. The regeneration project carries a budget […]
Here’s a film from David Slater showing the demonstrations held on the Whitesands on Saturday 18th of May 2013. There was a large police presence during marches earlier in the day, culminating with competing demonstrations on the Whitesands. The intitial demonstration of around 80 people was organised by the Scottish Defence League, and a counter […]
A film of the recent visit by Dumfries and Galloway Councillors, Community Councillors, and other interested parties, to see the state of the Loreburn Hall, or The Drill Hall, as it’s also known. It was closed when Dumfries and Galloway’s flagship leisure centre, DG One opened in May 2008, being deemed surplus to requirements. The […]
The demolition of a substancial 17 room house belonging to an 80 year old pensioner, in Dumfries took place today on the instructions of the local Authority. The pensioner was extremely upset to see her home where she had lived for thirty years being destroyed. The house has been the subject of controversy amond neighbours and […]
The Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, at the Crichton Campus, Dumfries, on Friday 5th October 2012:
A film of the tour of Britain stage 3 Dumfries. The Whitesands ,Dumfries was packed with people on Tuesday 9th September 2012 to welcome the tour of Britain as the cycle race passed through our region. The pack included Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish. (Film courtesy of David Slater)
The Scottish Rally, with its start and finish in Dumfries, took part last weekend. Here’s some footage from David Slater, of the Heathhall Forest stage on Saturday 30th June. Hundreds of people turned out to see this stage. The day was dry, for a change and conditions although a bit slippery, were mainly good.
