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Talking about Fearnan – The Horn Carver

Countryman, mole catcher, gardener, fencer, school bus driver, fiddle-maker – but perhaps Cameron Thomson is best known as the Horn Carver at Lawers. This month we talked to Cameron for our occasional series Talking About Fearnan. Cameron was born and … Continue reading

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Improved Emergency Support in Fearnan

Fearnan has just taken delivery of its own Public Access Defibrillator. A defibrillator is used to administer an electric shock to a person who is having a cardiac arrest and Fearnan’s defibrillator is designed to allow non-medical personnel to use … Continue reading

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October Update

Tall Tales at the Coffee Morning! Around 20 folk dropped in to the October Coffee Morning this week. They included former Fearnan resident Victor Logan, who was staying in the village for a few days. Victor was well known for … Continue reading

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September Update

Autumn is creeping in, the colours of the leaves are starting to change and there’s an excellent crop of brambles ripening alongside the paths . After a break for the summer, the FVA Coffee Mornings resumed this month with a … Continue reading

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Noticeboard

A couple of requests for information/help have come into the Fearnan blog this week, and details are below. Rose wrote: “Does anyone have photos of the adventure playground the Engineers sub-unit from the University of London Officer Training Corps built … Continue reading

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Talking About Fearnan – A Wartime Childhood

In this, the 3rd in our occasional series about Fearnan in the past, we are delighted to be able to reproduce an article written and published by Alastair Barnett (who now lives in British Columbia) about growing up in Fearnan … Continue reading

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Thrift Shop: 10th – 16th August

The Fearnan Hall Committee will be running their annual fundraising sale of goods in the Aberfeldy Thrift Shop from 10th to 16th August. Contributions of goods for sale will be much appreciated, and they should be handed into the Thrift … Continue reading

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Lights Out – First World War Commemoration

Poppyscotland have been in touch to ask us to help commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World War by joining them, along with villages, towns and cities throughout the UK, for LIGHTS OUT on Monday 4th August. … Continue reading

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Strawberry Tea Time!

The spell of good weather broke on Saturday but there was a warm welcome for everyone inside the village hall. Nearly 50 folk, including holiday visitors from home and abroad, came to enjoy a wonderful spread of strawberry treats.   … Continue reading

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Dates for Your Diary

Just a reminder that the next Coffee Morning is on Tuesday 10th June at 10.30 in the village hall. In July, all things strawberry come to Fearnan with the Strawberry TeaZ event on Saturday 12th July at 3.00pm in the hall. … Continue reading

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