Today is a really exciting day, after over five years of overcoming hurdles work has started on site. Fairly minor work but work! Neil is cutting off the railings in anticipation of getting the new access created. The new access has had to be done before any work on site! And the beginning of the compound has been created.
Today is the Mull of Kintyre run, an annual Campbeltown event that encourages our Diaspora to return to the Wee Toon. So the opportunity was taken to have a couple of stalls, one selling soup and baking, and the other launching the “Slate Sales”.
"What is the Slate Sale?" I can hear you ask.
This is an opportunity to commemorate a family member or important event for all time and at the same time contribute to the project.
Buy a slate and write a few words to mark that person’s life or the important family event. An Ideal Wedding Present! Great way to record the birth of a grandchild. We will use the slate as part of the roof of the renovated Old Free Church School so your words, your writing will be recorded for all time, a bit like a time capsule.
What do you get for £10?
· A slate on the roof,
· A certificate, a copy of which will be bound into a book to be kept in the bunkhouse. AND
· The knowledge that you have assisted in an important Campbeltown Renovation Project.
