Posts Tagged ‘Cullen’

Cullen Community Groups Join Together to Recreate Gala Weekend

Cullen Community Groups Join Together to Recreate Gala Weekend Cullen will be the place to be from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th July. Over the last few months, community groups across Cullen have been working together to create the Cullen Summer Festival. Zillah Jamieson, Vice-Chair of the Cullen Voluntary Tourist Initiative, indicated: “The Summer Festival [...]

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Cullen & Deskford Calendar 2012 – Now on Sale in Cullen

The Community Council is delighted to announce that the 2012 Calendar is now on sale in shops throughout Cullen – in plenty of time for the summer visitors to our area. This calendar marks a big change in design, quality and format from the last two years – both of which generated significant funds for [...]

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Cullen & Deskford Community Council – Launch of Photo Competition for 2012 Calendar

Cullen and Deskford launch Photo Competition for the Area’s 2012 Calendar Over the last 2 years, the Cullen & Deskford Community Council and Cullen, Deskford and Portknockie Heritage Group have produced a very successful calendar featuring the area through photographs of the past and the present. This initiative has generated significant funds for both community [...]

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Vintage Cars and Tractors Event and Fundraising for the Save the Beacon campaign

Submitted by Cullen & Deskford Community Council using the “add your event” form. Following a successful Homecoming programme of fund-raising events in 2009, the Cullen & Deskford Community Council has been concentrating its efforts thus far this year on two very successful events raising funds for the Save the Cullen Beacon campaign. A Ceilidh at [...]

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Save Cullen Harbour Beacon campaign

Press release from Cullen & Deskford Community Council: Kipper Barbecue on the Pier and Local Pipers, Sunday 8th August between 11.00 and 14.00 After several years of hard work, commitment and perseverance from a number of individuals and groups, a campaign to find an alternative to the demolition of the Cullen Harbour Beacon will soon [...]

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Cullen & Deskford launch on the world!

Press release Cullen and Deskford will have their very own world-wide presence – as from Saturday 17th July – www.discovercullen.com – a collaborative project between the Cullen & Deskford Community Council and the Cullen Voluntary Tourist Initiative. Professor Ashley Mowat, Chair of the Cullen & Deskford Community Council commented: “This is a fantastic development for [...]

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Cullen community power creates Christmas buzz!

Cullen has been in the news a lot over the last few weeks mainly in connection with the flood damage of the Cullen bridge and on the closure of the Cullen – Fochabers road which we reported earlier is open again. Tonight we noticed Cullen on the STV news where it was mentioned that the [...]

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Cullen open for business!

Despite warnings on radio and road signs about road closure, the A98 Fochabers to Cullen road is open for traffic and Cullen businesses are open for business. There are repairs at the Cullen bridge dealing with the damage caused by the recent floods, but diversions are in place. At the northern tip of the Banffshire [...]

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