Re: [scots-l] Folk in Angus
However... some small towns have a lot of social problems and some of these places would need a bit of care, particularly if you have kids and are concerned about schools etc. What sort of social problems?? Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [scots-l] Folk in Angus
Toby Rider wrote: However... some small towns have a lot of social problems and some of these places would need a bit of care, particularly if you have kids and are concerned about schools etc. What sort of social problems?? Same as in the Borders - lovely towns, sod all to do for kids, not a lot for young adults, and mainly drinking for everyone else. Anyone intelligent enough to need a college education usually has to leave town to get it, and not many return early in life (plenty come back, or move in, in later years). Come to think of it, same problems as most of rural Scotland, rural Wales, rural England, rural Ireland... NB: on the Buckfast topic - someone has left an 80 per cent finished bottle of Buckie opposite my back door. Abandoned midway down a 100 yard lane. Says it all, about Buckfast, and about small towns! DK Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[scots-l] Folk in Angus
Hi everyone, We're moving somewhere in Scotland in a couple of months, and recent considerations have been Angus towns, mainly Brechin, Arbroath and Kirriemuir; Does anybody knows anything about these towns? How's the Trad Arts scene? We were in Brechin last weekend and the scenery was gorgeous, but I don't know about music there, I haven't found much information; Kirriemuir, on the contrary, seems tohave a buoyant trad music activity, well, I don't know, any enlightning thoughts out there? Cheers, Manuel Waldesco Burntisland, Fife
Re: [scots-l] Folk in Angus
Manuel said: Hi everyone, We're moving somewhere in Scotland in a couple of months, and recent considerations have been Angus towns, ... Angus is beautiful, and rural rather than remote. There is a lot of music scattered through its glens. Kirrie seems to be the current session hot spot, but don't forget that Dundee and surrounds are not far away. Contact Christine Kydd as Dave suggests. However... some small towns have a lot of social problems and some of these places would need a bit of care, particularly if you have kids and are concerned about schools etc. The Bella McNabs played in Kirrie last year, and a brick arrived through a window at one point in the evening. Derek Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
