ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO AUGUST 5 1916

Salmon farm is a giant leap forward

THE WORLD’S largest landbased tank for growing full-size salmon has

Juvenile B band are Scottish champions

Kintyre Schools Novice Juvenile B band celebrate after being declared

Piping success at the Scottish championships

KINTYRE Schools Pipe Band (KSPB) were declared the best in

Log lorry in crash

A LUMBER lorry from Kintyre shed its load in Kilmartin

Sexual assault sentence further deferred

A PORT Charlotte man who threatened an Australian woman in

Crooked constable cops a community payback

A POLICEMAN who stole money from Campbeltown police office was

Flo’s fundraising tour de Kintyre

A PEDALLING pensioner has raised nearly £400 on a simple

Disabled funded to enter politics

A £200,000 fund to encourage disabled people to enter politics

Mother keeps memory of daughter alive with fundraising hike ory of daughter alive

SOME people would say walking 6,000 miles around the UK

Royal British Legion unveils striking memorial benches

BENCHES commemorating both world wars have been installed at Campbeltown’s

CGS4Gambia return to Jarrol to complete nursery project

A GROUP from the CGS4Gambia team have returned to West

Flower festival blossoms for Mairi Semple Fund

MORE THAN 20 floral displays transformed A’Chleit church into a

Seals swipe mackerel and hooks

A COURIER reader is upset at the plight of seals

Camping cross-dressers raise funds and eyebrows

BRAZEN caravan holidaymakers put on their best make-up and skirts

Bronze for Mull of Kintyre cheese

KINTYRE cheddar rose to the top at one of the

Thought for the Week

WELL, I say it every time: ‘This is definitely the

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO AUGUST 9 1991

THE INVASION of itinerant construction workers superimposed on the forces

FIFTY YEARS AGO AUGUST 4 1966

Lifeboat goes out for five in dinghy WHILE Campbeltown lifeboat

Pupils advised ‘not to panic’ by exam results

MORE than 142,000 pupils in Scotland will receive their National

Perfect pipers put in a phenomenal performance

IT IS amazing to hear that some of the Kintyre

A mum’s memories

A NOTE from a five-year-old, saying: ‘I love you, mummy’,

Providers of memorial benches deserve praise

FOR years to come, visitors to Campbeltown’s C-listed striking war

A life buoy for CalMac management

I suppose it is part of your editorial duties to

Raymond snaps his way to prize

AIRPORT security worker and camera whizz Raymond Hosie has focused

Campbeltown piper to star at Glasgow festival

THE WEE Toon’s own piping sensation will belt out tunes

Ayrshire artists become Gigha Girls tomorrow

WATERCOLOURS, acrylics and oil paintings reflecting the Isle of Gigha’s

Glasgow exhibition comes to the Wee Toon after Glasgow success

CAMPBELTOWN – Success Built in Stone will feature never-seen-before giant

Clachan History Society takes trip to Temple

CLACHAN History Society met at Largie old sawmill to follow

Mobile phone signal strengthened in Clachan

CLACHAN is among 35 Scottish rural communities now enjoying more

Dolphin escort for Guild members

CARRADALE Guild members were thrilled to see dolphins escorting their

Shutters open on annual camera club show

SNAP up a hot ticket this weekend and take in

Littleson pulls a perfect plough

PLOUGHING perfection belonged to Neil Littleson at Largieside who was

A century and a half of Kintyre shows

THE JUNE show in August, as Kintyre’s premier event is

Brexit vote ‘puts new housing targets at risk’ - new CIH Scotland survey

Housing professionals in Scotland fear the UK’s recent Brexit vote

BAXTER

Suddenly at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, on July

BLAIR

On July 30, 2016, peacefully at Campbeltown Hospital, David Robert

MCINTOSH

John Campbell, formerly of Carradale and Paisley, died peacefully, at

PEARSON

Andrew Stevenson (Andy), in his 85th year, passed suddenly at

BROWN

Mary Brown (Thomson) and husband, Thomas G Brown. Lives well

JOHNSTONE

In loving memory of my husband, Donnie, who died August

Campbeltown’s set for first Highland games in decades

WHEN Campbeltown last staged a Highland games, Culture Club were

Anniversary of sport at Aqualibrium

RACE to Campbeltown’s Aqualibrium centre next weekend to experience seven

Competitors flock to Dunaverty Holiday Open

AN EXCELLENT field took to Dunaverty course to compete in

MacNab scoops third Tarbert club championship

THE TARBERT Golf Club championship was reduced to 54 holes

Opening SAFL fixtures

SCOTTISH Amateur League match secretary Frank McCann has announced the

Triathlon ready to re-test lung capacity

KINTYRE’S fittest athletes are set to take on a three-pronged

Local football coach nets volunteer award

ST MIRREN’S Ryan Hardie congratulated Campbeltown’s David Paterson as he

Argyll and Bute Cup

THE annual Argyll and Bute Cup tournament takes place in