Monday 30 March 2009

BALLOGIE HALL MONTHLY FAYRE AND CAR BOOT SALE

Ballogie Fayre Invitation

Last Sunday of each month from April 26th to Oct 25th 2009
10 am - 2 pm

Car boots / outside table £5
Car boot & Table £10
Inside table £10

The Ballogie Hall Community Association is looking to promote local businesses from the NE of Scotland at their monthly Ballogie Fayre, and your business is invited to sell its products.

If you are unable to sell your products yourself but if, like us you think our idea sounds great, then contact us to see if we can come to an arrangement for selling for you.

All exhibiting businesses welcome to bring promotional fliers to have on show for the 7 months.

Where is Ballogie Hall?
Situated 100 yards from the Butterworth Gallery (Formally the village shop & PO)
on the B976 South Deeside Rd, between Banchory and Aboyne. (Aberdeen 40mins)

Main categories are:
Local Fresh Produce
Local Handmade Gifts & Crafts
Bric - a - Brac
Small Furniture

This event will be advertised in the Deeside Piper and a poster/ flyer campaign.
Contact sarahharker1@btconnect.com Tel Butterworth Gallery 013398 86104

PS Our Christmas Fayre is Saturday 12th Dec. Book now

Ballogie Hall Burns Night 2009

Ballogie Community Association and Village Hall held a
'Not Too Serious Burns Night Party'
on Sat 24th Jan 2009.
About 60 people attended the gathering which included a traditional meal of haggis, neeps and tatties with all the accompanying speeches. After the dinner the assembled company was entertained to Tam O'Shanter, music, sword dancing and a medly of bagpipe music. If that was not enough the evening ended with a ceilidh.





























Friday 20 March 2009

What and Where is Ballogie Hall


Ballogie Hall was built by WE Nicol in 1908 for the celebration of his daughter’s homecoming after her marriage. The Hall is near the centre of the settlement of Marywell just off the B 976 between Banchory and Aboyne. It is opposite Trembling Trees, which for many years was a joiner’s shop. A daily newspaper in 1910 described the Hall as "a commodious building specially built for social and other functions in the district, and very prettily situated, being surrounded by fir tress and aspens." At the homecoming celebration in 1910, a huge bonfire was built In front of the Hall, and the match was put to the pile of timber by the oldest tenant on the estate, Mrs Smart of "Trembling Trees". In the 1950’s/60’s the Hall was extended and modernised to meet the requirements of the day, but it is now in need of further upgrading to meet to-day’s standards.