BALLOGIE and BIRSE BLOG

AUTUMN FAYRE AND CHUTNEY COMPETITION - Sun 26 September 2010

2010-10-07T17:42:00.005+01:00

The Ballogie Autumn Fayre and Boot Sale was held on Sunday 26 September and again was very popular and visited by many locals and visitors. The seven stalls and four Car Boots all did a steady trade as did the Aboyne Girl Guides car wash. The excellent Tarland Patient Transport Group coffee shop also proved very popular.

To add to the fun of this fayre there was the 'Best Ballogie Chutney Competition'. There were eight entries with Kay Kewley from Strachan declared the winner and Chris Fern from Torphins second. The judge was Nikki Bradford from Kincardine Castle Kitchen.

The Winter Fayre will be held from 11am to 3pm on Saturday 4 December. Stall holders will be there selling Xmas gifts and cards as well as Xmas trees. The competition for this fayre will be the 'Best Ballogie Homemade Christmas Card'. There will be a group for adults and another for the under 12's.

SUMMER FAYRE (Sun 25 July 2010) and BEST BALLOGIE BISCUIT COMPETITION

2010-07-26T20:23:00.013+01:00

The Summer Fayre and Best Ballogie Biscuit competition was held on a warm sunny day from 10 to 2pm on Sunday 25 July. 10 stall holders and 6 car boots had a variety of goods and produce on sale. A large number of local residents, and many residents and holiday makers from adjacent ares, made it the best Fayre yet. Money raised from 3 of the car boot sales went to Help for Heroes, One-to-One counselling, and the Aboyne Guides. Teas and coffees were provided by One-to-One counselling.

To add to the 'Fun of the Fayre', a Best Ballogie Biscuit competition was held. There were 12 adult entries, 2 in the under 12'2, and one from a dog!! Isobel McRobbie from Ballogie was the judge and she said that all the entries were of a very high standard and she had difficulty in choosing the top 3. The winner was Patsy Younie from Ballogie. Second was Gemma Reid from Echt, and third was Kay Kewley from Strachan. The winner ov the under 12's was Louis Harker of Ballogie, and the dog entry was highly commended!!

Isobel McRobbie presenting certificates and rosettes to Patsy Younie, Gemma Reid and Kay Kewley

A visiting 4 legged friend put the seal of approval on the dog biscuits!!

SPRING FAYRE (Sun 30 May 2010) & BIKE RIDE (Sat 5 Jun 2010)

2010-06-12T12:27:00.004+01:00

The Ballogie Spring Fayre was held at the hall from 10am to 2pm on Sun 30 may 2010. A good variety of stalls attracted a large number of local residents and visitors, and the Fayre was deemed to be a great success.

The Ballogie Bike Ride took place on the tracks and paths around the Ballogie Estate. A fine day and picnic at the end, ensured a fun day for everyone.

BURNS NIGHT SUPPER AND MUSICAL EVENING - 6 FEB 2010

2010-02-08T12:42:00.002Z

Ballogie Hall, renamed the Ballogie Burns Unit, was the venue for the 2010 Burns Night Supper and Musical Evening with Bruce Davies, a well known singer/songwriter from Glenrothes. The 67 guests present thoroughly enjoyed Bruce's variety of songs and acoustic guitar music. The excellent haggis supper was cooked by Sandra Cruickshank, piped in by Lee Taylor and addressed by Bruce Davies. In all it was a fabulous night.

XMAS FAYRE AND SILENT AUCTION - Sat 12 December 2009

2009-12-16T18:59:00.004Z

Donations from the sale of teas, coffees and home baking at the summer fayres came to over £400. Isobel McRobbie is seen here with Sandra Cruickshank.

the 12 December 2009 saw the best Xmas Fayre yet with over 12 stall holders selling festive goods. In addition there was a Silent Auction with 25 items from glider flights to a load of muck, and an MOT test to meals at various Deeside resturants, and over £900 was raised for the Hall funds.

8 November 2009 REMBERANCE SERVICE AT CORSEDARDER HILL WAR MEMORIAL

2009-11-08T16:46:00.004Z

On a fine 8 November 2009 afternoon about 50 local residents attended the Remberance Service at the War Memorial at Corsedarder conducted by the Rev Jack Holt

MONTHLY FAYRE AND BOOT SALE 27 SEPT 2009

2009-09-28T16:05:00.004+01:00

Sunday 27 September saw the last of the monthly Summer Fayres and Boot Sales.

BUSHCTRAFT AND SURVIVAL SKILLS 26 SEPT 2009

2009-09-28T15:09:00.005+01:00

On a warm sunny day on Saturday 26th September, Lawerence Clark, a buschcraft and survival expert and instructor, held a practical training afternoon in the woods near Ballogie Hall for 25 local adults and children wanting to learn the basics of living off the land. Topics included fire lighting, putting up a shelter, making tent pegs, preparing a rabbit for cooking, and foraging for wild edible foods. A grat day was had by all.

TALK ON INNES FAMILY 22 SEPT 2009

2009-09-28T14:31:00.004+01:00

On 22nd September 2009 at Ballogie Hall, as part of A Portrait of Our Time, Bryan Miller of Marywell, Ballogie gave a fascinating illustrated talk about the Innes family of the 18th and 19th centuary. When not escaping the guillotine in revolutionary Paris, running away from a seminary to make a small fortune in Russia, attending the Stuart court in exile or repelling redcoats with charm and guile, the Innes family were quite content to be at home in Ballogie and were one time lairds of Balnacraig.

BALLOGIE HALL BBQ 29 AUGUST 2009

2009-09-06T17:22:00.006+01:00

Ballogie Hall's free family BBQ and Ceilidh held on Sat 29 Aug 09.

Approx 80 families and friends attended on a lovely sunny evening.

BALLOGIE FAYRE AND BOOT SALE SUN 26 APR 09

2009-04-26T14:49:00.005+01:00

BALLOGIE FAYRE AND BOOT SALE

SUNDAY 26 APRIL 2009

The first and very successful monthly Fayre. Next one is on Sunday 24 May 2009

BALLOGIE HALL MONTHLY FAYRE AND CAR BOOT SALE

2009-03-30T18:41:00.000+01:00

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

2009-03-30T18:00:00.006+01:00

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.

What and Where is Ballogie Hall

2009-03-20T18:48:00.003Z

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.