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The K'nocker - Winter 2015

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As these are nearly upon us, please remember that this is a time of goodwill to all folk – so please be neighbourly and check on the houses around to ensure that folk are warm and well. It only takes a couple of minutes, unless you are invited in for a wee dram and a mince pie!

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The K'nocker - Autumn 2015

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Can lightning strike twice? On Saturday 13 August (2005) torrential rains fell in the afternoon, causing the streets to run with water, the road drains to spout like fountains and Portknockie to suffer some serious damage.

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The K'nocker - Summer 2015

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While the long evenings are with us enjoy everything that our village offers including inspiring walks, sparkling conversation, glorious sunsets, awesome flora and fauna and friendly pubs and shops.

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The K'nocker - Winter 2014

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The clocks have fallen back, the summer’s holidaymakers have returned to warmer climes, the geese have honked their autumn departure notes, leaving with our other feathered, summer visitors, and we are left to hibernate till Easter it seems!!

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The K'nocker - Autumn 2014

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Once again we have been battered by wind and rain, as the remnants of Hurricane Bertha visited the Moray Firth. As usual life in Portknockie was not hampered as badly as many surrounding towns and villages, and our thoughts go out to those who really have suffered.This issue welcomes the second part of Bruce Bishop’s A History of Moray, together with many of our more usual features. We are particularly pleased to re-introduce the ’Welcome’ bit and hopefully will be able to add births and marriages to this section, too. Mhairi McLean gives us an insight into Portknockie Primary School as the threat of closure looms over it.…

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The K'nocker - Summer 2014

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As you will most certainly have noticed The K’nocker has had to change a little. After Moray Council stopped printing cheaply and in order to keep costs in check, we have had to opt for the A5 size rather than A4 as this uses less paper and ink and the printing bill is therefore obviously lower. However, this change also allows us to give you EVERY page in glorious colour we are sure you will soon get used to the handy pocket and handbag size... The team also welcome Mhairi McLean who has recently joined us and will be looking at new features and using her expertise as a proof reader.…

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The K'nocker - Spring 2014

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One door closes and another opens, it is so sad to see Portknockie Library close after all these years, and while some of us have not been resident long, we would like to make mention of the tireless and helpful service offered by all past librarians. Once again the school is threatened with closure, probably by 2017, and we shall watch the Council proceedings over the forthcoming months. However, it’s lovely to see that Portknockie Chip Shop has once again found favour, and has opened its doors for our delight. Please make use of it together with all our other local shops, pubs and businesses, surely we owe it to their proprietors to do our utmost to keep them open...…

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The K'nocker - Winter 2013

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Once again December, Winter and the Christmas & New Year festive season is upon us. Again we can marvel as waves lash the harbour walls, sending foam and spray eighty or a hundred feet in the air, always searching to soak the unsuspecting stroller! We might also marvel at the “Yes” campaign’s White Paper on The Referendum which has just been published - let us know if you feel it has merit or not... Meanwhile, to you all - please have a Very Merry Christmas and a fruitful and peaceful 2014…

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The K'nocker - Autumn 2013 3:59

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First and foremost, the library is still open while the councillors digest the large number of responses to the latest consultation. Meanwhile, the Port basked in the warmth that visited the whole of the British Isles this summer. The pool and most of the bollards at the harbour are now freshly painted and there is a new information panel in the Memorial Gardens. There were spectacularly extreme low tides in June, which were caused by the Moon’s close orbit to the Earth. And, of course, the dolphins have visited! See the photos inside…

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The K'nocker - Summer 2013

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Three months have passed since the Council revealed its plans for budget cuts. Other than the one classroom assistant being lost from school, the K'nocker is not aware of any contentious plan being executed. The library is still open and the public toilets in Cullen have not yet been shut. The local newspapers suggest there is still much to consider. Life in the Port carries on as usual, long may that continue.…

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The K'nocker - Spring 2013

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This spring brings sad and worrying news that Moray Council intends to implement a series of cost saving measures that will have a serious impact on Portknockie. Teaching assistant support in the school is to be reduced, the library closed and subsidies for the public bus service reduced. There are also indications that Portknockie school may itself face closure in a future round of cuts. The timescale for the closure of Portknockie library is not yet public and the Knocker has not been able to find out what will happen to the books or the computers.…

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The K'nocker - Winter 2012

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The condition of our aged harbour is regularly inspected by Moray Council. Inspections of quay faces which are submerged at low tide are carried out at 2 year intervals by divers. Other inspections are carried out annually and, if necessary, after storms. Inspections and repairs are inanced by the Council's Larbour Maintenance budget. The inspection after the spring storm this year found that a large block of concrete had been swept from the seaward end of the MacDonald Pier. The pier was repaired urgently, as soon as the tides and weather were conducive. The seats around the paddling pool and harbour have now been replaced. They were sufering from broken spars and degrading concrete bases.…

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The K'nocker - Autumn 2012

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This issue sees the K'nocker ending its first year since restarting. We would like to thank everyone who has contributed over the last year. Each issue is put on the village website www.portknockiewebsite.co.uk just before the next issue is published and the snippets of information can be found by a web search engine such as Google. So, each contribution does not disappear into the mist but remains for times to come. This issue is particularly rich in fishing heritage. A fisherman's daughter tells us her memories of life at home during the autumn fishing down to Yarmouth. The heritage Group has information about the Port's boat builders, gleaned from a recent event at Cullen Gala. And an old stalwart is remembered in the poetry corner. Coincidentally, another thread running throughout is the Mair 'Shavie'. The father and grandfather of David Mair 'Shavie', to whose memory two seats have been recently erected would have sailed on the Lively with the brother of David Pirie Cy Pirie's grandfather, who had a share in the boat. As for Jockie Mair 'Shavie' he was an early relative of the owner of the Lively.…

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The K'nocker - Summer 2012

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On Friday 20th April 2012, more than 200 people joined in the dedication service in the Millenium Gardens for the memorial to the victims of the bombing raid on 19th February 1941. The new memorial complements the village's memorials to its Fallen in War and its Fishermen Lost at Sea. Cy Pirie, President of Cullen, Deskford and Portknockie heritage Group, led the service and asked everyone to live in the present by looking to the past and anticipating whatever the future may bring.…

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The K'nocker - Spring 2012

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Cullen, Deskford and Portknockie Heritage Group will be leading a service to unveil and dedicate a memorial plaque and bench in the Millennium Garden that will commemorate the victims of the 19th February 1941 bombing of Portknockie. This is an early intimation of the event and an invitation to any member of the public who would like to attend. The service will be at 2pm on Friday the 20th April 2012.…

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