News • June 28, 2020 • by Awesome Aberlady Garden waste collections are back from Wednesday July 1, 2020 in Aberlady and will take place every four weeks. GARDEN WASTE COLLECTIONS in brown wheelie bins are back from Wednesday July 1, 2020 in Aberlady, but for the time being they will only take place once …
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In May 2020, Eileen Unwin announced that she would retire at the end of term after 30 years as a teacher at Aberlady Primary School. Here she looks back on her time at the school and sends a message to her current and former pupils. Mrs Unwin in 2013 with her P1 class, the P7 …
Entomological – there’s a word to get your chops round. Try saying it fast five times. Much easier to say ‘insects’. But what are insects, exactly? John Harrison, Aberlady Bay’s own countryside ranger, explains… Bumblebee – Snail – Butterfly – Moth – Hoverfly – Fly – Beetle – Wasp – Damselfly – Spider – but …
News • May 11, 2020 • by Awesome Aberlady Main picture: ‘Blackbird’, featuring Darren Selby on multi-tracked vocals and Steven Polwart on acoustic guitar. TWO NEW TUNES have been released by Aberlady Sessions, the collective of local musicians who are producing a series of lockdown collaborations featuring guest vocalists and backing singers. Now available to …
News • May 7, 2020 • by Awesome Aberlady The 100-mile challengers, clockwise from top left: Ben, Gemma and Lucy, Ava, Finlay and Harris, Loulou and Lexie, Sam, Alasdair, Ella. A GROUP OF P7 pupils from Aberlady Primary School, with the help of younger sisters and brothers, have completed their challenge to walk, run and …
News • May 1, 2020 • by Awesome Aberlady ABERLADY’S OWN VILLAGE supergroup, the musical driving force behind two legendary ‘live karaoke’ events at the Village Hall in recent years, is back with an online collaboration that aims to bring you a series of classic tunes as lockdown continues. The first song in the series …
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News • April 30, 2020 • by Awesome Aberlady BROWN GARDEN BINS will be collected as a one-off event this Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and 3. You will need to have your bin ready outside the house by 7am on Saturday, and it could be emptied any time up to 4pm on the Sunday. …
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News • April 26, 2020 • by Awesome Aberlady ON SUNDAY APRIL 26th, the Rev Brian Hilsley, Aberlady and Gullane’s hugely respected minister, makes a very welcome return after a period of absence by leading an online service from St Andrew Blackadder, North Berwick. The Rev Dr Neil Dougall, the minister of the North Berwick …
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Food news • April 20, 2020 • by Awesome Aberlady MMM, PIZZA! AND not just any old pizza, either. Aberlady’s tastebuds have been tingling following the news that Dunbar-based The Big Blu is now delivering oven-ready versions of its delicious pizzas. Famous for serving straight from their blue van with its wood-fired oven, The Big …
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News • April 17, 2020 • by Awesome Aberlady TWO OF THE village’s many artists and craftspeople are putting their creative talents into new ways to support health workers and carers. Both are contributing a proportion of their profits to help The Makery in Dunbar to produce visors. Cheryl Jones, whose greetings cards are a …
Holly, courtesy of the Walker family
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