Author: Camy

The peat fire was burning, and the guests enjoyed mulled wine, tattie scones and mince pies. Ian Warner brought his accordion along, and entertained us with a selection of tunes. More …

This is the first time that we have organised this ourselves, without the help of Torthorwald School, but it was a tremendous success. More …

The annual Doors Open Days, organised by Solway Heritage, took place this year on Saturday 27th, and Sunday 28th September, 2008.

The theme this year was ‘Water’. More …

The Cruck Easter event was held on Easter Sunday again this year. There was an Easter Bonnet as well as an Easter Egg competition for the kids. Both attracted a good number of entries, and the standard was high. We had the spinners and weavers along again who gave a demonstration of their crafts, and More …

After the success of last year’s event, we held a similar event on Saturday, 8th December, 2007. Mulled wine, mince pies, and ‘Wullies World Famous Tattie Scones’ were again served, and members of Torthorwald Church choir led the carol singing. The event this year was mainly for the village folk, and was greatly enjoyed by More …

 A Christmas Fayre, arranged jointly by the Cruck Cottage and Torthorwald School, was held in Torthorwald Hall on Saturday, 17th November 2007. There was tombola, cake and candy, lucky dip stalls, etc, and a Christmas Hamper raffle plus refreshments. Proceeds were split between the School and the Cruck, and we are grateful for the support More …

Book Launch: Nicola Morgan, a noted Edinburgh based author of childrens books, launched her latest book, ‘The Highwaymans Curse’ at the Cruck Cottage on 5th November, 2007. The story is set in Galloway in the 18th century, and parts take place in a cottage similar to the Cruck. The children from Moniaive School, Dumfries, re-enacted More …

Once again we took part in the annual Doors Open Days at the end of September, which is organised each year by Solway Heritage. This event gives the public the opportunity to visit many interesting buildings throughout Dumfries and Galloway free of charge. We again had Margaret Vaughan and friends from Dumfries and Galloway Spinners, More …

On 16th June, we entered a decorated float in the ‘Guid Nychburris’ (Good Neighbours) gala parade in Dumfries. This was a shared entry with the Torthorwald ‘Scarecrow Day’ which is held in July each year. We constructed a mini Cruck Cottage on the float and the participants were dressed up in period costume. It was More …

On Easter Sunday, 2007, we were entertained by Lockerbie Pipe Band, and a spinning demonstration was given by Margaret Vaughan and friends from Dumfries and Galloway Spinners. We had an Easter egg competition for the kids, which was judged by our local Provost, Ken Cameron. Prizes were generously donated by Westsound Radio.