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a risk of flooding due to a low lying position, it was nonetheless felt to be the best-positioned and most suitable of the three choices.
At a recent meeting of Argyll and Bute Council it was decided that the site should be offered to the Royal British Legion Association.
The district council had formerly had included in their five-year rolling programme their own scheme for 30 sheltered housing, units, and had considered developing the bowling green site themselves.
This project has since been deleted from the rolling programme and the land is now available for use by the Royal British Legion.
A massive turnout of youngsters ensured that last Saturday’s five-a-side football competition at Lochgilphead Sports Centre was a great success.
Teams from all over Mid Argyll, as well as a contingent of 20 teams from Campbeltown, took part in the event, which was divided into nine age groups for boys and two for girls.
Lochgilphead Boys Club, Furnace Youth Club and Crosshill Boys Club of Campbeltown proved the day’s most successful clubs, each lifting two trophies.
Lochgilphead took the under-11s and under-12s cups, while Furnace, in addition to the under-15s boys’ cup, took the under-17s girls’ trophy. Crosshill took both the under-13s and under-17s boys’ trophies.
Other trophy winners were Longrow (Campbeltown) in the under-10s, Red Star Boys in the under-14s, Ardrishaig in the under-16s, Botswana and Hove Albion in the under-21s and Hughie’s Angels in the girls’ under-14s.
The section winners now go on to the west area finals of the Scottish Youth Club Association national five-a-side football tournament – for which this was qualifying heat – and the winners in the area finals, to be staged in Bridge of Weir, will go on to the national finals at the Kelvin Hall.
SIXTY YEARS AGO Tuesday, February 18, 1964 More houses for Lochgilphead
Lochgilphead Town Council has been given the go-ahead to build an additional 66 houses in the burgh, following the approval in principle, communicated to the council last week, by the Scottish Development Department.
When the council embarked on this housing development in September of last year, 76 houses were planned, but this was whittled down to 66 by the time the scheme was submitted to the department.
Granting approval for the erection of the houses which must be completed over the next two years and let under the provisions of the Housing (Scotland) Act, the department has, however, stipulated that should the houses be let to certain other categories, an economic rent must be charged.
Commenting on the good news, Provost Dugald MacBrayne said at the council meeting that he considered the department’s decision to be very satisfactory.
Anxious not to delay matters, the council agreed, on the motion of Dean of Guild A. MacKellar, the housing convener, to instruct Mr W. Crerar, the Oban architect, to prepare a detailed site plan as quickly as possible. 2014: Successful trainees Sam Thomas, Alan Campbell, Peter Creech and Colin Campbell, who received LANTRA certification for chainsaw crosscutting, felling techniques and saw maintenance at Blarbuie Woodland.