Lorne and Lowland Church becomes a department store

REVEREND Philip Wallace opened the Lorne and Lowland Guild’s sale of work by comparing it to a department store.

Rev Wallace said: ‘Whenever I come to a Guild sale it is like entering a mini department store with gardening, clothes, grocery and a food hall.

‘When you have finished shopping it is time to sit down in the cafe for an afternoon tea and sample superb baking.’

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Sales were brisk in all areas and by the end of the afternoon Guild members had raised £2,500 for the church.

Among the more unusual stalls was one run by Kathleen McGougan to guess the weight of a dumpling.

25_c12guild02 Guild president Irene Millar introduced Reverend Philip Wallace.

25_c12guild04 As soon as the sale opened Anne Ralston was kept busy selling homebaking.

25_c12guild01 Reverend Philip Wallace sniffs some of the spring blooms on offer.