ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO Saturday July 9, 1921

Visit of warship

HMS Thunderer arrived in Campbeltown Harbour on Monday for a week's stay, coming from Lamlash where four days had been spent.

The Thunderer is on a cruise with Naval Cadets, of whom upwards of 160 are on board.

The ship's company numbers over 900 and she is under command of Captain C McKenzie RN.

Among the cadets on board is the Crown Prince of Belgium. The Flag Day on behalf of Campbeltown Cottage Hospital will be held on Tuesday next.

During the war this means of raising money for various war charities became very common and very successful and its continued use in peacetime could surely find no more worthy object than our hospitals, which have been badly crippled owing to income falling to keep pace with the increasing cost of upkeep.

Campbeltown and District Cottage Hospital has been no exception to the common rule and that it has so far kept free from debt is due to the splendid efforts of the ladies' committee which has worked tirelessly in many directions to increase the income.

A Flag Day in Midsummer was the idea of the ladies and they are organising for it in a way that deserves success. We are sure their appeal will meet with a hearty response from the public.

Although there must be many lean purses in the community just now, the hospital is a cause that cannot fail to touch all who have anything at all to spare.

Its place and usefulness in the community are emphasised by the fact that during last year the beds were practically full the whole twelve month. In connection with the Flag Day, a sale of farm produce, fruit, flowers and vegetables will be held in the Christian Institute on Tuesday afternoon, to be opened at 3 o'clock by Provost Colville.

West Coast Motors, founded by the Craig family, is celebrating its centenary this year. In 1921, on Wednesdays, which were often a half-day, especially for shops where workers were expected to work all day Saturday, the company offered excursions to Bellochantuy.