Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Death of Eileen Wilson
BROUGHTY Ferry woman Eileen Wilson, who volunteered with her l ocal branch of the YMCA for almost 50 years, has died aged 80.
Born Eileen Brough on April 6 1938, she was a proud “Sandyholer” and went to Eastern Primary School then Grove Academy.
Mrs Wilson worked at Woolwor ths, Malones, Goodfellows and as a school cleaner but her life’s passion was her decades of work with Broughty Ferry YMCA.
She heard about the branch needing a leader of the girls’ section and never looked back.
Hundreds of youths passed through the YMCA during her tenure and Mrs Wilson organised numerous fundraising events.
She also arranged exchange trips with youths from Cologne, as well as journeys to Por tugal, Butlins, Dalnaglar Castle and Dalguise.
Mrs Wilson was awarded the George Williams medal, named after the philanthropist who founded the charity, five years ago.
About 20,000 music lovers will descend on Scone Palace to see acts such as Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Simple Minds and Emeli Sande at the sold-out BBC event.
People have been urged to be prepared for heavy traffic throughout Perth and the surrounding area during the festival, which takes place on Friday and Saturday.
Work on the stages and facilities — including the construction of a main stage and a secondary stage — are being finalised.
Limited car parking is available for the event, with tickets for spaces, costing between £15-18, having to be purchased in advance.
Stagecoach has teamed up with BBC Biggest Weekend and Perth and Kinross Council to lay on a shuttle bus service from Perth city centre.
Seats will be “extremely limited” and are available for purchase from Perth bus station.
Councillor Colin Stewart, who represents Strathmore, said excitement was building for the event and urged festival-goers to take advantage of the public transport on offer.
He said: “The traffic plan in place is quite complex and I’d encourage anyone going to familiarise themselves with it.
“We’re all very excited to see this coming to Scone. We’ve had quite a few events there, but this is bringing some national attention to Perthshire, which is great.
“Large numbers of people will be attending, so that’s going to mean some disruption on the local roads.
“I would encourage everyone to plan ahead and in particular for
THE finishing touches are being put to The Biggest Weekend — with just three days to go until the Perth festival gets under way.
attendees to use the shuttle bus service that is being laid on from the centre of Perth.
“Alternatively, I’d encourage any car sharing where possible to keep traffic to a minimum.
“I understand there are no spare rooms at hotels or B&Bs in Perth, so we’re expecting a lot of people coming in and giving us a great boost.
“The council officers do recognise that there will be disruption to local residents, but we’d ask that everyone understands that they’ll be doing their best to limit that as much as possible.”
BBC Music is also holding Biggest Weekend events in Belfast, Coventry and Swansea.
Edith Bowman and Claudia Winkleman will present the TV coverage from Perth.
Residents living in Dundee postcodes were entitled to make a claim on tickets allocated to a special “pot” for local residents.
While the majority of tickets — 60% — were reserved for those living in the Perth and Kinross council area, another 25% were reserved for people living in DD, FK and KY postcodes.
See Monday’s Evening Telegraph for a special eight-page picture pullout from the event.