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Golden anniversary day for happy couple
A MULL couple who have lived all their married life in Tobermory celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last month.
John and Eilidh Wilshire married 50 years ago on June 24 1966 at the Parish Church in Tobermory.
RNLI shop volunteer Eilidh, nee Johnstone, was born and bred in the town but John, who looked after Tobermory’s lifeboat, is still ‘a relative incomer’ having been a resident for ‘only 54 years’.
For 35 of those years John, a former fisherman and forester, served as green keeper at Tobermory Golf Club, while Eilidh ran their home, Ivy Bank on Argyll Terrace, as a B&B for more than 30 years. They have two sons, Gordon and Iain, and three grandchildren, Stewart, Alice and Lewis.
Family and friends joined the couple for an anniversary dinner at the Tobermory Hotel after a night in a five-star hotel on the island, paid for by their sons.
Celebrations continue later this year when the 73-year- old ‘rockers’ visit the Glasgow Hydro for Status Quo and Rod Stewart concerts and Anglesey for a holiday. ‘It’s quite scary the way all the time has gone,’ reflected John. ‘As you get older, the quicker it goes.’
To mark the couple’s happy day, Councillor Mary-Jean Devon presented flowers on behalf of Argyll and Bute Council.
Whale centre hosts scientific talks
A SERIES of talks is to take place at the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Centre in Tobermory.
The centre, opened by the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust earlier this year, will host a different guest speaker every Thursday in the coming months.
Details of the talks will be availa- ble through the trust’s social media, its website and posters. The evening events are not just an opportunity to absorb knowledge but a great way to socialise, with complimentary glasses of wine.
Ella Potts, visitor centre assistant, said: ‘ Wildlife and wine have proved to be exactly what Tobermory ordered.
‘Our science talks have been heaving with guests since their launch in June.
‘Subjects have varied from whales, dolphins, eagles, otters, coastal invertebrates and more.’