Tomintoul & Glenlivet

Tomintoul & Glenlivet Outdoor Bowling Club

The all weather outdoor bowling club in the highest bowling green in the highlands.

The Independent Glenlivet & Inveravon News Group

THISTLEdown is distribute over a wide area and has over 75 subscribers worldwide. Production is funded by advertising fees, sales of THISTLEdown and sponsorship.

Our aims and objectives are to entertain and inform people living, working and visiting, the Glenlivet and Inveravon area. The Group is completely independent with contributions invited from all local groups and committees. The Group helps to forge a community identity, and helps to increase personal involvement in community projects.

THISTLEdown not only informs but through our website an archive it is laid down for posterity as social history of our area. A copy of each issue is sent to the National Library of Scotland. In 50 years’ time people may be reading THISTLEdown and musing about the changes that have taken place.

The Crafty Lot

The craft group meets each Wednesday from Sept to May in The Richmond Memorial Hall. 1-30 to 3-30pm. Cost £2. There is a variety of crafting going on, including knitting, crochet, patchwork, painting, etc. Bring along your own project. Share your expertise. Many members knit for The Queen Mother’s Guild charity. We meet and share our ideas, have a chat and have a coffee/tea and biscuits as we craft. If anyone wants to learn a new skill, there is usually someone on hand to teach, and if you are stuck with a project, one of our members can usually help, or knows someone else who can.