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Researching Rothesay Celebra ng Rothesay Talking Rothesay Our Rothesay www.argyll/bute.gov.uk/RothesayTHI

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Training

EDUCATION DAY

ROTHESAY CASTLE

TARGET GROUP & NOs - 75 YOUNG PEOPLE

DELIVERED BY HISTORIC SCOTLAND

MASONRY & LIME TASTER SESSIONS

BUTE AGRICULTURAL SHOW

TARGET GROUP—OPEN TO ALL

DELIVERED BY HISTORIC SCOTLAND & THE SCOTTISH LIME CENTRE

Masonry and Lime Taster Sessions 10th August 2011

Education Day in Rothesay Castle, 19th and 20th June 2012

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Training

TARGET GROUP—CONTRACTORS

DELIVERED BY LTM GROUP

MASONRY & MORTAR REPAIR

HIGH KIRK CEMETERY

TRADITIONAL SLATE

ARGYLL COLLEGE WORKSHOPS

TARGET GROUP—CONTRACTORS

DELIVERED BY HERITAGE CRAFT ALLIANCE

Traditional Slate, 24th August 2012

Masonry and Mortar Repair, 19th and 26th September 2012

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Training

TARGET GROUP & NOs— 14 CONTRACTORS

DELIVERED BY LEAD SHEET ASSOCIATION

LEADWORK

MOUNT STUART

SASH & CASE WINDOW REPAR

ARGYLL COLLEGE WORKSHOPS

TARGET GROUP & NOs— 20 CONTRACTORS

DELIVERED BY JOHN MCRITCHIE

Sash and Case Window Repair, 8th and 9th November 2012

Leadwork, 3rd, 4th and 5th December 2012

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Training

MERCHANDISING TRAINING FOR INDEPENDENT BUSINESS OWNERS

FYNE HOMES BOARD ROOM & ON SITE

SURVEYING & ASSESSING ROTHESAY’S TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS

FYNE HOMES BOARD ROOM & ON SITE

TARGET GROUP & NOs— 10 BUILT ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONALS

DELIVERED BY CRAIG FREW

TARGET GROUP & NOs— 10 LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS

DELIVERED BY BILL SMITH, LET’S TALK SHOP

Merchandising Training , 11th, 12th and 13th March 2013

Surveying and assessing Rothesay’s Traditional Buildings, 19th and 20th March 2013

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Training Tendering Training for Sole Traders, 16th April 2013

Joinery for Homeowners, 26th April 2013

TENDERING TRAINING

FYNE HOMES BOARD ROOM

TARGET GROUP & NOs—1 CONTRACTOR

DELIVERED BY ZM ARCHITECTURE & BUSINESS GATEWAY

JOINERY ARGYLL COLEGE WORKSHOP

TARGET GROUP & NOs— 6 HOME OWNERS

DELIVERED BY WEST LOTHIAN COLLEGE

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Training Traditional Skills Taster Workshops for Homeowners, 18th and 19th May 2013

Traditional Masonry Paint, 23rd May 2013

TRADITIONAL SKILLS TASTER SESSIONS

MOUNT STUART

TARGET GROUP & NOs—35 HOME OWNERS

DELIVERED BY CRAIG FREW

TRADITIONAL MASONRY PAINT MOUNT STUART

TARGET GROUP & NOs— 8 BUILT ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONALS & CONTRACTORS

DELIVERED BY CRAIG FREW

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Training Traditional Sign Writing, 7th August 2013

Lead Burning, 11th and 12th September 2013

TRADITIONAL SIGN WRITING

ARGYLL COLLEGE WORKSHOP

TARGET GROUP & NOs—5 CONTRACTORS

DELIVERED BY YOUNG ENTERPRISES

LEAD BURNING

MALCOLM JOHNSON’S YARD

TARGET GROUP & NOs— 7 CONTRACTORS

DELIVERED BY LEAD SHEET ASSOCIATION

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Training An Introduction to Effective Fundraising, 23rd August 2013

Coordinating and Managing Volunteers, 24th October 2013

INTRODUCTION TO FUNDRAISING

FYNE HOMES BOARD ROOM

TARGET GROUP & NOs—12 COMMUNITY GROUP REPRESENTATIVES

DELIVERED BY SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR

VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS

CO-ORDINATING & MANAGING VOLUNTEERS

HIGH KIRK MEETING ROOM

TARGET GROUP & NOs— 7 COMMUNITY GROUP

REPRESENTATIVES

DELIVERED BY VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT SCOTLAND

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Festivals, Open Days, Guided Tours, Exhibitions and Displays THI Launch, 11th June 2011

Architecture Exhibition, 16th to 21st June 2011

THI LAUNCH

HIGH KIRK MEETING ROOM

TARGET GROUP & NOs—39 COMMUNITY MEMBERS

DELIVERED BY ROTHESAY THI WITH GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART

ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION

ROTHESAY LIBRARY TARGET GROUP & NOs— OPEN EVENT

DELIVERED BY MACKINTOSH SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART

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Festivals, Open Days, Guided Tours, Exhibitions and Displays Heritage Walk, 27th August 2011

Doors Open Day 2011—The Churches of Bute, 24th September 2011

HERITAGE WALK

ROTHESAY TOWN CENTRE

TARGET GROUP & NOs—6 COMMUNITY MEMBERS

DELIVERED BY RCAHMS

DOORS OPEN DAY

THE CHURCHES OF BUTE

TARGET GROUP & NOs— 41 COMMUNITY MEMBERS

DELIVERED BY ROTHESAY THI

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Festivals, Open Days, Guided Tours, Exhibitions and Displays Take Time, 21st September 2011

Storytelling Festival, 27th October 2011

Visit Bute Presentation, 7th December 2012

TAKE TIME

ROTHESAY JOINT CAMPUS

TARGET GROUP & NOs—OPEN EVENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

DELIVERED BY ROTHESAY THI

VISIT BUTE PRESENTATION

PAVILION

TARGET GROUP & NOs—OPEN EVENT FOR COMMUNITY

DELIVERED BY VISIT BUTE

STORYTELLING FESTIVAL

ROTHESAY TOWN CENTRE

TARGET GROUP & NOs— 26 COMMUNITY MEMBERS

DELIVERED BY DONALD NELSON OF THE SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE

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Festivals, Open Days, Guided Tours, Exhibitions and Displays Shopfront Art Project, Summer 2012

Researching Rothesay, February to March 2013 (6 workshops)

TARGET GROUP & NOs—3 PRIMARY SCHOOLS

DELIVERED BY JESSICA HERRIOT

TARGET GROUP & NOs— 45 COMMUNITY MEMBERS

DELIVERED BY BRANDANII ARCHAEOLOGY & HERITAGE & ELEANOR MCKAY

SHOPFRONT ART PROJECT

EMPTY SHOP WINDOWS

RESEARCHING ROTHESAY

ROTHESAY LIBRARY & BUTE MUSEUM

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Festivals, Open Days, Guided Tours, Exhibitions and Displays Doors Open Day 2012—Bute’s Huf Haus, 9th September 2012

TARGET GROUP & NOs—72 COMMUNITY MEMBERS

DELIVERED BY ROTHESAY THI

DOORS OPEN DAY

HUF HAUS

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Festivals, Open Days, Guided Tours, Exhibitions and Displays Celebrating Rothesay—Postcards to the Gap Site, 24th to 27th May 2013

Celebrating Rothesay—Postcard Exhibition, 27th July 2013

TARGET GROUP & NOs—400+ COMMUNITY MEMBERS

DELIVERED BY BRANDANII ARCHAEOLOGY & HERITAGE

CELEBRATING ROTHESAY

GAP SITE & CABBIE’S REST

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Festivals, Open Days, Guided Tours, Exhibitions and Displays Celebrating Rothesay—Victorian Heritage Day, 13th April 2013

CELEBRATING ROTHESAY

GUILDFORD SQUARE

TARGET GROUP & NOs—400+ COMMUNITY MEMBERS

DELIVERED BY BRANDANII ARCHAEOLOGY & HERITAGE

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Festivals, Open Days, Guided Tours, Exhibitions and Displays Doors Open Day 2013—Yarn Bomb Bute, 28th and 29th September 2013 (workshops throughout August and September)

DOORS OPEN DAY

GUILDFORD SQUARE

TARGET GROUP & NOs—495+ COMMUNITY MEMBERS

DELIVERED BY ANGHARAD MCLAREN

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Festivals, Open Days, Guided Tours, Exhibitions and Displays Rothesay Migration Exhibition, 6th November to 3rd December 2013 (2 workshops during September)

National Maintenance Week—Maintaining Historic Buildings Weekend Event & Film, 23rd November 2013

MIGRATION EXHIBITION

ROTHESAY LIBRARY

TARGET GROUP & NOs—2 SCHOOL GROUPS PARTICIPATED IN WORKSHOPS & 8 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDED A GUIDED TOUR, OTHERWISE AN OPEN EVENT

NATIONAL MAINTENANCE WEEK FILM

DISCOVERY CENTRE

TARGET GROUP & NOs— 24 COMMUNITY MEMBERS

DELIVERED BY ANN FLINT & ASSOCIATES

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Festivals, Open Days, Guided Tours, Exhibitions and Displays Talking Tenements, 4th December 2013

TALKING TENEMENTS

ROTHESAY JOINT CAMPUS

TARGET GROUP & NOs—FIRST YEAR PHYSICS CLASSES

DELIVERED BY CAMERONWEBSTER ARCHITECTS

TARGET GROUP & NOs— FIRST YEAR ENG-LISH CLASSES

DELIVERED BY LARRY SULLIVAN

TALKING TENEMENTS REVIEW

ROTHESAY JOINT CAMPUS

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Festivals, Open Days, Guided Tours, Exhibitions and Displays http://www.rothesay.digitalcommonwealth.co.uk

TARGET GROUP & NOs—PRIMARY 7

DELIVERED BY UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND

STORIES AROUND PEOPLE, PLACE & CULTURE & DOCUMENTING THESE DIGITALLY

ROTHESAY DIGITAL COMMONWEALTH PROJECT

ROTHESAY JOINT CAMPUS

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DR ANNIE FLINT—The Importance of Property Maintenance, 18th November 2011

REENI KENNEDY BOYLE—Green Deal and the Importance of Incorporating Energy Saving Measures into Traditional Buildings, 26th November 2012

BILLY DICKSON—The Importance of Maintaining Your Building, 26th November 2012

PROF MARY GIBBY—The Victorian Ferneries at Ascog and Benmore, 3rd December 2012

CASSANDRA DOVE—Curds and Whey: Regenerating the Town of Rothesay, 14th January 2013

DR Paul Duffy—Overground/Underground: The Archaeological Context of the Built Heritage of Rothesay

SONYA LINSKAILL RIAS—Corrugated Iron Churches, 28th January 2013

DENIS CUNNINGHAM —Traditional Joinery Mouldings Characteristic to Bute, 25th April 2013

CRAIG FREW—Traditional Skills Lectures, 17th May 2013

JIM MITCHELL—Rothesay’s Decorative Ironwork, 27th June 2013

Talks

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Publications and Reports

Maintenance Guide

November 2011

Produced by John Gilbert Architects

Traditional Ironwork of Rothesay

August 2013

Produced by Industrial Heritage Consulting

Interim Evaluation

March 2013

Produced by Joan Riddell

Traditional Mouldings of Rothesay

May 2013

Produced by West Lothian College

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Drop In Sessions and Updates

Drop In Sessions

1st, 8th, 9th, 12th, 29th and 30th Jun 2011

25th Jan and 30th May 2012

5th Feb, 5th Mar, 9th Apr, 7th May, 4th Jun, 2nd and 5th Jul, 6th Aug, 10th Sep, 1st Oct, 12th Nov 2013

4th Mar, 1st Apr, 6th May, 3rd Jun, 1st Jul. 5th Aug, 9th Sep, 7th Oct, 4th Nov 2014 The community is invited to ’drop in’ on these dates to learn about the project and to discuss anything relative to their building. A centrally located shop in Guildford Square is used to make the location as accessible as possible.

The ‘drop in’ days are advertised within the local paper and via flyers posted throughout the town.

Yearly Updates

Year 1—7th Dec 2011

Year 2—10th Dec 2012

Year 3—5th Dec 2013

Year 4—2nd Dec 2014 Yearly update events are held in December each year to coincide with the switch on of lights for the festive period. A range of complementary events are arranged around this to encourage footfall and to engage as widely as possible with the community.

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Contact Details

www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/RothesayTHI

Rothesay THI is funded by Argyll and Bute Council, Heritage Lottery Fund, Historic Scotland and through the European Community Argyll and the Islands LEADER 2007-2013 programme.

Project Officer

Lorna Pearce

E: Lorna.pearce@argyll-bute.gov.uk

T: 01700 501 374

Admin Officer

Gill Allenby

E: Gillian.allenby@argyll-bute.gov.uk

T: 01700 501 358