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www.crailmatters.com

CRAIL MATTERSW/C 11th November 2019. No 132 Free - donations welcome

Suggested hard copy Donation 40p

Crail: The Jewel of the East Neuk.

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY CRAILand unveiling of commemorative bench

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Crail Folk Club

This might well be one of our biggest events this year. On 14th November at 8pm(BYOB £8 Crail Town Hall) our guests are JOSIE DUNCAN & PABLO LAFUENTE.Tickets from www.crailfolkclub.org.uk or 01333 450572. Tickets for this and EdwinaHayes on 28th November are going quickly.

Radio 2 Young Folk Award Winners Josie Duncan and Pablo Lafuente are a vocal/guitarduo like no other. Calling the Isle of Lewis and Glasgow/Spain home, it's no wondertheir music doesn’t focus on one place or on one of the many strands of Scotland’s webof traditions. They are well travelled, and well versed in music from across the land.On guitar and vocals in Gaelic, Scots and English, their music is a round tour, wherecenturies old ballads meet Gaelic Puirt A Beul, songs from the mines and cotton mills,as well as some original writing.

Josie's voice, crystal clear with its slight island twang, is equally at home in any of thesedomains. Accompanied by Pablo's dynamic, sensitive guitar playing, they illuminatethe lyrics. Their music at times sparse and haunting, at others driving and all consuming,leaves audiences stunned. They are both accomplished musicians in their own right.Josie is a recent graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where she studied with some of the masters of the Scottishand Gaelic traditions. She has toured extensively, performing at festivals and venues in Europe, Canada and America. Pablo's experiences are no less varied. Of Spanish origin, he has put down cultural roots in Scotland, exploring the traditionto its deepest core. Since completing his studies of guitar and fiddle at the National Centre for Excellence in Traditionalmusic Pablo has been in high demand, playing, recording and touring internationally with artists including The OutsideTrack and Barluath who have both been to the club.

Since joining forces in 2016 Josie and Pablo have taken the scene by storm, quickly becoming one of Scotland’s most in-demand live acts at festivals and venues across the country and in 2017 were nominated for ‘Folk Band Of The Year’ at the‘MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards’. In their short time together they’ve delighted the audiences of BBC Radio 2, CelticConnections, BBC Proms In The Park, Cambridge Folk Festival, Sofar sessions, and a host of venues across Scotland.

Anstruther RNLI Volunteer wins threeAmerican book awards for his debut

novel 'A Distant Field: A Novel of WorldWar I'

Richard MacDonald, a volunteer crew member onAnstruther's all-weather lifeboat, Kingdom of Fife, andaspiring author, was awarded a gold medal in the his-torical fiction category by the Military Writers Societyof America at their 2019 conference. The novel was al-ready named one of three finalists in the military fictioncategory at the 2019 American Fiction Awards and wonthe military fiction category in America's 2019 Indepen-dent Press Awards earlier this year.Richard has been a volunteer crew member atAnstruther RNLI for the past two years. While jugglinglife as a director of a small research company, volunteercrew member and author, Richard has completed a se-quel to his debut novel and has his next writing venturelined up. This time a fictional murder mystery novelbased around a lifeboat crew, entitled 'The Brotherhoodof the Sea.'Coxswain at Anstruther RNLI, Michael Bruce has com-mended Richard on his success with his novel. He said:'All lifeboat crews are dedicated to saving lives at seaand all come from a wide range of occupations, but anaward-winning author is a little unusual so we are proudto have him as part of our team here in Anstruther.'The novel is available to buy on Amazon.

Lifeboats News Release

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WILD CRAIL Will Cresswell,

with Photographs by John Anderson

There was some late season migration going on last week. On the morning ofthe 2nd I put up two woodcock at Kilminning and then a long-eared owl. It wasroosting in a dense sycamore by the top entrance and I only found it because Iwas following a flock of long-tailed tits deeper into cover. The owl flew to theedge of the road and perched, glaring at me. I could appreciate its distinctiveorange eyes and even its “ears” – you hardly ever get to see them, but this birdhad stuck up its feather tufts on either side of its head in annoyance at me dis-turbing it. I should think it came in the night before after crossing the North Seafrom Scandinavia and had pitched down into the first trees it found to escapethe heavy rain. Long-eared owls are strictly nocturnal. You only ever see themin daylight if you find them roosting or flush them, or catch one out still crossingthe sea. The long-eared owl that morning took off again after about half a minuteof regarding me through the trees. It flew off to roost in the corner of the walledgarden at Balcomie until dis-

turbed again and it headed off towards Fife Ness. Later in the morning I saw ashort-eared owl coming in off the sea at Fife Ness. Another Scandinavian mi-grant, but one much happier with flying in daylight. It’s nice to see the pair ofthem so close together (it’s been 6 years since I have seen a long-eared owl inCrail – 166 for the year list as well) to appreciate their differences. Long-earedowls are much more orangey brown in colour, rather than yellowy brown (andthey have bright orange eyes rather than bright yellow eyes), and are much lessstripey than short-eared owls. They look more camouflaged – like a woodcock– whereas short-eared owls have more distinct black barring and black wingtips. But it’s all pretty subtle. Luckily, long-eared owls tend roost in dense treesand fly straight back to cover when flushed, and short-eared owls tend to rooston the ground, in long grass, and go for long, high and airy flights when flushed.On the 3rd it was still blowing a good breeze from the east although it was aswirling easterly around a low in the North Sea rather than a wind blowing across from the continent. Still it inspired hope, es-pecially with the frequent rain showers for the previous 24 hours. I spent 30 minutes in the hide at Fife Ness, grateful for theshelter. Viewing conditions are the best on days like these. Bright, but grey, making the birds contrast well, and the showers re-moving any dust or haze so you can see well to the horizon. Sadly, not much to see though. Gannets and a few auks and kittiwakes;

a flock of male long-tailed ducks heading north, barely visible between thewave troughs, and a goosander and a male goldeneye doing the same.But when I arrived at Kilminning on the way back to Crail I immediatelyheard the high, soft ringing trill of a waxwing. I thought it was bird flyingover but I kept hearing it. I found the bird on top of a willow, being buffetedin the breeze, calling constantly and looking around intently to find somecompanions. Waxwings are very, very gregarious and spend the whole winterin big flocks moving from berry bush to berry bush. It looked very lonely,and after five minutes it flew offstrongly towards Crail, still call-ing. Waxings are very boom andbust birds for Crail, and Scotlandin general. Some winters we

have them everywhere and they become familiar to people because they are tame andlike supermarket car parks (which are often planted with berry bearing rowan or white-beam trees) and gardens. Other winters they are a great rarity. The last one I saw inCrail was 2012 so it has been a while, although I am often away in November whenthey tend to pass through here on their way further inland. The waxwing today maythe first of many so it is worth checking out your garden this week, particularly if youhave a big berry bearing bush or tree.I’m off to enjoy the summer migrants down in Nigeria for a couple of weeks now,fairly happy to leave the rain and cold behind for a short while.

Long Eared Owl

Male Goldeneye

Short Eared Owl

Waxwing

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Attention all bookworms!First, I was sorry to have to cancel theMay event but now have TWO eventsplanned before the end of the year. Assome book addicts can become over-ex-cited and not pay attention to the detail inthe small print, I shall remind you of eachone a little nearer the time but you maylike to pencil dates in your diary:Books in the Boat at the Marine Hotel,Saturday 21st December - all day 10am-4pm. As the Marine’s antiques/bric-a-brac

shop will be having a special Winter Solstice opening for lastminute shoppers, I thought it a good opportunity to do a pre-Xmasstall myself - as we cannot expect tropical sunshine (even if globalwarming accelerates) I shall be sort of spreading out and infil-trating indoors "just a few small books on a small table". I havesome nearly-new books, adult and children’s - newly publishedand some golden oldies, which will make affordable presents (orbuy a few for yourself!) so do please look in. The weekend afterChristmas it will be back to the Usual Venue for the Usual TwoDays with hopefully the Usual Suspects assisting.Thanks to those who have already given me books and magazinesfor the charity table at the second event, and particular thanks tomy glorious Transport Fleet without whom I should be walkingup and down the road 364 days a year just to get sufficient stockto my various venues.Looking forward to seeing "regulars" and visiting bookwormsfrom further afield plus those who reckon they don’t like books!

Panel Practice Advisors - Fife

We’re recruiting!Fife is looking forenthusiastic peopleto become PanelPractice Advisorswith Children'sHearings Scotland.

We’re looking for people who have good assessment, observa-tion, and communication skills. Above all else we’re looking forpeople who care about making a difference in the lives of chil-dren and young people attending hearings in Scotland. Full train-ing will be provided.

Find out more about becoming a volunteer Panel Practice Advi-sor in Fife by attending our informal information session onWednesday 20th November 2019 at 7pm, in Fife House, NorthStreet, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT

If you’d like to come along to one of the sessions please let usknow by telephoning 01592 583125 or emailingChildrens.Panel@fife.gov.uk

Apply online at: http://www.chscotland.gov.uk/about-chs/vacan-cies/panel-practice-advisor-fife/Closing date for applications: Sunday 1st December 2019 at 23:59hours

SONGS FROM THE MOVIES With Crail Community Choir

Wednesday 27 November 2019

7.30 pm in Crail Community Hall

Refreshments will be provided during the interval

Entry by donation at the door in aid of local good causes

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Crail Golfing Society was founded in 1786, making it theseventh oldest golf club in the world and consequently inter-nationally important in the world of golf. The Society’s history and culture is deeply rooted in the Crailcommunity, whether as a source of social engagement, as anemployer, a place to nurture young people or an importantelement of the local tourism sector.With this in mind, the club has had another very busy year in2019 with over 17,000 visitor rounds of golf played over thehistoric land at Fifeness. There is no doubt that from smallbeginnings, the club has grown to be an international golfdestination, contributing significantly to the local economywhilst being custodian of the historic and famous BalcomieLinks and increasingly popular Craighead Links.The club is very proud of the work carried out by DavidSnodgrass, Assistant PGA Professional at Crail Golfing So-ciety ably supported by members to promote and grow thegame of golf in Crail. In early 2019, David assisted by JohnWood delivered taster golf sessions to Mrs Forsyth’s primaryschool class supporting their golf project. The majority ofchildren in Mrs Forsyth’s class had never tried golf beforebut some went on to join the Crail Golfing Society JuniorAcademy for the 2019 season.The golf club continues to invest financially in the JuniorAcademy which gives children in the village the opportunity

to learn the game and the life lessons it provides at a clubboasting some of the best golf facilities in Scotland. In addi-tion the practice range is a community facility where youdon’t need to be a member to hit some balls for fun or evenjust to find out if you enjoy it. Just purchase a token from thepro shop, collect some balls from the machine and off yougo.The Crail Festival Golf Skills Event had its most successfulevent to date with 41 junior golfers signing up to test theirgolf skills on a beautiful summer’s night in July. Since CrailGS Junior Academy took over the running of the event it hasgone from strength to strength with numbers increasing yearon year. The event allows visitors to the village of Crail dur-ing Crail Festival to also visit Crail Golfing Society and seewhat it has to offer in addition to breathtaking scenery.Crail Putting Green was reinstated by Crail Festival in 2011and is fully supported by the Society’s Greenkeeping team.The maintenance of the putting green is carried out by CourseManager Bob Meikle, and his team, to the highest standardpossible; including aeration work, top dressing, fertilisingand changing the holes thus making it one of the best suchfacilities in Scotland. Consequently, this has developed intoa hugely valued resource during the summer months in bring-ing fun and enjoyment to adults, children, friends and fami-

lies whoplayed atotal of4 , 7 3 5r o u n d sin 2019.This in-c l u d e ds o m eC G Sm e m -b e r splaying

with their grandchildren. Crail Festival provides funds to sup-port the greenkeeping work and organises a team of over 60volunteers to keep this East Neuk Jewel open. In September, the Society hosted Crail Preservation Society’s60th Anniversary Golf Tournament, an event organised toraise funds for a number of projects in and around Crail. ThePreservation Society’s goals are to preserve and invest in theRoyal Burgh and the net income of £4,156 from participant’sfees and donations will help with future projects such as re-pairs to the Mercat Cross and in the old Kirkyard.Finally in mid October over 20 members of CGS took partin a ‘beach clean’ tidying up the Balcomie Beach that runsalongside the second hole of the Balcomie course. Two trailerloads were filled with plastics and fishing debris that hadbeen washed up on shore helping to keep the environmentclean and tackle ocean pollution. The popularity of the eventand the camaraderie and satisfaction it generated has the clublooking at early 2020 for the next beach clean.Being part of and supporting the Community is important forCrail Golfing Society. We will continue to consider ways tobecome even more involved with the community and provethat as far as CGS is concerned “Crail Really Matters”.

Jim McArthur CaptainCrail Golfing Society

Its been a good week for TheGolf Hotel. We were in the finalfour at the Scottish TourismAwards for Best Small Hotelwith 20 bedrooms or under cate-gory. Unfortunately we didn'twin but there is always nextyear!!

Crail Golfing Society in the Community

Brown bin collections in Fife

Details of the winter Brown Bin collection timescan be found at the Crail Matters web site www.crailmaters.com

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Crail Parish Church of Scotland(Charity registered in Scotland SC 001601)

Linked with St Ayle

Intimations to be in by Thursday noon to Lisa 450035, or email (in-timations@crailchurch.co.uk)

Session Clerk: Helen Armitage 450516

Stepping Stone Coffee Morning: every Tuesday 10.00 - 11.30 atSt AyleChat Bite: Every Wednesday in the Kirk Hall 10am-12pmGuild Coffee Morning: Saturday 16th November in the Kirk Hallfrom 10am-12noon. All welcomeThere is to be a prayer session/time for reflection in the afternoon ofSunday, 17th November, from 2pm-4pm in St Ayle Church inAnstruther. The (quiet) time will be devoted to praying for perse-cuted Christians throughout the world and to reflection on how for-tunate we are to be able to attend church and to worship publiclywithout fearing the consequences. I think the session will be one atwhich you can come for some of the time and then go. We are holding a Social Pot Luck Supper and inviting our friendsfrom St Ayle’s on Friday 29th November in the Kirk Hall from7pm-10pm. Everyone is invited to come along and bring some foodto share. There will be a name list in the Tower, at Chatbite or callLisa on 450035 to let her know if you are coming.There are now only four of us on the Flower group in the churchcould anyone help us? Can you arrange flowers and visit membersof the Parish when they need a gift of flowers?Pastoral visits: As we now have no locum please let the elders ormyself (Helen) know if anyone requires a visit especially wherepeople have been admitted to hospital.

Next Sunday the service will be conducted by the Revd E. Gilchrist

Crail Primary School Programme

R.B.S. Mobile BranchTimetable

Tuesdays: St. Andrews Road Car Park,Anstruther – 2.15pm -3.00pm;

Thursdays:North Marketgate, Crail –10.20am 10.50am

Crail Primary School Co-Op Local Community Fund

We are delighted to announce that Crail PrimarySchool Parent Council has been chosen to benefitfrom the next round of the Co-op Local Commu-nity Fund. The funding round opened on 27th Oc-tober and will close on 24th October 2020. Duringthis funding phase, Co-op members will be able tochoose us as their local cause. Every time a mem-ber buys selected own-brand products and services,1% of the money they spend can be donated to us.You can support us by visiting the co_op website :https://www.coop.co.uk/membership?_ga=2.80212241.727057178.1573032456-746642796.1573032456 and follow the instruc-tions entering your membership number. Pleasehelp us to raise as much as we can for our school- thank you.

Fife Craft AssociationFife Craft Association are holding their final eventof the year in the Scottish Fisheries Museum,Anstruther from Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th De-cember 2109. The event will be open each dayfrom 10:00am to 4:00 pm. Association membersoffer a wide range of handmade crafts includingwooden, glass and knitted items, jewellery, mar-quetry, soaps, scents and candles. We also have amember who produces water colour paintings ofthe area and can undertake commissions if re-quested.

Contact your Fife Councillor?Cllr.Linda.Holt@fife.gov.uk 07725 223773.

cllr.bill.porteous@fife.gov.uk 01333 730837 or07753982311

cllr.john.docherty@fife.gov.uk 07718 66 89 96

Mobile LibraryThe mobile library calls at Mar-ketgate from 10:00 to 11:00every 2nd Thursday.Next Date: 21st November

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St Andrews Community Hospital(SACH)

From Monday 4th November 2019, there willbe access to urgent care at St Andrews Com-munity Hospital (SACH) during all of the outof hours period. A Clinician will physically bebased there from 6pm-10pm Monday to Fridayand 8am to 10pm on a Saturday and 8am to9pm on a Sunday. Out with these time the mo-bile car will return to SACH as required to seeany patients who require a treatment centre ap-pointment. We are encouraging the public tocall 111 before heading to any treatment cen-tres across Fife - which is the most appropriateway to access the right care.

Divisional General Manager WestHealth and Social Care Partnership

Denburn Dispatches

We are still getting lucky with the weather, despite a wet start to the morning, it dried up in time for our monthly foray into thewoods.Special thanks are due to some of our number this time for work done in the last 2-3weeks. To Mike for repairing the wooden bridge, which was becoming dangerously rottenin places, and for edging the path where winter rains tends to wash the banks over it. ToLinda for adding a couple of trays of colourful cyclamen under the large conifer whichbrighten the area up beautifully. And to Victor for raking leaves off many of the pathsduring the preceding week.Despite conflicting with some televised rugby, we had a reasonable turnout and managedto finish raking the paths, turning the compost,clearing weeds and debris (including a pump-kin!) from the stream and planting a lot of tulipbulbs, generously donated by Crail in Bloomfrom the last years display – we hope a good fewof them will deign to flower again in their newlocation.There is still plenty of autumn colour to see –even on a dull day there are flashes of colour to

brighten your day.Next Denburn digger day willbe on December 7th at 10amwhen we hope to welcome newand old hands for weeding,pruning and raking leaves. Tea,coffee and biscuits are providedat half time.

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Useful Emergency NumbersSamaritans 116 123Breathing Space 0800 838587Social Work Out Of Hours Emergencies03451 55 00 99Adult Protection Phone Line 01383 602200Child Protection or Social Work 03451 551503NHS24 111Police 101CARF (Citizen’s Advice & Rights) 0345 1400 095Homeless Emergency Number 0800 028 6231

Community TransportTransport service for people with visual im-

pairments in the East Fife area.Royal Voluntary Service volunteers provide CommunityTransport for trips where mobility issues can make it diffi-cult, if not impossible, for you to use public transport or ifyou live in rural areas with limited transport. Trips usuallyinclude getting to or from hospital or to a GP appointmentbut can also include trips to the shops or into town or to so-cial activities.Telephone: 0330 555 0310Email: fifegnhs@royalvoluntaryservice.org.ukOr have someone do it on your behalf:https://www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk/ourservices/service-enquiry?serviceid=884

Crail MattersWe continue to need funds. If you have alreadydonated, then thank you. If you haven’t, willyou consider making a donation? You can makea bank transfer to sort code 83-26-28, AccountNo. 15518709, or by cheque payable to ‘Crab Publishing’ given to any member of theEditorial Board or posted to Crab Publishing, 1Fife Ness, Crail, KY10 3XN.

Advert/Copy Submission to Crail Matters

The Editors are happy to accept material for publication in a variety of formats, but we prefer .jpg and .pdf copy.We would urge anyone submitting material to have regard to efficient use of space - we cannot guarantee to publish in originalformat large adverts designed as posters. We reserve the right to edit material.

Greens of Crail - reusing plasticThe scallop tubs which are quite well made and are ideal for salmon are available if anyone would prefer a reusable tub insteadof a plastic bag - please ask. Also if anyone wishes to bring in their own plastic tubs for haddock there is no issue as it cansimply be tared on the scales. We also now have stock fish dressing and its available in pre used plastic tubs or loose if anyonewould like to bring in a jar or tub

thanks Clem at Greens`

Fife Council Transport plans online discussion

Fife Council have started a discussion process about the fu-ture of subsidised public transport. They are looking forideas before end November about how public transportcould be improved in Fife - what's good now and whatcould be better.Have your say :https://our.fife.scot/transportingpeople/

Seagull Proof SacksSeagull proof sacks are available through Environment and BuildingServices of Fife Council. There is no cost associated with them andcan be ordered by calling the environment helpline on 03451 550022.At the end of the month when Fifedirect is replaced by the new Fife.govwebsite then there will hopefully be the facility to order these online.

Listening Ear: Do you need to talk to anyone?

I offer a voluntary community service to anyone who needsa confidential chat. Although I am not a therapist, over the past thirty years, Ihave been privileged to be able to help others talk through arange of personal issues in confidence and without beingjudgemental. So, if you would like to have a confidential chat, call me toarrange a suitable time and place.

Gordon Kirkland – 01333 451133

Singing for the Memory and Music and Movement

for people with Dementia and their Carers at KilrennyParish Church Hall

1.30pm-4.00pm WednesdaysSinging for Memory: 27 November Music and Movement: 13 November; 11 December

Skeith SurgeryRoutine GP appointments - appointments released Mondayat 2pm for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning for thefollowing week. Appointments released Wednesday at 2 pmfor Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday the followingweek.Nurse appointments can be booked approx 1 month in ad-vance.

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The Crail Seagull

Flying over Market-gate on Tuesday morn-ing I spotted some veryneat piles of leaves bythe kerbs. Well, Ithought, that was avery tidy wind. Then Isaw that they had beenswept up by two verynice men from FifeCouncil and they wereputting the leaves intoa van with a big basketon the back. They weretaking them away tomake leaf mould,whatever that is. Us seagulls have no use for such things. They toldme there are only the two of them now to do the whole of the East

Neuk. Must have made an early start,you can see on the Town Hall clock it'snot quite 9 o'clock.You know you’ve made the big timewhen they start putting you on aMonopoly Board. Here I am, one of themain characters on the new board forAberdeen! Not before time, may I add.

Material for inclusion in Crail Matters should be sent to crailmatters@gmail.com and received on Friday middaybefore publication. Any views expressed in Letters to the Editor are those of the author, and not of Crail Matters. Wereserve the right to edit copy for length and style. Submission does not guarantee inclusion. © Crab Publishing 2019:Editorial Team this week: Helen Byres, Julie Middleton, Isla Reid, Valencia Sowry, Max Taylor, John Wilson

Crail Community Partnership and Crail CharretteCrail Community Partnership invite all members of the Crail Community to join. An application form can be found here:

https://crailmatterscom.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/membership-form-short.pdf

Community Council NotesOur new website is https://crailcc.com/

Next Community Council Meeting 7.15pm 25th November in the Town Hall

Glass RecyclingThe Community Council are very pleased to announce the sit-

ing of glass recycling bins in the School car park. This is for a trial period, toensure that the bins present no dangers to the School, children and other users.We ask that all users act responsibly and ensure that glass is safely put intothe bins, and that rubbish, etc. is not dumped in the area. Getting to this pointhas been a long saga, and the Council are very pleased that at last we havesomething!

Community Council Work ProgrammeThe first phase of the work programme is now getting underway. This will involve spreading tirr to enable upgrading and im-proving the appearance of the paths in and around the Church, Cemetery and Victoria Gardens. The work of spreading the ma-terial will be down to a community volunteer effort, and we hope that you will consider joining in and helping. The first 'exercise'will be on Wednesday 13th November. Meet at the entrance to Crail church at 8.30am. Funding has also been given to regravelMarketgate which will take place later.

Crail Mobile Post Office ServiceLocation - Along High Street opposite the BeehiveOpening times:Monday: 1400-1600Tuesday: 1400-1600Wednesday: 1400-1600

CRAIL BADMINTON CLUBMEETS ON TUESDAYS 7 – 10 PM

IN CRAILCOMMUNITY HALL

The new season starts on Tuesday 24th Septem-ber

New members welcomeAny queries:- Tel. Anne on 07769156003

Crail Hospital Car ServiceCrail is full of good neighbours and it is they whoprovide the Hospital Car Service. It’s only when youcan’t drive because you or the car is sick, or it is toodaunting to think of standing in the cold, waiting fora return bus from the health centre or the dentist, oryou need to get to Kirkcaldy hospital that you wishfor a bit of help. Maybe you’re new to Crail and don’tknow many people yet. That bit of help is there andhas been for 54 years in Crail. It’s the Hospital CarService If you could do with that bit of help, ring.01333 450096.