Today Jim Leishman unveiled a new plaque outside the Library.
Burntisland came top in an on-line poll beating other Fife towns including Cupar and St.Andrews.
The poll was held to mark 50 years of Conservation Areas. Fife has 48 Conservation Areas.
Burntisland’s Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan (well worth a read – or at least a skim – to see some of the town’s assets that many people, residents and visitors, may not be aware of.
A RotaKids group was started 2 years ago at BPS. There has also been one in Kinghorn for a year.
They were started by Rita Attewell (in photo) who says: “RotaKids supports our youngest citizens to develop the strength, knowledge, skills, enthusiasm, and determination to keep on finding ways to change the world, locally and globally, into a more peaceful place where people can enjoy their lives. They choose projects to benefit their school, the community and internationally.”
Last year BPS RotaKids had a cake competition and an activity day to raise money for Children in Need and an art competition raising money for “Purple for Polio”.
Other activities included raising funds fo SSPCA and the Epilepsy Foundation and collecting over 2000 books for school libraries in Ghana.
The group meets once a month. All projects are funded by the Rotary Club of Burntisland and Kinghorn.
MSP Claire Baker, who stays in Burntisland and regularly gets the train to the Scottish Parliament, has written to ScotRail after two weeks of a worse service than ‘normal’.
Local councillor Kathleen Leslie is collecting examples of late or cancelled trains on Twitter.
Boss of ScotRail Alliance said today “Customers don’t care how old their trains are, they care is it comfortable and reliable.”
(Reported in https://www.scotsman.com/news/scotrail-boss-claims-passengers-don-t-care-how-old-their-trains-are-1-4811696 )
Key word there – reliable.
Useful source of information about how Fife trains are running.
“We will bring our “Play on Wheels” van to the Links on Kinghorn Road, Burntisland on the 17th at 2pm until 4pm, giving children and families the opportunity to experience free play and loose parts play with all sorts of fun and exciting items that get the kids’ imagination going! The activities are completely free of charge and there will be two experienced play workers there to join in the fun and also share ideas with any interested parents/guardians.”
Play sessions are suitable for toddlers to primary school aged children.
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