Welcome to The Shiskine Valley
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History of the Hall Shiskine
Hall was originally the United Free Church of Scotland. Sited
in
Torbeg, Shiskine Hall Committee purchased it in 1958, and proceeded to
convert it for use as Shiskine Hall. In the late 1980s a
decision
was taken by the existing hall committee to apply for capital funding
to improve the premises and encourage greater use. Following
a
brief closure of the building (to ensure that ‘good money was not
thrown after bad’) the hall was awarded £27,000 in 1993. A
third
of this came from the Scottish Office, and the remainder from
Strathclyde Community Education Department.
Shiskine Hall
Committee had to raise over £9,000 locally through fundraising events.
Work
commenced on the renovations in October 1993, and it soon became
apparent that further funding would be required to provide the
community with a sustainable facility, available for use by
all.
This financial support came from Argyll & The Isles Enterprise
and
further local fundraising. It would be remiss not to mention
at
this point, that much of that fundraising was down to the success of
its then twice yearly Duck Derby, held at that time both on Shiskine
Valley Sports Day and also at New Year. Over the years these
little yellow ducks have raised thousands of pounds for the hall, and
provided many photographers with interesting subject matter!
In
May 1994, Shiskine Hall was offically reopened by Mrs Betty Campbell,
who had been involved with the hall since its original opening in
1959. Since then the hall has gone from strength to
strength. In 1998 Miss Nicola Currie (age 5yrs) opened the
new
playpark, a joint project involving both the hall and playgroup
committees. In November 2009, to mark it’s Golden Anniversary
a
celebration concert with local young talent was held, followed by a
performance of the play used on the original opening night “No
Hawkers”.
Recent
developments include installation of a shower, new heating and
insulation, windows, external doors, car park upgrading, and external
paintwork. Look out for those little yellow ducks at Shiskine
Valley Sports Day!
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Committee Shiskine
Hall currently has approximately 12 regular user organisations,
providing an ideal venue for community groups, weddings, birthday
parties, and ceilidhs. Each user group has a representative
on
the committee and a member of the committee sits on Shiskine Valley
Improvements. The hall holds an AGM each November, and any
interested person is welcome to attend, and perhaps even join the
committee!
The existing committee are: Gordon Kinniburgh, Chair Diana Turbett, Secretary Fiona Brown, Treasurer Committee Members: Elizabeth Bell, Carol Brown, Irene Currie, Steve Garraway, Sheila Gilmore, Lizzie McCarthy, Jimmy McMaster, Agnes Madden, Irene Markham, Ann Murchie ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bookings The
committee keep the rent as realistically low as is possible, given the
considerable running costs of a community facility. To keep
costs
down, the hall committee request that the hall is cleaned by each user
on conclusion of each booking.
If you would like to book Shiskine Hall for your event, or wish to enquire about charges, please contact: Fiona Brown, Hon Treasurer Shiskine Hall Committee 10 Ladeside Place Shiskine Arran Tel: 01770 860314 or email: fw.b@virgin.net Shiskine Hall Booking Form ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 / 50 Form |
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| The Hall now has a Rag Bag bin. This is for clothes, linen, soft toys etc. that aren't good enough for ARCAS. They can be bagged and placed in the Rag Bag bin in the hall car park. The hall will get some money and the rags all go to be recycled ;-) |
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Please send your comments to.....
shiskinevalley@gmail.com
If you have any photos of events in the hall, past OR present,
please send them to the above e-mail - thankyou.
This page will let you know what is on
at the hall
2011 Hogmanay Hoolie -
a huge thank you to Steve and all the hall committee for a fantastic night!
