Comments on: Scotland’s Auchindrain: has the last township’s moment come? http://forargyll.com/2010/07/has-the-last-townships-moment-come/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Argyll News: Auchindrain en fete Argyll,Auchindrain,lotting,heritage, | For Argyllhttp://forargyll.com/2010/07/has-the-last-townships-moment-come/#comment-91745 Argyll News: Auchindrain en fete Argyll,Auchindrain,lotting,heritage, | For Argyll Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:00:06 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=21847#comment-91745 [...] in the middle of the traditional stone longhouses – and a listed building in its own right (see our earlier story of the township) has become an integrated part of the new life of the  township and is no longer closed and [...] [...] in the middle of the traditional stone longhouses – and a listed building in its own right (see our earlier story of the township) has become an integrated part of the new life of the  township and is no longer closed and [...]

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]]> By: Argyll News: With David Tennant's Decoy Bride on location at Auchindrain :Argyll,David Tennant,Decoy Bride,Auchindrain, | For Argyllhttp://forargyll.com/2010/07/has-the-last-townships-moment-come/#comment-86491 Argyll News: With David Tennant's Decoy Bride on location at Auchindrain :Argyll,David Tennant,Decoy Bride,Auchindrain, | For Argyll Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:36:19 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=21847#comment-86491 [...] there for two days. Yesterday, shooting was down the road at Minard Castle. Today it’s at Auchindrain, Scotland’s last preserved highland farm township (below). By tomorrow the circus will have moved on to Glasgow, filming in a location we have no [...] [...] there for two days. Yesterday, shooting was down the road at Minard Castle. Today it’s at Auchindrain, Scotland’s last preserved highland farm township (below). By tomorrow the circus will have moved on to Glasgow, filming in a location we have no [...]

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]]> By: chris macleanhttp://forargyll.com/2010/07/has-the-last-townships-moment-come/#comment-80048 chris maclean Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:27:03 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=21847#comment-80048 Great story, great pictures (Lynda and Paul?). Need more of this kind of feature (but perhaps a bit shorter). Chris. Great story, great pictures (Lynda and Paul?). Need more of this kind of feature (but perhaps a bit shorter).

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]]> By: Bob Clarkhttp://forargyll.com/2010/07/has-the-last-townships-moment-come/#comment-78812 Bob Clark Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:33:42 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=21847#comment-78812 Thank you for your comment! There is a whole generation of people in Argyll - and elsewhere within Scotland - who have happy memories of school visits to Auchindrain in the 1970s and early 1980s. Unfortunately, times change, and the specific drivers within the curriculum that probably caused your visit are no longer there, whilst it is nowadays much more difficult for schools to justify and find the time and money to make museum visits. I can, however, respond by saying that we are at the moment working actively with senior officers in Argyll & Bute Council Education Services to encourage and enable more schools to visit us, from all parts of the county including Kintyre. In 2009, a Museum Education Service was established - just at present on the basis of two years project funding I'm afraid - hosted by Kilmartin House Museum and covering Kilmartin, Campbeltown Museum and Auchindrain. Through this, we are working to develop activities that directly support the delivery of the newly-introduced "Curriculum for Excellence" in primary schools, and from next term we anticipate that Council systems will be supporting our efforts to encourage schools to take advantage of what will be available. On Sunday 15th August, our celebration of Heritage and Home Life forms part of our work with Inveraray, Minard and Furnace schools within the "Crofting Connections" project (see http://www.crofting.org/index.php/connections). Why not come along and see how things are now, and join in the day's fun? Thank you for your comment! There is a whole generation of people in Argyll – and elsewhere within Scotland – who have happy memories of school visits to Auchindrain in the 1970s and early 1980s. Unfortunately, times change, and the specific drivers within the curriculum that probably caused your visit are no longer there, whilst it is nowadays much more difficult for schools to justify and find the time and money to make museum visits.

I can, however, respond by saying that we are at the moment working actively with senior officers in Argyll & Bute Council Education Services to encourage and enable more schools to visit us, from all parts of the county including Kintyre. In 2009, a Museum Education Service was established – just at present on the basis of two years project funding I’m afraid – hosted by Kilmartin House Museum and covering Kilmartin, Campbeltown Museum and Auchindrain. Through this, we are working to develop activities that directly support the delivery of the newly-introduced “Curriculum for Excellence” in primary schools, and from next term we anticipate that Council systems will be supporting our efforts to encourage schools to take advantage of what will be available.

On Sunday 15th August, our celebration of Heritage and Home Life forms part of our work with Inveraray, Minard and Furnace schools within the “Crofting Connections” project (see http://www.crofting.org/index.php/connections). Why not come along and see how things are now, and join in the day’s fun?

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]]> By: kintyre1http://forargyll.com/2010/07/has-the-last-townships-moment-come/#comment-78728 kintyre1 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:37:15 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=21847#comment-78728 I have happy memories and a good understanding of life at Auchindrain thanks to several school outings from a small rural school in Kintyre in the 1970's . I think the museum should target Kintyre schools as well as those close at hand as combined with a visit to Inverary castle very worthwhile school trips could be arranged . I have happy memories and a good understanding of life at Auchindrain thanks to several school outings from a small rural school in Kintyre in the 1970′s .
I think the museum should target Kintyre schools as well as those close at hand as combined with a visit to Inverary castle very worthwhile school trips could be arranged .

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