Box and Fiddle
Year 38 No 02
October 2014
Price £2.70
44 Page Magazine
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Editor – Pia Walker, Cupar (Magazine now Matchplay size)
B&F Treasurer – Charlie Todd, Thankerton
The main features in the above issue were as follows (this is not a comprehensive detail of all it contained. The Club reports, in particular, are too time-consuming at this stage to retype).
Editorial
Well christening by fire! First of all thank you…………………..
Pia Walker
Minutes of the AGM
By Nicol McLaren
The past……….
My Memories of Tony Dalton
by Derek Hamilton
Ronnie Easton phoned me on Thursday, 7th April quite early in the morning. “I’ve got sad news my friend”, he said. “Our good friend Tony Dalton collapsed and died yesterday afternoon”. I was absolutely dumbfounded.
I had spoken to Tony on the Tuesday and we had, as we always did in our phone chats, discussed the dance music on Saturday night. He had his views and was prepared to share them. He would say it as he saw it and wouldn’t be moved if you disagreed. That was what I liked about Tony. Open and forthright. I’ve no doubt it would get him into trouble sometimes, but he was honest.
His musical tastes were the same as they’d always been. From the early days as a young cop working out of Dumbarton as a Traffic Officer when he spent a lot of his spare time at a certain button-box players house at Buchanan Smiddy. Did I say spare time? Any time more like. He thought the world of Dochie McCallum and always gave credit for learning so much of ‘the pipe music’ there. 2/4s and 6/8s were the food that kept Tony alive. He collected music from anywhere he could lay his hands on it. ‘Ye wouldna hae the music for such and such or so and so’ he would say. “I heard it the ither night and it’s a cracker”. If you were able to supply then you were ‘a topper mun. First class sir’.
He joined the police because he’d seen how hard his folks had to work on the farm to make ends meet. By his own admission that was not for him. He was determined to do better than that.
By the middle seventies he’d left the Police and was running Oughton’s Night Spot in Dumfries with Max Houliston. Tony was in his element as mine host. His police training gave him a quiet assuring confidence and he was a good looking, tall, handsome, likeable chap. His knowledge of the accordion world helped him be a first-class MC.
Tony moved on from Oughton’s and took over the Cargenholme Hotel on the outskirts of Dumfries. After getting a few months under his belt there he started the Islesteps Accordion Club and ran it for a season by himself. He then asked Ian Gray from Beeswing to form a proper Committee and it joined the N.A.A.F.C. and is still going strong today, although not in the same venue I might add. Tony sold the hotel and moved to Lochmaben where for over 20 years he ran his beloved pub in the village.
I appeared professionally only once at Tony’s place and that was in 1983 at Cargenholme with the Dermot O’Brien Trio. Tony treated us like family, but then that’s what Tony was – a genial family man.
Sadly I lost touch with Tony while he was in Lochmaben. Four year ago, however, I was at Lockerbie Accordion Club and in came Tony, lugging his Hohner Morino V. It was a renewed acquaintance I was more than happy to have made.
“Mind that tune ee wrote for is a’ these years ago? Well I still canna play it!!! Ye’re a bugger mun!” It was a reel Tony Dalton. That was it – friendship renewed!
Tony was never the best player in the world, which he admitted many times over, but in his younger day he could certainly hold his own with the best of them. I still treasure his broadcast from Dumfries in 1976 when the BBC did a series of broadcasts from the Accordion Clubs.
After Tony retired having had major heart surgery, he got his interest in the box revitalised by going along to the odd Accordion Club. Ever encouraging, he took a great interest in young Nicky McMichan’s playing and Nicky took on Tony as a mentor and friend. Apart from the accordion the pair had a great interest in beer and whisky!
Tony liked a dram or two and two four and six eight pipe marches. His appetite for both was enormous! They went hand-in-hand as far as he was concerned. Laughs and drams in abundance. That was how it was with Tony.
My memories of him will last forever. He’ll be sadly missed by Margaret and all the family and, of course, Jock, his 4 year old chocolate lab. He’ll be missed too in the wider world by musicians and friends.
‘Aye sir! Ye were a guid yin’.
Tommy Lees (Obituary)
by Jenny Shaw
Tommy Lees sadly died in hospital in London on 10th August, 2014, aged 72.
Tommy was originally from Kirkcaldy, but had lived and worked in London for many years.
He was the best exponent of the jig on second accordion, as Billy Thom expressed it, “an outstanding second box player with a unique style, especially in jigs”. In the late 60’s and early 70’s he was a member of Jim Johnstone’s Band and part of the White Heather Club with Andy Stewart.
For the past few years he played with Ritchie Ahearne’s Dalcassian Band. He also played in a care home for retired musicians and entertainers, where he was very much appreciated.
He will be greatly missed.
See Hear! with Bill Brown
CD Reviews
On the Move – Leonard Brown SDB – LBCD005
Take the Floor – Saturday Evenings 19.05 – 21.00 with Robbie Shepherd (repeated on Sunday’s 13.05 – 15.00)
4th Oct 2014 – Archive Session + Kirsteen Menzies
11th Oct 2014 – Robert Nairn Highland Band + Dougie Pincock
18th Oct 2014 – 60’s Bairns
25th Oct 2014 – Colin Donaldson SDB
CLUB DIARY
Aberdeen (Old Machar RBL) – 28th Oct 2014 – Adin Graham
Alnwick (The Farrier’s Arms – Shilbottle) 8th Oct 2014 – Wayne Robertson & Davie Stewart
Annan (St Andrew’s Social Club) - 19th Oct 2014 – Lindsay Weir Trio
Arbroath (Viewfield Hotel) - 5th Oct 2014 – Alec Ross Ceilidh Band
Balloch (St. Kessog’s Church Hall) – 19th Oct 2014 – David Vernon
Banchory (Burnett Arms Hotel) – -
Banff & District (Banff Springs Hotel) – 22nd Oct 2014 – Roy Hendrie
Beith & District (Anderson Hotel) – 20th Oct 2014 - tbc
Biggar (Municipal Hall) –
Blairgowrie (Moorfield Hotel) - 14th Oct 2014 – Gavin Piper
Button Key (Windygates Institute) – 9th Oct 2014 – Stuart & Rebeka Venters
Campsie (Glazert Country House Hotel) - 7th Oct 2014 – Martainn Skene Trio
Carlisle (St Margaret Mary Social Club) - 2nd Oct 2014 – Morag Robertson Trio
Castle Douglas (Urr Valley Country House Hotel) – 21st Oct 2014 – Judith Linton Trio
Coalburn (Miners’ Welfare) - 10th Oct 2014 – Dance to Willie McFarland SDB 16th Oct 2014 – Iain Cathcart SDB
Crieff & District (Crieff Hotel) Oct 2014 -
Dalriada (Argyll Inn, Lochgilphead) - 21st Oct 2014 – Andy Kinnear Trio
Dingwall (National Hotel) – 1st Oct 2014 – Iain Cathcart Trio
Dunblane (Victoria Hall) – 15th Oct 2014 – Ian Cruickshanks SDB
Dunfermline (Headwell Bowling Club) – 14th Oct 2014 – Johnny Duncan Duo
Duns (Royal British Legion Club, Langtongate) 20th Oct 2014 – Cannongate Cadjers (Alex Ross) C.B.
Ellon (Station Hotel) – 21st Oct 2014 – Tom Cruickshank
Fintry (Fintry Sports Centre) – 27th Oct 2014 – Andrew Kinnear SDB
Forfar (Plough Inn) - 26th Oct 2014 – Da Fustra
Forres (Victoria Hotel) – 8th Oct 2014 – Leonard Brown & Malcolm Ross
Galashiels (Abbotsford Arms Hotel) – 2nd Oct 2014 – Raymond Chuchuk SDB
Glendale (The Glendale Hall) - 23rd Oct 2014 – Ian Muir Trio
Glenfarg (Lomond Hotel) - 1st Oct 2014 – Kyle Innes 15th Oct - AGM
Gretna (Athlitic & Social Club) - 5th Oct 2014 – Alex McIntyre
Haddington (Railway Inn) - 19th Oct 2014 – Gold Brothers
Highland (Waterside Hotel) – 20th Oct 2014 – Alan Crookston Trio
Inveraray (Argyll Hotel) -
Isle of Skye – (The Royal Hotel, Portree) - 2nd Oct 2014 – Lindsay Weir Trio
Islesteps (The Embassy Hotel) – 7th Oct 2014 – Scott Band Quartet
Kelso (Cross Keys Hotel) – 29th Oct 2014 – Lothian Scottish Dance Band
Ladybank (Ladybank Tavern) - 16th Oct 2014 – Nicol McLaren SDB
Lanark (Ravenstruther Hall) - 27th Oct 2014 – Steven Carcasy Duo
Langholm (Eskdale Hotel) – 8th Oct 2014 – Willie McFarlane Band
Lewis & Harris (Stornoway Legion) - 2nd Oct 2014 – Club Night
Livingston (Hilcroft Hotel, Whitburn) 21st Oct 2014 – Willie McFarland Band
Lockerbie (Queen’s Hotel) - 28th Oct 2014 – George Meilke Trio
Mauchline (Harry Lyle Suite) - 21st Oct 2014 – Bon Accords
Montrose (Park Hotel) – 1st Oct 2014 – Barrack Brothers C.B.
Newburgh (Adbie Hall) -
Newmill-on-Teviot / Teviotdale (Buccleugh Bowling Club) 15th Oct 2014 – Roger Dobson SDB
Newtongrange (Dean Tavern) – 27th Oct 2014 – Burns Brothers Trio
North East (Royal British Legion, Keith) – 7th Oct 2014 – Gary Sutherland
Northern (Lylehill Suite, Templepatrick, N.I.) - 1st Oct 2014 – Sean Quinn
Oban (The Argyllshire Gathering) – 2nd Oct 2014 – McAllister Brothers
Orkney (Ayre Hotel, Kirkwall) –
Peebles (Rugby Social Club) – 30th Oct 2014 – Jack Delaney SDB
Perth (Salutation Hotel) – 21st Oct 2014 – Nicky McMichan SDB 25th Oct – After-the-Festival-Dance Da Fustra
Renfrew (Masonic Hall, Broadloan) – 14th Oct 2014 – Saemus O’Sullivan
Rothbury (Queen’s Head Hotel) - 2nd Oct 2014 – Wullie Scott
Seghill (Old Comrades Club) - 7th 14th 21st 28th Oct 2014 – Club Nights
Shetland (Shetland Hotel, Lerwick) - 30th Oct 2014 – Neil Dawson
Stonehouse (Stonehouse Violet Football Social Club) - 1st Oct 2014 – Leonard Brown SDB
Sutherland (Rogart Village Hall) - 18th Oct 2014 – Elizabeth MacKenzie SDB
Thurso (Pentland Hotel) – 6th Oct 2014 – Ronald Anderson SDB
Turriff (Commercial Hotel, Cuminestown) – 2nd Oct 2014 – Wayme Robertson & Claire Telford
Tynedale (Hexham Ex Service Club) – 16th Oct 2014 – Brandon McPhee Trio
Uist & Benbecula (C of S Hall, Griminish) - 4th & 18th Oct 2014 – Ceilidh Nights
West Barnes (West Barnes Inn) 9th Oct 2014 – Neil MacEachern SDB
Wick (MacKay’s Hotel) – 21st Oct 2014 – Seamus O’Sullivan
THERE WERE CLUB REPORTS FROM :-
1. Annan
2. Arbroath
3. Blairgowrie
4. Button-key
5. Campsie
6. Dingwall
7. Dunfermline
8. Duns
9. Forres
10. Inveraray
11. Islesteps
12. Langholm
13. Lewis & Harris
14. Montrose
15. North East
16. Northern
17. Orkney
18. Peebles
19. Renfrew
20. Thurso
21. Turriff
22. Tynedale
CLUB DIRECTORY AS AT OCT 2013
(Clubs didn’t necessarily notify the Assoc when they closed so the following may not be entirely correct. Only the clubs submitting the reports or in the Club Diary above were definitely open.)
1. Aberdeen A&F Club (1975 – present)
2. Alnwick A&F Club (Aug 1975 – present)
3. Annan A&F Club (joined Assoc in 1996 but started 1985 – present)
4. Arbroath A&F Club (1991? – present)
5. Balloch A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per January 1978 issue – present)
6. Banchory A&F Club (1978 – present)
7. Banff & District A&F Club (Oct 1973 – present)
8. Beith & District A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per first edition – present)
9. Biggar A&F Club (Oct 1974 – present)
10. Blairgowrie A&F Club (
11. Button Key A&F Club (
12. Campsie A&F Club (Nov 95 – present)
13. Carlisle A&F Club (joined Sept 1993 -
14. Castle Douglas A&F Club (c Sept 1980 – present)
15. Coalburn A&F Club (
16. Crieff A&F Club (cSept 1981)
17. Dalriada A&F Club (Feb 1981)
18. Dingwall & District A&F Club (May 1979 – per first report)
19. Dunblane & District A&F Club (1971 – present)
20. Dunfermline & District A&F Club (1974 – per first edition)
21. Duns A&F Club (formed 20th Sept 04 – present)
22. Ellon A&F Club (
23. Fintry A&F Club (Dec 1972 – reformed Jan 1980 – present)
24. Forfar A&F Club (
25. Forres A&F Club (Jan 1978)
26. Galashiels A&F Club (joined Sept 1982 - present)
27. Glendale A&F Club (Jan 1973 – present)
28. Glenfarg A&F Club (formed 1988 joined Assoc Mar 95 -
29. Gretna A&F Club (1991) Known as North Cumbria A&F Club previously (originally called Gretna when started in June 1966 but later had to move to venues in the North of England and changed name. No breaks in the continuity of the Club)
30. Haddington A&F Club (formed Feb 2005 - )
31. Highland A&F Club (Inverness) (Nov 1973 – present)
32. Inveraray A&F Club (Feb 1991 - present)
33. Islesteps A&F Club (Jan 1981 – present – n.b. evolved from the original Dumfries Club)
34. Isle of Skye A&F Club (June 1983 – present)
35. Kelso A&F Club (May 1976 – present)
36. Ladybank A&F Club (joined Apr 98 but formed earlier
37. Lanark A&F Club (joined Sept 96 – closed March 2015)
38. Langholm A&F Club (Oct 1967 - present)
39. Lewis & Harris A&F Club (Aug 1994 -
40. Livingston A&F Club (Sept 1973 – present)
41 Lockerbie A&F Club (Nov 1973 - present)
42 Mauchline A&F Club (Sept 1983 - present)
43 Montrose A&F Club (joined Sept 1982 - present)
44 Newmill-on-Teviot (Hawick) (Formed late 1988 joined Assoc 1999 - closed March 2016)
45 Newtongrange A&F Club (joined Sept 1977 - present)
46. North East A&F Club aka Keith A&FC (Sept 1971 - present)
47. Northern A&F Club (Sept 2011 -
48. Oban A&F Club (Nov 1975 - present)
49. Orkney A&F Club (Mar 1978 - present)
50. Peebles A&F Club (26 Nov 1981 - present)
51. Perth & District A&F Club (Aug 1970 - present)
52. Renfrew A&F Club (1984 -
53. Rothbury Accordion Club (7th Feb 1974) orig called Coquetdale
54. Shetland A&F Club (Sept 1978 - present)
55 Stonehouse A&F Club (first report June 05 -
56 Thurso A&F Club (Oct 1981 - present)
57 Turriff A&F Club (1st April 1982 - present)
58 Tynedale A&F Club (Nov 1980 - present)
58 Uist & Benbecula A&F Club (Dec 2007 but formed 1994 -
60 West Barnes ( - present)
61 Wick A&F Club (Oct 1975 - present)
Not on official list at the start of the season (closed, did not renew membership or omitted in error?)
62. Araharacle & District A&F Club (cMay 1988)
63. Armadale A&F Club (Oct 1978? or 80) originally called Bathgate Club (for 2 months) Last meeting May 2010
64. Ayr A&F Club (Nov 1983 – per Nov 83 edition) Closed
65. Belford A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
66. Bonchester Accordion Club (Closed?)
67. Bridge of Allan (Walmer) A&F Club (Walmer Hotel, Bridge of Allan) (c March 1982)
68. Brigmill A&F Club (Oct 1990) Closed
69. Britannia B&F Club ( joined 07-08 but much older
70. Bromley A&F Club (joined 95-96 – closed early 08-09)
71. Buchan A&F Club
72. Callander A&F Club (
73. Campbeltown & District A&F Club (c Dec 1980)
74. Cleland (cNov 1981 – March 1985) originally called Drumpellier A&F Club (for 2 months)
75. Club Accord
76. Coldingham A&F Club (Nov 2008 – cFeb 2014)
77 Coquetdale A&F Club (Feb 1974 or c1976/77 – 1981/2? – became Rothbury?)
78. Coupar Angus A&F Club (cSept 1978 - ?)
79. Crathes (aka Scottish Accordion Music – Crathes) (Nov 1997 -
80. Cults A & F Club (
81. Cumnock A&F Club (October 1976 - forced to close cDec 1982 - see Jan 83 Editorial)
82. Denny & Dunipace A&F Club (Feb 1981)
83. Derwentside A&F Club
84. Dornoch A&F Club (first mention in directory 1986)
85. Dumfries Accordion Club (Oughtons) (April 1965 at the Hole in the Wa’)
86. Dunbar Cement Works A&F Club (Closed?)
87. Dundee & District A&F Club (January 1971 – 1995?)
88. Dunoon & Cowal A&F Club (
89. East Kilbride A&F Club (Sept 1980 – Closed 04/05)
90. Edinburgh A&F Club (Apr 1981) prev called Chrissie Leatham A&F Club (Oct 1980)
91. Falkirk A&F Club (Sept 1978 - )
92. Fort William A&F Club (21st Oct 1980 – per Dec 1980 B&F)
93. Galston A&F Club (Oct 1969 – per first edition – closed March 2006)
94. Glenrothes A&F Club (Mar 93? – left the Assoc c2013)
95. Gorebridge (cNov 1981) originally called Arniston A&F Club (for 2 months)
96. Greenhead Accordion Club (on the A69 between Brampton and Haltwistle)
97. Islay A&F Club (23 Apr 93 -
98. Kintore A&F Club (
99. Kirriemuir A&F Club (cSept 1981)
100. Lauder A&F Club (May 2010 -
101. Lesmahagow A&F Club (Nov 1979 – closed May 2005)
102. M.A.F.I.A. (1966 – 1993?)
103. Maine Valley A&F Club (
104. Monklands A&F Club (Nov 1978 – closed cApril 1983)
105. Morecambe A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
106. Muirhead A&F Club (Dec 1994 -
107. Mull A&F Club
108. Newcastleton Accordion Club
109. Newburgh A&F Club (joined 2002 but founded much earlier – closed April 2011 when venue closed)
110. New Cumnock A&F Club (cMarch 1979)
111. Newton St Boswells Accordion Club (17th Oct 1972 see Apr 1984 obituary for Angus Park)
112. Ormiston Miners’ Welfare Society A&F Club (closed April 1992 – per Sept Editorial)
113. Premier A&F Club NI (April 1980)
114. Phoenix A&F Club, Ardrishaig (Dec 2004 -
115. Reading Scottish Fiddlers (cMarch 1997
116. Renfrew A&F Club (original club 1974/5 lapsed after a few years then again in 1984)
117. Selkirk A&F Club (
118. Stirling A&F Club (Oct 1991 – closed 20000/01?)
119. Straiton Accordion Club (c1968 – closed March 1979)
120. Stranraer & District Accordion Club (1974 – per first edition)
121 Sutherland A&F Club (Nov 1982 -
122 Thornhill A&F Club (joined Oct 1983 – see Nov 83 edition – closed April 2014)
123. Torthorwald A&F Club (near Dumfries)
124. Tranent A&F Club
125. Vancouver
126. Walmer (Bridge of Allan) A&F Club
127. Wellbank A&F Club
128. Yarrow (prev known as Etterick & Yarrow) (Jan 1989 – closed 2001/02)
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B&F Treasurer – Charlie Todd, Thankerton
The main features in the above issue were as follows (this is not a comprehensive detail of all it contained. The Club reports, in particular, are too time-consuming at this stage to retype).
Editorial
Well christening by fire! First of all thank you…………………..
Pia Walker
Minutes of the AGM
By Nicol McLaren
The past……….
My Memories of Tony Dalton
by Derek Hamilton
Ronnie Easton phoned me on Thursday, 7th April quite early in the morning. “I’ve got sad news my friend”, he said. “Our good friend Tony Dalton collapsed and died yesterday afternoon”. I was absolutely dumbfounded.
I had spoken to Tony on the Tuesday and we had, as we always did in our phone chats, discussed the dance music on Saturday night. He had his views and was prepared to share them. He would say it as he saw it and wouldn’t be moved if you disagreed. That was what I liked about Tony. Open and forthright. I’ve no doubt it would get him into trouble sometimes, but he was honest.
His musical tastes were the same as they’d always been. From the early days as a young cop working out of Dumbarton as a Traffic Officer when he spent a lot of his spare time at a certain button-box players house at Buchanan Smiddy. Did I say spare time? Any time more like. He thought the world of Dochie McCallum and always gave credit for learning so much of ‘the pipe music’ there. 2/4s and 6/8s were the food that kept Tony alive. He collected music from anywhere he could lay his hands on it. ‘Ye wouldna hae the music for such and such or so and so’ he would say. “I heard it the ither night and it’s a cracker”. If you were able to supply then you were ‘a topper mun. First class sir’.
He joined the police because he’d seen how hard his folks had to work on the farm to make ends meet. By his own admission that was not for him. He was determined to do better than that.
By the middle seventies he’d left the Police and was running Oughton’s Night Spot in Dumfries with Max Houliston. Tony was in his element as mine host. His police training gave him a quiet assuring confidence and he was a good looking, tall, handsome, likeable chap. His knowledge of the accordion world helped him be a first-class MC.
Tony moved on from Oughton’s and took over the Cargenholme Hotel on the outskirts of Dumfries. After getting a few months under his belt there he started the Islesteps Accordion Club and ran it for a season by himself. He then asked Ian Gray from Beeswing to form a proper Committee and it joined the N.A.A.F.C. and is still going strong today, although not in the same venue I might add. Tony sold the hotel and moved to Lochmaben where for over 20 years he ran his beloved pub in the village.
I appeared professionally only once at Tony’s place and that was in 1983 at Cargenholme with the Dermot O’Brien Trio. Tony treated us like family, but then that’s what Tony was – a genial family man.
Sadly I lost touch with Tony while he was in Lochmaben. Four year ago, however, I was at Lockerbie Accordion Club and in came Tony, lugging his Hohner Morino V. It was a renewed acquaintance I was more than happy to have made.
“Mind that tune ee wrote for is a’ these years ago? Well I still canna play it!!! Ye’re a bugger mun!” It was a reel Tony Dalton. That was it – friendship renewed!
Tony was never the best player in the world, which he admitted many times over, but in his younger day he could certainly hold his own with the best of them. I still treasure his broadcast from Dumfries in 1976 when the BBC did a series of broadcasts from the Accordion Clubs.
After Tony retired having had major heart surgery, he got his interest in the box revitalised by going along to the odd Accordion Club. Ever encouraging, he took a great interest in young Nicky McMichan’s playing and Nicky took on Tony as a mentor and friend. Apart from the accordion the pair had a great interest in beer and whisky!
Tony liked a dram or two and two four and six eight pipe marches. His appetite for both was enormous! They went hand-in-hand as far as he was concerned. Laughs and drams in abundance. That was how it was with Tony.
My memories of him will last forever. He’ll be sadly missed by Margaret and all the family and, of course, Jock, his 4 year old chocolate lab. He’ll be missed too in the wider world by musicians and friends.
‘Aye sir! Ye were a guid yin’.
Tommy Lees (Obituary)
by Jenny Shaw
Tommy Lees sadly died in hospital in London on 10th August, 2014, aged 72.
Tommy was originally from Kirkcaldy, but had lived and worked in London for many years.
He was the best exponent of the jig on second accordion, as Billy Thom expressed it, “an outstanding second box player with a unique style, especially in jigs”. In the late 60’s and early 70’s he was a member of Jim Johnstone’s Band and part of the White Heather Club with Andy Stewart.
For the past few years he played with Ritchie Ahearne’s Dalcassian Band. He also played in a care home for retired musicians and entertainers, where he was very much appreciated.
He will be greatly missed.
See Hear! with Bill Brown
CD Reviews
On the Move – Leonard Brown SDB – LBCD005
Take the Floor – Saturday Evenings 19.05 – 21.00 with Robbie Shepherd (repeated on Sunday’s 13.05 – 15.00)
4th Oct 2014 – Archive Session + Kirsteen Menzies
11th Oct 2014 – Robert Nairn Highland Band + Dougie Pincock
18th Oct 2014 – 60’s Bairns
25th Oct 2014 – Colin Donaldson SDB
CLUB DIARY
Aberdeen (Old Machar RBL) – 28th Oct 2014 – Adin Graham
Alnwick (The Farrier’s Arms – Shilbottle) 8th Oct 2014 – Wayne Robertson & Davie Stewart
Annan (St Andrew’s Social Club) - 19th Oct 2014 – Lindsay Weir Trio
Arbroath (Viewfield Hotel) - 5th Oct 2014 – Alec Ross Ceilidh Band
Balloch (St. Kessog’s Church Hall) – 19th Oct 2014 – David Vernon
Banchory (Burnett Arms Hotel) – -
Banff & District (Banff Springs Hotel) – 22nd Oct 2014 – Roy Hendrie
Beith & District (Anderson Hotel) – 20th Oct 2014 - tbc
Biggar (Municipal Hall) –
Blairgowrie (Moorfield Hotel) - 14th Oct 2014 – Gavin Piper
Button Key (Windygates Institute) – 9th Oct 2014 – Stuart & Rebeka Venters
Campsie (Glazert Country House Hotel) - 7th Oct 2014 – Martainn Skene Trio
Carlisle (St Margaret Mary Social Club) - 2nd Oct 2014 – Morag Robertson Trio
Castle Douglas (Urr Valley Country House Hotel) – 21st Oct 2014 – Judith Linton Trio
Coalburn (Miners’ Welfare) - 10th Oct 2014 – Dance to Willie McFarland SDB 16th Oct 2014 – Iain Cathcart SDB
Crieff & District (Crieff Hotel) Oct 2014 -
Dalriada (Argyll Inn, Lochgilphead) - 21st Oct 2014 – Andy Kinnear Trio
Dingwall (National Hotel) – 1st Oct 2014 – Iain Cathcart Trio
Dunblane (Victoria Hall) – 15th Oct 2014 – Ian Cruickshanks SDB
Dunfermline (Headwell Bowling Club) – 14th Oct 2014 – Johnny Duncan Duo
Duns (Royal British Legion Club, Langtongate) 20th Oct 2014 – Cannongate Cadjers (Alex Ross) C.B.
Ellon (Station Hotel) – 21st Oct 2014 – Tom Cruickshank
Fintry (Fintry Sports Centre) – 27th Oct 2014 – Andrew Kinnear SDB
Forfar (Plough Inn) - 26th Oct 2014 – Da Fustra
Forres (Victoria Hotel) – 8th Oct 2014 – Leonard Brown & Malcolm Ross
Galashiels (Abbotsford Arms Hotel) – 2nd Oct 2014 – Raymond Chuchuk SDB
Glendale (The Glendale Hall) - 23rd Oct 2014 – Ian Muir Trio
Glenfarg (Lomond Hotel) - 1st Oct 2014 – Kyle Innes 15th Oct - AGM
Gretna (Athlitic & Social Club) - 5th Oct 2014 – Alex McIntyre
Haddington (Railway Inn) - 19th Oct 2014 – Gold Brothers
Highland (Waterside Hotel) – 20th Oct 2014 – Alan Crookston Trio
Inveraray (Argyll Hotel) -
Isle of Skye – (The Royal Hotel, Portree) - 2nd Oct 2014 – Lindsay Weir Trio
Islesteps (The Embassy Hotel) – 7th Oct 2014 – Scott Band Quartet
Kelso (Cross Keys Hotel) – 29th Oct 2014 – Lothian Scottish Dance Band
Ladybank (Ladybank Tavern) - 16th Oct 2014 – Nicol McLaren SDB
Lanark (Ravenstruther Hall) - 27th Oct 2014 – Steven Carcasy Duo
Langholm (Eskdale Hotel) – 8th Oct 2014 – Willie McFarlane Band
Lewis & Harris (Stornoway Legion) - 2nd Oct 2014 – Club Night
Livingston (Hilcroft Hotel, Whitburn) 21st Oct 2014 – Willie McFarland Band
Lockerbie (Queen’s Hotel) - 28th Oct 2014 – George Meilke Trio
Mauchline (Harry Lyle Suite) - 21st Oct 2014 – Bon Accords
Montrose (Park Hotel) – 1st Oct 2014 – Barrack Brothers C.B.
Newburgh (Adbie Hall) -
Newmill-on-Teviot / Teviotdale (Buccleugh Bowling Club) 15th Oct 2014 – Roger Dobson SDB
Newtongrange (Dean Tavern) – 27th Oct 2014 – Burns Brothers Trio
North East (Royal British Legion, Keith) – 7th Oct 2014 – Gary Sutherland
Northern (Lylehill Suite, Templepatrick, N.I.) - 1st Oct 2014 – Sean Quinn
Oban (The Argyllshire Gathering) – 2nd Oct 2014 – McAllister Brothers
Orkney (Ayre Hotel, Kirkwall) –
Peebles (Rugby Social Club) – 30th Oct 2014 – Jack Delaney SDB
Perth (Salutation Hotel) – 21st Oct 2014 – Nicky McMichan SDB 25th Oct – After-the-Festival-Dance Da Fustra
Renfrew (Masonic Hall, Broadloan) – 14th Oct 2014 – Saemus O’Sullivan
Rothbury (Queen’s Head Hotel) - 2nd Oct 2014 – Wullie Scott
Seghill (Old Comrades Club) - 7th 14th 21st 28th Oct 2014 – Club Nights
Shetland (Shetland Hotel, Lerwick) - 30th Oct 2014 – Neil Dawson
Stonehouse (Stonehouse Violet Football Social Club) - 1st Oct 2014 – Leonard Brown SDB
Sutherland (Rogart Village Hall) - 18th Oct 2014 – Elizabeth MacKenzie SDB
Thurso (Pentland Hotel) – 6th Oct 2014 – Ronald Anderson SDB
Turriff (Commercial Hotel, Cuminestown) – 2nd Oct 2014 – Wayme Robertson & Claire Telford
Tynedale (Hexham Ex Service Club) – 16th Oct 2014 – Brandon McPhee Trio
Uist & Benbecula (C of S Hall, Griminish) - 4th & 18th Oct 2014 – Ceilidh Nights
West Barnes (West Barnes Inn) 9th Oct 2014 – Neil MacEachern SDB
Wick (MacKay’s Hotel) – 21st Oct 2014 – Seamus O’Sullivan
THERE WERE CLUB REPORTS FROM :-
1. Annan
2. Arbroath
3. Blairgowrie
4. Button-key
5. Campsie
6. Dingwall
7. Dunfermline
8. Duns
9. Forres
10. Inveraray
11. Islesteps
12. Langholm
13. Lewis & Harris
14. Montrose
15. North East
16. Northern
17. Orkney
18. Peebles
19. Renfrew
20. Thurso
21. Turriff
22. Tynedale
CLUB DIRECTORY AS AT OCT 2013
(Clubs didn’t necessarily notify the Assoc when they closed so the following may not be entirely correct. Only the clubs submitting the reports or in the Club Diary above were definitely open.)
1. Aberdeen A&F Club (1975 – present)
2. Alnwick A&F Club (Aug 1975 – present)
3. Annan A&F Club (joined Assoc in 1996 but started 1985 – present)
4. Arbroath A&F Club (1991? – present)
5. Balloch A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per January 1978 issue – present)
6. Banchory A&F Club (1978 – present)
7. Banff & District A&F Club (Oct 1973 – present)
8. Beith & District A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per first edition – present)
9. Biggar A&F Club (Oct 1974 – present)
10. Blairgowrie A&F Club (
11. Button Key A&F Club (
12. Campsie A&F Club (Nov 95 – present)
13. Carlisle A&F Club (joined Sept 1993 -
14. Castle Douglas A&F Club (c Sept 1980 – present)
15. Coalburn A&F Club (
16. Crieff A&F Club (cSept 1981)
17. Dalriada A&F Club (Feb 1981)
18. Dingwall & District A&F Club (May 1979 – per first report)
19. Dunblane & District A&F Club (1971 – present)
20. Dunfermline & District A&F Club (1974 – per first edition)
21. Duns A&F Club (formed 20th Sept 04 – present)
22. Ellon A&F Club (
23. Fintry A&F Club (Dec 1972 – reformed Jan 1980 – present)
24. Forfar A&F Club (
25. Forres A&F Club (Jan 1978)
26. Galashiels A&F Club (joined Sept 1982 - present)
27. Glendale A&F Club (Jan 1973 – present)
28. Glenfarg A&F Club (formed 1988 joined Assoc Mar 95 -
29. Gretna A&F Club (1991) Known as North Cumbria A&F Club previously (originally called Gretna when started in June 1966 but later had to move to venues in the North of England and changed name. No breaks in the continuity of the Club)
30. Haddington A&F Club (formed Feb 2005 - )
31. Highland A&F Club (Inverness) (Nov 1973 – present)
32. Inveraray A&F Club (Feb 1991 - present)
33. Islesteps A&F Club (Jan 1981 – present – n.b. evolved from the original Dumfries Club)
34. Isle of Skye A&F Club (June 1983 – present)
35. Kelso A&F Club (May 1976 – present)
36. Ladybank A&F Club (joined Apr 98 but formed earlier
37. Lanark A&F Club (joined Sept 96 – closed March 2015)
38. Langholm A&F Club (Oct 1967 - present)
39. Lewis & Harris A&F Club (Aug 1994 -
40. Livingston A&F Club (Sept 1973 – present)
41 Lockerbie A&F Club (Nov 1973 - present)
42 Mauchline A&F Club (Sept 1983 - present)
43 Montrose A&F Club (joined Sept 1982 - present)
44 Newmill-on-Teviot (Hawick) (Formed late 1988 joined Assoc 1999 - closed March 2016)
45 Newtongrange A&F Club (joined Sept 1977 - present)
46. North East A&F Club aka Keith A&FC (Sept 1971 - present)
47. Northern A&F Club (Sept 2011 -
48. Oban A&F Club (Nov 1975 - present)
49. Orkney A&F Club (Mar 1978 - present)
50. Peebles A&F Club (26 Nov 1981 - present)
51. Perth & District A&F Club (Aug 1970 - present)
52. Renfrew A&F Club (1984 -
53. Rothbury Accordion Club (7th Feb 1974) orig called Coquetdale
54. Shetland A&F Club (Sept 1978 - present)
55 Stonehouse A&F Club (first report June 05 -
56 Thurso A&F Club (Oct 1981 - present)
57 Turriff A&F Club (1st April 1982 - present)
58 Tynedale A&F Club (Nov 1980 - present)
58 Uist & Benbecula A&F Club (Dec 2007 but formed 1994 -
60 West Barnes ( - present)
61 Wick A&F Club (Oct 1975 - present)
Not on official list at the start of the season (closed, did not renew membership or omitted in error?)
62. Araharacle & District A&F Club (cMay 1988)
63. Armadale A&F Club (Oct 1978? or 80) originally called Bathgate Club (for 2 months) Last meeting May 2010
64. Ayr A&F Club (Nov 1983 – per Nov 83 edition) Closed
65. Belford A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
66. Bonchester Accordion Club (Closed?)
67. Bridge of Allan (Walmer) A&F Club (Walmer Hotel, Bridge of Allan) (c March 1982)
68. Brigmill A&F Club (Oct 1990) Closed
69. Britannia B&F Club ( joined 07-08 but much older
70. Bromley A&F Club (joined 95-96 – closed early 08-09)
71. Buchan A&F Club
72. Callander A&F Club (
73. Campbeltown & District A&F Club (c Dec 1980)
74. Cleland (cNov 1981 – March 1985) originally called Drumpellier A&F Club (for 2 months)
75. Club Accord
76. Coldingham A&F Club (Nov 2008 – cFeb 2014)
77 Coquetdale A&F Club (Feb 1974 or c1976/77 – 1981/2? – became Rothbury?)
78. Coupar Angus A&F Club (cSept 1978 - ?)
79. Crathes (aka Scottish Accordion Music – Crathes) (Nov 1997 -
80. Cults A & F Club (
81. Cumnock A&F Club (October 1976 - forced to close cDec 1982 - see Jan 83 Editorial)
82. Denny & Dunipace A&F Club (Feb 1981)
83. Derwentside A&F Club
84. Dornoch A&F Club (first mention in directory 1986)
85. Dumfries Accordion Club (Oughtons) (April 1965 at the Hole in the Wa’)
86. Dunbar Cement Works A&F Club (Closed?)
87. Dundee & District A&F Club (January 1971 – 1995?)
88. Dunoon & Cowal A&F Club (
89. East Kilbride A&F Club (Sept 1980 – Closed 04/05)
90. Edinburgh A&F Club (Apr 1981) prev called Chrissie Leatham A&F Club (Oct 1980)
91. Falkirk A&F Club (Sept 1978 - )
92. Fort William A&F Club (21st Oct 1980 – per Dec 1980 B&F)
93. Galston A&F Club (Oct 1969 – per first edition – closed March 2006)
94. Glenrothes A&F Club (Mar 93? – left the Assoc c2013)
95. Gorebridge (cNov 1981) originally called Arniston A&F Club (for 2 months)
96. Greenhead Accordion Club (on the A69 between Brampton and Haltwistle)
97. Islay A&F Club (23 Apr 93 -
98. Kintore A&F Club (
99. Kirriemuir A&F Club (cSept 1981)
100. Lauder A&F Club (May 2010 -
101. Lesmahagow A&F Club (Nov 1979 – closed May 2005)
102. M.A.F.I.A. (1966 – 1993?)
103. Maine Valley A&F Club (
104. Monklands A&F Club (Nov 1978 – closed cApril 1983)
105. Morecambe A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
106. Muirhead A&F Club (Dec 1994 -
107. Mull A&F Club
108. Newcastleton Accordion Club
109. Newburgh A&F Club (joined 2002 but founded much earlier – closed April 2011 when venue closed)
110. New Cumnock A&F Club (cMarch 1979)
111. Newton St Boswells Accordion Club (17th Oct 1972 see Apr 1984 obituary for Angus Park)
112. Ormiston Miners’ Welfare Society A&F Club (closed April 1992 – per Sept Editorial)
113. Premier A&F Club NI (April 1980)
114. Phoenix A&F Club, Ardrishaig (Dec 2004 -
115. Reading Scottish Fiddlers (cMarch 1997
116. Renfrew A&F Club (original club 1974/5 lapsed after a few years then again in 1984)
117. Selkirk A&F Club (
118. Stirling A&F Club (Oct 1991 – closed 20000/01?)
119. Straiton Accordion Club (c1968 – closed March 1979)
120. Stranraer & District Accordion Club (1974 – per first edition)
121 Sutherland A&F Club (Nov 1982 -
122 Thornhill A&F Club (joined Oct 1983 – see Nov 83 edition – closed April 2014)
123. Torthorwald A&F Club (near Dumfries)
124. Tranent A&F Club
125. Vancouver
126. Walmer (Bridge of Allan) A&F Club
127. Wellbank A&F Club
128. Yarrow (prev known as Etterick & Yarrow) (Jan 1989 – closed 2001/02)
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