Lord-Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross Stephen Leckie, Provost Xander McDade and members of the High Constables of Perth laid wreaths at the 51st Highland Memorial on the North Inch before attending the Service of Remembrance at St John’s Kirk. Credit to Stewart Grant.
Richard Scott, who runs the Loch Leven Laundry, in Kinross High Street, decorates his shop window according to the season. Deputy Lieutenant Andy Middlemiss, who is the Kinross area organiser for the appeal visited to view the excellent poppy themed window display.
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Kinross Sainsburys is a keen supporter of the Poppy appeal. Deputy Lieutenant Andy Middlemiss was joined by ex Royal Navy veteran, Niall Bennet, and a member of staff for one of the many shifts collecting for the appeal on Saturday 12 November.
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Deputy Lieutenant Andy Middlemiss joined pupils at Kinross High school on 3 mornings to attend Remembrance themed school assemblies. Pupils did themed readings and Andy, a retired soldier gave a remembrance reflection on how to remember, and who he planned to remember this year.
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Jim Hunter has dedicated an extraordinary and impressive lifetime of service to young people in sport. Specifically, his service has been to make sure that absolutely everyone who wants to try out or participate in Track & Field athletics, has been able to. For this he has been recognised by Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth
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In this part of Scotland, Perform in Perth is very well known as a wonderful musical competition festival. The festival has taken place every year since 1921, with only a short wartime interruption. Indeed, I know many of us here will have competed probably as school children, as I did. The festival lasts for two weeks
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Joan is one of the finest Scottish fiddle pianists in recent memory and has been awarded a British Empire Medal for her services to education and music in Perth and Kinross. She stared to learn to play the piano at the age of 10 and has embraced her talent and used it generously to support
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Through her voluntary work as President of Perthshire Open Studios, Glenys Andrews has been recognised with a British Empire Medal for her commitment to the Arts in Perth and Kinross. As a former Director of Education, Glenys has always believed in the power of the arts to enable personal expression, and attain a sense of achievement. She
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The Elizabeth Cross is a form of recognition given to the recognised next of kin of members of the British Armed Forces killed in action or as a result of a terrorist attack after the Second World War. It bears the name of the late British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Lord-Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross, Stephen Leckie, was honoured to present The Elizabeth Cross to
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