Westmuir Village, Angus

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Welcome to the Westmuir Village Website which aims to keep locals in touch with what is going on and to let the rest of the world know what a beautiful area and charming village we live in. Please let us know if there is anything you would like to see included on the site or about events or activities of local interest and we'll do our best to include them for others to enjoy.

New Poem Found

In 1915 Lance Corporal John Beaton wrote a poem which can be found in our History pages and which also featured in the local Courier and Advertiser.

Since then another poem headed 'Copies 1d Each', written by John whilst on active service in France, has been brought to our notice.

Imagine! The Camerons versus the 5th Black Watch enjoying a game of football during a lull in the fighting in war-torn France.

Click Here to read the full story and to find John’s account of the football match in the verses he sent home to a friend in Kirrie.

Preparing the Land

Local farmers have been busy on the land and spring crops sown during the fine spell of weather at the end of March have got off to a good start thanks to the ideal conditions. The race is now on to complete the potato plantings whilst avoiding the April downpours !

Herdhill Farm, on the edges of Westmuir is no exception.

Click for Herdhill pictures.

Kirriemuir Landward West Community Council

KLWCC meets quarterly in Kilry Hall and it's purpose is to ascertain, co-ordinate and express the views of the community it represents to local authorities and other public bodies. At the moment, Westmuir is the only community in the area which does not have a representative on the Community Council. As a way of keeping you in touch with local issues being discussed by this important group, we now publish the

Community Council Minutes

If you've had a read and think you could represent Westmuir as a community council member, please get in touch via the Contact Page.

To find out more about what's involved, there is a useful article here.

The next meeting is at 7.30 pm on 31 May 2012 in Kilry Hall.

Do you know these people ? We have received a request via Andy Mills of Kirriemuir from friends in Australia who are looking for information about a couple Dave and Jennie Adam for their family tree. Our own local historians have been busy and have recorded what we know locally about them. We are keen to jog other's memories so that we can gather more details for Australia. Please have a read at the the story so far and do get in touch with us if you can help in any way. Click on the pictures above to read more about this fascinating piece of Westmuir's heritage. New Log Seat for Community Woodland
		During the recent work to upgrade the Community Woodland paths, a new viewing area was created and this now features a wonderful new Log Seat. Westmuir Community Development Trust is very grateful to Bill Howcroft for providing the log and for loading it and also to Stephen Waddell for transporting the log to the Park. As you can see this was a substantial piece of work which was successfully offloaded and positioned by Bill and Stephen. Thanks guys! For another picture of the viewing area and log seat click here.

Westmuir Hall Fundraiser ~ Can You Help ?
The Westmuir Hall Committee is planning its next fundraiser which is to host a Prize Bingo Night at Kirrie Thistle's Clubhouse on Thursday 31st May 2012. The money raised from this will go towards funding the proposed new porch and spruce-up of the outside of our hall. This is a pretty big event to organise and run and the hall committee are hoping they can rely on the support of all friends and supporters to help pull it off. As well as seeking donations for raffle prizes, they are looking for help to make sandwiches on the afternoon of the 31st, probably at the club, and also volunteers to help serve/staff the evening? This promises to be a major fundraiser for the hall and will be for the benefit of all in Westmuir. If you can help in any of these ways, please contact us via the email address which can be found on our Contact Page. Thanks!

Family Quiz Night Winners The Westmuir Family Quiz took place in the village hall on Saturday 11 February and attracted a record crowd to this popular fundraising evening. David and Gill Urquhart kept everyone on their toes with a wide range of questions on various topics. Congratulations go to the Waddell and Ruxton Families who won the adult quiz and also to their children who independently won the yougsters' quiz section. A big thank you to all those who came along and to those who donated the many prizes for the raffle. Also to our event organisers who did all the advance preparations and made sure that the hall was warm and comfortable. The Family Quiz raised a total of £260 for Village Hall and Community Woodland funds and Chunk and Eileen also presented a cheque for a further £165 from their Guess the Baby competition. All in all a good fun evening so well done everyone !

A Poem from the Past

A poem written by a young soldier serving in France in 1915 has re-emerged and in recent months touched the lives of family and friends both at home and abroad. To read the full account of how this came about, follow this link:

A Poem, World War 1 and the Family Beaton

Helen Humphreys, who researched and wrote up this poignant story, made this discovery after hearing some time ago from one-time Westmuir resident Margaret Gray (pictured) who made contact from Australia after reading our website. Thanks to Bill Beaton and sons in Canada; Margaret and family in Australia; Forfar Library staff; Mr Bob Stewart and Wendy Hill at Southmuir Primary all of whom contributed to this story.

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