Some of us are having a Gert It Doon Yer Neck soiree to celebrate Gert's life at the "Blackloonies Hall" near Bridge of Cally next February or March and we've put a wee plan together for a permanent wee memorial to Gert and the good times we've shared there with him in the past
Rab phoned me last night sugggesting asking if we could maybe get a plaque erected either inside or outside the hall in memory of Gert. TBH neither of us were very confident given that it's a community hall and none of us (apart from Gerry Watts) are members of the community. Enquiries were made but I was told that it wouldn't be possible.
Back to the drawing board and we've come up with this idea (which has been approved by the hall commitee) and is now definite, provided that we get the support from you guys to go ahead:
We'll buy and erect a picnic table and bench in memory of Gert at the Blackwater Hall (aka "Blackloonies" hall) on the A93 near Blacklunans. As you know, Gert enjoyed good times there with us and we've all got fond memories of this. As well as using the bench for our future soirees there, we can use it as stop off point for a break and/or a smoke when any of us are riding the A93 Blairgowrie to Braemar road. We can then have a thought of our friend Gert.
We'll get an engraved plaque in memory of Gert fixed to the table.
Rab's got a table/bench in mind. It's good quality and ideal for our needs here. We thought about only asking those who've been to any of our Blacklooonies events to contribute to the buying of the bench although obviously, anyone will be more than welcome to use the bench on their travels.
Hopefully, we'll get enough support to buy this (it costs about £230) and we can have the official unveiling of Gert's table and bench when we have our Gert It Doon Yer Neck weekend.
Thanks in advance
Rab phoned me last night sugggesting asking if we could maybe get a plaque erected either inside or outside the hall in memory of Gert. TBH neither of us were very confident given that it's a community hall and none of us (apart from Gerry Watts) are members of the community. Enquiries were made but I was told that it wouldn't be possible.
Back to the drawing board and we've come up with this idea (which has been approved by the hall commitee) and is now definite, provided that we get the support from you guys to go ahead:
We'll buy and erect a picnic table and bench in memory of Gert at the Blackwater Hall (aka "Blackloonies" hall) on the A93 near Blacklunans. As you know, Gert enjoyed good times there with us and we've all got fond memories of this. As well as using the bench for our future soirees there, we can use it as stop off point for a break and/or a smoke when any of us are riding the A93 Blairgowrie to Braemar road. We can then have a thought of our friend Gert.
We'll get an engraved plaque in memory of Gert fixed to the table.
Rab's got a table/bench in mind. It's good quality and ideal for our needs here. We thought about only asking those who've been to any of our Blacklooonies events to contribute to the buying of the bench although obviously, anyone will be more than welcome to use the bench on their travels.
Hopefully, we'll get enough support to buy this (it costs about £230) and we can have the official unveiling of Gert's table and bench when we have our Gert It Doon Yer Neck weekend.
Thanks in advance
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