All posts in "Letters to The Bellman"
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Bay Name Challenge

By bellmannews / April 5, 2024

Dear Bellman A friend recently asked me where Botany Bay got its name and having done a lot of looking online, I can’t find much information. I wondered if any […]

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Road Proposal for Promenade

By bellmannews / February 15, 2024

Dear Bellman Following last week’s heavy seas, there has been much speculation on social media about what should be done with Stonehaven Beach and Promenade. Certainly the concrete promenade from the Cowie […]

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Seeing Red About Lights

By bellmannews / February 7, 2024

Dear Bellman, (sent Tuesday, February 6) Contgratulations to Aberdeenshire Council for a traffic mismanagement scheme on the road leading from David Street to the AWPR. A third-world country would be […]

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Do You Know a Community Hero?

By Jane Cruickshank / January 22, 2024

Dear Sir I write on behalf of Stonehaven and District Community Council, Stonehaven Business Association and our local churches to intimate that we would like to request nominations for the […]

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Wabbit after Babet

By bellmannews / November 3, 2023

Dear Bellman Communities across Scotland are licking their wounds and no more so than the North East of Scotland. I’m sure it’s left us all a wee bit wabbit after […]

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Motion Praising Horizon’s Work

By bellmannews / September 22, 2023

Dear Sir, Tess White MSP would like to congratulate Stonehaven Horizon on recently being awarded a Certificate of Recognition at the Beautiful Scotland awards. As a way to recognise and […]

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Pot Holes and the Post Office Hole

By bellmannews / July 16, 2023

Dear Bellman I wrote recently to the Council about Stonehaven’s collection of pot-holes. Some are of such a vintage that they could be for consideration by the Antiques Road Show. […]

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Open Secret

By bellmannews / May 19, 2023

Dear Bellman Would you like to know a secret? Stonehaven Leisure Centre is closing for refurbishment. That is not, of course, a secret, as most, if not all, users know […]

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Longer Days Deeper Potholes

By bellmannews / February 27, 2023

Dear Bellman, The street lights on Belmont Brae have been out of action since early January. However, the mornings are getting lighter and so there is even less urgency surrounding […]

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Seeking Clan Donaldson

By bellmannews / November 7, 2022

Dear Bellman, I would request that you might put me in touch with any local amateur historian who may have some knowledge or contact of the Donaldson clan in and […]

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