BERA Launch their Programme of Evening Classes for Autumn Term 2014

Earlier this week Broughty Ferry Education and Recreation Association (BERA) launched their Programme of evening classes in Broughty Ferry, which will run during the Autumn Term - September to December 2014 starting in week beginning Monday 15 September 2014.

The classes  are organised on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings and take place in Grove Academy. 

As well as many classes that have run in previous years, there are new subjects on the programme this year including:
Make the most of tablets, kindle, skype and websites on Monday and Thursday evenings.

Enrolment night in Monday 8 September at Grove Academy from 6:30pm.

Read Download BERA's programme of classes on the link below or pick up a paper copy of the programme from Broughty Ferry Library.

Link to BERA Programme of Evening Classes for Autumn Term 2014

International Safer Internet Day Tuesday 11 February 2014

Today, is the designated international Safer Internet Day 2014.

Safer Internet Day is organized by Insafe, a European network constituted by 30 national Safer Internet Centres in EU member states and in Iceland, Norway and Russia.

With a different theme each year, the 2014 theme is "Let's Create a Better Internet Together."

In Dundee the major linked event will actually take place on Thursday. A group of organisations is providing a free drop-in event How to Stay Safe Online which is to be held on Thursday 13 February 11:00 am to 15:00 pm in the Steeple Church, Nethergate Dundee. This seems like a sensible switch (from Tuesday) as Thursday is a CPD day for teachers and a holiday for children.
Link to details How to Stay Safe Online.

Over 300 Intrepid Dookers Defy the Wind and Rain on New Year's Day 2014

Despite the deteriorating weather, at 2:30 sharp, on New Year's Day over three hundred intrepid dookers took to the chilly and choppy water in Broughty Ferry harbour.

While many dookers were dressed in novelty outfits, some proved that their swimming was not compromised by their costumes.  Several swimmers demonstrated their confidence in open water by swimming right across the harbour and back, while a good few swam from the slipway right down to the end of the pier. 

If the swimmers were intrepid, so too were their supporters and the spectators who turned out in very good numbers to witness the first major event on The Broughty Ferry calendar.

The dook is very well established as a major spectator event attracting crowds in their thousands to Broughty Ferry harbour every new year's day. All credit to The Phibbies for organising another safe and successful dook. 

Happy New Year 2014

Broughty Ferry 2014 Calendar on Sale in The Ferry

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Broughty Ferry has it own colourful Calendar for 2014 and it's on sale in The Ferry right now.

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The calendar has been produced by Broughty Ferry Traders' to help raise money for local good causes.

The beautiful photographs, one for each month, were some of those submitted to the Traders as entries in their 2013 Photography Competition.

The calendar photographs attest to the high standard of entries received and to the attractiveness of Broughty Ferry as a place to live, work and visit.




The calendar costs £9:99 



Available from the following Ferry businesses:

• Eduardo Alessandro Studios, 30 Gray Street;
• Ferry Potty Arts & Crafts Shop, 339 Brook Street;
• The Gift Horse, 82 Gray Street;
• Gillies Furniture Carpets and Floor Coverings, 180 Brook Street;
• Millar's Clothing Store, 41-43 Gray Street;
• Mostyn McKenzie Shoes, 168 Brook Street and
• R.S McPherson Pharmacy, 120 Gray Street.