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Travelling abroad has changed
The pandemic has changed the way we travel abroad. The Government has put in place a traffic light system – green, amber, red – designed to tell you the actions that need to be taken on return from overseas travel. Other changes have been made because the UK has left the EU.
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Owen Swindale – January 26, 1927 to June 5, 2021
Long-time Arran resident Owen Swindale has died at the age of 94.
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Wolfi lived life to the full
On the 9th of March Wolfi Kroner of Whiting Bay died; I’m not going to say he passed on, passed over or took eternal rest. Using euphemisms where Wolfi was concerned seems totally inappropriate. Wolfi said it as it was and lived it as it was.
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A life lived for others
Nan McMurdo died on July 12, after a long and debilitating illness which had confined her to a wheelchair for the last 40 years. Nan was born and bred in the Ayrshire village of New Cumnock and later moved to neighbouring Cumnock, where she and husband Ian raised their family.
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Pauline Muir – she lived to serve
Mrs Pauline Muir, who was for many years the Arran tourist officer, died last month. She was 98.