Creetown Communications
‘Creetoun’s demographics ur changing
as young fowk lea fur th' cities 'n' retirees flit tae th' area. Its population
is aboot 640 fowk’
I
met with a group of Creetown residents (aged
12-15) last week and asked them to tell me about Creetown - they said “IT’S BORIN’ AN THAIR’S NUTHIN TAE DAE!!” -
some used stonger words.
Then
they told me about the film they made (see
link below) - the one that helped secure funding for the new play park –
which is being built in the playing fields at the moment.
They’re
currently making plans for the opening event – which will take place in July
2013. One of the girls suggested it should have a colour theme and another said
– “mibbie burgundy”, to match the Creetown
primary school uniform (they’re all at
high school now in Kirkudbright and Newton Stewart), they think a Barbeque
would be a good idea, and want to invite the local Highland Dancing club to
perform (one of the girls attends this
club). They haven’t decided what music they want yet – but one of the boys
suggested Jake Bugg.
Aged
15 and under - they all have part-time jobs in the village and spent time the
other night comparing their hourly rates of pay.
They
like to play pool in the Ellangowan Hotel and listen to music. They like to go
on facebook - and I heard how one of the girls was gala queen a couple of years
ago. Apparently there’s a beauty pageant planned soon and the girls were
discussing whether they would enter.....”Ah
widnae git in - but you wid, you’re MUCH bettar lukin than ___ ” [insert
name of another girl at their school]
I
heard about the country-dancing club, and how one of them played the bugle in
the Silver band. Several of them go horse riding and one helps out at the
stables – two of the girls want to be in the mounted police, one in the
military police, one loves animals and wants to be a vet, one a chef and one a
music teacher. They told me how they often get a taxi/bus to Newton Stewart to
hang about there – that some of them are going to a party there this weekend. I
heard about the evening they made mocktails (one
boy claiming his were the best), and another
night when they made scotch broth and
cranachan - another when they made pancakes ..... and another when they made cakes (same boy showed me a picture of the cake he
made on his phone).
Then
Eddie walked in - and one of the boys shouted
“He’s Creetoun’s prime minister!”
They
told me that if I collapsed suddenly they would put me into the ‘recovery position’, because they’ve all
done first aid training. I heard about the cube game, scarecrow making and
t-shirt making.
I
heard how one of the girls had been drawing an axle at school and that she likes
to draw pencil sharpeners. Another girl told me about the tea light holder she
had made in clay and another told me about her anime drawings. One of the girls
left the room at this point and came back with her drawing of ‘Sponge Bob’ - we
could put this on a flag, because the sculpture is going to be near the water.
The
girls pointed at one of the boys “He
likes tae stick fitba stickars aroon Creetoun” – (boy concerned, looked a
bit uncomfortable). “Maintain The Union
stickars” - he said a bit red faced. He then went on to talk about William
Wallace.... and September the 14th 2014 (Voting day - Scottish Independence). “Ah dinnae wan tae see the union broken up”. A debate ensued - with
most of the young people in agreement.
N.B. The picture above was taken on
my first day in Creetown – I’ve seen a few of these stickers around Creetown - Mystery
solved.
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