The K'nocker
A collection of the The K'nocker, Portknockie's quarterly village newsletter. Read by the K'nocker editorial team.
- Update frequency
- every 91 days
- Episodes
- 26
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2015
The K'nocker - Winter 2015
As these are nearly upon us, please remember that this is a time of goodwill to all folk – so please be neighbourly and check on the houses around to ensure that folk are warm and well. It only takes…
Thu 03 Dec 2015
The K'nocker - Autumn 2015
Can lightning strike twice? On Saturday 13 August (2005) torrential rains fell in the afternoon, causing the streets to run with water, the road drains to spout like fountains and Portknockie to suff…
Fri 04 Sep 2015
The K'nocker - Summer 2015
While the long evenings are with us enjoy everything that our village offers including inspiring walks, sparkling conversation, glorious sunsets, awesome flora and fauna and friendly pubs and shops.
Mon 01 Jun 2015
The K'nocker - Winter 2014
The clocks have fallen back, the summer’s holidaymakers have returned to warmer climes, the geese have honked their autumn departure notes, leaving with our other feathered, summer visitors, and we a…
Wed 26 Nov 2014
The K'nocker - Autumn 2014
Once again we have been battered by wind and rain, as the remnants of Hurricane Bertha visited the Moray Firth. As usual life in Portknockie was not hampered as badly as many surrounding towns and vi…
Thu 28 Aug 2014
The K'nocker - Summer 2014
As you will most certainly have noticed The K’nocker has had to change a little. After Moray Council stopped printing cheaply and in order to keep costs in check, we have had to opt for the A5 size r…
Thu 12 Jun 2014
The K'nocker - Spring 2014
One door closes and another opens, it is so sad to see Portknockie Library close after all these years, and while some of us have not been resident long, we would like to make mention of the tireless…
Tue 11 Mar 2014
The K'nocker - Winter 2013
Once again December, Winter and the Christmas & New Year festive season is upon us. Again we can marvel as waves lash the harbour walls, sending foam and spray eighty or a hundred feet in the air, al…
Wed 11 Dec 2013
The K'nocker - Autumn 2013
First and foremost, the library is still open while the councillors digest the large number of responses to the latest consultation. Meanwhile, the Port basked in the warmth that visited the whole of…
Mon 23 Sep 2013
The K'nocker - Summer 2013
Three months have passed since the Council revealed its plans for budget cuts. Other than the one classroom assistant being lost from school, the K'nocker is not aware of any contentious plan being e…
Tue 04 Jun 2013
The K'nocker - Spring 2013
This spring brings sad and worrying news that Moray Council intends to implement a series of cost saving measures that will have a serious impact on Portknockie. Teaching assistant support in the sch…
Mon 04 Mar 2013
The K'nocker - Winter 2012
The condition of our aged harbour is regularly inspected by Moray Council. Inspections of quay faces which are submerged at low tide are carried out at 2 year intervals by divers. Other inspections a…
Fri 14 Dec 2012
The K'nocker - Autumn 2012
This issue sees the K'nocker ending its first year since restarting. We would like to thank everyone who has contributed over the last year. Each issue is put on the village website www.portknockiewe…
Wed 12 Sep 2012
The K'nocker - Summer 2012
On Friday 20th April 2012, more than 200 people joined in the dedication service in the Millenium Gardens for the memorial to the victims of the bombing raid on 19th February 1941. The new memorial c…
Mon 28 May 2012
The K'nocker - Spring 2012
Cullen, Deskford and Portknockie Heritage Group will be leading a service to unveil and dedicate a memorial plaque and bench in the Millennium Garden that will commemorate the victims of the 19th Feb…
Thu 01 Mar 2012
The K'nocker - Winter 2011
A ghost hunt? We’re not scared! Portknockie has its very own ghosts and ghouls! The K’nocker dared to find out more... Ghosts and ghouls started visiting Portknockie three years ago so that they coul…
Mon 05 Dec 2011
The K'nocker - Autumn 2009
AT LONG LAST OUR SPLENDID NEW LIBRARY IS OPEN... Margret Wood opened the doors of the new library in the school at 5pm on Tuesday 25th August. There to greet the first user, Barbara Simpson from Haig…
Mon 07 Sep 2009
The K'nocker - Summer 2009
Villagers and visitors are invited to gather on Patrol Road overlooking the Hythie for 2.00pm on Saturday 27th June when Mrs Shona Idle, our school Head Teacher, will unveil the Portknockie Homecomin…
Sun 07 Jun 2009
The K'nocker - Easter 2009
RING THE BELLS, WE HAVE A NEW REV REPORTING FOR DUTY VERY SOON... The K’nocker is delighted to invite Yvonne Hendrie, Minister elect to introduce herself to the village. “Dear Friends (as I hope I wi…
Mon 02 Mar 2009
The K'nocker - Christmas 2008
On Saturday 29th November at 7pm the village was cold and crisp and even when the annual Christmas lights display was switched on by Coral Rough of Haig Street, the youngest child in the School.
Wed 03 Dec 2008
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