Well-its finally happened!
In the picture below you see Dumfries & Galloway Council Chief Executive Gavin Stevenson handing over the keys to the Town Hall to MTHRT Chairman of Trustees Peter Beck-Samuels.
Townspeople, Councillors and local MSP Elaine Murray put away Bucks Fizz and a marvellous cake decorated by Margaret Jackson.
It was tremendously in keeping that Bettina Dawson(Toosh) had been asked to cut the ribbon that formally moved us in to our new ownership. The Town Hall is at the heart of the High Street and Toosh has been has worked around it longer than anyone else in Moffat. She is 90 this year and started working in the Dicerbo family business when she was 13 1/2 and is still working today in her Fish & Chip shop-though she has also worked in the Dawson's Ice Cream Shop now managed by her son and the family restaurant that used to be in the old bank building.
The formal proceedings concluded with a fantastic performance of Adele's "Hometown" by Caitlin, Holly and Joseph from Moffat Academy, who represented the school along with Head Teacher Mrs Leslie Watson.
This was a good event-good to see so many people. Will there be something to celebrate the end of building work?
ReplyDeleteYes we will certainly do something and try not to repeat ourselves-ideally in better weather outside.
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