23 Dec
Aerial & Satellite Install
Laurencekirk - AB30
Enquiry from: Fiona J
Start Date: Immediate
aerial on roof needs resetting
Laurencekirk
Laurencekirk is a town in the historical county of Kincardineshire, Scotland, just off the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen main road, which bypassed it in 1985. It is provided as part of Aberdeenshire. It is the biggest settlement in the Howe o' the Mearns location and also houses the regional high school; Mearns Academy, which was awarded the Charter Mark in 2003. Its old name was Conveth, an anglification of the Gaelic Coinmheadh, referring to a responsibility to provide free food and board to passing soldiers. Laurencekirk is in the valley between the Hill of Garvock as well as the Cairn O' Mount. The popular spots of the Johnston Tower can be seen on the height of the Garvock. Laurencekirk was, in the past, understood for making snuff boxes with an unique type of airtight joint (called a "Laurencekirk joint") developed by James Sandy. Laurencekirk Golf Club (now obsolete) first showed up in the very early 1900s. The club closed at the time of WW2. Lewis Grassic Gibbon wrote much about The Mearns and also the surrounding location in his publication Sunset Song. A homage centre can be seen at Arbuthnott a couple of miles from Laurencekirk. Fred Urquhart dealt with the land at Laurencekirk in the Second World War, and also his short stories make use of his monitorings of rural life below.
