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Bingofund-raiser
atForfarLegion
AngusThreewayFund-
raisersareholdinga
prizebingosessionon
Tuesday,September27,in
theLegionHall,Academy
Street,Forfar. Eyesdown
isat7.30pmandallare
welcometoattend.
AngusThreewayFund-
raisersisledbyWilma
Whyteandhermerry
bandwhoraisemoney
forAngusCancerCare,
MultipleSclerosisand
AngusCardiacGroup.
Macmillancoffee
servedbybowlers
Macmillan
Members of Brechin’s
Parkview Bowling Club
are hosting a coffee
morning on behalf of
Macmillan on Saturday,
September 24, from
10am to 2pm.
Juniors
During the day the
Junior Section
(Parkview Panthers)
will play the finals of its
competitions.
Coffeemorning
fitforaqueen
Thisyear’sMontrose
RoseQueen,Rachel
Kennedyhasorganised
acoffeemorninginaid
ofMacmillanCancer
SupportinColumba
Hall,MarketStreet,
Montrose,onSaturday
from10amuntilnoon.It
willberunbytheRachel
andherRoseMaids,Cara
BarbourandCharley
Laird.TheweeRosebuds
fromFerrydenPrimary
willassist.
Edzellartist’sutterdelight
atsuccessofhiscreation
Peter Davidson, the Oor
Wullie artist who lives in
Glenesk, has expressed his
delight at his ‘Oor Origi-
nal’ statue being sold for
£50,000.
The lot was sold during a live
streaming auction at Dun-
dee Rep theatre on Tuesday,
September 13, and the 70
sculptures on offer raised a
staggering £883,000 for the
ARCHIE Foundation and its
£2 million campaign to pro-
vide a new twin operating
suite at Tayside Children’s
Hospital.
Peter told our reporter:
“I’m utterly delighted that
Oor Original made so much
money, it was astonishing.
I’m even more delighted
about the total raised.”
Peter, who also designed
the Oor Golfer statue which
soldfor£20,000,waskeento
stress that Oor Original was
ajointventurewithSuzanne
Scott, the artist coordinator
of the Bucket Trail.
He said: “Suzanne laid it
out and I etched in the de-
tails.Iwasdelightedtomake
a contribution and some of
the other designs were truly
remarkable.”
SuzanneScottconfirmed
the working relationship
withthemanwhohasdrawn
OorWullie’sadventureseve-
ry week since 1993, having
SuzanneScott(seatedfront)andPeterDavidson(backcentre)withsomeoftheotherBucketTrailartists.
first produced artwork for
the strip in the late 1970s.
She said: “Peter was such
a nice collaborator to work
with. I did the big blacks and
whites and he provided the
details.”
Talking of the success of
theBucketTrailandthehuge
amount of money raised at
theauction,Suzannecontin-
ued: “The whole thing feels
like a dream and it will take
a while to sink in - I did three
otherstatuesmyselfandthey
raised a total of £40,000.
“The Bucket Trail has
been a huge career highlight
but it involved an incred-
ible amount of hard work,
although you never achieve
anything worthwhile with-
out it.”
Suzanne has many more
artistic projects in the pipe-
line, including illustrating a
book.
However, right now she
is looking forward to a well-
deserved break, something
she “really needs” after her
efforts on the Bucket Trail.
Peter, whose website
www.davidsonart.com con-
tains fantastic examples of
his work, was left to explain
the enduring appeal of Oor
Wullie as a character.
Heexplained:“He’sinour
DNA - everybody loves him!”
byCraigFerguson
craig.ferguson@jpress.co.uk
@The_Brechiner
Contributed
Angus man really chuffed with Oor Wullie ’Original’ fundraiser
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