Memories exhibition celebrates Whiting Bay Hall centenary

The centenary exhibition will take place at Whiting Bay Hall over three days starting on the weekend of Saturday July 11.

Among the many items on display during the exhibition will be a wealth of historic documents and photographs that help to tell the story of the village hall, from the very early stages when it was just an idea to the present day. The exhibition will also feature information on the people who helped establish the hall, the official opening, and other important documents and photographs.

Past and present users of the hall, including over 50-years of drama and other significant events over the past century will also play an important part in the exhibition. The exhibition will feature a music section that will include Arran Music Festivals, Arran Junior Singers and September weekend films.

At the heart of the exhibition will be an impressive banner featuring 100 Stitched Stories to celebrate the 100-year milestone. Each one of the 100 individual panels feature activities and events that have taken place in the hall over the last century and the banner is a culmination of two years’ work by talented stitchers and weavers from the village and from across island.

A decade-by-decade series of exhibitions will cover: a 1926 village map and a comparison to 2026; a look at the 1930s, including the Boys’ Brigade; Whiting Bay at War in the 1940s; 1950 beach fun, bus shelters, buildings, bowling and “busy lives”; 1960’s the “times they are a-changin’”; a tour of the village in the 1970s; 1980s fun days; Whiting Bay Golf Club centenary and “things we could do in the 90s”; the millennium and beyond; Whiting Bay news; and “Arran Banner - the early years”.