A Better Buckie

03/11/2026

Bijou by the Sea
" This Remembrance Sunday (Sunday 8th November 2026), we'd love to bring our local community together for a day of remembrance, reflection and togetherness at Bijou By The Sea.
🕯️ At 11am, we'll observe the two-minute silence to honour those who served, those who sacrificed their lives,and those who never came home. We hope those of you at Bijou during this time will also observe this silence with us.
🎶 AN EVENING TO REMEMBER
5pm - 8pm
Join us again in the evening for delicious food, live music from local musician Jake Bain and a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere.
Whether you're a veteran, serving personnel, a family member, or simply someone who wishes to pay their respects, everyone is welcome.
No big speeches. No fuss. Just good people coming together to remember.
There will be a 10% discount on all food and drink throughout this day for all veterans and serving armed forces personnel. "

Some days are about more than food, drink and music.

Some days are about remembering.

This Remembrance Sunday (Sunday 8th November 2026), we'd love to bring our local community together for a day of remembrance, reflection and togetherness at Bijou By The Sea.

🕯️ At 11am, we'll observe the two-minute silence to honour those who served, those who sacrificed their lives,and those who never came home. We hope those of you at Bijou during this time will also observe this silence with us.

🎶 AN EVENING TO REMEMBER
5pm - 8pm
Join us again in the evening for delicious food, live music from local musician Jake Bain and a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere.
Whether you're a veteran, serving personnel, a family member, or simply someone who wishes to pay their respects, everyone is welcome.
No big speeches. No fuss. Just good people coming together to remember.

There will be a 10% discount on all food and drink throughout this day for all veterans and serving armed forces personnel.

❤️ For those who served. For those who sacrificed. For those who never came home.

🌺 Lest We Forget.

📍 Bijou By The Sea, Strathlene

03/11/2026

Buckie Thistle Memory Group meet again this Thursday 5th November at 2pm, in the Ace Winches Lounge at Victoria Park.
This Thursday our topic is Buckie Thistle v Celtic matches over the years, followed by Neil Smith with a talk on Malcolm Slater, one of Buckie's football heroes.
Entry fee is £2 with tea and coffee provided. All welcome

⚽️⚽️⚽️🇳🇬🇳🇬 MEMORY GROUP TALK 🇳🇬🇳🇬⚽️⚽️⚽️

Buckie Thistle Memory Group meet again this Thursday 5th November at 2pm, in the Ace Winches Lounge at Victoria Park.

This Thursday our topic is Buckie Thistle v Celtic matches over the years, followed by Neil Smith with a talk on Malcolm Slater, one of Buckie's football heroes.

Entry fee is £2 with tea and coffee provided. All welcome

Hope to see you there!

03/11/2026

✨ MEETING ALERT ✨
Want to help make Buckie sparkle this Christmas?
Sunday 8th Nov | 7PM | One Marchmont BB Hall
Everyone welcome - new volunteers always needed! 🎄

✨ MEETING ALERT ✨
Want to help make Buckie sparkle this Christmas?
Join us: Sunday 8th Nov | 7PM | One Marchmont BB Hall
Everyone welcome - new volunteers always needed! 🎄

03/11/2026

📣 We are delighted to share that Kelly Cormack has been appointed as School Delivery Manager for DYW Moray.
Having supported schools, employers and young people across Moray as a School Coordinator, Kelly will now lead DYW Moray's engagement with schools and partners across the region, helping to strengthen employer links and create meaningful opportunities for young people.
Kelly will continue to support Buckie and Milne's High School while building on the strong foundations already in place and supporting the wider delivery of DYW priorities across Moray.
Congratulations, Kelly, on your new role! 👏

📣 We are delighted to share that Kelly Cormack has been appointed as School Delivery Manager for DYW Moray.

Having supported schools, employers and young people across Moray as a School Coordinator, Kelly will now lead DYW Moray's engagement with schools and partners across the region, helping to strengthen employer links and create meaningful opportunities for young people.

Kelly will continue to support Buckie and Milne's High School while building on the strong foundations already in place and supporting the wider delivery of DYW priorities across Moray.

Congratulations, Kelly, on your new role! 👏

03/11/2026

🩷The End of an Era-After 12 Wonderful Years🩵

This hasn’t been an easy decision, and it’s one that comes with alot of very mixed emotions😢

For the past 12 years, our shop has been such a huge part of our lives & we have made so many lovely memories, met some amazing people and had the pleasure of getting to know so many wonderful customers, many of whom have become friends along the way.

It’s been a bumpy road at times, we managed to navigate our way through the fire(6months after opening), Covid, lockdowns, a global pandemic, rising costs, brexit…and thats just to name a few…but the current economic climate has just proved too difficult for us this time and we feel it’s the right time to close the doors to our shop and see what the next chapter will bring.

It’s been a rollercoaster but we’ve laughed a lot along the way and not to mention brought some positivity in the rough times, through our weekly Bingo during the lockdowns & our Ladies days that we’ve hosted since 2017, raising thousands for local charities💚

We really cannot thank you all enough for your loyalty, kindness and support over the years. Whether you’ve shopped with us regularly, popped in for a browse, shared our posts or simply stopped for a yap - every little bit of support has meant the world to us. We will miss you all. ❤️Thank you to the quines that have worked for us and helped us out over the years too😘

🖤We also cannot emphasise enough how important it is to try and shop local…it’s true when they say, if you don’t use it, you will lose it…It’s incredibly difficult for small businesses so please think of your wee shops and try where you can to support your local high street.

Before we close our doors for the final time, we will be holding a huge CLOSING DOWN SALE, as ALL STOCK MUST GO! 🛍️

🖤❤️25% OFF ALL STOCK🖤❤️The perfect opportunity to grab a bargain and grab some christmas presents, or a wee treat for yourself😉

We would absolutely love to see as many of you as possible one last time.

From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU for being part of our journey. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Now lets see what the future holds…
Lots of love 🤍
Ashleigh & Gillian…🩷
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🖤Our LAST day in the shop will be Monday the 30th November. X x

03/11/2026

Lots on at The Fishermen's Hall this month

November is a busy month in the hall! Two shopping events, three great evenings of music, dancing and socialising, a Scottish Government consultation, two dance shows and a Tombola! Plus all our weekly groups as normal, the Community Lunch, the Munro dancing presentation evening, Ark Housing staff training and the MFCHA AGM. Clare and the cleaning team are going to need quite a bit of caffeine over the next few weeks!

03/11/2026

Buckie Thistle Victoria Lounge & Ace Winches venues
Still some tickets left for Hogmanay - message page or contact Alison on 07789 901103 to book your ticket.

Hogmanay tickets now on sale

02/11/2026

Some advice from Buckie Community First Responders
" Winter is around the corner and so are earlier, darker nights. Our Community First Responders try their best to get to you as quickly as possible when there is a medical emergency and here are some ways in which you can help.
Save this picture to your phone, share it on groups or print it out and place it somewhere in your house where you can easily reach it or see it every day. These 5 tips might just help our community First Responders save time and reach your location quicker. "

Winter is around the corner and so are earlier, darker nights. Our Community First Responders try their best to get to you as quickly as possible when there is a medical emergency and here are some ways in which you can help.

Save this picture to your phone, share it on groups or print it out and place it somewhere in your house where you can easily reach it or see it every day. These 5 tips might just help our community First Responders save time and reach your location quicker.