Crocketford Village

Crocketford or Nine Mile Bar as the village is also known, as it is mid way between Dumfries and Castle Douglas, boasts a first class hotel, The Galloway Arms, a shop/post office, an antiques and upholstery business, Brass Tacks, a plumbing and heating business, W. Johnstone and Sons, as well as the village hall.

The history of the village goes back many years but it did not really exist as a village before the arrival of the strange sect known as the Buchanites in 1787. It was simply a meeting of drove roads some coming down from Ayr and Girvan and some from Portpatrick and beyond. In these early days the only roads were tracks created and used by cattle, pigs and sheep being driven to market, or by the occasional rider on horse back and sometimes smugglers looking for a quick and easy way to their hideouts in the hills safe from the excise men such as Robbie Burns. More pictures

Picture Gallery

We are looking for pictures of our local area to create an on line picture gallery of Crocketford and the surrounding area, please send your pictures to info@crocketford.org please follow this link to our on line picture gallery...........Our picture Gallery

Quiz Night

Quizmasters Graeme Wallace and Brian Boardman organised their first quiz of the year on Friday 22nd January and what a great night it was! Fourteen teams of four (or thereabouts!) took part and there was much scratching of heads and racking of brains as we surveyed the challenging and not-so-challenging questions!

A Good Turnout

The winning team were “The Numbskulls” (what a misnomer that was!) made up of the Hamiltons and the Botels. Congratulations to them and also to the recipients of the wooden spoons!

The Winning Team

During the interval Carolyn organised her party game of “Heads & Tails” which was won by Sheila from New Abbey.
Many thanks to Graeme and Brian and to Carolyn and Averil, hostesses with the mostest! Also to everyone who contributed to the excellent refreshments. £105 was raised towards the new hall floor.

A Donation

A big “thank you” to Brandedleys Holiday Park for this very generous donation! They borrowed two tables from the Hall for their Hogmanay party and in return held a raffle to raise funds for the Hall.

King George V Playing Field

We now have two handsome new goalposts on the field, thanks to a grant from Dumfries & Galloway Council and the pitch is being well used again, whenever the weather permits!

A few short Walks

There are lots of excellent walks around the Crocketford area, we hope to bring a few to this site as time goes by.........more

New Venture at the Village Hall

No, Crocketford has not lost its Post Office! It is now situated in the entrance lobby of the Hall and is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12.15 p.m. – 2.15 p.m.
It is now an “Outreach” of Dalbeattie Post Office and Carol, who is currently its sole member of staff, will be happy to meet you and serve you.

King George V Playing Field

King George V died on 20th January, 1936, and a National Memorial Fund Committee set about raising funds to assist in the purchase of playing fields in Memory of the late King.

It was on 3rd November, 1936, that King George's Fields Foundation was constituted by Trust Deed: 'To promote and to assist in the establishment throughout the United Kingdom of playing fields for the use and enjoyment of the people every such playing field to be styled 'King George's Field and to be distinguished by heraldic panels or other appropriate tablet medallion or inscription commemorative of His Late majesty and of a design approved by the Administrative Council'..........Pictures

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