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Ten years ago at Christmas the new Portknockie village newspaper
was into its 3rd trial version appropriately headed “The
Millennium” issue and the future still seemed uncertain. So
it is with considerable pride that all those associated with The
K’nocker, whether writers or readers, can feel some real
satisfaction in achieving a full decade of publication of this
voice of Portknockie. Back then, in the nineteen nineties, the
village was experiencing a period of doubt following some
criticisms in the national press about Portknockie’s community
cohesion.
Questions were being asked about how welcoming the village was
to incomers. One new resident interviewed had described
Portknockie for the media as being “the village from Hell”. The
K’nocker was started as part of a strategy by the Community
Council to celebrate the better things about living in
Portknockie. Since then The K’nocker
has focused on the many, good news stories of our community.
In fact the good news is that there has always been so much to
be proud of in reporting Portknockie over the past 10 years.
Consider for example, the Millennium Garden, the Festival of
Fishing, the Restoration of the Coat of Arms, the 2009 Mosaic
and the fight to keep the village school open. |
