A fascinating exhibition on Gatehouse of Fleet in World War 1 has opened in the Mill on the Fleet.

The Cally Temple project has won Heritage Lottery Fund support to conserve the historic eighteenth century Temple within Cally Woods at Gatehouse of Fleet and provide an education and information programme.

Events in Gatehouse connected with the photograph collection of William McMurray raised great interest when they were displayed in the Community Centre. 

A Grundtvig European Life Long Learning project group visited Gatehouse on 28 and 29 May to look at what the Gatehouse Development Initiative is doing to promote the local rural heritage.

The weekend of the 13th to the 15th June promises to be a great opportunity for all those interested in local family history.  The Gatehouse Development Initiative and Broughton House, Kirkcudbright are teaming up to promote a weekend of family history events.

On Friday 13th June at 7 30pm there will be a talk in the Faed Gallery in the Mill on the Fleet on the photography of William McMurray
On Saturday 14th June from 12 noon to 4 30pm there will be a Galloway Family History Fair at Broughton house, Kirkcudbright
On Saturday 14th June and Sunday 15th June from 2pm to 7pm the photographs of William McMurray will be available for study in the Community Centre, Dromore Road, Gatehouse of Fleet.

On a recent Sunday afternoon a group of mums, dads, grandparents toddlers and curious locals set off from the clocktower in Gatehouse of Fleet to look for the giant who was rumoured to be roaming the Cally Woods.