Christmas Gifts from the Town Centre
Living Lerwick handed over Christmas donations of food and gifts last week to the Shetland Food Bank and Food for the Way representatives for those in need in our community.
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Crowds turn out for parade
Crowds of people lined Albert Wharf and Victoria Pier to welcome Santa ashore in Lerwick yesterday. Commercial Street was packed with excited faces waiting for the man in red to lead the parade.
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Commercial Street Comes Close Second
Commercial Street has come a close second to neighbouring Kirkwall in the public vote to find Scotland's most beautiful high street in 2019.
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Gift Appeal Launched
Living Lerwick is launching a Christmas gift appeal in conjunction with the Shetland Food Bank and Food for the Way to gather gifts for people in Shetland in need this festive season.
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Commercial Street shortlisted for Beautiful award
Lerwick’s Commercial Street is one of eight towns shortlisted for the title of Scotland’s most beautiful high street in 2019.
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Think Local First
Living Lerwick will launch a month-long campaign on Friday to highlight the benefits of using local goods and services in the lead up to the main Christmas Shopping month.
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Sheep Hunters Collect Prizes
James Leslie and Alina Shewan found all the missing sheep in the town centre last week and were chosen as the winners of the competition.
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Ninian Wool Week Window tops the poll
Knitwear designer, Ninian, has topped the poll for the best Shetland Wool Week window display during last weeks superbly popular festival with 73% of the votes.
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MRI Scanner Appeal Donation
A cheque for £774.40 was presented to the Shetland MRI Scanner Appeal today on behalf of town centre businesses.
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Superb Week of Activity
Lerwick Shopping Week took place last week and had the benefit of dry weather for shoppers and activity hunters to take part in events. The event was run alongside Shetland Boat Week this year and many events had a nautical theme including the Pirate Treasure hunt, Island Larder pirate chocolate workshops and jet ski taster sessions to name a few.
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