Alcohol

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Topics discussed include: call cards; a membership update; a new Glasgow based group run by 'a businessman'; a newssheet called Encounter, with links to Staffordshire, appearing in Glasgow denouncing Strathclyde Switchboard; Icebreakers; the Annual Conference; and reports of a new Livingston based gay advisory service for young people established by 'self-acknowledged paedophile' and a subsequent proposal to create a list of accredited gay groups.

Scope and Contents Topics discussed in Lesbian Line meeting include: a new group for lesbians with disabilities; a team building weekend; moving rooms within premises; collecting information for a 'women's folder' such as guesthouses and restaurants; befriending comfirmations; meeting with Stonewall; upcoming discussion on lesbians and alcohol; training update; and feedback on the National Conference.Topics discussed in the Edinburgh Gay Switchboard Trust's Joint Team Meeting include: call cards;...

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Topics discussed include: contact with the Morayshire Switchboard; improper use of the Stonewall Youth Group phoneline; a training update; membership matters; funding and statistics; Edinburgh City Council Equalities meeting and equality officers; Borders Switchboard; cruising and policing at Gayfield Square; request for prompt sheets on alcoholism and bereavement; and a discussion of call cards.

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Topics discussed include: control of Befriending Team's finances; visit from the police regarding books on sale; artificial insemination; meeting with Edinburgh District Council on Alcoholism; a forum which would host workshops on counselling; future financing; membership update; and an agreement to contact Samaritans to discuss their policy on dealing with suicide calls.

Scope and Contents Story about Calum Gobha who was on Bernary [Berneray/Bearnaraigh nera Barra/Barraigh] during the storm of 3 October 1860. The storm was so fierce that the people were very afraid and sent Calum to get the holy water for prayers. Calum found a bottle of whisky next to the holy water, he took a swig of the whisky and then went out and sprinkled it on the people and cattle, he repeated this and the storm abated. In the morning bean Dhonuil Iain (Macintire) [Mrs Donald John MacIntyre] wanted to...