Former colleague Nicola Shaw (nee Summers) will be a familiar name and face to many within William Wilson in the Northeast.
Nicola was our Assistant Manager at Inverurie for some time and now works with her husband Richard Shaw helping to manage their Plumbing and Heating business, Richard Shaw Plumbing and Heating.
Nicola volunteers at the Garioch Heritage Centre in her spare time.
Garioch Heritage Centre opened in October 2017 and houses the collections of Garioch Heritage Society. The Society has been researching the area’s history and gathering artefacts since 1987.
Housed in the former locomotive works, the Centre tells the story of life in the Garioch from earliest settlement to the present day and sheds light on the domestic and working lives of local people.
There is a gift shop, café, and activities to amuse younger visitors. It is those younger visitors Nicola called Inverurie Branch Manager Russell Young about.
Russell takes up the story: “Nicola emailed me with a request for some 22 x 19mm Climaflex lagging. Nicola explained she was hoping for a discounted rate as the Climaflex was for a Halloween themed craft day she was running at the Garioch Heritage Centre.”
Russell continued: “Of course I know the Heritage Centre to be a worthy cause and wanted to support Nicola, so I wasn’t going to take her money and immediately donated eight lengths for their use.
Nicola said: “Hey Russ, just wanted to say thanks again for your kind donation of Climaflex to the Garioch Heritage Centre Children’s Halloween Craft Day. I wanted to show you an example of the tube monsters the kids made on Saturday.” (See our picture.)
“The kids loved making them and using Climaflex is great as no glue is needed to secure in the tissue paper! One dad had four kids with him to the craft day and thanked me very much for helping the kids make the monsters and also providing him with extra pipe lagging for winter!”
