For the latest additions to the popular Letham village green are two picnic tables, made and gifted to Letham Feuars Committee by a local businessman.

Charlie Riddell of CJR Sawmilling, based near the village, created the tables from surplus larchwood after completing a boat restoration contract in Fife.

Charlie, who set up his own business locally, after 40 years in the timber and forestry trade, decided that, rather than let the wood go to waste, it could be put to community use.

"I was working on a boat restoration job in Fife and decided to use the left-over larch to make the picnic tables."

He made the tables himself, and, in a real community effort, David Lumgair arranged for their transport to the village, with another local business, agricultural engineers Sellars Limited, providing the heavy lifting gear to get the tables over the Vinney and on to the site.

Letham Feuars committee member, Isobel Sword, busy herself in the organisation of the popular annual summer event, the Letham Victorian Market, to be held in the village square on Sunday, July 6, expressed her delight at this latest donation to the community.

"It is another example of us all pulling together for the good of the village, with the Letham paths volunteers regularly cutting the grass at Letham Green," she explained.

Looking forward to the Victorian Market, Isobel said this year's event was a milestone one - chalking up 20 years.

Everything is coming together for the 20th anniversary market, which run from 10.30 am until 4 pm.

"All the stall space has been booked up and I have a waiting list if anyone pulls out before July 6.

"There will be 34 stalls in all - commercial stalls selling a wide range of goods, including jewellery, craftwork and antiques, together with fund-raising stalls organised by many of the village organisations."

Visitors will be able to enjoy light refreshments, including the traditional roast pig, while entertainment will be provided by bell-ringers from Blairgowrie and Forfar Pipe Band.

And, as always, stallholders are encouraged to enter into the spirit of the occasion by dressing in Victorian period costume.