Cowdenbeath Message Board: Knowhere Guide

5/04/2007

"HERE'S an alarming sight: habitual charity conman Peter Lyon arriving at the offices of a charity fundraising operation. Lyon's made a pile by raking in funds that kind donors think will help worthy causes. He lives in a big detached house and drives a top-of-the-range Merc with personalised plates. And it's no wonder he's loaded when you look at his string of charity scams.

First there was Barrington House Publishing Company, run by Lyon until it was put into compulsory liquidation with debts of more than �2million - and the shyster was made bankrupt. Out of its ashes rose Barrington House Publishing Corporation. As a bankrupt, 44-year-old Lyon could not be a director but he managed to be the highest paid person in the building, netting �176,400 a year plus a �103,000 company Merc. The money came from the �3.5m the company raked in by conning firms into paying for adverts in wall-planners, saying the cash would help sick children. Mainly it helped sick conmen like lying Lyon, of Halsall, Lancs. Barrington House Publishing Corporation, aka McKenzie Campbell Publishing, was also shut down by the High Court. But that sort of thing doesn't stop someone as greedy as this slug. His next charity fund-raising scam was called Hamilton Forbes Ltd. Again, you wouldn't have found Lyon's name on the company books. But he got the lion's share of the proceeds - or, as the Insolvency Service put it, he was one of the "main benefactors" from the money they got from wellintentioned advertisers. The watchdog added that the company accounts were "at best inaccurate, at worst misleading". Only around 5p from every �1 raised went to help sick children, not that donors were told that. And the advertisers didn't even get any decent publicity from their plugs on the wallplanners - because only a pitiful handful were ever printed and distributed. Which brings us to the Honeyrose Foundation, a small charity helping terminally ill adults, that Lyon's was visiting. A noble cause, but possibly run by somewhat naive individuals. After getting a call out of the blue from someone they'd never heard of, they struck a deal to allow this stranger to raise money on their behalf. The charity gets �2,500 a month. Which is nice. But when we asked them what proportion of the total amount of money raised in their name this represented, Honeyrose admitted they didn't know. According to the charity, the fundraiser who approached them was an Andrew Garside, a sole trader who ran something called Chestnut House. The charity didn't have a landline for Garside but gave us his mobile. We've called it repeatedly and it's never been answered. Garside may be a sole trader of Chestnut House but he is also the secretary of a company named Armstrong Faith Ltd. Its director is a Lisa Colford - who just happens to be a Peter Lyon crony who worked at his Barrington House, McKenzie Campbell and Hamilton Forbes scams. We've no idea how much Chestnut House or Armstrong Faith are getting from the deal because it's only just been set up. But the involvement of Colford is not a good sign. And the fact we spotted Lyon arriving at its offices is nothing short of horrifying".

Read this too http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/charity/

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Charity phone scam involving Chestnut House and the Honeyrose Foundation	by I hate charity scams (Member 10230903) on 24-Aug-2008
As printed in the Mirror Newspaper: CONMAN LYON BACK ON PROWL SORTED Penman & Sommerlad 0 5/04/2007 "HERE'S an alarming sight: habitual charity conman Peter Lyon arriving at the offices of a charity fundraising operation. Lyon's made a pile by raking in funds that kind donors think will help worthy causes. He lives in a big detached house and drives a top-of-the-range Merc with personalised plates. And it's no wonder he's loaded when you look at his string of charity scams. First there was Barrington House Publishing Company, run by Lyon until it was put into compulsory liquidation with debts of more than �2million - and the shyster was made bankrupt. Out of its ashes rose Barrington House Publishing Corporation. As a bankrupt, 44-year-old Lyon could not be a director but he managed to be the highest paid person in the building, netting �176,400 a year plus a �103,000 company Merc. The money came from the �3.5m the company raked in by conning firms into paying for adverts in wall-planners, saying the cash would help sick children. Mainly it helped sick conmen like lying Lyon, of Halsall, Lancs. Barrington House Publishing Corporation, aka McKenzie Campbell Publishing, was also shut down by the High Court. But that sort of thing doesn't stop someone as greedy as this slug. His next charity fund-raising scam was called Hamilton Forbes Ltd. Again, you wouldn't have found Lyon's name on the company books. But he got the lion's share of the proceeds - or, as the Insolvency Service put it, he was one of the "main benefactors" from the money they got from wellintentioned advertisers. The watchdog added that the company accounts were "at best inaccurate, at worst misleading". Only around 5p from every �1 raised went to help sick children, not that donors were told that. And the advertisers didn't even get any decent publicity from their plugs on the wallplanners - because only a pitiful handful were ever printed and distributed. Which brings us to the Honeyrose Foundation, a small charity helping terminally ill adults, that Lyon's was visiting. A noble cause, but possibly run by somewhat naive individuals. After getting a call out of the blue from someone they'd never heard of, they struck a deal to allow this stranger to raise money on their behalf. The charity gets �2,500 a month. Which is nice. But when we asked them what proportion of the total amount of money raised in their name this represented, Honeyrose admitted they didn't know. According to the charity, the fundraiser who approached them was an Andrew Garside, a sole trader who ran something called Chestnut House. The charity didn't have a landline for Garside but gave us his mobile. We've called it repeatedly and it's never been answered. Garside may be a sole trader of Chestnut House but he is also the secretary of a company named Armstrong Faith Ltd. Its director is a Lisa Colford - who just happens to be a Peter Lyon crony who worked at his Barrington House, McKenzie Campbell and Hamilton Forbes scams. We've no idea how much Chestnut House or Armstrong Faith are getting from the deal because it's only just been set up. But the involvement of Colford is not a good sign. And the fact we spotted Lyon arriving at its offices is nothing short of horrifying". Read this too http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/charity/ ... more >> Reply

Modern Jive /WCSwing Workshops and Competitions 2008	by S.B (Member 10184513) on 23-Jun-2008
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Star 1985	by star1985 (Member 10208502) on 26-May-2007
Does any1 on here know a lindsay pilmuir/plimer. Shes married with 2 kids ages 2 and 12, has an association with a cowdenbeath or kelty flute band. She has been having an affair with my partner (now ex), Dougie Young, and while doing so taking our 2yr old daughter along because shes 2 wee 2 tell tales. Any1 who knows her husband please let him kno wot shes been up 2 as he has a ryt 2 kno aswell. Many Thanks. Re: Star 1985 by anne (Member 10169447) on 26-May-2007 hi im sure they stay in kirkaldy Re: Star 1985 by anne (Member 10169447) on 26-May-2007 her mans name is bruce was in cowdenbeath lodge i think Re: Star 1985 by anne (Member 10169447) on 26-May-2007 if its the same ones Re: Star 1985 by star1985 (Member 10208502) on 26-May-2007 could possibly be Reply

cornedbeef	by dangerous (Member 10159857) on 7-Jun-2006
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LOST CB FRIEND	by KYLE (Member 10180509) on 17-Apr-2006
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Looking for auld beath high school buddie	by Brian Lord (Member 10176045) on 1-Feb-2006
Around 84-86 Looking for colin aitken,into the smiths etc and helped out at the community centre,he worked at glerothes block initially then? Any body with any info on this or schooled at the same time? Re: Looking for auld beath high school buddie by colin aitken (Member 10177657) on 18-Feb-2006 Hi Brian Just happened to type my name into goggle and found your message on this site. Just registered so i could reply. Hows you? I left Cowdenbeath in sep 87 and lived in Leicester for 13 years and now living in No rth Devon. was only thinking about you the other week and wondered what you were upto! Is there a way i can leave you my email so we can catch up? Colin ... more >> Re: Looking for auld beath high school buddie by Brian Lord (Member 10176045) on 19-Feb-2006 Good to hear from you! Never thought you would end up down south!!! I ended up working for engineering firm,then 90 joined the navy!! 12 years later left and went to Hong Kong to work,4 years there and now i,m in Dubai working. Saw your name on friends reunited,sent you a mail but dont know if you are still using it. So what the family situation ? work? Don,t how i can pass e-mails because th ese are viewed by all and i get enough trash e-mails!!! Will see what there is ... more >> Re: Looking for auld beath high school buddie by Brian Lord (Member 10176045) on 9-Mar-2006 colin give a mail to brianjlord@hotmail.com Re: Looking for auld beath high school buddie by Brian Lord (Member 10176045) on 9-Apr-2006 you still out there? Reply

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CHRISTINE	by tina (Member 10146536) on 23-Mar-2005
im looking for CHRISTINE REID(maiden name GRAHAM)christine has a daughter called GILLIAN,also christine had a brother called ROBERT. Reply

IAN ROBERTSON	by mags (Member 10143152) on 15-Jan-2005
does anybody know him ? he lived in cowdenbeath in a house on a corner lol dont know street name.anyhow iam looking for him he had dark hair and he was big built. He lived in a house lol what a suprise eh.............seriously it was up the rd from a pub which was on the corner i think that pub is now a house...cheers Re: IAN ROBERTSON by kenny dugleash (Member 10167575) on 7-Nov-2005 ach big ian aye ,he turned gay efter bein wae you misses Reply

bullying at beath high	by anne nelson (Member 10130803) on 11-Sep-2004
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lisa mcmath	by anne nelson (Member 10130803) on 11-Sep-2004
hi lisa Re: lisa mcmath by star1985 (Member 10208502) on 25-May-2007 lisa r u on here? Reply

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saturdays march	by harvey japp (Member 10112648) on 11-Dec-2003
I hope the good people of cowdenbeath will stand up to the terrorist scum who want to march through our town on saturday. tell them to go home to whence they came scum every one Reply

looking for any relatives	by CLAIRE (Member 10110548) on 19-Nov-2003
my father was born on the 18th of july 1926 his name was james daniel hughes his mother was rose ann hughes (nee shields)and his father was francis hughes they lived in aitkens row crossgates my father has two sisterts that i know of one of whome was mary the other i cant rember i have met theese two sisters but i was very young my father was given to jane clifford (nee shields ) and hugh cliffor d to raise whre upon my father was given the surname clifford i was very young when i discovered my father was adopted about 11 or12 and my gran would not answer any questions so now i am looking to discover if there is any family still living there and if aitkens row still exists ... more >> Reply

Leonard Linton	by A Mathie (Member 10102564) on 17-Aug-2003
does anyone know Leonard{Paddy)and ishe still living in the area,i think he lived in gilmour street and tried to be a painter & decorator. Re: Leonard Linton by katz (Member 10114452) on 16-Jan-2004 Is mr linton so invisible that nobody seems to know him,does anyone in cowdenbeath know him? Re: Leonard Linton by katz (Member 10114452) on 3-Jun-2004 It's obvious that after all this time, nobody in C/Beath,seems to know Leonard(paddy)Linton. Reply

History of Cowdenbeath	by rob cowden (Member 10091250) on 4-Mar-2003
Could anyone direct me to a well-written history of Cowdenbeath or to a Cowdenbeath bookstore that might have such a history? Re: History of Cowdenbeath by miggs (Member 10048126) on 26-Mar-2003 Cowdenbeath bookstore... Ha ha ha ha ha .. Oxymoron.. Re: History of Cowdenbeath by keith mitchell (Member 10101858) on 28-Jul-2003 A not bad book is 'Black Diamonds, Blue Brazils'... forgotten the author's name.. and the publisher... as far as i recall it's a witty and informative book covering hundreds of years of local history. I seem to remember it being well written... definitely recommend it.. it was published in the late 1980's i think and it was available in a surprising amount of quite far away places, such as Aberdee n... from large outlets such as Waterstones and that other big name book chain Dillons. it had this here verse in it, traditional in the Lochgelly area- Lochgelly was Lochgelly, when Cowden was a pup, Lochgelly will be Lochgelly, when Cowden's buggered up. Kif. ... more >> Re: History of Cowdenbeath by carol a. cowden (Member 10114000) on 6-Jan-2004 Rob Cowden, many years ago i saw Cowdenbeath on a map...do you know where the name came from, or rather who it came from...? i do not know much of my ancestery, but would be extremely interested in any info about the history of Cowdenbeath and any Cowdens ...starting with you and your family...i was born, and still live in tennessee, u.s.a...our part of the family is not large...all of the men in my dad's family died fairly young...any Cowden information at all would be very much appreciated...thanks ... more >> Reply