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Standard Settings of Pipe Music of The Seaforth Highlanders

Music book entitled 'Standard Settings of Pipe Music of The Seaforth Highlanders' with preface by Lieut Colonels J Muirhead and J E Laurie. Published by Paterson's Publications Ltd., London, W1
136 pages
Owned by PC John Jappy whose name and address is written inside....

Date Added: 19 March 2025

The Piper's Delight music book

A music book of pipe tunes arranged and edited by Pipe Major Robert Reid. The book belonged to PC John Jappy.
Published by Paters...

Date Added: 19 March 2025

Set of bagpipes in box

A set of bagpipes owned by PC John Jappy of Bonar Bridge.
The bagpipes were bought second hand in the late 1970s from Hugh MacDon...

Date Added: 19 March 2025

Poem written by Chris Murray

Poem written by Chris Murray entitled "This Man Joe" paying tribute to local pharmacist, Joe Whickham...

Date Added: 19 March 2025

Image of staff Cristmas Party, John Grant & Sons, 1999

Image from Looking back section of Northern Times of 13/12/2024 showing the staff of John Grant and Sons at their Christmas Party...

Date Added: 19 March 2025

Rogart's Pride in Inventor

Copy of an article from Past Times in Northern Times of 13 December 2024 concerning Mr Alexander Mackay of Muie, Rogart who had ob...

Date Added: 19 March 2025

Talk to DHS - The Long Winding Story of the A9

Talk by Jim Miller to the Dornoch Heritage Society on 13 February 2025 entitled 'The Long Winding Story of the A9'. The talk was...

Date Added: 14 March 2025

Duncan Allan Obituary

From the Northern Times of 4 October 2024. An obituary of Duncan Allan (1927-2024), 'soldier, tea planter, publican and local coun...

Date Added: 05 March 2025

Passenger list from the 'Cleopatra', 1831

Digital photograph of the passenger list from the Cleopatra, June 1831, showing the names of John Forbes, Proncycroy, and his wife...

Date Added: 05 March 2025

Image of a 78 rpm gramophone record

Digital image of a 78 rpm gramophone record of Kenneth McKellar singing Granny's Highland Hame on the Decca label in a Clydesdale...

Date Added: 05 March 2025

Comments

Its not Links House. T I think this is Loch Buie House on the Isle of Mull I have a brassie made by D G mcCulloch in my hickory collection. I would like to know more about him. Regards Gabriel This photo is not John Sutherland Dornoch Town clerk/50 secretary of Royal Dornoch Golf club- you only have to compare it with those in your collection on golf This photo is from the 1905 Annual Tournament in which A. Gordon Simpson won the silver medal and Secretary Sutherland won the Platt Cup. Note Ryle's outfit is This photo is definitely the Annual Tournament of 1906 as that was the only visit Braid & Vardon on August 14. A. Gordon Simpson won the silver medal for the se I knew Jim Foster when he was on the committee of the RSGB and also on 2 metres when we used AM in the 1950s and early 60s In the early 1980s at Howick in KZ The Golfer in this photo is Hamish Sutherland Dornoch playing in the Carnegie Shield. He played in the final with Dornoch Member Stuart Shaw. Stuart Shaw wo My father served on HMS Dornoch from April 1944 to July 1945 when she was paid off. Other than her role at D-Day and a few bits my father told me I know little My uncle died in north Africa in May 1943. Trying to find a photo as no one has any. Mcgonigle was his last name. We had chairs like that in our home in Dornoch when we lived there in the 1950-60