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Carved wooden chair

Carved wooden chair (possibly made of oak)
The chair belonged to Tom Sutherland of 6 MacDonald Road. In the 1960s, it was taken to the shop at 8 Castle Street where it remained for about 20 years. The donor has had the chair for 40years.
Mr McLeish, the Factor at Skibo Castle, used the chair annually for the crowning of the Show Queen at the Sutherland County Show....

Date Added: 19 June 2024

Ledger from Sutherland's Shop, Castle Street, Dornoch

Hand written ledger from Sutherland's Shop, Castle Street, Dornoch with full details of transactions from June 1971 to 1989.
See...

Date Added: 19 June 2024

Photocopy of a List of Burials, Dornoch Churchyard, March 1935

Photocopy of a List of Burials, Dornoch Churchyard, March 1935 icluding the details of the burial of Miss A.M.C. Sutherland....

Date Added: 19 June 2024

Photograph of Tom Sutherland, Jean Bain and Jock Caplich.

Monochrome photograph of Tom Sutherland, Jean Bain (daughter of Simon Bain) and Jock Caplich, Gamekeeper.
Also 'Prince', an Engli...

Date Added: 19 June 2024

Photographs of medals awarded to Miss A.M.C. Sutherland

A collection of 8 colour photographs relating to academic medals awarded to Miss A.M.C. Sutherland.
These include the Dornoch Aca...

Date Added: 19 June 2024

Photograph of Miss A.M.C. Sutherland

Copy of a monochrome photograph of Miss Anne Margaret Christina (after maternal grandmother, paternal grandmother, aunt) Sutherla...

Date Added: 19 June 2024

Cigarette Machine

Cigarette machine that possibly came from the Sutherland Arms Hotel in Dornoch Square. It was given to the donor's father, Tom Sut...

Date Added: 19 June 2024

Woodland Trust - 'Worship in the Woods'

The third in a series of 'soundslides' produced by Woodland Trust volunteer interns featuring beautiful photography and the voices...

Date Added: 12 June 2024

Woodland Trust - 'The Log Cabin in Fairy Glen'

The second in a series of 'soundslides' produced by Woodland Trust volunteer interns featuring beautiful photography and the voice...

Date Added: 12 June 2024

Migdale Woods - 'The Canadian Forestry Corps'

The first in a series of 'soundslides' produced by Woodland Trust volunteer interns featuring beautiful photography and the voices...

Date Added: 12 June 2024

Comments

Re the comment about a photo of the late Angus MacPherson sitting on a wooden bench outside his hotel playing the chanter with a tiny child on his lap yes Ur ri Went to Golspie tech 1958/59. Student from Kinlichbervie Mr Foot quire master. There was a well kept garden run by the science teacher (name ) It had a swim J. G. MacDonald should read J. G. Macdonald (lower case d). He was my grandfather and I understand very particular about the spelling of his surname. The lady to the left of my Mum (Janette Bremner) is Charlotte Davidson, sister of Margaret Randall. I'm certain this is my granny's field at Muie it might even her in the picture As per one of the comments: June 4 is my birthday! I am Angus Macpherson’s Great Granddaughter. It must be me in the photo! I’m also interested in the day book Further to my previous comment, I am now able to identify 7 of the 8 in this picture. Back row L-R: Fg Off ?, Sqn Ldr Roy Simons, Gp Capt John de Severne, Mas I was interested to see this photograph as I am rear right in the picture, as a Master Engineer, and a member, and sometime Captain, of the Kinloss shooting tea These were made by my father Alan Walker, who was the potter, and owned Dornoch Pottery. We moved to Norfolk in, I think, 1976 and the new pottery was called El To the Right of the Photograph stood a large Organ which was installed in 1911. It was sold in 1933 by the then owner between The Duchess of Sutherlands daughte I’m sorry to bother you but I’m looking for any class pictures of students that went to the Golspie tech Acadamy between 1930 and 1940 . His name was John Adam