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Dornoch Nursery Collage

A collage of photographs of children attending Dornoch Nursery class from 1975 to 1998.
The donor, who retired in 1998, was Nursery Assistant to Janette Bremner who was the Nursery Teacher.
Dornoch Nursery was the first to open in Sutherland.
The perspex cover to the collage has damage in the bottom corner...

Date Added: 01 October 2025

Imperial Service Medal awarded to James Alexander Matheson Ross

Imperial Service Medal awarded to postman, James Alexander Matheson Ross.

Details of his life as provided by the donor:

"Jam...

Date Added: 01 October 2025

James Alexander Matheson Ross, Postman

Colour photograph of James Alexander Matheson Ross, postman, on his rounds in July 1968. He was awarded the Imperial Service medal...

Date Added: 01 October 2025

Tom and Isa Sutherland outside their shop

Digital copy of a colour photograph of Tom and Isa Sutherland in the doorway of their Wines & Spirits shop.
The reverse of the ph...

Date Added: 01 October 2025

Tom and Isa Sutherland's Shop

Digital copy of a colour photograph.
The reverse of the photograph reads:
"Tom and Isa Sutherland
No 8 Castle Street
many fine...

Date Added: 01 October 2025

Tom and Isa Sutherland in their shop

Digital copy of a monochrome photograph.
The reverse of the photograph reads
"Tom and Isa Sutherland 1975
at their Wines & Sp...

Date Added: 01 October 2025

Cathedral Square, Dornoch

Digital copy of a tinted colour postcard of Cathedral Square, Dornoch looking towards the Castle on the right hand side....

Date Added: 01 October 2025

Miscellaneous images

Photocopy of a page containing three monochrome images. 2 of the images are of children labelled - Peter Murray, Robert Wickham, I...

Date Added: 01 October 2025

Dornoch Pageant

Photocopy of a monochrome image from the 1928 Dornoch Pageant....

Date Added: 01 October 2025

School group photograph

Digital copy of a monochrome photograph of group of school children in uniform standing in front of a wall. Possibly Dornoch Acade...

Date Added: 01 October 2025

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where did this come from. How can find more on Walter? T My mother Jamesina Gunn was born in 1919 must be about 1927 found an old postcard it shows hugh mackay says "arts league of service travelling theatre "think the rest may be robert street adelphi london This picture is of George Sutherland and children from his second marriage and not John Sutherland, George was a brother of my great great grandfather Robert Su My Grandfather, Frederick Charles Wilson served on HMS Dornoch. He was a Second Class Stoker. He died in September 1944 in Cardiff. I would love to know more Is it possible for me to see the letter and photo please? My Grandfather served on HMS Dornoch. He was a Stoker - Frederick Charles Wilson. If anyone has any My dad Magnus Mackay 1911-1984 was an old boy... he went off to Tierra del Fuego, 1930, aged 18... after a superb education but no prospects in UK. He came Used to visit Aunt Nan and Aunt Jessie when they lived in Polk City Florida. Fun memories My grandparents James Macdonald was upholsterer at Skibo Castle my grandmother Louise Brodie was a seamstress at Skibo prior to Andrew Carnegie moving to Ameri In trying to find out a couple of things Where the rafts of timber were landed in France after A day Any information on the forestry corps in the Ardennes Rev .prof. George Middleton is my 8 th great grandfather. Many of the family are born , Married and buried in St Machar ,Aberdeen. Charles Gordon 1664- 1740