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Farraline Hall
Moved to Farraline Hall, Errogie in 1950 from Leeds. Dad was estate manager. Me and my brother Jeff and sister Jennifer in the back of a 7 ton flat lorry, sat on mattress under canvas in the back of it. I went to Errogie school, had to walk there and back every day. The school then was one room all ages from 4 to 15, one teacher taught us all and all subjects. It was good in winter time as we were snowed in up to 3 months, no school for me and my brother. If the lock was frozen over we took a short cut across the lock on the ice as it was only half a mile across to school, not the 4 mile walk round at Farraline Hall. I had a friend who used to stand in the archway to the now walled garden, just a black figure, he used to run across the road, through the fence, down to the lock side, story was it was... Read more
Inverernie
Inverernie lies within the boundaries of Farr and Strathnairn. I remember when people used to call Inverernie by its correct name and not the misspelt 'Inverarnie'. The shop also used to have the correct spelling on display.
However, the biggest change has been the number of new houses which has gone up in recent years. Inverernie used to be good farm land, but now it has plenty of houses with new families coming into the Strath (which is mostly welcomed). Inverernie continues to grow, who knows how big it will become.
Clach Eile Air A'chairn
After many years, I came once more to Kiltarlity and saw again the post office, where my late father and his brother grew up. Robert, the elder, became the post master and lived there until his death. Donald, my father, left at the age of 14 to join the Royal Engineers as a boy soldier of 14 years of age. After 32 years' service, and with both an MC and an MBE, he retired as an acting Lieutenant Colonel and staff officer, Scottish Command.
You see, there was not enough money in the days after World War 1 for my grandmother, a widow whose husband had died in action with the Seaforth's on the Somme, to feed two hungry young mouths.
I saw again the Tomnacross School, where Robert had been beaten like a dog for daring to speak Gaelic.
And I stood in the churchyard to see the grave of my cousin, Donald, named after my father and husband of June, who became, after the... Read more
Fraser Families in Muirtown Circa 1720 - 1810
In 1803, a group from the Muirtown area, left Scotland and came to America. Included were - (3)Simon & Elizabeth Fraser & 2 of their children Donald & Mary; AND cousin (2.3.2)John & Mary (McDonald) Fraser & family- Donald, John, & Simon and John's sister Margaret; AND John & Margaret (Fraser) McKenzie & family Donald & Alex.; AND John & Flora (Fraser) Clunas & family; AND Donald D. McKenzie wife & family-William, Donald, John, Margaret & Helen; AND William Fraser (single) AND John McDonald (single) From Muirtown they went out through Moray Firth, around and down to Edinburgh on the Firth of Forth, then overland to Glasgow and finally to Greenock. In July, 1803, after a wait of several weeks in Greenock, they finally sailed in the 'Trapper' for New York City. In 1805, Alex. & Sarah (Ferguson) Fraser and their seven children sailed from Greenock in the "George Buchanan" for New... Read more
Information About Dochgarroch?
I live in Dochgarroch and everythings kinda the same I think, I am trying to find out the history of the place, could anyone give any useful information? The post office is still there and the shop isn't, it used to be open morning, noon and night, but they changed it to a restaurant! Is there any information you can give me?
It Was no Surprise
It was at Insh carnival where my disabled wife and I and our two month old daughter went, simply to spend a few hours from our home village of Inverurie. There were the usual sorts of entertainments such as pipe bands and the tug of war teams and other attractions of which I do not remember too much about: but there is one thing that I will never forget; some woman was to announce on the tanoy that there was going to be a beautiful baby competition; where it was asked if there were any mothers that would like to enter their babies! My wife came up to me and asked if we could enter our daughter Sarah Natasha in the competition? I told her no with a capital (N) meaning absolutely not! My wife asked me why was I so against our daughter being entered into the competition. I told her that even though I knew our daughter was beautiful, there were other mothers and fathers... Read more
Kingussie Holidays
Kingussie always was one of my favourite places as a young boy. My aunt and uncle lived in King Street, near the sawmill and I can still remember the smell of the wood shavings burning.
I loved going down to the station and watching the steam trains, especially the mail expresses as they roared through the station. They dropped off and collected the mail pouches using special equipment on the side of the Royal Mail coach. It was always exciting seeing the postman (sometimes my uncle Donald) arrive and watching the mail being hung from the hook. I knew to expect a fast train and it was sometimes hard to decide whether to stand on the footbridge over the lines or climb on the level crossing gates or just wait on the platform. After all, I was only about 7 or 8 years of age and what better way to spend a couple of hours?
However, Kingussie offered other attractions for... Read more
