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Alex Sutherland |
Published: 29 October, 2009
THE legend of the Brahan Seer has long been part of Ross and Cromarty folklore.
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Published: 11 December, 2008
AN Illicit photograph, snapped in 1942 while a British top secret propaganda film was being shot in a Ross-shire village, is now on public exhibition locally.
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Published: 30 October, 2008
AN ancient carved stone believed to be part of a medieval church in Portmahomack has been unearthed during repairs to the Easter Ross village's water mains.
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Published: 16 October, 2008
THE Cromarty East Church £1.2 million restoration programme which got under way two weeks ago is beginning to reveal clues to the building's early history.
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Published: 09 October, 2008
A LONG-forgotten Ross-shire crofting township is to be put back on the map in time for the Highland Year of Homecoming 2009.
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Published: 02 October, 2008
A HERITAGE group in Tain has launched a project to recapture the hey dey of the town's former Picture House.
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Published: 25 September, 2008
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Published: 11 September, 2008
NOSTALGIC memories will come flooding back for hundreds of former Dingwall Academy pupils as a new film is released celebrating the life and culture of the school.
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Published: 04 September, 2008
A ROSS-SHIRE man has discovered a perfectly intact iron age cup which is over 2,000 years old.
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Published: 21 August, 2008
THE history of Scouting in Tain will be explored in a new exhibition which is to open in the Royal Burgh on September 1.
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Published: 14 August, 2008
A MURAL painted almost 50 years ago, at the old Dingwall Academy, has been photographed and saved for posterity by the North Star after being uncovered by a demolition crew.
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Published: 22 May, 2008
ALMOST a century after the first Scout troop was formed in Tain, an exhibition is to be held to celebrate the movement's history in the area.
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Published: 15 May, 2008
IT displays a simple but poignant message and this weekend, more than five years after their tragic death, the small plaque will become part of a lasting memorial to three boys who drowned in a remote Black Isle loch.
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Published: 24 April, 2008
A ROSS-SHIRE Lovat Scout veteran of World War II relived the dangers, fears and excitement of more than 60 years ago when he met up with his fellow comrades for a nostalgic reunion.
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Published: 10 April, 2008
ULLAPOOL Museum looks likely to hit the target with a new display which will go on show on Monday.
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Published: 03 April, 2008
THE mystery buyer of a very rare silver drinking vessel at a top Edinburgh auction house recently was Ross-shire's very own Tain and District Museum, it has been revealed.
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Published: 27 March, 2008
A LEGENDARY figure of the Highland livestock trade is just one of many colourful characters and stories celebrated in an exhibition which has opened in Dingwall.
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Published: 20 March, 2008
OLD-style English grammar lessons and traditional home economic skills of the 60s will make a return to the classrooms of Invergordon Academy later this year.
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Published: 02 February, 2008
A BRAVE female doctor from Ross-shire will be honoured in a public ceremony thousands of miles away from her home.
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Published: 13 October, 2007
VALUERS from a top auction house will be touring Scotland during October and are hopeful of finding long-forgotten Tain Silver in the Highlands.
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Published: 29 September, 2007
A GROUP of heritage enthusiasts have been delving into the history of a croft near Strathpeffer as part of a Workers' Educational Association Exploring Your Past project.
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Published: 18 August, 2007
A MEMORIAL was unveiled at a moving ceremony in Tain last week as a tribute to Czechoslovakian airmen who lost their lives on wartime operations while stationed in the Highlands.
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Hamish Ross |
Published: 21 July, 2007
THE remarkable story of a colourful Czech airman and his flying dog has been told for the first time by a former Ross-shire man.
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Published: 14 July, 2007
RESIDENTS in North Kessock will be hosting a trip down memory lane this weekend to celebrate the role played by the ferries which operated between the village and Inverness.
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Published: 07 July, 2007
THE changing face of a local village over more than a century is being highlighted in a new book.
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Published: 15 February, 2007
CALLING all former pupils of Marybank Primary School – you are invited to help mark a milestone in the school’s history.
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