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Hugh MacDiarmid, January 1927. MacDiarmid was the pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve (1892-1978), Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He was instrumental in creating a Scottish version of modernism and was a leading light in the Scottish Renaissance of the 20th century. Unusually for a first generation modernist, he was a communist. Much of MacDiarmid's political life, however, was spent advancing the cause of Scottish nationalism. He wrote both in English and in what he referred to as 'Synthetic Scots' - a literary version of the Scots language that is sometimes referred to as Lallans.
Reference: H-0300
Hugh MacDiarmid, January 1927....
Brigadier Eneas Grant, born 1901, belonged to a family which served in the Seaforth Highlanders for four generations. He served in the regiment from 1920 to 1955, when he retired to his house and hill farm at Tomatin. Both his sons joined the Seaforth, the elder being killed in action in Korea in 1951. The supplement to the London Gazette of October 1945 announced 'The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North-West Europe: Brigadier (acting) Eneas Henry George GRANT, D.S.O., M.C. (18829), The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) (Tomatin, Inverness).' An un-dated newspaper cutting from 1951 is filed with the negatives. It announces his being awarded a C.B.E. and states: 'Brigadier (Temporary) Eneas Henry George Grant, D.S.O, M.C., late Infantry. Brigadier Grant is the only surviving son of the late Col. H.G. Grant and of Mrs I. Grant, Balnespick, Tomatin, and his house is at Auchenfroe, Nairn. He was awarded the M.C. when serving with his regiment, The Seaforth Highlanders, in Palestine in 1936, and won the D.S.O. in 1944, gaining a Bar to it in 1945.'
Reference: 43283j
Brigadier Eneas Grant, born 19...
Hugh Allan's lorry in Strother's Lane, Inverness c1936. He delivered between Inverness and Helmsdale. *
Reference: 31164
Hugh Allan's lorry in Stro...
Sister Winifred. O.H.P. June 1926.
Reference: 25397b
Sister Winifred. O.H.P. June 1...
Sister Winifred. O.H.P. June 1926.
Reference: 25397a
Sister Winifred. O.H.P. June 1...
Member of the Red Deer Commission. #
Reference: 4221b
Member of the Red Deer Commiss...
Red Deer Commission. #
Reference: 4221a
Red Deer Commission. #...
Police Constable William Armstrong, Diriebught Road. Joined the police on 7th November 1936 aged 18 and retired aged 50 on 15th November 1968. After a period in the army (1942-1944) he made Chief Inspector of the Inverness Burgh Police and Deputy Chief Constable. Bio details thanks to Dave Conner. (Damaged plate).
Reference: 35593b
Police Constable William Armst...
Police Constable William Armstrong, Diriebught Road. Joined the police on 7th November 1936 aged 18 and retired aged 50 on 15th November 1968. After a period in the army (1942-1944) he made Chief Inspector of the Inverness Burgh Police and Deputy Chief Constable. Bio details thanks to Dave Conner.
Reference: 35593a
Police Constable William Armst...
Opening of the new Carrol House Orphanage, Island Bank Road, Inverness. The Carrol House Orphanage was officially opened at 3.00pm on Wednesday 26th August 1959 by Lady Maud Baillie CBE (shown here). Eighteen children, cared for by the Highland Orphanage Trust, moved from the old building in Culduthel Road a few weeks previously and settled in to the more compact and up-to-date premises. Robert Gilbert, chairman of the Board of Governors presided at the well-attended ceremony, which was also addressed by Provost Robert Wotherspoon. The matron was Mrs M. Maclean and the two house-mothers were Miss I. Ross and Miss N. Donaldson. A bouquet was presented to Lady Baillie by Heather la Freniere, one of the children in the home. (Courtesy James S Nairn Colour Collection). ~
Reference: jsn021
Opening of the new Carrol Hous...
Opening of the new Carrol House Orphanage, Island Bank Road, Inverness. The Carrol House Orphanage was officially opened at 3.00pm on Wednesday 26th August 1959 by Lady Maud Baillie CBE (shown speaking here). Eighteen children, cared for by the Highland Orphanage Trust, moved from the old building in Culduthel Road a few weeks previously and settled in to the more compact and up-to-date premises. Robert Gilbert, chairman of the Board of Governors presided at the well-attended ceremony, which was also addressed by Provost Robert Wotherspoon. The matron was Mrs M. Maclean and the two house-mothers were Miss I. Ross and Miss N. Donaldson. A bouquet was presented to Lady Baillie by Heather la Freniere, one of the children in the home. (Courtesy James S Nairn Colour Collection). ~
Reference: jsn020
Opening of the new Carrol Hous...
Opening of the new Carrol House Orphanage, Island Bank Road, Inverness. The Carrol House Orphanage was officially opened at 3.00pm on Wednesday 26th August 1959 by Lady Maud Baillie CBE (shown speaking here). Eighteen children, cared for by the Highland Orphanage Trust, moved from the old building in Culduthel Road a few weeks previously and settled in to the more compact and up-to-date premises. Robert Gilbert, chairman of the Board of Governors presided at the well-attended ceremony, which was also addressed by Provost Robert Wotherspoon. The matron was Mrs M. Maclean and the two house-mothers were Miss I. Ross and Miss N. Donaldson. A bouquet was presented to Lady Baillie by Heather la Freniere, one of the children in the home. (Courtesy James S Nairn Colour Collection). ~
Reference: jsn019
Opening of the new Carrol Hous...