Ian Hamilton Finlay at Gledfield Farmhouse

Highland Games Historian Alasdair MacDonald continues his exploration into the rich history of Highland Games in and around the Kyle of Sutherland area. By Alasdair MacDonald In the previous edition, the author wrote about the origins of Highland Games in general and concentrated on the earliest Games that were held

On the 29th January 1892, Gledfield Headteacher (George G. Macleod) wrote: “Attendance much improved for the first four days of the week, but on Friday an extraordinary flooding of the roads caused by rapid thawing reduced the attendance to 54 pupils. Bonar Bridge was swept away by the flood this

Eight decades after VE and VJ Day, Valerie Mackenzie-Harris reflects on her late husband Major S.L.M. Harris’ decorated wartime service and her own childhood memory. By Valerie Mackenzie-Harris Eighty years ago, on VE Day (8th May 1945) my late husband S.L.M. Harris D.S.O.M.