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From this perspective we can perhaps imagine Moray in the early 19th century, remote, isolated and inaccessible except by lengthy and perilous sea-routes, with The Cairngorms a most effective barrier to the lowlands. More than almost anywhere else, the coming of the railways was to affect our part of the world, bringing with it hitherto lamplight logo.pdf

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unimagined wealth and opportunities from a world beyond. It is, therefore, little wonder that the coming of the railways was embraced with such enthusiasm and fervour.

We can only imagine what conversations took place among the common folk in the taverns and town closes regarding their arrival in Morayshire. There would have been a great influx of navvies working and living in poor conditions, but with fat pay packets to spend in the locality as well as jobs for the locals. Tensions often grew between the locals and navvies. On the other hand local establishments benefited from navvy business, which strengthened relations, and even forged friendships with an occasional local helping teach reading

and writing to some navvies. It has been estimated that for each mile of track laid, there was an average of three work-related deaths.

The first Scottish intercity railway was, unsurprisingly, the “Edinburgh and Glasgow” opened in 1842. Just eight short years later, by 1850, all of Scotland’s major cities were linked by rail with the exception of Inverness where the terrain presented almost insurmountable engineering difficulties. When compared to the timescales associated with the present day dualling of the existing A9 and A96, together with the delays to the Aberdeen periphery route, and taking into account

The arrival of the railways precipitated a people and freight revolution. Journeys that previously had taken many days could now be accomplished in hours with Perth just fourteen hours away from London. Some were drawn to the romantic scenery depicted in the paintings of Edward Landseer or the writings and stories of Walter Scott. At Euston and Kings Cross stations privileged passengers queued with their weapons and gundogs for the new trains to Scotland. Written in 1885 at the height of railway mania, the first verse of Robert Louis Stevensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poem for children titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;View from a Railway Carriageâ&#x20AC;? captures the new magic of rail travel as follows:

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As railway mania swept through the nation, private railway companies sprang up with bewildering speed, each evolving through various takeovers, amalgamations and mergers. This serves to greatly confuse those attempting to plot the development of the railways in Moray. This short article aims to deal with a small sample from the following railways as they affected Morayshire: Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR), the Inverness to Aberdeen Junction Railway, and the Perth to Inverness Junction Railway (I&PJR).

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up of Scotland is Queen Victoria’s

Highland Line). The below illustration

(23 metres) is by Rafford which required

purchase of Balmoral in 1852. Had the

shows the route which connected Moray

208,000 cubic yards of rock and earth to

companies, the GNoSR never achieved

railways not existed, it is unlikely that she

and Inverness with the south, including

build. The steepest gradients are on the

would have undertaken the

London. In the first instance, due to

rise from Forres to Dava. Indeed, Rafford

difficult terrain, rail travel to Inverness was

Station, just before the steep gradient,

via the old station at Forres which had a

was soon abandoned due to the fact that

triangular platform arrangement to

trains needed to back up from the station

facilitate the junction.

in order to gather enough speed to

its full ambitions, despite taking over numerous smaller rail companies. One

procurement of a royal residence in the

of its lines, shown above, was the Moray

Highlands. In 1872 she visited the Duke

Coast Railway, serving the various fishing

of Sutherland at Dunrobin Castle, the

ports along the Moray Firth. It also

royal train stopping at Elgin where it

owned the line from Aberdeen to

would have used the aforementioned

Ballater, which was the royal stop for

link between the GNoSR and the I&PJR to

Balmoral Castle. Its impressive Elgin

facilitate the journey. A grand welcome

station (on the Keith to Elgin line) which

was arranged with decorations, banners,

is still in use as commercial offices, was

a band, dignitaries together with crowds

built in a baronial style, and was only

negotiate the ascent.

The 36 miles of track from Forres to Aviemore was opened on 1st

One of this line’s chief

June 1863, with the whole of the 103 mile

objectives was the transportation of

route from Dunkeld having taken less

produce from the north, carrying cattle,

than two years to construct. This

sheep and fish. In this they succeeded as

of spectators. Unfortunately for the

achievement is all the more remarkable

revised journey times for livestock

yards from the station of the Perth to

onlookers our great monarch decided to

when taking into account that it included

decreased from 4-6 weeks, when the

Inverness Junction Line at Elgin, a

view the proceedings from within her

the construction of eight viaducts, the

cattle were driven down ancient drovers

successor of which still serves the

carriage and continued her journey

most notable of which was the Divie

roads, down to one day.

community at the same site. A link was

without alighting from her train.

Viaduct just south of Forres. Having a

built to connect the two railways to

total length of 477 feet, it crosses the

facilitate onward journeys without

River Divie on seven arches of 45 foot

changing.

Four years after the line opened 21,000 sheep were transported in one week. Dunphail station was the major loading point for cattle, boasting up and down lines and a goods yard. It is claimed that at the time Dunphail had the longest station platform in Britain.

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Railways such as the Strathspey Railway

in Scotland, crossing mountains and

nation well throughout two world wars,

Report remains controversial. Critics

(Aviemore to Broomhill) and the

open moorlands, snow and blizzards

our extensive rail network was not to

have implied a conspiracy between

Keith-to-Dufftown Railway. Other

could be a hazard. The most notable

last. With the advent of the motor car

politicians, civil servants and the road

stretches of former track have been

example of this was during the arctic

and metalised roads, the value of the

lobby, thereby encouraging car use. The

incorporated into the National Cycle

winter of 1880-81. During the worst

railways were seen to progressively

original report was commissioned by a

Network. Then there are lines such as

storm of that winter, on 17th December,

diminish. Approximately one hundred

Conservative government with strong

the one from Alves to Burghead which

with their train snowbound just south of

years after their introduction, and

ties to the road construction lobby and

still exist, unused, serving as a

Dava Station, passengers were forced to

getting costly to upkeep and maintain,

its findings were largely implemented by

monument to a time when Hopeman

abandon the train, managing to reach

the decision was taken to largely

the subsequent Labour administrations

and Burghead were once connected via

Dava Station just before the storm

dismantle the vast network. Known to

which received funds from unions

a branch line to a vast rail network, like

increased still further. A train, carrying

this day as the Beeching Cuts, after Dr

connected to road industry associations.

many others such as Findhorn.

both passengers and cattle, travelling in

Beeching, the Chairman of Railways in

the opposite direction was similarly

the 1960s, his two reports resulted in the

caught on the other side of the Dava

closure of 2,363 of the country's 7,000

very few stations and lines, the majority

of time could it be that this apparently

Station. Unfortunately, although those

railway stations. Passenger services were

were closed as planned, and Beeching's

short-sighted policy, that uses the

passengers also made it to safety, the

withdrawn from around 5,000 route

name remains associated with the mass

planetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resources with such great

cattle, refusing to leave safety of the

miles. It also involved the shedding of

closure of railways and the loss of many

economy, yet be reversed in another

trucks, were suffocated. A relief train

around 70,000 British Railways jobs over

local services in the period that followed.

hundred years?.

also became stuck. After the storm they

three years and the scrapping of a third

Today, the former trackbeds frequently

eventually found the trains completely

of a million good wagons. Beeching

serve as public footpaths, a notable

buried under 60 feet of snow.

anticipated that his changes would save

example of which is the Dava Way from

around ÂŁ140 million.

Forres to Grantown-on-Spey. Other

Although protests saved a

With oil a finite resource, in the fullness

routes have since reopened as Heritage

As can be seen from the illustrations almost every village was served by its own railway station, bringing with it freedom and prosperity.

In a time before cars, for the first time unhindered and comfortable travel was within the grasp of common people.

The fact that fish from local ports could reach distant markets in less than day precipitated a boom in the fishing industry. Whisky now became a major export with direct railways access to almost every one. Bulk commodities such as coal and grain were easily

Former Dava Station from the platform

transported.

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The name Lochcarron is applied to the collection of small settlements strung out along Loch Carron, a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty. The village stretches for almost 2 miles, meandering along the shore of the loch. In the 19th Century the village was named Janetown, then Jeantown.

The village was founded in 1800 with a view to training up seamen for war against Napoleon. After his (initial) defeat and exile to Elba, the community found itself a new role as a fishing village. The small island just offshore never had its tall pines harvested to rig warships, and has now become a nature sanctuary.

2 Applecross The Applecross peninsula is a peninsula in Wester Ross.

The name Applecross is at least 1300 years old and is not used locally to refer to the 19th century village (which is correctly called 'Shore Street', or simply 'The Street') The Applecross Inn lies on the small Applecross Bay, facing the Inner Sound, on the opposite side of which lies the Inner Hebridean island of Raasay. The village of Applecross was established by St. Moalrubha, in the 7th century, who built a chapel there.

A sculptured stone is the only relic of St. Moalrubha remaining, who built a chapel there.

The name of the village is a Viking word meaning loch of the herring which do indeed still populate the bay in some profusion.

5 Kinlochewe Kinlochewe is in the parish of Gairloch, the community of Torridon and Kinlochewe and the Highland Council area. It lies near the head of Loch Maree in its magnificent valley, and serves as a junction between the main Ullapool road north, and that which heads west to the coast at Loch Torridon. Loch Maree was at one time also known as Loch Ewe, hence the village's apparently confused name.

4 Torridon Torridon is a small village which lies on the shores of Loch Torridon. The name is also applied to the area surrounding the village, particularly the Torridon Hills, mountains to the north of Glen Torridon. It lies on the shore of Loch Torridon.

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Gairloch is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross. A popular tourist destination in the summer months, Gairloch has a golf course, a small museum, several hotels, a variety of shops, Chinese and fish and chip takeaways, a community centre, a leisure centre with sports facilities, a local radio station, beaches and nearby mountains.

Gairloch is one of the principal villages on the North Coast 500 route.

Inverasdale is a hamlet in the North West Highlands of Scotland, located by Loch Ewe, in the region of Wester Ross.

Kay Matheson was born in Inverasdale in 1928. In 1950 she was part of the Removal of the Stone of Scone from Westminester Abbey. The police visited Inverasdale while looking for the stone.

7 Poolewe Poolewe is a small village by Loch Ewe. The River Ewe, one of the shortest in Scotland, joins the sea less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from Inverewe Garden, renowned for its subtropical plants. The village is surrounded by mountains and the sea.

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9 Aultbea

11 Ullapool

12 Achiltibuie

Aultbea is a small fishing village situated on the shores of Loch Ewe, about 30 km west of Ullapool.

Ullapool is a town of around 1,500 inhabitants in Ross and Cromarty. Despite its small size it is the largest settlement for many miles around and an important port and tourist destination. The North Atlantic Drift passes Ullapool, moderating the temperature. A few Cordyline australis or New Zealand cabbage trees are grown in the town and are often mistaken for palms.

Achiltibuie is a long linear village in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, on the Coigach coast of North Western Scotland, overlooking Badentarbet Bay to the west.

Loch Broom and the Summer Isles lie to the south.

Located 10 miles (16 km) North West of Ullapool as the crow flies. Achiltibuie is the central community of a series of townships and communities stretching from Culnacraig, through Badenscallie and Polglass (where the community hall, the primary school and the Piping School are located), Polbain, and Reiff to Achnahaird.

There are many beautiful walks in the area, both along the coast and inland, to suit different levels of walkers.

On your travels look out for the cave at Cove, the wreck of the USS William H Welsh, the cave at Sand, Beast Loch and Fionn Loch.

The town lies on Loch Broom, on the A835 road from Inverness. The Ullapool River flows through the village.

10 Laide Laide is a small village in the North West of the Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the southern shore of Gruinard Bay, about 30 km west of Ullapool.

Mountains Wester Ross is well known for its spectacular mountain scenery, especially the Torridon Hills which includes such peaks as Beinn Eighe and Liathach.

Although many peaks in the North West highlands exhibit Torridon geology, the Torridon hills are generally considered only to be those in the Torridon Forest to the north of Glen Torridon. In particular, these are: Liathach Beinn Eighe Beinn Alligin Beinn Dearg Hills between Glen Torridon and Strath Carron are: Beinn Liath Mhòr Sgorr Ruadh Maol Cheann-dearg Beinn Damh

Interesting Info Wester Ross is featured in the lyrics to the song Letter from America by The Proclaimers, and Kishorn Commandos

by North Sea Gas, which relate the wild lifestyle of construction workers on the Ninian Central Platform in Kishorn.

Many other songs refer to or are named after areas, geographical features and villages of Wester Ross, notably Loch Maree Islands, which has been recorded by many artists including Calum Kennedy.

Major outdoor scenes in the films Stardust and The Eagle of the Ninth were shot in Wester Ross.

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Watering Lawns – in Scotland - really?

Yes really, especially along the sandy soils and low rainfall of the Moray coast. The last two springs have seen prolonged dry spells in our area, and this is not unusual.

We often get prolonged high pressure influence at this time of year, which cuts off the prevailing westerly fronts coming in off the Atlantic. It might not always seem warm and dry as we sometimes get a cold haar coming ashore.

But even then, any rainfall amounts can be negligible.

Watering lawns is important at this time for a number of reasons.

They will quickly turn brown and dry looking, as do golf course fairways and rough, and other public grassed areas, Lawns are trying to wake-up after a winter hibernation and may have been traumatised by scarifying and raking activity in the off-season.

Many gardeners will put down a spring feed (as do GreenThumb) and this will need activated by watering. No watering, and nothing much will happen.

Many of you will have sprinklers, but they are usually in the garage! Get them out and hook them up. Most lawns will appreciate a watering for 20 mins each evening so they stay damp through the night. Daytime watering is of less value as more is lost to evaporation. Nowadays, you can readily buy a timer for £20 which will automatically turn sprinklers and hoses on and off. In Scotland, our water consumption is paid for in our community charge. In England, typically water is metered and charged for. We are lucky, it’s pre-paid, so why not use it.

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This ‘Mountain Minister’ article will be slightly different from normal due to the fact that I am writing this from Vancouver, Canada. This is a place that has much in common with Scotland in terms of mountains, hills, rivers, and valleys, albeit on a much larger scale in both distance and height. There is even a train stop called Aberdeen. My first experience of Vancouver’s scenery was certainly something of an eye opener. As I walked round the Pacific Spirit Regional Park near to where I am staying, I came across a staircase cut out of the cliff which led down to the beach and the foreshore. It was a fairly steep descent, the kind of which, half way down, you begin hoping that there is going to be a much easier route back up!

Near the bottom of this staircase, just as the trees gave way to the glaring sun reflecting off the sea, is a sign that reads ‘Clothing Optional Beach Ahead.’ As much as I was hoping that this meant

‘you can wear whatever clothes you want on this beach’ I knew I was kidding myself and yes, there were lots of people stark naked, lying around; young and old, male and female. My options were, i. turn round and climb back up the staircase or ii. walk round the peninsula (being careful what I stared at or stood on). I walked round. I knew there were bears in Canada but I didn’t expect to see so many ‘bares’ so soon into my trip.

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My second attempt to discover the

Whistler Mountain, however, was

altogether more successful. Planning

getting there. I’m sure the road from

for serious expeditions into the

Vancouver is stunning (so I’m told); it’s

wilderness here require a lot more

far too long to walk at 120km. I,

thought than in Scotland. For a start,

however, had the luxury and privilege

everything is bigger, longer and higher.

of taking off from Downtown

Whistler, the mountain I was heading

Vancouver on a sea plane and landing

for, is 7,156ft tall, twice the height of a

on Green Lake at the foot of Whistler,

Scottish Munro, with an annual snow

a mere 45 minutes that flew over some

fall of 33.5ft! In Scotland, the only

of the most stunning scenery I have

wildlife to fear and dread are the

ever seen. ‘That’s cheating’ I hear some

midges. If you encounter midges and

of you say. May be you’re right, but I’m

they start biting, it is fair to say it is

not claiming to have reached the

unpleasant. In Canada, there are both

summit or anything like that, I just

Black and Grizzly bears to contend

wanted to experience the pristine wild

with, and if you encounter one of them

places Canada has to offer – and that

and it starts biting, it’s a lot more than

was achieved in spades! Even then,

unpleasant! The signs around Whistler

however, that 120km round trip with

tell you ‘if you encounter a bear, speak

panoramic views as far as the eye can

to it in a calm and measured voice

see (about 50 miles we were told) is

while slowly backing away.’ This is

nothing to the rest of the vast expanse

akin to flight attendants telling you

that is Canada. For the sake of

before take-off: ‘in the unfortunate

perspective, the whole of Scotland fits

incident of landing on water!’ If

into Canada 127 times, which makes

something goes wrong on a plane

the Forres to Aberdeen trip sound like

travelling at 33,000ft it generally

a walk in the park in comparison!

doesn’t tend to ‘land on water’ as

Certainly, if one were to judge a

much as ‘hit water.’ I wasn’t thrilled by

country purely on its scenic beauty,

the prospect of having a calm and

Canada would be up there with the

measured conversation with a wild

best of them.

bear but at it happens I didn’t see any, although there was plenty of wildlife to see including Blue Jays, eagles, fresh water trout and frequent encounters with snakes.

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There is something else

The Bible has a lot to say on

I’ve experienced in Vancouver though

how people behave simply because

that has been equally as refreshing as

behaviour is the true indication of

the great outdoors: something I thought

character. If you really want to know

was long gone in society as a whole and

what a person believes, don’t just listen

seems unlikely to return to British

to what they say but watch how they

society in any large measure.

behave. Proverbs 20:11 says: even a

‘Vancouverites’ are exceedingly polite,

child makes himself known by his acts,

and not just because they all say ‘have a

by whether his conduct is pure and

nice day’ all the time. On the public

upright. The Apostle Paul urges the

transport system for example (and don’t

young Timothy to ‘set the believers an

get me started on that! Efficient, clean,

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reasonably priced and regular – I

in faith, in purity,’ and James (the Lord’s

haven’t waited more than 2 minutes for

brother) writes: ‘who is wise and

a bus, train or ferry anywhere in the

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city), both the drivers and passengers

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are polite. When people exit the bus,

meekness of wisdom.’ Of course, a

the vast majority say ‘thank you’ to the

person doesn’t have to be a Christian to

driver, seats are given up for the elderly

be polite and courteous, roughly only

without a second thought and I’ve even

37% of Vancouverites call themselves

witnessed people buying the driver a

Christian, but you won’t find a better

coffee and giving it to them when they

example of how to live well and interact

get on. The drivers wait for women with

with others than the life of Jesus Christ.

buggies to get settled on the bus and

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won’t move until the mother has said

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‘the brakes are on thank you.’ Twice,

saying, “He has done all things well.”

when my monthly Compass Card has

People become like who and what they

failed to work, drivers have just let me

follow which is why I strive to follow

on, some let homeless people travel for

Christ – that’s the kind of person I desire

free, and if someone is running for the

to be, Christ-like. Who or what, are you

bus the driver waits. This of course,

following?

makes the overall experience of travelling on public transport here quite delightful. Having manners and being polite doesn’t cost anyone anything but it certainly significantly adds to the overall good of society.

All photos taken by Jon

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herbaceous perennial that is going to die

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going to have to do to keep your plants

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deciduous tree that will lose its leaves? If

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Knowing where to begin can be a little daunting but the best

Several years ago we decided to look into our family history and it made for some fascinating discoveries, It’s something that most of us can do regardless of where we were born or our family comes from.

starting place may be nearer than you think. Relatives can often point the way forward, especially female relatives.

Ladies are usually the ones that keep informal records of family birthdays and anniversaries, they are also the ones most likely to keep in touch with other family members and it’s from these remembrances that your first clues may come.

If you can unearth birth, death or marriage certificates from your own collections or those of relatives then it may well give

My own family is a mix of people from the north of England, Ireland and the area once known as Prussia and now Germany. Other members of my family hail from Orkney seafarers, Caithness crofters, Aberdeenshire aristocracy and Edinburgh craftsmen; it’s amazing what you find once you start to look at those who came before you.

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clues as to the birth dates and birth places of your parents and grandparents, and possibly great grandparents. Armed with these details you can search for cousins, aunts, uncles and siblings of your immediate family. It all sounds simple and predictable, but there’s likely to be a point where you can go no further or require details that are missing. Where do you go when you reach a dead-end?

One of the best places to access information is the internet

including burial records and even headstones. Finding the

and if searching Scottish ancestry, ‘Scotland’s People’ is one

final resting place of a family member can be an emotional

of the best places to look. ‘The Scotland’s People’ website is

time. It can also be rewarding in that many older headstones

the official Scottish Government website for records and

carry with them details of spouses, parents and possibly

archives and it’s set up to enable anyone with a Scottish

children in the family. Church ministers may be able to help

ancestry to research their family history as well as local and

in some instances and on-line the Mormon genealogy

social history. You can access registers of births, marriages

website is available for searching. Although not a complete

and deaths as well as details of various census returns,

record this may be of interest to researchers looking for

church records and legal records. It’s a fantastic resource

relatives who may be otherwise difficult to trace.

and from it we gleaned much about our own extended family history, finding people we didn’t know existed. Not only did

Other good places to research are army, navy and airforce

we find details of certain people we discovered where they

records. Likewise if your ancestor held a particular trade

lived and what they did. Although fascinating in itself, these discoveries also led us further in our search.

Armed with print-outs and certificates, we wanted to know more. We wanted to see where distant and previously unknown family members lived. We set forth with maps, plans and photographs and travelled north, south and east to stand where these people had stood; sometimes many years before. We tried to imagine what they had felt, how they had lived and what they had seen. We also put letters out to newspapers in the areas in which these people had lived, asking questions and giving brief details of what we were researching and the people to whom we were related. We were amazed at the results of doing this seemingly simple

such as a baker or joiner, trade records may carry details

thing; the power of the pen is greater than that of the internet

that can help in some cases. Old phone books can be useful

sometimes and from it we learned about individual family

too, as can older copies of local newspapers from the area

members from those who had actually known them. The

that your ancestors lived in. Schools also kept detailed

kindness of strangers knows no bounds in matters such as

records of pupils in days past and let’s not forget police

these.

records. It should be possible to trace back as far as 1855 using Scottish records, prior to this parish registers were

As you research, one thing becomes clear; very few people

more the thing and in some cases these were less than

have roots in only one area and the more you look the more

accurate and may even have been damaged or destroyed.

you realise that most people move into or out of a particular area, place, city, town or village in search of work. Our own search had us follow a stonemason from Wick with an Orkney connection,

down

to

Edinburgh,

through

further

descendants on to the south of England and even as far as Malta, before heading north again to Moray, over several generations.

Filling in the gaps, or gleaning more information about people can, in some cases, be done through church records

Don’t forget the usefulness of wills, these not only listed what was to be given to loved ones but also the relationship the deceased may have had with particular people. Not everyone had a will of course but it’s worth considering this line of enquiry when you are researching.

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Local family history groups can also be helpful, as too can specialist museums and collections. In particular consider clan museums and similar collections on the islands. Where clans were small and blood ties strong families were often very close in proximity which may make research easier in some cases.

Remember too to take special care when researching a particular individual. In our own family we found the same first name used repeatedly within the same branch of the family.

Brothers were sometimes given the same name. Cousins too and fathers, sons and grandfathers sometimes had the same name repeated; confusing to say the least when they all carried the same surname. It can be misleading in some cases, sending the researcher down the wrong line of enquiry for days on end.

In the case of researching females in the family, the search can sometimes go cold when a woman marries or possibly remarries, without the researcher being certain of the surname of the man she may have married. This is especially true the further back in time you go, records may be incomplete or hand writing less legible. In some cases where the bride or groom may not have been able to write or spell, those completing the register may have taken a guess at the spelling of a surname and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not uncommon to find the same surname written several different ways over the years. Census records, completed by someone who was cold or tired at the time of completion very often had errors in just such a way. My own great great grandmother had her name recorded as Anne, Ann and even Aaron on different census records.

Local libraries often carry facilities to search records; these can be an amazing insight into people and places. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve personally used the library resources to research the place where I live, finding maps that indicate buildings, livelihoods and such like long since gone. These have given me a greater understanding of those who went before me but to whom Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not related; social history being just as important as family history in some cases.

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Strange Meeting By Susan Hill

Set in WWI, a young officer returns to the Front to find his division almost unrecognisable. His commanding officer is an alcoholic, there is a new adjutant and several of his close friends have been killed. But there is David Barton. As yet untouched and unsullied by war, fresh-faced and radiating charm. As the pair approach the front line, bloodied by the deaths of their fellow soldiers, their friendship deepens. But as the reality of the violence sets in, the men know that they will soon be separated... A poignant novel on human love as war and the pity of war.

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It's Saturday, it's summer and, although he doesn't know it yet, everything in Adam Thorn's life is going to fall apart. But maybe, just maybe, he'll find freedom from the release. Time is running out though, because way across town, a ghost has risen from the lake...This uplifting coming-of-age novel will remind you what it's like to fall in love.

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By Aaron Gillies There are plenty of books out there on how to survive a zombie apocalypse, all-out nuclear war, or Armageddon. But what happens when it feels like the world is ending every single time you wake up? That's what having anxiety is like. From helping readers identify the enemy, to safeguarding the vulnerable areas of their lives, the impact of anxiety is examined, and readers given some tools to fight back - whether with medication, therapy, CBT, coping techniques, or simply with a dark sense of humour.

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Sherman loves the moon and he loves his grandpa even more - who has actually been to the moon! Grandpa was an astronaut and has a chunk of moon rock on his mantlepiece. Playing space games with Grandpa is one of Sherman's most favourite things ever so he's thrilled to hear that's exactly what a visit to Grandpa will involve.

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Deep within a cave system at a military complex south-east of Tehran, scientists are working round-the-clock on a banned device. Britain's intelligence agencies know something is up.

They have someone on the inside ready to hand over information but first he must get out of Iran.

He was due to rendezvous with MI6 agent Luke Carlton at a remote, snowbound monastery, but the mission goes bloodily wrong. With the clock ticking, Luke Carlton races to head off a catastrophic confrontation in the Gulf .

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The Best Ever Baking Book takes children on a step-by-step baking experience, showing them how to whip up more than 10 baked treats, along with the methods, equipment and terminology used in making them. Children will find out how to make everything from bread and muffins to cakes and cookies. Then they can get creative and messy as they follow tips on how to decorate.

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Clock Dance

By Anne Tyler Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life: when she was eleven and her mother disappeared, being proposed to at twenty-one, the accident that would make her a widow at forty-one.

At each of these moments, Willa ended up on a path laid out for her by others. So when she receives a phone call telling her that her son's ex-girlfriend has been shot and needs her help, she drops everything and flies across the country.

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[ L ADDER A N D TROUG H ] Little children love getting involved in mucky stuff, whether it is food on their plates, shaving foam or mud in the garden. Playing with it, pushing it around and seeing what happens is great fun: seeing what it feels like, smells like, tastes like, sounds like, looks like.

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exploration, and painting is one way – one of many ways - of expressing it.

As a painter, it has become apparent to me that there are two main factors at play when exploring paint (or stuff) on canvas: a. the paint, or whatever art material you are using and b. the illusion of space, or a thing in space, that you can create on that flat surface that is the canvas. In my work I am interested in both – the flat surface and the illusion on that surface. So I make images that are of something recognisable while being continually reminded that they are actually just paint or ‘stuff’ on canvas. I find this contradiction exciting. This conflict creates a tension, and in part, reflects my experience of being me, here, in this complex world.

I love working from both observation and from my imagination. These two strands inform each other.

The observational work is usually figurative often depicting the experience of painting or drawing itself.

The second strand is of imaginary spaces and forms using perspective and, sometimes, arbitrarily, constructed symbols, like letters, arrows, ladders, arches. These imaginary spaces hint at a world that is beyond our physical realm and although colourful and bright, have a whiff of the dystopian about them. Both strands are connected with the relationship between the abstract surface and the illusion.

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Working from photos does not feel like an authentic process for me so my observational work is always from life. I find it far more interesting experiencing form in our actual physical world than copying an image. I do, however, sometimes steal from the Old Masters like from a Rembrandt, a Piero de la Francesca or a Da Vinci.

Originally, I was born in Jersey (1963) but left when I was a 1 year old and spent my childhood living in a number of different countries (Australia, Cyprus, Norway, Scotland, Argentina) due to my fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s profession (a vet working for FAO). As a child, I enjoyed drawing, painting and making but I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t start off doing art after leaving school: I studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Dundee, and after

graduating, worked in different countries in a variety of different jobs throughout my 20s. All of this was interesting but directionless. I was, however, happy when drawing and painting as it felt more meaningful to me, even if less practical. When I was 29 I enrolled on the Foundation Course at Leith School of Art in Edinburgh and then went on to Edinburgh College of Art where I studied painting and printmaking. There still seemed to be so much to learn, so I then enrolled at the New York Academy of Art which offered a Master of Fine Art where I could learn traditional figurative painting techniques within a contemporary context. It was a two-year programmebut I could do it in three years on a fellowship if I worked part time helping in the college, which meant I

could afford to study and live in New York. I graduated in 2003 and since then have been teaching in art schools and trying to find time to paint.

In 2015 my wife and I and our two young children decided to move to Forres.

Since then I have been concentrating on developing my studio practice.

If you are interested in seeing my work up close and personal, I will be having an exhibition 26th Sept - 1st Oct 2018 locally at the Orchard Road Studios, Forres during the Findhorn Bay Arts Festival.

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THE GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART SUMMER COURSES IN FORRES Open Studio at The Glasgow School of Art will be running a two week programme of courses at our Highland and Islands campus on the Altyre Estate, just outside Forres.

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Courses are open to all abilities and will be taught by members of the GSA staff or invited lecturers drawn from a wider artistic community.

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