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25 YEARS AGO
From the newspaper of March 15, 1996
Pupils at Golspie Primary School will be helped to overcome any fears they may have after watching news reports of Wednesday's shooting of 16 children and their teacher in a P1 class at Dunblane. Golspie head teacher Paul Hagan said: "Any children who want to discuss it in the classroom over the next few days will be able to do so. We have been in touch with our local ministers and will call on their support if necessary."
A £425,000 field studies centre is to be established in Assynt, bringing six new full or part-time jobs. Building work to convert Inchnadamph Lodge, a grade B listed former manse, is already under way and the opening is planned for mid-June. The development of Assynt Field Centre has secured a £120,000 funding package from Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise.
A FINANCIAL crisis, which could have led to the closure of Bettyhill Swimming Pool only a year after it opened, was averted this week when Sutherland District Council agreed to an emergency grant of £25,000.
50 YEARS AGO
From the newspaper of March 12, 1971
The bid to build the first ever golf course in North Sutherland, at Durness, is gathering momentum. A committee of 15 is swinging into action, and being arranged now is a meeting with Keoldale Sheepstock Club, tenants of the crofting land concerned. The Department of Agriculture will also be represented. There is tremendous support for the project because it is realised that it would be a valuable amenity for locals and visitors. Fifty people from as far afield as Lairg have so far expressed an interest in becoming members of the new club.
With the Government agreeing to pay £67,500 towards the £90,000 cost of building a covered fish market and quay at Loch Bervie harbour, Sutherland County Council can now go ahead with the full development of the port. The news came in a letter from Mr Alick Buchanan-Smith, Scottish Under-Secretary, to Mr Robert Maclennan, MP for the constituency, who had been pressing the Government to speed up on the grant.
100 YEARS AGO
From the newspaper of March 10, 1921
The present headmaster at Armadale assumed charge of the school at the beginning of the current session, and it is gratifying to report that attendance, tone and discipline have already visibly improved. Owing to the shortage of books and stationery, the work of the school was considerably handicapped during the first two months of the session. This is unsatisfactory, and the education authority should in future arrange to supply the necessary material in advance so that progress shall not be delayed for lack of equipment.
A DANCE under the auspices of the Golspie Branch of the Scottish Farm Servants' Union was held in the Drill Hall, Golspie, on Friday evening. One of the biggest attendances this session was the outcome, and the committee who had the arrangements in hand are to be complimented for the way in which everything was carried out. Dancing commenced at 9.30pm and was kept up under joviality and goodwill until the early hours of Saturday morning.
