From the Northern Times, 25, 50 and 100 years ago
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25 YEARS AGO
From the newspaper of September 12, 1997
When Scourie folk talk about moving the goalposts in the future, they will mean literally what they say. For the Highland Council is in the process of purchasing moveable goalposts for its £100,000 new playing field in the Far North village. Durness councillor Francis Keith was told of the move when he queried at a county committee meeting in Rogart last week why there were still no goalposts in place.
A WELCOME sight at Lochinver harbour on a recent Sunday evening was the cruise liner Hebridean Princess, owned by Hebridean Cruises Ltd. She tied up in the late afternoon and passengers started to disembark and stroll around the village. The liner has been visiting Lochinver for several years now.
A sunfish weighing in at a hefty 62 stones was landed at Kinlochbervie harbour last week. The big fish was caught by Denholm owned boat Shimunda, which is usually based at Lochinver but occasionally lands at Kinlochbervie. The semi-tropical sunfish may have drifted across on the Gulf Stream.
50 YEARS AGO
From the newspaper of September 8, 1972
The inaugural run by a Post Office mini bus carrying passengers as well as mail will be marked by an official ceremony at Kylesku next Friday afternoon. This will be the first such service to be operated in the Highlands and will cover the route from Kylesku to Elphin and should be a tremendous boon to people living in this rural area.
It was suggested at a meeting of Sutherland Development Committee at Dornoch last Monday that it might be worth investigating the possibility of accepting one of two Ugandan Asians at the county council’s crafts village at Balnakeil, near Durness, if they were top quality workers.
Sutherland’s Shin Falls are a top tourist attraction because of the famous salmon leap there, but the access is hazardous, particularly for the elderly. Sutherland Development Committee has agreed to approach the Countryside Commission and landowner Sir Philip Egerton with a view to having improvements carried out.
100 YEARS AGO
From the newspaper of September 7, 1922
With a dignified solemnity appropriate to the occasion, the beautiful war memorial erected at Rogart to the memory of the men of the parish who fell in the Great War was unveiled by His Grace the Duke of Sutherland, and dedicated on Saturday. There was a representative gathering of people, not only from all parts of the parish but from Dornoch, Brora, Golspie, Lairg etc.
A MEETING of the Clyne War Memorial Committee was held on Monday evening when it was resolved to get a circular with a sketch of the memorial printed and issued for a supplementary appeal. As is well known, the memorial takes the form of a clock tower.
His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury left Lairg Hotel on Saturday last. During his residence at the hotel, His Grace (along with the Bishops of Dover and Wakefield) has regularly conducted divine service in their sitting room every Sunday at the hours of 11am and 8.30pm.
