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25 YEARS AGO
From the newspaper of February 27, 1998
A YOUNG Talmine man is following in the footsteps of his twin brother and setting up a business of his own. Magnus Beveridge (22) has started a furniture making enterprise in his remote north Sutherland home village. He has just been awarded a start-up grant from Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise (CASE). Magnus's brother Jamie recently received a similar CASE grant to assist in the setting up of his new creel making business, Gemini Marine.
An exciting day of festivities is being organised to mark the official completion of a new Dornoch housing estate. Burgh Gardens, situated beside the Dornoch Hotel, will be ceremoniously handed over by the contractors to Albyn Housing Society on Friday, May 8. Residents in the 21 homes have formed their own group and are organising the day of festivities.
The third public call box for Durness was delivered on Friday and the installation crew worked late into the night before returning to Cornwall.
50 YEARS AGO
From the newspaper of February 23, 1973
For the first time in the history of Sutherland a local girl has been chosen to play for Scotland in an international schools hockey match. The distinction has been achieved by Anne Macleod (17) of Lochinver, a sixth-year-pupil at Golspie High School and the captain of the senior hockey team. A right half, she will play in the Scottish team to meet Wales at Newport on Saturday, March 10. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Macleod – her father is postmaster at Lochinver.
There has been no escalation of activity on the part of the armed services at Faraidh Head in Durness, Sutherland Planning Committee were told at Dornoch last Monday. The residents of the county council's crafts village at nearby Balnakeil had expressed disquiet at the possible effect on the tourist industry and about the noise and disturbance in the village itself when troops were stationed in premises there. But a Service representative told the committee that there would be less activity than in the past.
100 YEARS AGO
From the newspaper of February 22, 1923
The ratepayers of Embo are indignant that they should receive warrant notices to force them to pay water rates! The question asked by all: "Where is the water? What do they want us to pay for?" The only water supply, provided there is plenty of rain, is from a burn and a dirty one at that, which runs into Embo dam. Give Embo water and not a muddy substitute and they will certainly pay. This water question is a scandal.
The Freemasons of St Gilbert Lodge, Dornoch, held the 30th anniversary of the inauguration of the Lodge by having an "At Home" in the Territorial Hall on Friday evening. The "At Home" took the form of a whist drive and dance, and when it ended at 3am, was voted by all as a great success.
Consequent on the continued stormy weather, the fishermen of Golspie have made little or nothing out of their calling for a long time past, and should matters not improve quickly some of the families will be in an actual state of destitution.
