Happy memories of summers in Ardgay
Neil Anderson shares his memories of the places and the people he met in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s Ardgay. His family had links both […]
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Heritage
The boarded out children
One of the pleasures of spending holidays with my aunt and uncle at Altas shop and Post Office in the 1950s, was playing with local
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Bonar Bridge decorations for the Queen’s coronation in 1953
Dad (Dr McGregor) decorated both the house and the garage with flags, bunting, and most exciting of all a Crown and Lion Rampant which lit
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The Fuath and the Brollachan
Along a burn by Loch Migdale, there was once a mill named Moulin na Vaugha /Fouadh, ‘Mill of the Fuath’, haunted by the Fuath and
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The northern tribes of Caledonia
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area Caledonia, historical area of north Britain beyond Roman control,
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Ardgay Signal Box: hung, drawn and newly quartered
Signal boxes are some of the best-loved icons of Britain’s historic railways. Dave Goulder recounts how he saved the redundant Ardgay Signal Box from “death
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The Anderson family of South Bonar
In the industrial estate there once stood a building, informally known as the “Pink House’. The house –originally the Ardross Inn– was owned by the
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Animals
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area Craggan a’Chait, ‘the little rock of the cat’, is
200 years of post office (II)
A look at the long history of our Post Office services in Ardgay and Bonar Bridge. From an Edwardian sorting office to computers, and from
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Remembering the Arctic Convoys
Uisdean Vass shares his experiences researching into his family’s wartime stories. His father, Andrew “Percy” Vass was posthumously awarded the Arctic Star medal. By way
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