Time to enjoy local fish & seafood
The local fishing industry is going through challenging times. Some companies are expanding their delivery service and this might be the time to taste some […]
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06 Spring 2021
With signs of warmer weather, we look forward to regaining a sense of normality once the lockdown lifts. We parents probably have now a renewed respect for our children’s teachers and will be more than happy to say goodbye to homeschooling. In the Heritage pages, we look at pillboxes and other defence structures erected eighty years ago. Did you know there are more than 16 still standing? And with the same theme, we learn about a failed nazi propaganda broadcaster from Alness, Lord Mac Haw Haw, and read about what it was to live with so many troops stationed nearby.
Second World War pillboxes
Eighty years ago, in 1940/41 more than 30 anti- invasion concrete structures were built around the Kyle of Sutherland and the Dornoch firth. These were
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Lord Mac Haw Haw
Few Scots ever admitted to listening to German propaganda radio broadcasts during the Second World War. A fewer still realized that the original Lord Haw
Wartime memories
We reproduce here some poignant first person accounts on everyday life during wartime. Taken from Sarah Horne’s Bonar Bridge booklets, printed in the year 2000.
Why research your family history?
Lairg & District Learning Centre launches new Family History course Researching your family history can be an exciting, frustrating and surprising pastime. You can preserve
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Morning shift
© John Wood poem By Donna Gillies Morning shift The haar drags its fingers across the curves of the farm, Rustling the top of the
The dyke at Croick
poem By Dave Goulder The dyke at Croick Two faced; guardian of the auld kirk whose gravestones punctuate the smooth squared ring of grey quartzite.
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A most intriguing library
The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig Imagine if, somewhere between life and death, there is a library with shelves that go on for ever. And
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The farewell
Release date: 2019 | Country: USA, China | Running time: 100 min | Genres: Comedy, Drama | Director: Lulu Wang | Starring: Shuzhen Zhao, Awkwafina,