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Seem to be a lot of attempted murders/murders and stabbings, also the Bouncers seem to be pretty brutal, so is violence on the rise in the ness?

Probably always been like this though.

Must have been Inverness United i played for, i don't think there is an Inverness Thistle youth team.

Haha, i used to sell my poor mother's hardback books to Charles Leakey for a Saturday night carry oot when i was in school..

What kind of money did the man actually pay for books? My only dealing with him was when I placed two manky looking tomes from his shelves on his counter and he tried to charge me 18 quid for them! I left them lying there and departed, making voluble and unfavourable comparisons between his establishment and a jumble sale.

Leakey pays well, or did to me, i've sold him a few books, Uni books, Scottish history, random stuff. The same kind of books down south you would get about 1/4 of what Leakey gave you, quite suprised.

Some sites seem to say that the River Ness is the shortest in Scotland, although i remember it as being quite big, another claims the river Moar is the shortest....

So maybe another claim to fame..

Coutts was on Church street not Academy street...

Clive Rowlands! Wasn't there an Army and Navy shop and Poundstretchers there as well......?

And Pandoras Box down that wee alley opposite back door of Arnotts...?

And of course Woolworths round there as well...

I remember getting taught swimming in Inverness when quite young by a guy who used to be called Dracula...anyone remember him...?

Was it an Arnotts or M & S over the round from Poundstretchers, near to JF'es....used to be a great wee cafe upstairs....?

Loads...

Played for Inverness Thistle, i had totally forgot about that, only played a few games...

Hello,

I remember the ness when i was about 16 in 1994, ages ago now...

I remember coots (?) the sports shop down academy street, the swimming pool near there as well, that little cafe in the market(you know who you are!), an arcade room i think opposite that desinger clothes shop lumo ladona... loads of good memories.. are these all still there?

Is it still the same old inverness, or has it's city status, influx of Europeans and other Brits, and whatever else changed it a lot?

It used to be so ordinary and plain which was it's best quality i think.....