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Merry Christmas to one and all even CB , I don't think we will have a year like 2015 but we live and hope, thanks for all the old pictures on the Old Inverness thread IHE

Well done Sneckboy that gives us an idea of what it might be like, while it will not have the same pull as the Scottish Cup it is worth a try.

DD I posted the link knowing you would read it as I had not seen anything about floods in Africa.............too much wine perhaps

Aye that's them, they have buggered the A9 but the SNP are building us a dual carriageway

You miss the point. The new crossing is irrelevant to this discussion. Charles, I am not missing the point, you re getting yourself all in a muddle! You started a thread called "Performance of SNP in exercising devolved powers" so what I said is relevant to the discussion. What is causing indefinite mayhem throughout central Scotland and beyond is the non-functionality of the current crossing which, under the stewardship of the SNP, has been the subject of a number of warnings and recommendations which have been ignored. The result is that we now have this catastrophic event which only became identifiable once the condition of the bridge had been allowed to get so bad that a visible fault emerged. The problem probably has financial origins, but not from the source the Nats would predictably claim. It was, for instance, the SNP's decision to dispense with £12 million a year in toll revenues. The good people of Fife and the surrounding area have wecomed the tolls being taken of this bridge as have the people in Skye. It is not just the financial side but the time wasted in the queues waiting to pay the tolls which in some cases it was up to an hour! This joins the list of other crowdpleasing measures such as free tuition and presriptions for all where the SNP clearly decided that hey could get the best resulting return at the ballot box rather than invest in maintenance of the Forth Bridge. So the reality is that the Transport Minister's problem with his stiffening truss end is the product of the neglect of his own party on their watch. Father Jack was sacked for far less. "Is that a stiffening truss end you've got in your pocket Derek - or are you just pleased to see your First Minister?"

When the bridge was designed the maximum weight for lorries was 24 tons, the year the bridge was opened it was increased to 32 tons and is now at 44 tons. With the huge increase in traffic as volumes as well is the main reason that the SNP pushed ahead with the building of the new crossing which all the other parties were against at the time, lucky they have a majority!

Well done Mantis that is just like a BBC Open All Mic's report on a Saturday afternoon and they have a teamsheet!

Maybe we should change the title to " Rants against the SNP"

DD you can read the BBC article on the link below which will give you some more information and facts on the First Ministers trip. We take our water for granted up here and even south of the border I would prefer a glass of wine instead, enjoy your trip. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35020463

Great viewing Alex it is good that the past times have been recorded and now online for all to see, didn't pick out IHE though!

"Goonbaiting" could be a term used today when someone puts a one liner in the forum and gets a history lesson in reply

He was so busy "Nat Bashing" that he missed it

DD you are wrong quoting 9 years, the SNP were wanting to make a start on the A9 in their first term but all the other parties voted against it and the money was used to bail out the Edinburgh Trams!

You will just have to get a Cliff Richard one instead

You are at it now IHE my guess would be this is a foreign scrap yard as I cant even guess the white and blue ones!

Cant make them all out, in the square Volvo 245 estate, Blue Audi 100, Yellow Metro, Volvo 740 in corner, red Austin Maxi, brown Alfa Romeo?, Volvo 345, black Cortina MK4, red Vauxhall Cavalier, Red Cortina Mk4 & red Ford Capri Mk2. The man on the bike is Donald................from Harris who stays down Kessock Road near the old pier, he was a painter for the council (the mad painter) and used to do the yellow lines on the road!

Glad John Hughes has committed for another 2 years, lets now hope he gets started with Draper and many more signing over the next few weeks. It would be great to get Storey and Sho-Silva to sign on as well.

Got it today the Sunbeam Talbot is a 1949 although the picture is 1955.

Way before my time but the badge and tartan were the same.

A I Welders workshop on Rose Street with Vauxhall Viva HB on left.

No all I can say to that is there are more red ones than black ones

That's a deluxe model with a brake!

It is the Cameron Highlanders TA I think although the ones in front look a bit young (might just be me getting older) the way they are wearing their glengarry's I would guess the photo is from the 50's.

Corpach looking across the water to Caol in the foreground and the smelter pipes heading up Ben Nevis.

I will be getting that one so I will know if any photos are from it! Morris Minor going away and Sunbeam Talbot facing