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On ‎24‎/‎01‎/‎2017 at 7:13 PM, Second Row said:

 

 

February 4th 1977.

One of the buildings to be demolished was the Bonded Warehouse on Millburn Road.

I was able to take some photographs inside in near-darkness (so they are a wee bit grainy), but a fascinating insight to a building to which very few people have access. I often wonder what happened to the cast-iron staircase that went from ground level to the top of the building!

 

 

Interesting building, architecturally. Pity it wasn't conserved.

Roy Williamson of the Corries (4th left) and Bill McCue of Scottish Opera (4th right). - a variety show at the old Empire?

Fort William and the Highland Hotel.

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Your source does list Craig Dunain as Leachkin

On ‎04‎/‎05‎/‎2016 at 10:06 PM, Tichy_Blacks_Back said:

Just finished reading an old Inverness book by Evan Macleod Barron and within it there is a chapter called 'An Early Nineteenth Century Episode' which is all about an infamous event associated with the Inverness Royal Academy that played out between December 1819 and the Summer of 1820. It revolves around two feuding groups who championed different candidates for the new masters position and reads as if it is straight out of a novel. The main protagonist is an outspoken landowner/businessman who had been a long standing Director of the Academy from 1792 when Inverness Grammar School transformed into an Academy. He is said to have had an exalted idea of his own importance and an extraordinary fondness for posing (I assume in 1819 that meant the same thing as today).

Anyway I digress - there was a society set up by this gentleman in 1815 called the 'Society of True Highlanders' (seemingly not to be confused with the 'Club of True Highlanders') in which a number of those associated with the Academy were said to be members.

Was this the Academy's 'Dead Poet's Society'?  

MacDonnell of Glengarry posing......

Mr Beattie still going strong

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-36044583

On 04/01/2016 at 5:35 PM, dougiedanger said:

I am familiar with his work. 

Similar eccentricities, including lining up outside the room for the whole class, being belted for chewing pencils, swinging on chair and other heinous crimes. This only after you had made a "deal" with him to outline the future punishment should you. Would belt you then seem remorseful.

His lunchtime routine was much as you describe. Actually had a cohort of favourite pupils, older ones, who would hang out with him.

Actually felt sorry for him, and think he is still on the go.

 

 

 

 

One of Mr McLean’s extra-curricular activities was to train the shinty team.  He and staff involved in transporting the team to away fixtures in their private cars e.g. Mr Stewart and Mrs Murray became slightly more amenable to the shinty lads.   Here he is with one of his teams.

 Also of note in this line up is Kenneth Thomson,  a current ICT director (back row 5th from left).  He is a past President of the Camanachd Association and the little chap to his left in the picture is Jim Barr, the current President.

The engine is a Highland Railway 'Jones Goods' which, when introduced in 1894, was the most powerful loco in the country. They were withdrawn in the 1930s, so Charles your grandfather probably did drive one. One has been preserved and is on static display at the Riverside Museum in Glasgow.

On 29/04/2015 at 11:20 AM, Charles Bannerman said:

I think what CB is trying to say is Academy = a reasonably accurate selection of the highest achievers at age 11 in addition to a few complete duffers who should never have been there. High School = middle order achievers at 11 and some genuine higher fliers who were there by choice or error, plus lower achievers from West Inverness. Millburn = lower achievers from the East side.

 

The last intakes of this nature were in 1970 and by 1980 Inverness had become fully comprehensive with Culloden and Charleston Academies added to the three older schools.

Brief observation of standards at Millburn in this broadcast:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06j0wf3

On 03/11/2015 at 8:31 PM, Charles Bannerman said:

These are my contemporaries. Back - Malcolm Clark, Richard Hiller (Muirfield Mills), Dave Barnett, Paul MacInnes (Muirfield Mills), Ronald Stewart, Brian MacIlwraith, ???

Front - Ewan "Wee Tosh" MacKintosh, John ??? (he was quite new and I think had a nickname), David Fasken (aka Foreskin), Pete Grant, Richard Smith, Allan "Stan" MacLeod, Dave Spence, Brian Pryde.

This predominantly Fifth Year group from 1969-70 would appear to be the 2nd XV.

Back ??? is Jan Milne, lived in Dalneigh

Front ??? Rogerson, I think

Love how most of the media have used the image of Terry in the Black and Red top. That should be our away strip.

The Beatles in Scotland was reviewed in the Courier last week. Can’t see an earlier post on this so …some interesting facts not mentioned in the paper:

Saturday 21 May 1960 - As the Silver Beetles they played their second professional touring gig at the Northern Meeting Ballroom. The place was apparently packed but everyone had come to see Lindsay Ross and the Scottish Country Dance Band

6 days later they played the Regal Ballroom in Nairn to mixed reviews.

Thursday 3 January 1963 – As the now better known Beatles they played between two sets by Alex Sutherland’s Jazz band at the Two Red Shoes in Elgin. Seemingly the good folks of Moray didn’t know what to make of them.

Friday 4 January 1963 – 19 people turned up to see them in Dingwall Town Hall. The place to be that night was the Strathpeffer Pavilion where over a thousand had gathered to see the Melotones.

Any memories of these local bands which were more popular than the Beatles?!

Bryan Macgregor is beside IHE. Now a Director of IT Services at Edinburgh Uni and still to be found occasionally at Easter Road.

It is Russel Cameron - Last I heard ( a couple of years ago ) he was CEO of BAT Asia based in Hong Kong. Mind you from memory Russel was more a rugby player than a football player so was not aware he made Captain of the football team.

That's the one Culduthel! Thank you. I seem to recollect as well that Russell was also a basketball player. But I further recollect that one J. MacKenzie on one occasion told me that HE (IHE)had been captain of that team and hence the boss of BU and DM! :irritated:

Where was Mateusz Zajac?s workshop in Inverness? I saw this interesting play last night at the Brunton Theatre in Musselburgh. It is written and acted by his son Matthew who apparently went to Inverness High School in the seventies. Any memories of these characters?