Can you remember ?

[JockWatt]

Ha Ha !

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Came third with SS Craig Dunain one year. Commentary was by David Coleman "And Rossleighs are speeding smoothly down the Ness whilst you can see the Craig Dunain cox jerking at every stroke"

[Charles Bannerman]

On ‎2‎/‎23‎/‎2017 at 3:04 PM, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

I had forgotten the balcony was so steeply ramped!

[Scotty]

On 2/26/2017 at 9:05 AM, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

Came third with SS Craig Dunain one year. Commentary was by David Coleman "And Rossleighs are speeding smoothly down the Ness whilst you can see the Craig Dunain cox jerking at every stroke"

The Raft Race ..... great fun. but it was way more fun building and testing the raft for a few weeks in the canal than the actual day of the race !!! better get these posted before someone else does ! 

From Am Baile : HERE (1991)

 

The following year : (1992)

 

 

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Scotty Zuko but then auditioning for a place in the Village People ?

[IBM]

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Angus Og was brilliant - But I had one and called it a bogie.

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Can you remember what this was?

 

[Charles Bannerman]

Sunday ferry protest perhaps? The clothing and the "B" number plate perhaps suggest the mid 60s?

[IBM]

13 minutes ago, Charles Bannerman said:

Sunday ferry protest perhaps? The clothing and the "B" number plate perhaps suggest the mid 60s?

Yes Charles almost there.

[Charles Bannerman]

Harris rather than Stornoway?

[IBM]

Nearer home 

[+DoofersDad]

Kyle of Lochalsh.  1965.

Were policemen taller in those days or were the wee free just very wee?

[IBM]

1 hour ago, DoofersDad said:

Kyle of Lochalsh.  1965.

Were policemen taller in those days or were the wee free just very wee?

Spot on DD were you there?  The police were taller then but you might be on to something on where the term 'Wee Free' came from 

[+DoofersDad]

No I wasn't there, but the shape of the hills looks right for Kyle.  1965 was a guess as we came up to the West Coast for a family holiday in 65.  I would have been about the same size as the lad in the right of the picture at the time but I do remember waiting for over 3 hours at Stromeferry.  Later on when I moved up to Scotland I remember my father talking about that holiday and saying that before our holiday he had no idea how strong the influence of the church was regarding Sunday activities and that it had been a bit of a shock.  

[Charles Bannerman]

On ‎11‎/‎25‎/‎2017 at 9:11 PM, DoofersDad said:

Were policemen taller in those days or were the wee free just very wee?

I'm absolutely sure they were taller then - and that some London cops aren't called "Metrognomes"  for nothing! I believe that for a while, Sutherland Constabulary had the greatest height requirement - I think it may have been 5 foot 10. Nowadays, I don't think there's any height requirement at all and there was one cop I used to see around Inverness in the recent past who was absolutely tiny - I mean round about 5 foot 3.

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Every proper pub had one 

[IBM]

I am sure the first one in the town was in Charlies Cafe but someone older than me might remember!

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[Scarlet Pimple]

Charlie...welcome back old fruit.

That cop you mention of very diminutive size was a black belt in Karate. You don't know that?  Smile. 

The smaller the better  because he can get under you rea,l pronto quick.