by Seaboard History Editor | Jul 11, 2014 | Gaelic
Gaelic in Seaboard History Part 4: From World War 2 up to now: the English-speaking generations During World War 2 the Armed Forces had a strong presence in the area, especially with the building of the airfields in Fearn and Tarbat parishes (the ‘dromes’). With them...
by Seaboard History Editor | Jul 11, 2014 | Gaelic
Gaelic in the History of the Seaboard Part 1: the Middle Ages to 1750 Last year I wrote a series about local place-names, which we got from Scandinavian, Pictish, Gaelic, and English or Scots . (You can get this on our new website now:...
by Seaboard History Editor | Jul 11, 2014 | Gaelic
Gaelic in the history of Easter Ross Part 2: 1750 – 1850 – the century of ‘Improvement’ and the spread of English We have seen that Gaelic was the strongest language in Easter Ross over centuries, from the early Middle Ages onwards, but that...
by Seaboard History Editor | Jul 10, 2014 | Videos
by Seaboard History Editor | Jul 9, 2014 | Seaboard Villages
by Seaboard History Editor | Jul 3, 2014 | Fisherfolk Festival, Videos
by Seaboard History Editor | Apr 24, 2014 | Stories
Social Life among the Easter Ross Fishermen From an old copy of the Highland Magazine – http://www.electricscotland.com/escgi/print.pl IF the reader will glance at any good map of the north shore of the Moray Firth, among the places named he will find...
by Seaboard History Editor | Apr 24, 2014 | Stories
Shandwick To Shandwick Bay you must go, If nature’s grandeur you pursue. Go there in the morning When the sun is breaking through, To glisten on the golden sands To sparkle on the Moray Firth. Where off we set our lines In days of youth and mirth, Or eaten of...
by Seaboard History Editor | Apr 1, 2014 | Stories
The Gravy Trail One summer many years ago when in my early twenties I was at home in Hilton on holiday from work. It was a beautiful day and as I often did I set out to walk along the shore as far as the salmon-fishers bothy. There is a wide grassy strip...
by Seaboard History Editor | Apr 1, 2014 | Boats and Disasters
“A RICH MAN’S PLAY THING” A quote from Kendall McDonald reads, “The luxury steam yacht Tighnamara was a fine example of what Scottish shipbuilders could do when backed by copious quantities of Victorian money.” Tighnamara was launched...
by Seaboard History Editor | Mar 31, 2014 | Newsclippings and Articles, People, People of the Seaboard Villages
Dialect’s demise as final speaker dies at 92 Written by David Ross – Highland Correspondent, The Herald – 02.10.2012. “He could still close his eyes, see the boats heading out to sea and hear the unique speech pattern that set his people...
by Seaboard History Editor | Mar 31, 2014 | Gaelic
Gaelic in the History of the Seaboard Part 3: 1850 – 1950 : “English for business, Gaelic for God” The Protestant church had always been important and strong in Easter Ross, and the local population referred to as ‘pious’ in all the...
by Seaboard History Editor | Mar 31, 2014 | Hilton of Cadboll School
The First Schools in the Seaboard Villages The 1872 Education Act established compulsory schooling and paved the way for the nationwide provision of schools and teachers throughout Scotland. Hilton Public School opened in 1877, serving Hilton, Balintore and adjacent...
by Seaboard History Editor | Mar 26, 2014 | Sports
by Seaboard History Editor | Mar 25, 2014 | Stories
by Seaboard History Editor | Mar 6, 2014 | Gaelic
Davine Sutherland, originally from Hilton has written a series of blog posts regarding the use of Gaelic in Scotland. Davine heard Gaelic spoken by her grandparents’ generation as a child, she has had a lifelong love of Gaelic song and has studied Gaelic...
by Seaboard History Editor | Mar 6, 2014 | Katie Ross Stories
The Village Wells Before the Seaboard Villages were connected to the mains water supply it was an everyday occurrence to meet someone either going to, or coming from the well. When I was very young there were few wells which supplied the villagers needs but in later...
by Seaboard History Editor | Mar 6, 2014 | Katie Ross Stories
The Simple Folk We hear much nowadays of the affluent society and at no time is this more evident than during the annual Christmas shopping spree. The larger stores are stocked with goods of all kinds and lavish amounts are spent on gifts which the buyer is not really...
by Seaboard History Editor | Mar 6, 2014 | Katie Ross Stories
GRANNY’S HOUSE Granny’s house was in the same street as my own home, just two hundred yards away. As a young child I spent much time there with my brothers and sisters, we played lots of games indoors and outdoors. Granny had a large garden at the back and a...
by Seaboard History Editor | Mar 6, 2014 | Katie Ross Stories
WASHING DAY Having to cope with family washing is no problem for the modern housewife. Her automatic machines will do the washing while she gets on with other tasks. Should the weather be adverse, the tumble dryer can also be brought into use. All will be clean and...
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