Church Wedding Dress Display June 2010 ⋆ Ross and Cromarty Heritage

Church Wedding Dress Display June 2010

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Ardross Church Wedding Dresses Display

A display of wedding dresses and Christening robes took the spotlight at Ardross Church on a weekend in June 2010, attracting visitors from near and far.

Locals came to support and meet up with people they had not seen for a long time, with visitors from Gairloch, Lairg, Glenurquhart, and even holidaymakers from the south of England and Australia.

All agreed that it was an excellent and varied display from the oldest gown worn in 1870 through every decade to one worn the previous month.

This is a small selecion of the dresses that were on display. To view more dresses place visit the photograph album at the bottom of this page.

Head of the team who organised the display were Margaret Black (left) and June Munro. Attribution: unknown

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This is only a small selection of the dresses that were on display. To view more please view them in the album below.

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images

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Ardross Memorial

As can be seen from the inscriptions, this is not a war memorial. However, it is noteworthy as it commemorates a visit by the 1st London Scottish when they marched through the Highlands in July 1937. The inscription reads - THIS TREE WAS PLANTED BY LT COL T W CUTHERTSON CMG, DSO, TD 4TH SEAFORTH HIGHDRS AND LT COL L D HENDERSON CMG, MC, TD DL 1ST LONDON SCOTTISH TO COMMEMORATE THE MARCH OF THE LONDON SCOTTISH THROUGH THE HIGHLANDS JULY 1937 Underneath is a small plaque with the words: "This Stone replaces the tree destroyed in June 1985"

Ardross Memorial

Great War plaque Ardross Church

DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY IN MEMORY OF [Left side] Seaman John Mackay, Royal Naval Reserve 278811 Gunner James F Minty, Royal Field Artillery 40569 Private John Macdonald, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 40019 L/Cpl Malcolm Maclean, 12th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 27705 Sgt David Macleod, 16th Battalion Highland Light Infantry S 40234 Cpl John M. Munro, 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders 201919 L/Cpl George Munro, 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders 7611 Private Roderick Matheson, 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders 1900 Sgt Neil Kennedy, 4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders 1734 L/Cpl James Beale, 4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders 202011 Private Peter Robertson, 4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders [Right side] Seaforth Highlanders 1393 Private Colin Bain, 4th Battalion 6488 Private Colin Mackellar, 4th Battalion 1735 Private Thomas Macleod, 4th Battalion 1810 L/Cpl Hugh Ross, 4th Battalion 1862 Private Hugh Ross, 4th Battalion 6608 Private Donald Henderson, 5th Battalion 242186 Private Thomas J. Ferguson, 5th Battalion 266320 Private James Mackenzie 6th Battalion 40395 Private William Macbean, 7th Battalion Gordon Highlanders 22251 Private Donald Macghee, 5th Battalion 30445 Private Alexander R M Stevenson, 5th Battalion Australian Imperial Force 1389 Private George Morrison, 14th Battalion New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1032 Private Donald Stewart, 1st Ost Battalion Who from the Estate of Ardross gave their Lives for Freedom, Honour and God in the Great War 1914 - 1918 Their Memory Shineth Ever Like A Star Above The Empire Which They Died To Save ------------------------- RCHS Note: more information about this is in the war records sections of this website.

The Cross commemorating the Millennium, in the grounds of Ardross Castle.

The plaque at the foot of the Cross

The plaque at the foot of the Cross, which reads "This Sacred Cross was erected on the 29th day of August in the Year of Our Lord 2000 by John McTaggart, pilgrim, in commemoration of the second millennium from the birth of our saviour Jesus Christ."

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