Dr Ross – Some Postcards From Her Travels

Attribution: unknown (Procession in High Street for Diamond Jubilee 1897)

We have some photographs of some of the postcards Dr Ross sent during her travels.  What you will see on this page is only a selection of the postcards – more can be viewed in the album at the bottom of the page.

Postcard from Waterloo, to Mary, 1898

Attribution: Mrs Edith Ross of Tain

Postcard from Waterloo, to Mary, 1898:
Lovely passage – We only arrived at Antwerp this morning (Monday) and I can’t start for Strasburg till late to-night.

Write me a p.c., love to all.
Gravenhage, PC to Mary

Attribution: Mrs Edith Ross of Tain

Gravenhage, PC to Mary –
“This is the entrance to a wood in which the Peace Conference was held. Thank you very much for your present”

PC of ruins, to Mary, 7/3/1908

Attribution: Mrs Edith Ross of Tain

PC of ruins, to Mary, 7/3/1908.
“Just received your p.c. to-day. Hope you will get something in Glasgow. ‘Serpent’ much admired here, but lining has fallen to pieces. Fearfully cold. Think this is the North Pole, not East.”

P.C. of Berlin, to Mary

Attribution: Mrs Edith Ross of Tain

P.C. of Berlin, to Mary.
“Lutzow Strasse 31 (c/o Cohn). Thank you very much for letter. Write soon and let me know how you are getting on. Have you a collection of p.c.”

P.C. of Kurfurstendamm, to Mary, 1897

Attribution: Mrs Edith Ross of Tain

P.C. of Kurfurstendamm, to Mary, 1897 –
“Lutzow Strasse 31, Berlin. Thanks for your letter. I may see you next month as I am probably coming to this iland (sic). Write soon again. If you ….. can put on stamp!!”

More photos relating to Dr Ross

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Tain » Tain History in Old Photos
1864 Tain Railway Station under construction
1864 Tain Railway Station under construction
1880s schooner St Duthus at Great Yarmouth
1880s schooner St Duthus at Great Yarmouth
1889 start of Easter Ross cycling club 12 mile race
1889 start of Easter Ross cycling club 12 mile race
1889 - This photograph shows the start of the Easter Ross cycling club's 12 mile race. It was taken at the rear of Urquhart's shoe shop in the High Street by William Smith.
1890 the Mackays at Rheguille
1890 the Mackays at Rheguille
1890 The Oddfellows Hall building site
1890 The Oddfellows Hall building site
1890s - An unusual picture of a bullock cart.
1890s - An unusual picture of a bullock cart.
1897 Planting Tree for Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee
1897 Planting Tree for Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee
1897 Procession for Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee
1897 Procession for Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee
1897 Procession in the High Street to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
1897 Procession in the High Street to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
1907 Sir Arthur Bignold arrives at Tain station
1907 Sir Arthur Bignold arrives at Tain station
1907 Sir Arthur Bignold receiving Freedon of the Burgh of Tain
1907 Sir Arthur Bignold receiving Freedon of the Burgh of Tain
1907 Stafford Street
1907 Stafford Street
1910 - The United Free Church choir outside the Collegiate Church
1910 - The United Free Church choir outside the Collegiate Church
1910 Annual inspection of towns water springs Culpleasant
1910 Annual inspection of towns water springs Culpleasant
1910 Miss Henderson out for a drive
1910 Miss Henderson out for a drive
1914 - Royal Navy Air Service seaplane taking off from Tain River.
1914 - Royal Navy Air Service seaplane taking off from Tain River.
1920 Carriers at Tain Station
1920 Carriers at Tain Station
1920 Local ploughing match
1920 Local ploughing match
1920 St Duthus cycle and motor works Sutherland street
1920 St Duthus cycle and motor works Sutherland street
1930 Cars outside St Duthus hotel
1930 Cars outside St Duthus hotel
1950s an 1899 Wolseley from Lands End to John o Groats
1950s an 1899 Wolseley from Lands End to John o Groats
1957 High Street ironmonger's shop of Wallace & Fraser burning down.
1957 High Street ironmonger's shop of Wallace & Fraser burning down.
1966 Queen Mother arriving for towns 900th anniversary celebrations
1966 Queen Mother arriving for towns 900th anniversary celebrations
1966 Queen Mother outside Tolbooth with Provost Hay
1966 Queen Mother outside Tolbooth with Provost Hay
1974 Last Town Council outside Tolbooth
1974 Last Town Council outside Tolbooth
2018 Unveiling of memorial
2018 Unveiling of memorial
On 11 August 2018 Kenneth Bannerman of ABCT, aided by Geoff Bolton, a leading aircraftsman who served at RAF Tain during his National Service in 1954 and who now lives in the area, unveiled the memorial on the site of the wartime airfield.
2018 Wartime memorial unveiled
2018 Wartime memorial unveiled
Some of the local people who attended.
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