History of Tain In Photos ⋆ Ross and Cromarty Heritage

History of Tain In Photos

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

History of Tain in Photos

We have very kindly been given access to many photographs taken during the history of Tain. We have shown a few on this page to whet your appetite – but please visit the photo album at the bottom of the page to view all the photographs.

1864 – Tain railway station under construction.

Attribution: unknown

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.

1897 Procession for Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee

1897 – Procession to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

Attribution: unknown

1907 Sir Arthur Bignold arrives at Tain station

1907 – Sir Arthur Bignold arriving at Tain station.

1907 – Stafford Street.

Attribution: unknown

c. 1914 – Royal Navy Air Service seaplane taking off from Tain River.

1957 – High Street ironmonger’s shop of Wallace & Fraser burning down.

Attribution: unknown

c. 1890s – An unusual picture of a bullock cart.

1974 – The last Town Council outside the Tolbooth.

Attribution: unknown

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Tain » Tain History in Old Photos

1864 Tain Railway Station under construction

1880s schooner St Duthus at Great Yarmouth

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 Oddfellows Hall building site

1890s - An unusual picture of a bullock cart.

1897 Planting Tree 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.

1907 Sir Arthur Bignold arrives at Tain station

1907 Sir Arthur Bignold receiving Freedon of the Burgh of Tain

1907 Stafford Street

1910 - The United Free Church choir outside the Collegiate Church

1910 Annual inspection of towns water springs Culpleasant

1910 Miss Henderson out for a drive

1914 - Royal Navy Air Service seaplane taking off from Tain River.

1920 Carriers at Tain Station

1920 Local ploughing match

1920 St Duthus cycle and motor works Sutherland street

1930 Cars outside St Duthus hotel

1950s an 1899 Wolseley from Lands End to John o Groats

1957 High Street ironmonger's shop of Wallace & Fraser burning down.

1966 Queen Mother arriving for towns 900th anniversary celebrations

1966 Queen Mother outside Tolbooth with Provost Hay

1974 Last Town Council outside Tolbooth

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

Some of the local people who attended.