Dingwall Events

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Dingwall Events in Old Photographs

[All photos courtesy of Dingwall Museum Trust unless otherwise stated.]

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The 2012 Mod winning choir.
The 2012 Mod winning choir.
The 2012 silverware on display in Dingwall Museum
The 2012 silverware on display in Dingwall Museum
60th anniversary display in Dingwall Museum 2014
60th anniversary display in Dingwall Museum 2014
Alistair Maclean and Hamish Menzies at Dundee 1974
Alistair Maclean and Hamish Menzies at Dundee 1974
Dundee 1974 - Alistair Maclean and Hamish Menzies with the Margrat Duncan Trophy.
Hamish Menzies conducting
Hamish Menzies conducting
The year 1991 was a highlight for Dingwall was the National Mod
A delighted Hamish Menzies with the trophy
A delighted Hamish Menzies with the trophy
Dundee Mod in 1974 was the baptism of Hamish Menzies as the newly-appointed conductor
James Curr was allowed one final time as conductor of Dingwall Gaelic Choir.
James Curr was allowed one final time as conductor of Dingwall Gaelic Choir.
Again there is a dearth of newspaper coverage for 1985 and 1986, although in the former year the Choir participated in a special Songs of Praise in Ferintosh Church to honour James Curr’s 70 years as an organist.
Hamish Menzies (1993?)
Hamish Menzies (1993?)
50th birthday celebration.
50th birthday celebration.
l-r: Hamish Menzies (conductor); Councillor Margaret Paterson; Uisdean Macrae (Gaelic tutor); Sarah and Charles Kennedy, MP; Alison Matheson (president); Murdina Macrae; Donna Macleod (secretary).
Mod in Inverness in 1984
Mod in Inverness in 1984
At the Mod in Inverness in 1984 the Choir was back in form, winning the Lovat and Tullibardine trophy plus the Oban Times salver, Malcolm G McCallum baton and, once again, the Esme Smythe trophy. Success was honoured by a reception given by Ross and Cromarty District Council.
Jean Mackay
Jean Mackay
Kerrie Finlay
Kerrie Finlay
Kirsteen Menzies with yet another trophy 2013
Kirsteen Menzies with yet another trophy 2013
Kirsteen Menzies
Kirsteen Menzies
Male voice choir in 2013
Male voice choir in 2013
Paisley Mod 2013 saw modest placing in the major competitions but the Male Voice triumphed and the Choir came home with the J Norman MacConochie trophy, Mull and Iona shield, Hector Russell dirk, Martin Mackay memorial prize and Glen Ballachulish trophy.
Back from Stornoway - a very delighted Menzies family.
Back from Stornoway - a very delighted Menzies family.
Stornoway Mod 2011, the Choir returned with the Lovat and Tullibardine, Malcolm G McCallum baton, J Norman McConochie trophy, and the Donald Thomson Memorial Quaich to Gaelic tutor Uisdean Macrae.
Mo Chreach in action 2013
Mo Chreach in action 2013
Steven Maciver
Steven Maciver
Members of the Dingwall Gaelic Choir
Members of the Dingwall Gaelic Choir
Left to right - Jean Mackay, Kirsteen Menzies, Steven Maciver, Alison Rapson and Kerrie Finlay
Alison Rapson - Stirling 1971
Alison Rapson - Stirling 1971
Concert in Dingwall Town Hall in April 2001
Concert in Dingwall Town Hall in April 2001
Highland Council’s reception for the Choir in 2012
Highland Council’s reception for the Choir in 2012
Dingwall Gaelic Choir in the Council Chamber, Dingwall
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Armed Forces Day 2009

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Dingwall Armed Forces Day 2009

Thanks are due to Mrs Pat Macleod of Dingwall Museum for permission to include her photographs of Armed Forces Day 2009. Not all names of participants are known but RCHS will be happy to include these when advised.
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Dingwall Remembrance Events

In order to mark the centenary of the ending of World War 1, Dingwall Royal British Legion members, in association with Lord Lieutenant Mrs Janet Bowen, CVO, Seaforth Highlanders Association, local councillors and clergy, and numerous dedicated individuals from within the community, met to consider how this significant anniversary might be met within the town.

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45 Dingwall Remembrance 2018

Attribution: Mrs Pat Macleod of Dingwall Museum.

50th Anniversary of Pefferside Park

Thanks are due to Mrs Pat Macleod, Dingwall Museum, for permission to reproduce photographs of the celebration of 50 years of Pefferside Park.

Dingwall Pefferside Park
03 Dingwall Pefferside Park
Dingwall Pefferside Park

Attribution: the 3 photos in this section: Mrs Pat Macleod, Dingwall Museum 

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