Dingwall Events

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Dingwall Events in Old Photographs

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Dingwall Events

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Armed Forces Day 2009

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01 4th Seaforth Highlanders
01 4th Seaforth Highlanders
4th Seaforths embarking at Dingwall Station 1914.
Alexander M Brett
Alexander M Brett
Plaque in memory of Alexander Brett located on entrance wall to St Clement's Church.
18 Bridgend Engineering, Dingwall [Photo courtesy of Mrs Jessie Sinclair]
18 Bridgend Engineering, Dingwall [Photo courtesy of Mrs Jessie Sinclair]
Staff c.1940.
22 Dingwall WRVS [Photo Urquhart's Studio and DMT]
22 Dingwall WRVS [Photo Urquhart's Studio and DMT]
WRVS soup kitchen in the Old Academy grounds c.1950 Second left, back row, Mrs Granville Hay. Third left, front row, Mrs Lily Macrae. Others to be listed as they are identified
06 Dingwall Thistle FC 1913-14 [Photo DMT]
06 Dingwall Thistle FC 1913-14 [Photo DMT]
02 Dingwall's first Fire Brigade (date unknown). Photo: Dingwall Museum Trust
02 Dingwall's first Fire Brigade (date unknown). Photo: Dingwall Museum Trust
Alexander Frazer, blacksmith, identified by his grand-daughter, Miss Alexandra Fraser, Edionburgh.
Dingwall folk
Dingwall folk
Members of Dingwall Museum Trust with WW2 helmets discovered in a cupboard.
09 Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone [Photo DMT]
09 Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone [Photo DMT]
Dingwall's connection with Mr Gladstone is that his wife was a daughter of Provost Robertson, Bridaig House (many years the hostel of Dingwall Academy pupils from the west coast).
10 Mr and Mrs Gladstone [Photo DMT]
10 Mr and Mrs Gladstone [Photo DMT]
04 Provost Alexander Henderson [Photo DMT]
04 Provost Alexander Henderson [Photo DMT]
Alexander Henderson was Provost of Dingwall in 1912. Father of late Melven Henderson.
11 Dingwall YWCA or YMCA picnic
11 Dingwall YWCA or YMCA picnic
12 June 1918 at Kilmaroch.
16 Dingwall Post Office staff [Photo DMT]
16 Dingwall Post Office staff [Photo DMT]
GPO staff 1940s. Jean Macdonald at the back? Molly Frazer (deceased), Craig Road, at right.
17 Dingwall Post Office staff [Photo DMT]
17 Dingwall Post Office staff [Photo DMT]
Staff in the 1940s. Molly Frazer centre.
08 Freemason E Stenhouse [Photo DMT]
08 Freemason E Stenhouse [Photo DMT]
No date or details.
03 Provost Mitchell [Photo DMT]
03 Provost Mitchell [Photo DMT]
Provost Mitchell, donor of the area which became Mitchell Hill cemetery.
21 Dingwall folk [Photo DMT]
21 Dingwall folk [Photo DMT]
l-r: Unknown; Danny Macbeth of "The North Star"; Peter Frazer, New Zealand Prime Minister.
20 Dingwall coach trip [Photo DMT]
20 Dingwall coach trip [Photo DMT]
Unknown group.
12 Dingwall Post Office [Photo courtesy of Mrs Anne Gordon and DMT]
12 Dingwall Post Office [Photo courtesy of Mrs Anne Gordon and DMT]
Date unknown. Second right William Macdonald; third right his son Hector.
07 Dingwall Red Cross nurses 1932-33 [Photo DMT]
07 Dingwall Red Cross nurses 1932-33 [Photo DMT]
Back row l-r: Miss Munro, West End PO; Helma McCallum; Betty Cameron. Front row l-r: Hetty Duff; Lizzie Duff; Lily Macrae (nee Grant).
26 David Macdonald, MA
26 David Macdonald, MA
Plaque adjacent to the obelisk in Cromartie car park.
27 Mr Ian Macleod, Dingwall Museum Trust
27 Mr Ian Macleod, Dingwall Museum Trust
Ian Macleod receiving the award of BEM from Lord Lieutenant Mrs Janet Bowen.
19 Dingwall coach trip
19 Dingwall coach trip
A group of Dingwallians in 1948 ready to board a Noble's (Muir of Ord) coach for their annual summer outing. ( l-r: ? Mrs Granville Hay ???? Alexander Ferguson, Mrs Christina Ogg, ?
25 Neil McKecnhie, MBE, MA, Dip.Ed. 1919-2014
25 Neil McKecnhie, MBE, MA, Dip.Ed. 1919-2014
Head Teacher of Dingwall Primary School.
28 PeterAngus, MBE [Photo courtesy of Alasdair Cameron]
28 PeterAngus, MBE [Photo courtesy of Alasdair Cameron]
Peter Angus receiving the award of MBE from Lord Lieutenant Mrs Janet Bowen.
29 PeterAngus, wife Jennifer and Lord Lieutenant Mrs Janet Bowen [Photo courtesy of Alasdair Cameron]
29 PeterAngus, wife Jennifer and Lord Lieutenant Mrs Janet Bowen [Photo courtesy of Alasdair Cameron]
The award was announced in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2018.
15 Dingwall ploughman [Photo courtesy of The Daily Mirror
15 Dingwall ploughman [Photo courtesy of The Daily Mirror
This newspaper cutting of 8 January 1935 reads: "A contestant during an interval at a ploughing match held at Humberston Farm, Dingwall, Ross-shire. Almost springlike weather prevailed."
05 Provost Robert ("Bob") Macleod
05 Provost Robert ("Bob") Macleod
Photo source unknown.
24 Rev Alexander Glass
24 Rev Alexander Glass
At Buckingham Palace 1993 for award of OBE.
23 Rev Alexander Glass, OBE, MA, Dip.Ed.
23 Rev Alexander Glass, OBE, MA, Dip.Ed.
Rector of Dingwall Academy
13 Tommy Wilson [Photo courtesy of Roy Wilson]
13 Tommy Wilson [Photo courtesy of Roy Wilson]
Tommy Wilson came to Dingwall in the 1930s as a tap dance and rollerblade instructor. He gained the name of "Tommy the Rink". Later he became the projector operator at The Picture House and, when it closed, a telephone switchboard operator with the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board in their office based at the foot of Church Street.
14 Tommy Wilson [Photo courtesy of Roy Wilson]
14 Tommy Wilson [Photo courtesy of Roy Wilson]
See previous photo.
John Meikle's Medals
John Meikle's Medals
John Meikle's Victoria Cross and War Medals. [Photo courtesy of Dingwall Museum.]
Sergeant John Meikle, standing wearing uniform
Sergeant John Meikle, standing wearing uniform
Sergeant John Meikle, standing wearing Seaforth Highlander uniform
Sergeant John Meikle's Victoria Cross
Sergeant John Meikle's Victoria Cross
John Meikle's Victoria Cross was placed on top of the new memorial during the ceremony. [Photo courtesy of The Ross-shire Journal.]
Sergeant John Meikle wearing civilian clothes
Sergeant John Meikle wearing civilian clothes
John Meikle's grave in France.
John Meikle's grave in France.
John Meikle's grave in France. [Photo source unknown.]
Gibsons about 1916
Gibsons about 1916
Kenneth Gibson & Kenneth MacDonald, Ross painters, Dingwall
Kenneth Gibson & Kenneth MacDonald, Ross painters, Dingwall
Kenneth Gibson and family 1937
Kenneth Gibson and family 1937
Isa Macdonald Gibson
Isa Macdonald Gibson
Alistair Macdonald
Alistair Macdonald
Alistair Macdonald cwgc grave
Alistair Macdonald cwgc grave
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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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