Strathpeffer Folk

Attribution: unknown (The ruin of Free Church in Jamestown)

Kenny Ross, Heights of Brae and Germany 13 December 1941 - 30 June 2010

Kenny Ross

Attribution: unknown

Kenny Stewart

Kenny Stewart

Attribution: unknown

Dr Robert Fortescue Fox (1858-1940)

Dr Robert Fortescue Fox

Attribution: unknown

Olaf and Hester Macleod

The contribution of Olaf and Hester Macleod to the cultural life of Ross and Cromarty was brought to mind when, in August 2019, Ross and Cromarty Heritage Society received an email from Alberto Rubio Diaz, owner of a house which he now runs as an hotel in Minas de Riotinto, Andalucia, Spain.

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T Wellwood Maxwell & Some more Strathpeffer folk from long ago

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Strathpeffer » Strathpeffer Social » Strathpeffer Highland Games
Mr Ivemy
Mr Ivemy
This photograph does not relate to Highland Games but was taken by keen photographer T Wellwood Maxwell, Strathpeffer, and depicts a Mr Ivemy who dressed up for this picture; apparently he neither wore the kilt nor played the pipes!
Highland dancers at Strathpeffer Games 1925 - one with a most impressive accumulation of medals.
Highland dancers at Strathpeffer Games 1925 - one with a most impressive accumulation of medals.
Bodachs (Gaelic: old men) at Strathpeffer Highland Gathering 1925
Bodachs (Gaelic: old men) at Strathpeffer Highland Gathering 1925
This photograph was titled "Bodachs (Gaelic: old men) at Strathpeffer Highland Gathering 1925". The gentleman third from left was Sir Hector Munro of Foulis, Bt., Lord Lieutenant of the County and Convener of Ross and Cromarty County Council who probably would not have welcomed the title bodach!
The one mile race at Strathpeffer Games 1925.
The one mile race at Strathpeffer Games 1925.

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