HOW THE TAIN TOWN COUNCIL SPENT THE TAIN HOLIDAY.
A rather amusing article from the Highland News on 22 May 1909.
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The Court-Martial of the Morangie Stone
Extract from ‘Sketches and stories of Scotland by Miss Catherine Sinclair
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Doctor Ross and the Sackcloth
Dr. Ross dodges the humiliation of appearing before the congregation of Tain in a Sackcloth.
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Pig Doctoring Extraordinary!
Tain attempts a 'Hammer House of Horror' version of the Disney Film 'Babe'.
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Flogging an Unruly Boy
Robert Ross writes from Australia concerned that Tain teachers may be 'prohibited from flogging an unruly boy'.
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Fancy Bread
During the summer of 1889, the Royal Burgh of Tain was overrun with criminals. The local authorities were left with little option but to act. Morning raids were made on several premises, in late June, resulting in most of the town bakers being arrested and the shocking discovery of some 'Fancy Bread.'
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How the Presbytery of Tain dealt with Witchcraft in 1713.
A short story from our Friday Fun articles.
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Tain Waterloo Veteran- Shooting Extraordinary!!
An article from the John O’Groat Journal, October 1st 1868.
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'Roar like Lion'
An article from the Ross-shire Journal, 23rd August 1895, about one of "Tain's Worthies" John Banks.
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