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Thursday, March 02, 2023

The Battle of Culrain

On the 2nd of March, 1820, attempts to serve the tenants of Culrain with notices of removal broke out into violence. Although obviously biased this letter ‘from a correspondent in Tain’ gives us some details of the incident.

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Free Church Masonic Ceremony

An article from the John o' Groat Journal describes the masonic ceremony carried out while laying the foundation stone of the old Free Church in Tain in late August of 1843.

Thursday, February 02, 2023

The Lost Diamond of Nigg Hill

The Legend of the lost diamond of Nigg Hill

Sunday, January 29, 2023

A Damnd Rascal

A short article on the murder of William Ross of Kindeace at Delny.

Thursday, January 26, 2023

REMAINS FROM THE TAIN SAND-DUNES

A paper read by Mr Hugh Miller on a series of remains from certain ploughed lands long buried under the sand dunes of the Fendom, near Tain, Ross-shire.

Monday, January 23, 2023

The Big Hector Hoax

The Hoax of "Big Hector" the cannibal.

Monday, January 16, 2023

HOW THE TAIN TOWN COUNCIL SPENT THE TAIN HOLIDAY.

A rather amusing article from the Highland News on 22 May 1909.

Monday, January 09, 2023

Tain Skating Pond

A visit to Tain Skating Pond in 1886.

Monday, December 26, 2022

Milos Bodlak Letters

A donation of heart-breaking letters sheds some light on the life and love of Milos Bodlak, one of the eighteen brave men from the Czechoslovak 311 Squadron who are buried at Tain.

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Ross Pilot Hero of Bomber Drama

WITH incendiary bombs alight in the bomb bay only a few feet from a 2000-lb. bomb, three men in a Halifax attacking Frankfort on Monday night fought to save the life of a wounded comrade.