Kate & Julz



















Now that's what I call publicity!

These two young ladies are on a Lands End to John O Groats cycle trip and you can support their cause at  http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/kate.julz


Patagonians

And so the stories start to emerge!


















Patagonian interviews this weekend




The Man Who Went to Farr (or did he?)

Dates announced for interactive events

30th July @ 7.30.p.m.
MacKays Hotel, Wick
4th August @ 2.00.p.m.
Strathnaver Museum
(meet at Rosal Clearance Township Car Park)
5th August @ 2.00.p.m.
Caithness Horizons, Thurso




Remove to Improve (continued)


The tale is told of a man and his wife due to emigrate to Canada from South Uist when the husband “skulked ashore with the intention of getting ‘rid of ‘ his wife in this way. He hid himself, but was missed, looked for, found, then tied and carried back on board ship, and so was sent to America”


The Man Who Went to Dornoch

An excellent evening of debate and discussion with the Dornoch Heritage Society



History in the Classroom

Calling all schools studying the Highland Clearances.

History in the Classroom

Primary 5 at Alehousewells Primary School pronounced Patrick Sellar
GUILTY by a 2:1 majority

Remove to Improve

What makes this 'improvement'?

A New Year a New Platform

The Man Who Went to Arisaig

Great new historical resource being planned. The initial meeting gathered a number of interested parties and laid out the initial timetable.

The Man Who Went to Cape Breton

Where it all began and ...




















... for many ended

























Lunch at the Rankin's Place


On the Cabot Trail there was a Moose loose


Stories, songs and music from the tradition brought to Cape Breton by 19th century Scots are recorded, preserved and re-created at the Highland Village Museum in Iona.

An afternoon Ceilidh

The Man Who Went to Moray Book Festival

Thanks to all the organisers and the audiences at Moray Book Festival

P6 convicted Patrick Sellar and the afternoon audience help stimulate a good discussion

The Man Who Went to Tain

Thanks to everyone at Tain Through Time for a great day.
The young people decided that Patrick Sellar was guilty and the evening audience seemed to come down on the side of 'not proven'
If you have'nt visited Tain Through Time - do it!

The Man Who Went to Farr: The Events

Rotary Club of Polmont

Many thanks to a welcoming and interested audience

The Man Who Went to Farr: The Debate

The programme starts to take shape:


The Man Who Went to Farr: The Debate

Groups and organisations are invited to join the forthcoming series of talks

The Man Who Went to Tain

Tain Through Time is home to an extensive and varied collection of objects, photographs and archives of local, regional and national significance. Access to some of this material is available through their website. The Pilgrimage Visitor Centre uses two colourful galleries of sight and sound to tell the story of medieval pilgrimages to Tain. 


In September 2011, Tain Thorugh Time will be hosting talks based on the 'Man Who Went to Farr', and designed to explore some of the rights and wrongs of the Clearances.