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Caithness to the C�te D'Azur - A
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Includes lists of all entrants and major prizewinners from John O'Groats from 1926-1939
Softback, 134pp. ISBN 978-0-9935971-3-8
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 Books From Caithness Family History Society  Caithness Archaeology: Aspects of Prehistory Hardcover – 31 Mar 2015 The book can be pre-ordered at Amazon  Caithness,
the most northerly county in mainland Britain, is one of the richest
cultural landscapes in Europe. The relative geographical isolation of
the area, traditional landholding and the survival of large estates,
combined with the use of flagstone as the main building material since
earliest times, has ensured the survival of a wide range of monuments
in a profusion unequalled elsewhere in Scotland. In the 19th century,
Caithness was at the forefront of archaeological endeavours with many
sites central to our understanding of Scottish prehistory.
Pittodrie's Silent Assassin - By Donald Wilson - Published December 2010 A Highland journalist with strong Caithness roots has written a book about his boyhood footballing hero. Donald Wilson, who works for the Highland News in Inverness has published a book about Davy Johnston, who played for Aberdeen for three seasons during Eddie Turnbull's reign as manager between 1966 and 1969. Donald, whose mother Jeanette (nee Elder) hails from Thurso has been a regular visitor to the town. "Davy played for my home town team, Nairn County in the early sixties and he joined Hearts as a teenager. He was a home-town boy, became homesick and returned to Nairn scoring goals for fun with the County. In 1964-65 it was thought he broke a Highland league record when he scored 73 league and cup goals that season. But the book reveals the record in fact is held by Andy 'Juppy' Mitchell who score 77 goals for Inverness Thistle in 1955-56." Enitlted "Pittodrie's Silent Assassin" the book covers Davy's career in the Highland League and with the Dons. He quit Aberdeen and signed for Inverness Caley in 1969 and won his first Highland League championship with the Telford Street club. Johnston died of cancer in 2004 aged 61. A keen follower of the Highland League Donald was at Harmsworth Park when Nairn beat Wick Academy 4-1 in a North of Scotland Cup tie in the early seventies. "It was the first time a Highland League team had flown to a match in the North Cup. I was on holiday in Thurso and went to Wick for the day. I confess there were no divided loyalties. But I was delighted when Wick gained entry to the league. They are great ambassadors for football in the north. I watched them in the 3-3 draw at Station Park recently and they have some great young players and are a good footballing side." "Pittodrie's Silent Assassin - Davy Johnston, Aberdeen, Nairn and Caley Sharpshooter" priced �14.99 by Desert Island Books is now available from Bew's in Thurso and Simpsons bookshops in Wick **************************************************************************************************************
Reformed Grail Fanatic From
Wick Launches
Latest Book
A Scottish Potato Breeders Harvest By Jack
Dunnet BSc
(Agric), Phd, MIBiol, FRAgS, MBE FREE The Land Beyond the
Green Fields by Joan
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Camp 165
Watten - Scotland’s Most Secretive POW Camp By Valerie Campbell Drawing
on oral testimonies and other sources, the author has compiled a
detailed, in-depth history of one of the most secretive prisoner of war
camps in the United Kingdom. Situated in Watten, Caithness in the far
north of Scotland, its links with the wider world such as Canada and
Poland are illustrated and sets Watten’s place within European history.
The camp held a number of SS officers including prominent prisoners
such as Gunter d’Alquen, the journalist; Otto Kretschmer, the ‘Wolf of
the Atlantic’; and Paul Werner Hoppe, former commandant of Stutthof
Concentration Camp in Poland. The history of its inception and creation
are described, as is the daily life of the prisoners. Although some
were allowed out of the camp to work on local farms others, who were
labelled as ‘black’, denoting their high-risk status, were not.
However, all of them had the opportunity to learn new skills or study
the many varied courses that were on offer behind the barbed wire.
Numerous escape attempts were made but all of the prisoners returned to
the camp, either through choice or necessity. |
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The
Highland Clearances Trail by Rob Gibson |
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Orkney by Air - a
photographic
journey through time |
The Great
Feud - The Campbells And The MacDonalds Published to Coincide With St Andrews Day  This
is the only
book to give a readable account of the feud between two great
clans. It is a vivid account of the remarkable rivalry and
sometimes bloody conflict between two great families which originated
in the west coast of Scotland. Starting with the violent
death of
the Campbell chief in 1297 the feud then went on for 450 years in
Scotland and Northern Ireland with numerous cullings and clashes
inflicted by both sides, amongst which the incident at Glencoe just
happens to be the best publicised. |
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People of St. John's,
Wick: a congregational history by
Gordon Johnson This new local title was researched and written by Gordon Johnson, and is a history of people in Wick who have been actively involved with St. John's episcopal church, Moray St., Pulteneytown since the congregation was founded in 1855. Many local personalities appear, especially people originally from England who attended St. John's as the nearest in worship style to their churches back home. |
Parish Life On
The Pentland Firth
Island of Stroma
The Rough Guide to the
Scottish Highlands |
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Trace
Your Orkney
Ancestors |
The Birds and
Mammals of Caithness Robert Innes Shearer's
contributions
to the natural history of Caithness, 1859 - 1867 Compiled and edited by Hugh Clark & Robin M. Sellers Hugh Clark and Robin Sellers have done an excellent service to bird and animal lovers by drawing together this wonderful set of articles by Robert Innes Shearer. In addition they have added updates to the original articles that were written between 1859 and 1867 and mainly published in the John O'Groat Journal. four articles appeared in other publications - three in The Field and one in Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. |
If
the Gods Are Good
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Hills of the North Rejoice! Ralph MacGregor A
collection of accounts of journeys in the north of Scotland based on
material written for the local newspaper - the Caithness Courier |
Ralph's Far
North
Ralph MacGregor Collection
of essays on far north of Scotland, mostly travels on foot or bike
through the seasons of the year.
Also By Ralph
MacGregor |
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Memories of Caithness Christopher J Uncles |
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Sang 'at Softly Birled, A:
Poems in the
Caithness Dialect |
