PfiJCjfz !5p ______No 26 OOlcm:.}?A?31 MORISTON MATTERS AT THE CROSSROADS
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Published by: Moriston MattersT
Correspondence tot Margaret Gillies, Br.idgend, GI ertmorJ, s ton , Inverness,
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where perhaps if I hough I t 1 had
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the tn rhino s a couple of t i mo a
tie f o re .landing in a co m e v o f
the sta tio n who i e euonlunt ly, once j.t had se ttle d down, 1
managed to calm i I: and cap tu ie
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thought i 1 was in another woild, w ith t he no i fig of t he much i no s
and (tie b right lights of: the
S t a ( ion - The big bird t ooked
very strange f 1 y i.ng iionnrl and
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it reminded me of an aeroplane
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» ls benevg 1 cnl.^_ar)jiOXH LJlUJlUi!Li?sAdbun.R ,_Jdl5J2il£.d uL lL jll'd J)ay<> ’ ROYAL DAY IN INVERNESS
Poddy ond Jon fhte/;mn( 7he Rev and Mis Vimer m eet thv. Queen
Her Majes ly, the Queen, expressed plat form in red and gol d carna a desire to include Inverness in tions and roses and the Gaelic her visit, t.o Scotland this summer welcome, ' Ceud mile faille* and sc? Inverness District Council prominen tly beside i. t. Round the arranged to entertain tier and the walls well-known places were Duke o f .Edinburgh, who accompan h i gh1 1 ghted in the variour dis ied her on the visit., to lunch plays - Cawdor Castle with shades in the Stoat ion Hotel on Friday, of green 1suggesting the grandeur 10M» July. The climax of the of marble{ Fort George) Fort visit was to be the official Augu s tus where a red Abbey School opening of Highland Craf1 poJnt1s blazer and a cricket ball com piemises in Homily in the after plimented .the? predominantly red noon . -- Hut first, on the arrival display ; Avl.otnorc with a cas of the Ro y a I. pa r t: y from A v :i etno r e, cading arrangement suggest ing tliey went to the Town Hall where ski slopes and an osprey presid t hey we re received by the Provos t. ing in the background) Glen and met: the members and officials Affric) Loch Ness with the of the District: Council with "waters" of the loch "mirroring" COnU their wives and husbands. The Urqubart Castle and the .John pho tooraph shows Her Majesty Cobb memorial, and, of course, speaking to PADDY PATFRSON, (tie Nessie herself, and arrangements comic I I. tor for this area, and made up of the simple flowers to Vi i s wife. be found on its shores *- pink spirea, feverfew and belt The Town Hal. I. had been beautiful beat.her) Culloden where a t arge ly decorated for the occasion by and some pieces of pottery the Inverness Floral. Art: Club provided the assoc i a t ions) and with the badge of the District o f Invernoss p 1.eked on t on the 1
G.l.enf i. nn an where? pillars of At High 1. and C r a f tpo i n I , an flowers reminded us of the mon organi. sa t ion dove I oped io p rov- ument: and a dirk in the heather ide prof ession al serv i toes i n its implications. In the after 1 he fields of marital ino, leeh- noon and on the following day n i.cal , i n forma t \ on , t ra i n i ng, this thought - provoking foast e FROM WARD 15. The broken product of our dreadful, time Who once stood handsome, tall and debonair, Whose hair retains its pristine raven Vine, His head now downward bent upon his breast, His noble youthful features thus concealed - His arms and hands so lately skilled to serve Helplessly dangle on th' impromptu table 'Neath which his legs protrude as soft as fLax To reach his feet shapeless and callipered Ail. held together by hi.s mobile chair. She kneels beside him on th ' uny i.e Id i ng fb'or, Save for her purple stripes, clad ail, in white. Resplendent, crowned wi Ih f1aw less < 1 indem Su nnoun t i.ng go l.den cur 1 ■ ■ and pony - tai ! , Her fine-formed beauty set with high intent - His hands to feed his broken body - her hands, His mouth through which to quench his thirst, ihe si: raw Pinioned securely In her gentle grasp, His downcast eyes unneeded to take in The scene so perfectly controlled by her. Filled with deep awe and wonder I. look on, Thankful one aspect of the good LORD'S wi. .1.1. Is honoured in this mi1 1 1 ary ward There on the floor before my very eyes. P,L_ N (p A B B Er C EJTTEIM ABT Ibis y(?ar the monks of F o r !: Augustus oo 1.ebrat ed the centen ary of the fournla I: i.on of the" monas te.ry. The cLi.max of. these cel obr a i ions wa s 1; ho con soc r a- 1 i on o f iho Abbey Chu rch on -dn 1 ; M h , i|i.- Foa;-) 1. of St. Boned Let:, The ri to of conspr) Al inn po r for mod by bishop Mario Conti, of Abort looti. A I so presf?n t wore Cardinal Gordon Gray (specIa) envoy of Pope John Paul II), Cardinal basil Hume and Ca.rdi.nal. Tomas O ’ P 1 a i.ch as wo l, 1 as sever a 1 Sco i tisli bishops and Abbot's from Benerl t c t i ne and C i, s I; ore i. an Abbey s 1 n ling land, I ro .1 and and Sco I .1 and . I hr ceremony (a nnoe-in-a-1. i. f e~ l i me expor i once for the major..i ty n f u s p res on t ) w;i s m ago i f j. eon i. , | able to drive away those who solemn, digui f i. ed , joyou s , CO I oil r- came until, the .last tableau of ful and above a I. 1. worshipful . t:he page an t had been presen ted The music was a beautiful blend and the pipe band rounded off of 1: r ad i I i. o n a I p I a L! i song t he even I:. A „ , „ , . accompaniment to Latin words M .A.S.(I or t ■Angustus) wi tb mmro modern hymns, some composed by monks of Port August Structurally the Abbey at Fort us. Augustus has 1 ts origins in the j military Tort built between 1729 I After the ce rpinony a 1 .1. pr esen t and 1.742, It remained as an I were welcorned by Abbot Holman operational military fort until ; to a champagne f f,a in the mar- ' 1854. In 1.067 the Lovat. family * t|iic(; r' roe ted for the occasion. ■ bought from the government the T his w a s o n j o y e d 1 >y a 1. .1. d o s p i. I e buildings (which had suffered t ho a t tendancc of the unwe 1 come , much physical damage in the *45) u n i. n v i. ted gue s t. s the in j dcjoe . and in .1876 the 15th Lord Lovat Tlie day ended with a Gala Fe I e ,donated them to tho EngLish in the Abbey grounds. The Benedictines. But in effect a I quad, i.I.y of I. hr' en l o r t a i.nmen I line of Scottish Benedictines was provided by Locbabor Junior brought into the new canonical Pi pe band , Mrs 11 eru 1 or son ’ s foundation as well. SeliOo !. o f 11 ,i. gh I. and banc i. no , The Abbey Church, now completed I he koy a 1. Ma r j no Team f run I I. M . S . Condor at Arbroat b and the Cade Is in this the Abbey1s centennial o.f I he Abbey School, was such year, the later stages designed f:ha t no i I hor the heavy r a i n nor to accommodate t.he new liturgy, the ever present midges were was begun in the 1890*5. 1 I No i long ago I Ixrught a packet trios t inn age r d i e I - (I t no 1 pe r ha| V of oatmeal at the Coop in Inver Oespi I p t. tie o n rc;n I, recession v.e ness. I asked one of the assist are not stfu’vi no. We have so ants how people used t:o make much compared t.o t liose of the this into a kind of gruel. She 1700’s, 18001 s and even 3.930* s ■- said t.o put a handful of meal 30 • s! with some salt in a dish, add bo 1 1 i.ng water and butter , stir A s we come 1 o a no i her ) la r ve s I and ea t.. I d:i d t hi. s - As I did , Thanksgiving it. is indeed a p p r o p I wondered at what point ,i.i) the riate to 'Best and lie Thankful’ history of Scotland this and - to count our blessings, lea in po tatoes and other such s i mple con ten t.men t. and thank on r God . foods would have been basic - We invite you to the Harvest with little more- Thanksgiving Service, Glenmoi - Then I remembered the Beauty iston Church - 17.1.3 p.m. 25i.h Highland Craft Centre display 1 Oc toiler 1981 . |G13 djlJldX. and description of the Scottish 3. if es tyle of bygone days { the black houses, poor ligbt and scarcely any heat, with the on Augu s t 1 5 t h G i ('nmori ston Child WOMAN’S GUILD. rentfe Committee held a summer bazaar in the village hall. Thera The meeting'; for the 190.1./82 was ample to sell due t.o (lie session commenc. ing in Oc tober , tremendous response from every will lie held jointly with 1he one, and thanks t;o the tourists Glen Urquliart Guild on the third there were plenty buyers. The Monday of each month in Kilmich- commi 1 1 ee was do 1 i g h t. ed t o clear ae 1 Ha 11 at 7.49 \ ■ m . £235 including don a f. i o11 s and Addi tlonal meet ings wil 3. be hel d would like to take this opport durino the year at T nvei-mor is ton une, ty to tliank ai I those who ; first wi!’ ’ t.ovonne, aided in any way. Oalcataig Road, on November ,1.2th M ♦ S . G . at 10.30 a.m. Anyone who is interested will be most welcome at any of the matings. N.N.B. l*T)f i T1) I s .is s omp t b i. n g of a sequel to But. for reasons be s t known to the article on the o.kl "Rose Cot t- himself his footsteps would stray age” I. n the 1 as t is sue. Bu t this towards lower Achnaconeran. a r t i c I p , wh i ch f s based on a t rue Perhaps he was thinking of trying - , . ■ ■ : . i g' ■ ■ i ! mo TO ( the hi. L i. lochs and perhaps the cha vac t o r and pe t: son a V i ty of weather became unsurtable. K a H p Archie 1 ban it floes All y vi - Whatever happened, Duncan would ck , a) f bough in'? figures In i t. skirt the fields until he hit Back in 1:he Immediate post-war the road to Invermoriston and years "Rose Cottage" used to have for some unknown reason he would return to "Rose Cottage" not in an annual sumtne r vi si 1: from a cons in of the A rchl es , a cha r ac t:er quite the same state of roi.nd as he had set out. He may not have named Du ncan MacDonald , bu t: be 1 1- er known, for some reason, as had any luck at. the fishing,but Duncan the Carrier. Born in he was more cheerful. Mind you, tile nmo r i. s t o n , hf1 h ad e m I g r a t e d t o lie did bring a fish back at times, the KIngdom of Fife, where he had but: i. t may be whispered that it become a for r yin an on the ferri.es, hadn* t been landed by him.... "Robert the Bruce" and "William But: that is perhaps another Wallace", which pi led between the story - let’s get, as Burns On een s for r i. es in t: he days be fore pul; in in "Tam O ’ Shan ter" , the Forth Road Bridge* Be was "to our tale".) necninpan i ed on the se v i. s 1 t s by One Saturday evening, about 1950, his w i f e F.m i 1 v * Ailyvick and Duncan the Carrier Duncan the Car r I e r wa s i. ndo ed set off to spend an hour or so some f hI no o f a c 11a r a c t e r . Be in one of Invermoriston*s meet wa s down- to-ear t b in ii i. s tu rn ing places. You will have heard 0 f ph r a so and .1 n h i. s ac t: iv.l t ies . of the man in the New Testament Ho had a liking for the occasion who went down from Jerusalem al strong ro f reshin en t, which he to Jericho and fell among a 1 I ked even mo re when bo con Id band of thieves. Well, that have i t. among t he f hen worthies night Ailyvick and Duncan went of Invcrmor i.st.on. Of whom, more down from "Rose Cottage" to soon . Invermoriston and fell, among a band of Invermoriston worthies. And Duncan would have been even There was Danny the Pier; there moro of a character had it riot were Willie Archie and old Scott been for Kmi ly’s gently restrain- ' from Primrose Bay; .Jimmy Mc- i. rig Influence. -She was very prim F.wan and Angie Stoddart. from and propo t ; she had, you m.i.gh t. Port Clair; there was Willie say f a firm or asp of rIecOrum, Fraser from the Street; and ( 1 t in i gh 1 he recoun ted , bv the there were Angie Campbell and - wav , t ha (. on one of the so visi ts of course - the gent.leman In to "Rose Cottage" Duncan showed the wayward plus fours from an unoypec t ed I n te res t i. n f i sh i ng . Achnaconeran, Bgu ipped w i th rod, Iine, etc, he That night, it seems, "tlravc on" would set. off rip the roarl towards with ma.tr "sangs and clatter" Leviable to try his luck in one than usual. The place they were , of the pools of the Mori, s ton. in c 1 osed ( I t: was nine o * c.lock i I then), hut it was the custom his effort s mu e( havo so ox 11 ans t- then for the men of the place ed him that: he ires fed for a wlij ) e to carry on with their convers on the wa11 of the bridge. Reino ations outside at the door. ac ross t he buni he was no Ionqe r No doubt some sustenance was in any physical danger from the produced from capacious and bogles of course, but their secure "poacher's pockets" t.o influence must sti ! 1. have been refresh them in their discussion. strong, for he too fetI into a kind of trance...... But the time came at. last when they "maun r i d e " to their various Rut let's switch the serene f rom homes. Danny set off for the Pi.or these mysterious happeninns to in h i. s shooting brake; Wi .1, ,1 to "Rose Cottage", There, when Archie and old Scott for Primrose Duncan wasn't returninn, his Ray on their push bikes; .Jimmy w t f e hart begn n to "nurse tier M e Ewan a n d A ri g i e S1: odd a r t: f o r .wrath to keep it warm". She For t Clair, a I. so on push bikes; was becoming more and more Willie Fraser for tbe Street, vociferous and agitated by the pushing his push bike; and Angie hour, and K a t o finally re a 1 r s e d Campbell and the gentleman in there would be no rest until plus fours for Acbnaconeran ori she herself wen t: to 1 ry and Angie * s motorbike . And A J l.y v I ck track down the errant s. So she and Duncan the Carr 1 er sct: of f put: her coat and scarf on, picked for "Rose Cottage". They had no up the torch and set of f , f lastri no conveyance. The road was not: as the torch from side to si.de (t.o straight then as it is now. Nor scare off any bog 1.e s t ha t happ as broad. There were no street ened to lie out). Stic came across lights, no pavement,. no safety Atlyvick on the wall of the barrier. It was a darkfmoon less Post Office Bridge, still, in a night. And whisper it, there trance. She decided she had must have been a warlock out better supervise his homocomina and about on that, stretch of first . This took some time. road tit at. night. Or perhaps a bogle or two.... Rut when Emily saw that: Al.lyvirk was home and no Duncan, and that For that is the only explanation Duncan wasn* t to be seen, a I 1 for what followed. The first pandemonium broke out. And thing that happened was that Cate bad to set. off again. Duncan must have got such a fright\tong the dark and narrow road, that he failed to take the corner ,iast the Post Office Bridge, just before you come to the steps :>ast the Post Office, now in leading up to the Church and larkness. She came t:o the Manse. Me couped over the wooden corner below the church and was paling on the bottom side of the f. rudn i ng on when she hoard wo i i d road and fell down the sank *nd eerie noises comi.no from among the ferns, brackens, grasses oe low the road. No (imibt she reeds and mosses above t.l>e river thought of the bogles, but she Where he lay in a kind of trance 5 topped and shone her torch. Allyviek, however, knew the road \nd there was Duncan, wet and better than Duncan, and no doubt midbespat tered, at tempting to knew about the warlocks and scrabble up the bafik to reoain bogles. For he made a dash for the road. Me too was st i ll in it, and did in fact get more than \ bit of a trance and he loo had half way across the nearest run to have his homecoming supervised ning water, and to safety at the >y Kate. Post Office RrIdge Burn. But On Thursday 24th September "I wish I could have gone to Never- Dalchre j.char t and Invermoriston never land so that I would never Schools with a number of their grow up," friends from the Glen went t- *'I liked the crocodile . would Eden Couft to see the Furves like to have gone on the stage Puppets perform the story of and danced with him." Peter Pan. The various scenes were colourful and lively with "I'd like to know why the puppets plenty of opportunity for looked bigger on the stage - they audience participation and the looked so small when we shook children took full advantage hands with them afterwards." of this with their attention (And finally, there \vas a unanimouj r i ve ted t h roughou t. 0 .1. d and complaint); young a.I ike thoroughly en joyed the performance. They had been "Why did they put on the lights prom Ised a surpri.se at the end and show us how the puppets were and this turned out to be an made and how the strings were explanation of how some of the pul led? 11: spoiled all the magic ( puppets were made and a demon The puppets weren't real any morel * stration of how some of them INVERMORISTON SCHOOL. worked, given by the puppeteers dressed in the i r black velvet The 1981-02 term opened with a tunics and trousers, and then ro I 1 of 1 0 pup i. 1 s including three they brought the puppets to the new entrants, Heather MacDonald, door to shake hands with the Eilidh Nairn and John Grant. We audience as they departed. were pleased to welcome Thomasina An added pleasure for the Shaw for a short spell also and writer, who was there with her wish her 'we 1 1 In her presen t, new friends from Kiltarlity school. Playgroup, was the meeting up Two of the older pupils have with a busload of ’kent faces* resumed weekly swimming lessons, at the entrance to the theatre. I ravel 1ing lo Inverness along m .e .jf. w i t h ch i. I d ren f r om For t Augu s lus PURVES PUPPETS ^ COMMENTS. School. Among I h Is 'term's evon (:s was a "I Liked the little beds and the jo in I: v.i. s.i. I to Eden Court wl t h rocking chair". DaIchreJ.char t School to see "I liked Wendy's red slippers and 'Peter Pan' presented by the h e r h a i r - s t. y I e. " Purves Puppets; and on Thursday if 2 2 nd Oc tobei: there is to be a " I wi sh T could fly .1. Ike Peter Pan f u nd- r a i. s ing sale wJ. t h al .1. the "I would like to have kept Peter usual stalls held in the school Pan. " in the evening. Donations of goods for sale wl 1 1 be most, " X didn ' t 1 ike Capt a.Ln Hook - i f we I come a t any t J.me and we I were an Indian I would have k111~ look forward to seeing as many ed him with a bow and arrow." old friends as possible, " J. t was sad when Tinker be. 1.1 drank M . L. N. the po ison.' r r Prize for creative writing BUZZARD • ul, Cnr.zard fIvina 11 i c j 11, NJ.dD I Id. Black t in ago against (p"oy sky. k lo s s .i e i s a inonr; I AUTUMN LEAVES. We were .fresh and green, I Nice to he seen. , J We clung to t:he t.rees, j We danced In the breeze. TUB.. DARK. ! Now we are yellow, J Like the dark because it is ^ Handsome old fel lows, scary and it is good. Sumlimes - Our faces are gold, we play qbosteys in the daik, ’ WeVto. growing old. I It. is cold on I-side. Sum times 1 Alt getting brown, we play wit dies i.n the dark. ■ All fall i ng down . Owls come mil: i.n the dark , at We*re turning red, the niaht;, ; Soon we1 .1.1 Ire dead. L^ii'CLU. .. i l l M a r.i „„(Ii 1 - Changing to rust, Going to dust, (Led hye, good-bye, For soon we'll die. UALC1 IRE 1C1 fART SCI tOO L . rtf from p ft Wp will leave what Emily said to that Fmi.ly blame ft her husband's eond ) ; i on on A 1 1 y v i ck , on " Nose Duncan to your imaginations arid close on this note about Kate. Coftacje"f on T rive r mo> i s t on . Kal What: ■ inft.1 r ia ted Kate was not her: did not like people pul 1 i ih| fin hav.t. no t.o rescue these two gentle— airs and ar-re's .and when they ■( men from their bewitchment by went on and mi she used hmciiimif the bogdies. Sim had been which, in the Gaelic, was oxpre, trauclrled before and would be i vo arid t.o the p*) i n t. again. No, what annoyed her was P.-Mact). A happy (;r?t.pl)r nl; i nti t ook place aye-gap was overcome and all In M m Cl ^nr-man I In (ml fin Thurs mingled happily on Che .floor. day , 27 I h August , with Che Gnl.deti Morag Campbell, am! Christine Wi’fld ing of Auqus and Rachel Munro con tribu fed songs, Gregor Reranson. 'Min family had kepi Borland violin selections* and I I if* nr r angonmn C 5! comp J, e I: e I V Ken Rraset in bis inlm!Cable r-c'i'ol1 and when 1.1 in coup In wore fashion told of Che Harris l.nken lo Che bn le.I, supposedly crofter who went, lo the Royal on the way (;o Inverness Cor a High I. and Show lo bay a new’ baler qu 1.<»I tnn a I. 011 I. w I. I;It Jony at»r_l and discovered when be got. it. Hob who were home on holiday home that it made *swiss roll* ( 1:0 ni Che 1 I: n oh rim, I hn wlml o fnm- bales, and of the road squad i .1 y wp ref tv a i I: I ng Co cf r on t: I hem! compared with whose job*an hour Wl mn I hf'y b Wo are sorry lo record also the MRh J tUNKO. -'death on September 2Tth of Kenny Mao!-*?nnan who was ninety last On Angus 1 Hl.li O Wmmo i i. s t o n lost .tune. At ( Uouoh be 1 ived vn th his its oldest resi.donl - Mis I 3&bell Once again 1 would like to extend old home. We were also able my sincere thanks to my friends to see Inverness as a shopping in Glenmoriston. My sister centre with the help of Mrs Kit Dorothy and I enjoyed our week's Tomlin who drove us in her car holiday with our very kind and and spent almost a day showing hospitable friend, Mrs Nellie us around. We also say thanks Sey* Needless t:o say the time to everyone concerned for the passed far too quickly and we lovely evening we spfcnt at the were sorry to leave again. Also Ceilidh at the Village Hall, thanks to Mr Pat MacDonald for especially for the dancing and his help with transport on our singing of the children. We arrival and departure between attended the Sunday Church the Glen and Inverness. With service and felt very uplifted his help we were also able to on leaving, - Thanks to the visit Clachan Mhercheird Cemet Reverend Bart Buell. I shall ery, and Toryoyle Cottage,where always regard Glenmoriston as Mr and Mrs John Grant so very my second home and hope to kindly invited us to visit once return again sometime next again my late husband's (Chris) year. Yours sincerely, ,Majorie Sharp. PLFAGANT MLM01UBS Of JLRNMORISTON. However much 1 fry, I can't express My feelings of Ihe 1il tie Glen beside Loch Ness- J lo v ed (he natural beauty of Woodland Falls Where i I. seems God’s grace lies over all,. In one times of sli ile and stress, This i s stt to .1 y who re one f i ik 1 s con t:an t:edriess. Lach person is busy in their own quiet way, Hu I eveiyone has f ime to say "Hello! Have a nice day". God wi11ing, 1 hope to return in the Spring. In the mo an 1 i m e, T h a ri k s f o r: live r y t h .i. ng . Bos t w i. shes , MARJG1UB s h a r p .