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9 May, 2008
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Pulpit exhibit stirs memories of Tin Church
Published:  26 March, 2008

MEMORIES of the old Tin Church at Dulnain Bridge have been reawakened for some of the strath's older residents with the refurbishment of the church's pulpit by pupils from Grantown Grammar School.

Soldier's final resting place revealed
Published:  05 March, 2008

THE missing grave of a Scots-born World War I Canadian infantryman has finally been traced after 88 years thanks to some good old-fashioned detective work by a Grantown store assistant.

Book turns back the clock to wartime days
Published:  27 February, 2008

AN INSIGHT into life in the Grantown area during the years of World War II has come to fruition with the publication of a book featuring a host of local characters.

Cash backing for bid to preserve castle
Published:  20 February, 2008

A RUINED castle, thought to be among the oldest in Scotland, is to undergo work to stop its ancient walls from crumbling.

Plaques restored to former glory
Published:  06 February, 2008

THREE wartime relics salvaged from the flames that destroyed an historic Kingussie building nearly a decade ago have been given a new lease of life.

A proud wartime fund-raising effort
Published:  06 February, 2008

THE installation of the three commemorative plaques in Talla nan Ros means that Kingussie's proud wartime fund-raising record is once again on show for all to see.

Ceremony to honour Arnhem dead
Published:  12 September, 2007

TWO former Army majors from Badenoch and Strathspey are to take part in a ceremony to commemorate a key World War II battle later this month.

Captain George Gordon McBarnet
Published:  05 September, 2007

A MILITARY historian is appealing to people to remember one of the bloodiest conflicts in India which claimed the life of a Badenoch soldier a century and a half ago.

Descendants of exiles make a return
Published:  04 July, 2007

DESCENDANTS of emigrants who left the Kingussie area for a new life in Canada are celebrating the 175th anniversary of the founding of their community.

Pupils turn back the school clock
Published:  27 June, 2007

ALVIE Primary School pupils sat to attention behind old school desks to learn lessons from the end of the 19th Century while on a visit to the Highland Folk Park in Newtonmore.

Sweet memories for 1930s store
Published:  06 June, 2007

THE opening of a new exhibit at the Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore promises to have visitors licking their lips with glee.

Exhibition turns back the clock
Published:  28 February, 2007

TALES of people dropping dead in their fields from starvation, and people having to climb out of chimneys to escape their snow-buried homes, feature in an outstanding new exhibition in Grantown.

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