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Opening Day
 James
Gunn (left) and Billy Manson (right) joined local MP John Thurso when he
opened the new Halkirk Heritage and Vintage Motor Society's summer
exhibition at the Ross Institute.
The Exhibition is now closed but will be
reopening in 2007
check back for dates
Chairman – Billy Manson
billy.manson@btopenworld.com
Vice Chairman – Edward Sutherland
Hon. Secretary – James Gunn Jnr Tel. 01847
831 558
Geirrstathir House
Gerston
Halkirk
KW12 6XQ
Hon. Treasurer – Peter Blackwood
Membership Secretary – Joan Porter Tel. 01847
831 230
Mingulay
Gerston
Halkirk
KW12 6XQ
Membership
If you would like to join the Society and help preserve local history the
membership fees for 2006 are:
Full - £5.00
Associate - £2.50
Junior - £1.00
Family - £10.00 |
Newsletter
Index
Issue 2
September 2006
Halkirk Heritage and Vintage Motor
Society
 Summer
Exhibition
Saturday 1st July 2006 - Ross Institute, Halkirk
Grand Opening By John Thurso MP 2.00pm
Open To The Public 3.00pm - 5.00pm
The exhibition will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays 2.00pm - 4.00pm &
7.00pm - 9.00pm and on Saturdays 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Halkirk
Whisky
Skinnet
Stone
2004
Bedspread Return To Halkirk From New Zealand
 An historic bedspread,
embroidered with 986 names, will soon be returned to its Scottish town of
origin. It was a gift to Sir John Ross and his wife, Margaret,
well-known Dunedin benefactors notable for their gifts to Knox College, St
Margaret's College and Ross Home. Born in Caithness, Scotland in 1834, John
Ross arrived in Dunedin in 1861 and went into partnership to establish the
importing and wholesalers firm Ross and Glendining. Sir John travelled
widely for his business, which grew to encompass the Roslyn Woollen Mill,
sheep stations, and branches throughout New Zealand, in Melbourne and in
London. He crossed the equator 23 times. In 1911, he gave money for an
educational and social institute to be built on the site of his old school
in the village of Halkirk, Caithness. The residents of the small village
held a two-day bazaar to raise further funds for a clock tower they added
to the building. In gratitude for the Ross's generosity, a ladies' work
party made them a bedspread and people could have their names embroidered
on it for the subscription of one shilling. In September 2004 descendants
were in Caithness to hand over the bedspread to the Halkirk Village
Council. |
