Old Wick Photos

**robynaus** · 03-Jan-08, 01:52

Kenneth Street Wick taken by Davidson's Real Photographic Series. Probably between 1915 and 1925
regards robyn

**sphinx** · 22-Jan-08, 21:59

cool pics anymore

**trinkie** · 05-Feb-08, 09:03

Many thanks to David Paterson for the snow pictures of the Old Man of Wick on the front page today .
They are quite brilliant and brought back many memories.

Thank you for going out on such a cold day too !

Trinkie

ps Of course the Thurso snow pictures are great too - again Thank You.

**south view 7** · 12-Feb-08, 21:19

Mount hooly house as it was back then?

**south view 7** · 12-Feb-08, 21:22

Mount hooly house as it is now

**south view 7** · 12-Feb-08, 21:25

the picture house as it was

**south view 7** · 12-Feb-08, 21:30

the picture house as it is now

**Sporran** · 13-Feb-08, 18:48

Thanks for sharing those "then and now" photos, south view 7. Sad to see the state of both buildings, when you see how they once looked!

I do remember the Pavilion picture house as it once was. Do you have any idea what year the old photo of Mount Hooly house was taken? It looked so elegant with its lovely, well kept garden back then!

**south view 7** · 13-Feb-08, 22:14

Originally Posted by Sporran

Thanks for sharing those "then and now" photos, south view 7. Sad to see the state of both buildings, when you see how they once looked!

I do remember the Pavilion picture house as it once was. Do you have any idea what year the old photo of Mount Hooly house was taken? It looked so elegant with its lovely, well kept garden back then!

The only clue i have to the age of the photograph is that the photographer retired in 1938.

**miranda** · 13-Feb-08, 22:37

lovin the now and then pics south view 7 anymore?

**trix** · 15-Feb-08, 00:44

magnificent pictures

i love seein 'e ''then an now'' pictures,

i lek til look at 'e trees, its cool how ye can tell what time o' year 'e picture wis takin in just by what they look lek.

an its nice til see how much beeger they hev grown....

**sphinx** · 15-Feb-08, 17:40

your pictures are awsome any more old pics to look at

**south view 7** · 16-Feb-08, 22:03

wick high school without the horrible buildings that surround it now.

**miranda** · 16-Feb-08, 22:08

wow the school looks so wierd with no surrounding buildings!!!! and with the horses out front!!

**Poultney lad** · 26-Feb-08, 00:27

anybody got photos of old bignold hospital

**scaraben** · 27-Feb-08, 17:35

Here we have Post Office staff when they dressed smartly !
L to R Donnie Gunn Postman + Willie Gunn (Brother also postman ) & in the centre George, Willie's Son as a telegraph Messenger.

**rob16d** · 27-Feb-08, 17:46

times have changed quickly if this is what they dressed like YESTERDAY lol

**trinkie** · 27-Feb-08, 18:11

Thank you so much for that Scaraben ! It's a wonderful picture.

It brought back memories of the old Telegram !!! How your heart leapt when the Telegram Boy appeared at your door. I remember the last one I received ! Dreadful news.
But then we didn't have telephones, so they were a God send to us all.

Do you remember the old story related to telegrams?

It read.....

Dear mum no mun your son.

the reply read.....

Dear lad too bad your dad !!

Such were our yesteryears !

**Tighsonas4** · 27-Feb-08, 21:11

HI SCARABEN
those were the days when one of the main means of communication was the
telegraph boy. it was a bit of a dread when one visited as more often than
not it was bad news. brings back memories as i knew the three in the photo. regards tony

**Moira** · 27-Feb-08, 22:43

Originally Posted by scaraben

Here we have Post Office staff <snip> ......

Scaraben - I've moved this to the Old Wick Photos thread as otherwise it would slip down and disappear from the General Forum as more posts/threads appear.

I hope you don't mind but it's much too good a photo to lose.