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Have a look at http://www.wickheritage.org/johnston-gallery.asp they have introduced great new images from the Johnston collection covering Wick, Thurso and Latheronwheel, all for sale too. Well worth a look, especially if you're "into" nostalgia.Mosser.
Thanks for the link Mosser; I love the recycled boats! I think it is time to glean these money saving ideas for the recession that is looming....:)
George Brims
23-Oct-08, 20:00
Those are great pictures. They have mis-labelled one though, so I shall have to contact them.
percy toboggan
23-Oct-08, 20:02
fabtastic link!
I do not remember seeing a ruined castle at Thurso. But then I wasn't looking for one.
What happened to the building...it looked so er...robust, in the picture.Magnificent.
Fire perhaps?
Those are great pictures. They have mis-labelled one though, so I shall have to contact them.
which one was that then George, I must have missed it
fabtastic link!
I do not remember seeing a ruined castle at Thurso. But then I wasn't looking for one.
What happened to the building...it looked so er...robust, in the picture.Magnificent.
Fire perhaps?
The roof and the upper ornamental towers were romoved in the early 50s to avoid paying rates. It was a common ploy amongst landowners who had more cottages on their estates than brains in those days.
Some of the ornamental stone can still be seen in the rive3r opposite the British legion in Thurso.
oldmarine
24-Oct-08, 03:24
Have a look at http://www.wickheritage.org/johnston-gallery.asp they have introduced great new images from the Johnston collection covering Wick, Thurso and Latheronwheel, all for sale too. Well worth a look, especially if you're "into" nostalgia.Mosser.
Great photos. One of them looked like a group of miners.
Great photos. One of them looked like a group of miners.
They were workers from the old meal mill which once operated in Huddart Street Wick
Margaret M.
25-Oct-08, 15:10
It was a sin to let Thurso castle go to ruin -- what a beautiful building it was.
oldmarine
26-Oct-08, 01:39
It was a sin to let Thurso castle go to ruin -- what a beautiful building it was.
I have to agree. The Thurso castle in the photo looks more beautiful than the ruin I saw when I was there.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa265/jeanforbes/boatthurso_0007.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa265/jeanforbes/pierscars_0005.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa265/jeanforbes/ssorita_0006.jpg
on reverse Liverpool to Havana Sept-Oct 1925
An Old Picture Postcard of Thurso.
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Thurso Rail Station & Steam Train, Circa 1949
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thanks for this I have ordered a print! That's one Christmas pressie sorted! :lol:
Old Postcard of Thurso High Street.
http://i35.tinypic.com/5kj52d.jpg
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