Mebbe so...but ah wass thinkin' I had more DNA in common wi' the loon on the right..judging by the comparable size of our astrinomicle lugs.
Hey plasticjock fabulous pictures. Would the boy holding the ponies reins be your dad? there are similarities to your picture! fantastic place is Thurso, only you dont realise it until you have left! So all you Thurso folks ,get out smell the pure air,take a walk on the shore and ENJOY!!
Mebbe so...but ah wass thinkin' I had more DNA in common wi' the loon on the right..judging by the comparable size of our astrinomicle lugs.
Thurso River & Harbour c1905 (possibly 5 or 10 years earlier)
My playground in the fifties! Dont remember those tall chimney stacks, i wonder what they were for?
Thurso Beach c1928
Harbour c1895
Once again, thank you Plasticjock for the old photos. It was nice to see the ships in the harbour (remember hearing about them a long time ago) and the photo on the beach, showing the castle.
Thurso BB Pipeband marching past the co-op & co-op drapers, across from the town hall in Thurso.1969
L-R- Jimmy Hill, Tom Boyle, Ivor Mackay, Alan Mackay, Nicol Simpson(hidden), David Hardie, Donald Macintosh, Colin Swanson & Robert Mcgregor
A new broom sweeps clean,but a old one knows all the corners!
This is what we're hoping for...more please!
C'mon you orgers!
Thurso Beach c1918
Looks like a sandcastle competition.
I recognise a few of the faces in the BB's Pipeband photo, jacktar.
What a fabulous photo, plasticjock! I wonder what those four triangles are on top of the cliffs? The gable ends of two cottage ruins, perhaps?
I am living for today, always remembering yesterday, and looking forward to tomorrow!
Pure speculation on my part, of course but....tents possibly?
Thank you for sharing Plasticjock, my relatives could be among the many people shown my Granny or Great Granny and Grandad perhaps some Aunts and Uncles who know. Thank You.
Didnt someone say they were left some old photos a couple of weeks back? Anyone know whats happening, are they gettin posted or what?
Previously a post had been made about some photographs of Thurso and Scrabster which the owner wished to have published on the internet for the public to view.
On the Thurso Heritage Society website there is now uploaded, 58 photographs of Thurso and Scrabster in the Jack Wood collection. With kind thanks to Mr J Smillie who very kindly allowed us to post them on the site.
To view them visit thursoheritage.com and then go to the photograph section and then the Jack Wood Collection.
Looking down Campbell Street towards Olrig Street and further on Durness Street. c1904.
The time before there was the tennis courts, the putting green and the playing fields!
Last edited by plasticjock; 09-Sep-10 at 10:56.
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