Dornoch Family Movies

Date Added: 10 July 2020 Year: 2020 Institution Name: dnhhl Cat No: ◀ | 2020_010_44 | ▶ Picture No: 14443

As part of the lock-down process of providing direct access to museum archive films, Peter Wild converted family film footage to MP4 format and combined clips to provide insight to past times 'Around and About' Dornoch. This short film of 11 minutes covers families enjoying the Dornoch Beach Lido c 1960; the Canadian City of Fort William Pipe Band performing in Dornoch Square in 1967; a Drive Through Dornoch c 1960, Highland Games Day in Meadows Park in 1961; scenes of Katie & Angus Mackay haymaking in 1958 and around their Embo Street 'Croft 327' with their grandchildren; and railway 'changing of keys' for travel on a single-line rail route; Dornoch Light Railway scenes in 1958 and motor traffic at the level-crossing and travelling over the Mound c 1925.

Dimensions: digital

Groups: Film

2 Comments

I can just remember the Canadian pipe band and playing down on the on the beach in the Sixth's Comment left on 11 July 2020 at 11:38 by Harry duncan

I can also remember going down to the Games with my father; we would go down with the Dornoch Pipe Band and go home when the band left the Games at about 4.30 Comment left on 11 July 2020 at 13:10 by Harry duncan

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