Echoes 30 2024

Hugh Cochrane 1932 – 2014 – Hugh was an much respected and energetic member of CHG from our earliest days

What was the Culsh Earth House for? – Lindsay Mair examines evidence that suggests the builders had a very specific purpose in mind

Life at the Sharp End – Part Three – The final instalment of Broomdog’s personal memoir of his forestry days in the early 1980s

The Cromar Nurses – an Update – Irvine Ross finds out more about the women from Cromar who served in WW One

On the Trail of Miss Anne Ferguson of Corrachree – Information about Anne was very limited until Sandra van Heusden got to work

They Soldiered Far Away – one family, four generals – Jim Forbes delves into the history four local Forbes soldiers who all reached the rank of general

George Gauld 1853 – 1907 – the original Cromar Chronicler – The surprising story of the son of a farmer from Cromar as patiently uncovered by Elaine Petrie

Lest We Forget – a Logie Coldstone loon in exile – Rob Everett describes his family connections to this area and how much they mean to him

Consumption Walls Beneath the Beech Belties – Kate Redpath looks into the history of our distinctive double beech shelter belts

Rediscovering the Forgotten Inns of Cromar – Some detailed detective work by Charles Niven finds inns in unlikely local places

Lunar Cycles, Tomnaverie and the RSCs – Lindsay Mair casts doubt on the idea that recumbent stone circles are aligned with lunar cycles

More Field Walking Around Upper Ruthven – A well-illustrated update on finds recovered from the fields around Paddy Heron’s house

Some Local Field Names – and the story behind one of them – Sandra van Heusden introduces a new CHG project and investigates one curious field name

Isa Hurry – an old newspaper clipping sent from Australia by Sandy Mellis – This Echoes 12 article complements Isa’s Hurry’s story told by Sandra in the previous article

The Decision to Leave Cromar – Ron Fletcher reflects on what motivated a group of his ancestors and friends to emigrate in 1866

Allen Line shipping losses from 1861 to 1864 – These statistics must have given prospective emigrants to Canada pause for thought

We’ll Get There – Eventually! – Another engaging story from Deirdre Rattray recalling a day in 2005 when nothing went right

Tomnakeist Quarries, Cambus o’ May – Peter Craig finally discovers when these quarries were in action and who worked in them

The Fatherland of Fergusson – 250 years after the poet died, Shona Anderson writes about Robert Fergusson’s local connections

Emails from Sheena Blackhall – A selection of the many poems and other interesting items shared by Sheena during 2024