Echoes 18  2012

You can download the complete edition as a .pdf file Here. It is about 11 megabytes in size.

Or you can download the individual articles listed below:

The Waulkmill Stone Circle Excavation – Nigel Healey brings us up to date on the surprising findings of this remarkable excavation

An Orphan Boy – Joyce Marchant researches the childhood of one of her grandfathers

Dorothy Reid (1928 – 2012) – A tribute to a greatly missed and valued member of our local community

The ‘Cleansing’ Of Cromar And Its Aftermath – Jim Forbes reveals a horrifying but largely forgotten episode in our local history

Willie – The detailed tragic story in Doric of one local WW1 volunteer by Sheena Blackhall

William Robert Broomfield (1826 N 1828) – Some new details about the life of this local hymn tune composer by Joyce Marchant

The MacRobert Story – Marion Miller’s digest of her soon-to-be-completed book about an extraordinary family

Scottish Mink Initiative – Rita Barnes hangs up her waders and describes the background to this project

A Loon Fae The toon – John Anderson recalls his childhood holidays at Loch-head with remarkable clarity

CHG Outing to Crawton, Summer 2012 – Deirdre Rattray’s account of a very enjoyable outing to this special place.

A Talented Tarland Loon – Did you know of this Tarland connection?  Alan Lamont sets the record straight

The Witch and Wizard ot Tarland – Anne Robson sorts fact from fiction in her researches into local lore

The Crofts of Drummy – Jan Healey teases out the complicated history of this all-but-vanished local community

The Auld Road To Drummie – …and uncovers another Nellie Mellis poem

Trees – The Unsung Heroes of the Battle of Trafalgar – Sheila Ross follows up an intriguing reference on a wayside information plaque

Cromar History Group Outing to Auchtavan – A report on another

Guile and the Gauger – Whisky making in the Logie Coldstone area from Early Memories of Cromar and Canada

Making Whisky Was Very Hard Work – How to make whisky in the traditional way – from Catholic Glengairn in the 19th Century

A New Look At Some Old Stones – Peter Craig looks at some stones worked by folk who lived here a long time ago

Farm Bothies – If Only those Walls could Talk – Sandra McRoberts indulges her fascination with old local bothies and their history

Crans Of Tarland – Greg Cran from Canada is looking for more information for his family tree

Three Saints Associated With Logie Coldstone and Tarland – The first of two articles by Hugh Cochran about saints with local connections

Some Local Landscape Puzzles – Peter Craig indulges his fascination for making up stories about rocks and landscapes