Dutch people praised on wartime memorial work
Published: 02 May, 2008
TRIBUTE has been paid to Dutch villagers who have continued to honour the memory of a Moray airman killed along with crewmates when his Lancaster bomber crashed during World War Two.
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Using sticks on stones to put names to old bones
Published: 25 April, 2008
KEBAB sticks and flour have helped graveyard volunteers uncover some of the mysteries of Elgin Cathedral.
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Treasure takes centre stage
Published: 18 April, 2008
AN historic treasure marking a Moray community's thanks to its cathedral caretaker for his unusual discovery, is one of the glittering highlights of a national exhibition.
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A Lossie quine remembered
Published: 25 January, 2008
A ROBERT Burns' festival taking place in the Utah desert will ring with the emotive words of a Moray-born poet.
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Memories of traction engine
Published: 14 December, 2007
Sir, – This is the photograph of the Burrell traction engine which was owned by my grandfather, George McKay, Mains of Tannach, from 1906 until 1940, when he retired.
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Log on and lend your voice to a new book project
Published: 07 December, 2007
PEOPLE with memories of Moray from a bygone age are being invited to log on to the internet and cast their critical eye over a new book before it goes to press.
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Labour marks MacDonald anniversary
Published: 30 November, 2007
HE ROSE from humble beginnings to become prime minister of Great Britain twice, and the country's first Socialist leader.
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45 years on, Foundation passes the test of time
Published: 16 November, 2007
FROM three friends who wanted to stay in their caravan for six months to a world-famous centre for economic, environmental, social and spiritual sustainability.
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The hell that was the Somme
Published: 09 November, 2007
FOLLOWING the 6th Seaforths' part in the victory at Beaumont Hamel on November 13, 1916, they were expecting a rest – but instead found themselves embarking on one of the most dispiriting periods of their entire service on the Western Front.
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Final return journey for POW Walter
Published: 12 October, 2007
A PRISONER of war is to make a poignant final return journey to Moray with one last wish still to be fulfilled.
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Thirty not out for High School
Published: 28 September, 2007
A HEADY air of nostalgia will fill the corridors and classrooms of Elgin High next weekend when their 30th birthday celebrations get underway.
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Moray's slave history unearthed
Published: 21 September, 2007
A LITTLE-known period in Moray's history has been uncovered to form part of an exhibition marking the Highlands' links with the slave trade.
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Classic status for one of Scotland's favourite novels
Published: 31 August, 2007
IT IS regarded as one of the greatest Scottish novels of all time; now 'Sunset Song' looks set to be enjoyed by a far wider audience, thanks to the help of a Moray school teacher.
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Fossils under the microscope
Published: 24 August, 2007
MORAY'S renowned collection of reptile fossils will come under the microscope at a major conference next month.
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War heroes' daring exploits
Published: 27 July, 2007
AN RAF serviceman has written a book highlighting the daring endeavours of the first RAF squadron to attack the heart of Nazi Germany.
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Thomas Telford – the man and his legacy to Moray
Published: 01 June, 2007
HE WAS Scotland's greatest engineer.... and left an indelible mark on Moray.
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'Dying a glorious death' – a hero remembered
Published: 01 June, 2007
TUCKED away in a quiet corner of Elgin cemetery stands a large granite obelisk – a proud memorial erected by the family of a man credited as being the town's greatest war hero.
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Digging up Moray's beer-loving history
Published: 09 March, 2007
EXCAVATION work being carried out in the shadow of Elgin Cathedral has unearthed traces of the town's beer-loving past.
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Old photo rekindles memories of schooldays
Published: 02 March, 2007
A BERMUDA reader has taken a particular interest in a recent 'Echoes’ picture of Primary 6 class of 1947 of Springfield School, Elgin.
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The second bite of the cherry!
Published: 09 February, 2007
THE winning story in our inaugural writing competition, organised by ‘The Northern Scot’ in conjunction with Yeadons Bookshop and Elgin Writers, was ‘First Love’, the amusing, and somewhat raunchy, tale of a raw recruit in World War II and his ‘affair’ with his rifle.
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Card brings back memories of team's halcyon days
Published: 02 February, 2007
THE great Elgin City team of the early 1930s has been revisited after a cigarette card bearing the team photo was unearthed.
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