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Celebrating 21 Years of the Ross of Mull Historical Centre
Posted By romhc On Saturday, 27 October 2018
Following the official business of the Annual General Meeting on Saturday October 27th, 21 years of the Ross of Mull Historical Centre was celebrated. Rosie Burgess, whose father Jimmy McKeand founded the Centre, was invited to cut the anniversary cake and speak about the vision and motivation of her father. Rosie said “My father had empathy for all those families who had....
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Thursday, 14 November 2019
Delving deeper into the archives
Staff from Argyll Estates Archives enabled us to discuss our own resources, whilst giving us a privileged glimpse of the documents kept in Inveraray.
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Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Anderson Shelters on the Ross of Mull
Until recently, the Ross of Mull had a remarkable number of Anderson shelters. But why so many? Can you tell us any more about this story?
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Friday, 13 September 2019
A Talk by Tom Aitcheson on September 10th 2019
‘Do we know where we are going?’ was the witty title of a talk by Tom Aitchison, of Kintra and Hamilton, a long-standing supporter of RoMHC
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Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Bunessan Show 2019
As usual the Historical Centre had a presence at the show, somewhere between the cattle & sheep and ponies & dogs, with their keenly competing owners.
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Sunday, 7 July 2019
The Centre is now a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
The Trustees of the Ross of Mull Historical Centre are delighted to announce that the Centre is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
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Monday, 17 June 2019
Annual Easter Duck Race
Having weathered well during the winter months the ducks were itching to get back in the water and stretch their wings. 141 ducks took to the water
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Monday, 17 June 2019
Written in the Landscape – an archives workshop
The Historical Centre received an invitation to a workshop entitled "Written in the Landscape" from Alison Diamond, Archivist for the Argyll Estates
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Thursday, 29 November 2018
Remembering the Ross: Celebrations and Ceilidhs
The theme of our "Remembering the Ross" gathering on November 28th was celebrations and ceilidhs.
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Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Memories of WW1 in Iona and Creich
Iona author E. Mairi MacArthur got in touch after reading an article about the names on the local war memorials in the autumn 2018 RoMHC newsletter.
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Thursday, 1 November 2018
Remembering the Ross
A gathering of local people with long connections to the Ross of Mull took place in Creich Hall on Wednesday October 31st.
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Sunday, 22 April 2018
The enigma of Kilpatrick - Cille-Phadraig,
The name Kilpatrick, or Cille-Phadraig, literally means Chapel of St. Patrick, yet there are no known written records of the existence of a chapel,
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Friday, 13 April 2018
A Tiny Treasure
An arrowhead was found on Ardtun on low-quality crofting land, typical of Mull, usually thick with bracken but the area had been recently cleared.
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Wednesday, 11 April 2018
The Secrets of Scoor Cave
Scoor Cave, decorated with fascinating symbols, is situated at the head of a narrow inlet on the rocky shore of the south coast of the Ross of Mull
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Sunday, 1 April 2018
A Real Creel
Among the artefacts in the Museum there’s now a creel. one that is different in several ways from those mass-produced and delivered to the local piers
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