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Hayley Smith Gardens
Hayley Smith Gardens
Hayley Smith
The daughter of Gary and Lynn Smith, Hayley Smith had a wide range of interests. She volunteered with the annual Speyfest, with church groups, with Mosstodloch Primary School and with the Cedarwood Centre in Elgin. She enjoyed singing.
She died, aged 29, whilst on the waiting list for a liver transplant.
Over 600 people attended her funeral at Bellie Parish Church.
Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Canal, Grangemouth
The Queen Elizabeth II Canal
Opened by
HM The Queen
Wednesday 5th July 2017
This half mile section of the Forth and Clyde Canal is at the Eastern end and is the last part before it goes into the River Carron and on to the Firth of Forth at Grangemouth. It is the last section of the Millenial Link which restored Scotland’s inland waterways for navigation.
Opened by Queen Elizabeth II, who was accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, by unveiling a plaque.
War memorial to inter alia Christina Sheil Pringle
TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
OF
FORT WILLIAM
AND
DISTRICT
WHO MADE THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE, FOR GOD, KING
AND COUNTRY, IN THE
GREAT WAR
DILEAS GU BAS (faithful unto death)
...
Sister C.S. Pringle, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.
...
Christina Sheil Pringle
Christina Sheil Pringle was the second of four children of William Pringle and Christina Robertson.
She was working as a nurse in England in 1939.
She died of malaria at the 61st General Hospital Iraq and is buried in Basra War Cemetery.
The Duchess Jean Tea Room
The Duchess Jean Tea Room
Memorial to inter alia Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon
Famous Fochaberians
...
Jane Maxwell, Duchess of Gordon, 1748 -1812
Society leader in the theatre of fashion and politics
Raised the Gordon Highlands Regiment Aberdeen 1794
....
Dorothy Millard Platfoot
Dorothy Millard Thompson was born in 1891, the daughter of Malcolm Thompson and Ada Millard.
She married Sydney A.W. Platford in 1914 in London. The couple had two children Phyllis and Horace.
The family moved from England to Tillicoultry. Her husband became Provost of Tillicoultry.
Dorothy Platfoot died in July 1945. After his death her widower suggested that a new street in Tillicoultry be named after her. The "Devon Valley Tribune" described her as "a sweet, charming lady of genial disposition."
Dorothy Terrace
Christine's Way
Christine's Way