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Talk and Discussion presented by Jacquie Aitken
Friday 27th January at 7pm in Timespan
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear the latest developments about the Kildonan Clearances Trail (App). You will find out which historic sites have been selected along the route and there is still time to have your say! [...]
Talk presented by Alasdair Mearns in Timespan
Thursday 24th November at 7pm
As the programme of talks to explore the theme of the Clearances in Kildonan comes to an end we are delighted that Alasdair will be coming to Timespan to talk to us about the Gaelic language.
The Gaelic language was spoken by the majority of the population [...]
Jacquie Aitken, Project Manger
It was a double whammy for Timespan on Saturday 1st October when John Mackay (Golspie/Rogart) and Lionel Whitehead (Formerly Trentham Estate, now living at Hilton, Ross-shire) presented talks about two estates located many miles apart, but related in many ways. The story of Sutherland’s landowning history went through a major [...]
Renowned playwright and poet George Gunn from Caithness has confirmed that he will be the third judge on the panel for the Museum Without Walls Poetry Competition. George has supported Timespan from it’s early conception and a signed copy of an original script of the play ‘The Gold of Kildonan’ was presented by [...]
We were delighted to receive an online genealogy enquiry from Donald Gunn, the descendant of Donald Gunn, who lived in the Strath of Kildonan at the time of the early Clearances in 1813. Donald and his son Robert were listed among the people involved in the Kildonan Riots at the start of 1813. Robert and his sister [...]
You just never know who is going to walk into the Timespan Community Archive – and the flow of overseas visitors continues. Earlier this week I had the pleasure of meeting Patrick McMillin and his wife, who were on holiday from America and have ancestors from the Strath of Kildonan. In fact, theirs [...]
The competition opens on Saturday 24th September 2011 In 2013, it is the 200th anniversary of the instigation of large scale Clearances in the Strath of Kildonan, when the local population where relocated to the coast and replaced with higher income yielding sheep as part of the Sutherland [...]
Timespan and guest curator Kirsteen Macdonald invite you to Helmsdale for a special event celebrating new projects by this year’s artists in residence Graham Fagen and Corin Sworn.
Friday 2nd September 7-9pm
Gallery Reception: A chance to view Graham Fagen’s exhibition which includes a new HD film work by Graham and [...]
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