Old Photographs Helmsdale Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of photographs of Helmsdale, Sutherland. The modern village was planned in 1814 to resettle communities that had been removed from the surrounding straths as part of the Highland Clearances. It is a fishing port at the estuary of the River Helmsdale, and was once the home of one of the largest herring fleets in Europe. The village is on the A9 road, at a junction with the A897, and has a railway station on the Far North Line. Andrew Rutherford, born 23 July 1929, died 13 January 1998, was born in Helmsdale. He was a British scholar and university administrator. He was Vice Chancellor of the University of London from 1994 to 1997. In 1953 he married Nancy Browning and they had two sons and a daughter. He died in Edinburgh. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
Helmsdale, Scotland (1926)
Driving through the coastal village of Helmsdale on the way north to John O'Groats.
This extract comes from Claude Friese-Greene's 'The Open Road' - originally filmed in 1925/6 and now re-edited and digitally resto This extract comes from Claude Friese-Greene's 'The Open Road' - originally filmed in 1925/6 and now re-edited and digitally resto This extract comes from Claude Friese-Greene's 'The Open Road' - originally filmed in 1925/6 and now re-edited and digitally restored by the BFI National Archive. Britain seen in colour for the first time was heralded as a great technical advance for the cinema audience - now we can view a much improved image, but one which still stays true to the principles of the colour process.
The rather haphazard journey from Land's End to John O'Groats creates a series of moving picture postcards. Look out for shots containing the component colours - red and blue-green - such as when a little girl in a red coat and hat walks among peacocks in the grounds of a castle, and three girls with red curly hair pose by the sea at Torquay.
The car is a Vauxhall D-type - considered a sporty model at the time. A long-distance journey by car was a relatively new concept, with none of the amenities en route now taken for granted. The visit to a petrol station shows smoking on the forecourt: no health and safety issues back then! The travelogue ends with a series of recognisable London landmarks. Much remains the same - one major exception being the volume of traffic on the roads. (Jan Faull)
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Extreme spring salmon fishing on the River Helmsdale in Scotland - with Andy Richardson
Join Andy Richardson on the famous River Helmsdale in Scotland fly fishing for Salmon in extreme conditions.
We also drop in on Ron Sutherland to look at some of his fly tying expertise as well as talk about a famous character. We hope you enjoy the film!
[GB] A9 Inverness to Thurso, Part 3: Helmsdale to Scrabster
Driving the last miles of the A9 road, between Helmsdale to Scrabster in Caithness County, Scotland
Dornoch to Embo
The little village of Embo lies just a few miles north of Dornoch on the road to Loch Fleet. There has been a settlement at this location since at least the Bronze Age - a fine example of a burial cairn can be seen in the centre of the village at the entrance to the caravan park.
Embo was formerly a fishing village, as can be seen from the lanes and rows of little cottages that run in parallel down to the beach. However, nowadays the village is a centre for tourism with families attracted by the long, clean, sandy beaches.
WOW! - Best ever pan of Scottish gold - unedited sequence.
Mates and Gold visit the extreme north of Scotland and spend time panning near Helmsdale with local panner Dave Gray.
Dave shows the process of using a gold pump, panning and then recovery of a really nice panful of gold. Even we Australians were surprised at the result and it all looked so easy!
Keiss Beach Scotland
Fantastic Scottish Beach
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Helmsdale Viking Day
This is the video log of Helmsdales first ever viking festival, There was leather craft, woodwork, horn craft, a re-enactment of the battle for Helmsdale and even a viking feast.
Hope you all enjoy and stick around until the end for all the funny bits.
Also a massive than kyou to all of the re-en actors who came and helped, to all the crafts people, to all of the woodies, to Timespan and especially to everyone who came and participated Thank you we couldn't have done it without you.
-Eccelus
Keiss, Scotland - Summer 2015
Town Centre, Wick, Scotland
Video of Wick Town Centre, home of Wetherspoons most northerly optpost.
Gold Panning Scotland Baile An Or Helmsdale
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Helmsdale to Brora on the Far North Line
The train approaches Helmsdale, next to the river. Good view of Helmsdale station and then along the shore of the North Sea and beaches. Train horn is sounded several times.
Places to see in ( Brora - UK )
Places to see in ( Brora - UK )
Brora is a village in the east of Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland. The name Brora is derived from ancient Norse, meaning 'river with a bridge. A small industrial village having at one time a coal pit, boat building, salt pans, fish curing, lemonade factory, the new Clynelish Distillery (as well as the old Clynelish distillery which is now called the Brora distillery ), wool mill, bricks and a stone quarry. The white sandstone in the Clynelish quarry belongs to the Brora Formation, of the Callovian and Oxfordian stages (formerly Middle Oolite) of the Mid-Late Jurassic. Stone from the quarry was used in the construction of London Bridge, Liverpool Cathedral and Dunrobin Castle.
When in operation, the coalmine was the most northerly coalmine in the UK. Brora was the first place in the north of Scotland to have electricity thanks to its wool industry. This distinction gave rise to the local nickname of Electric City at the time. Brora also houses a baronial style clock tower which is a war memorial.
The village is situated where the A9 road and the Far North Line bridge the River Brora. The village is served by a railway station. Buses operate about every two hours Mondays-Saturdays and infrequently on Sundays from Brora to Golspie, Dornoch, Tain and Inverness in the south and Helmsdale, Berriedale, Dunbeath, Halkirk, Thurso and Scrabster in the north. These are on route X99 and are operated by Stagecoach in the Highlands.
An education is available for primary school children in Brora Primary School in Johnstone Place. The building was formerly Brora High School, that included the primary department. Although the school opened in 1962, the secondary department closed in 1985. Includes a playgroup, nursery and Primaries 1 to 7. Pupils are taken by school transportation to the near by Golspie High School.
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Above helmsdale
Above Helmsdale
Great Britain IV Helmsdale
Steam at Helmsdale
Baile an Or
The launch of 'Baile an Or', the St Ayles Skiff built by the Helmsdale Community (Bunillidh Rowing Club) for participation in the Scottish Coastal Rowing Project. For more info please visit . A report on the launch may be found at
Scotland North Coast spectacular: Armadale
The launching spot is awkward down a steep embankment, but gets you straight into fantastic world-class sea kayaking territory.
You will find this at the end of a short single track road to nowhere.
Far North Harbours - Helmsdale
Some clips and stills of the nice little harbour at the mouth of the river Helmsdale, just off the A9. Taken on a bright and breezy day in September 2011.
Places to see in ( Dornoch - UK )
Places to see in ( Dornoch - UK )
Dornoch is a town and seaside resort, and former Royal burgh in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the Moray Firth to the east. The town is within the Highland local government council area, and within the county of Sutherland.
The name 'Dornoch' is derived from the Gaelic for 'pebbly place', suggesting that the area contained pebbles the size of a fist (dorn) which could therefore be used as weapons. Dornoch has the thirteenth-century Dornoch Cathedral, the Old Town Jail, and the previous Bishop's Palace which is now the well-known hotel, Dornoch Castle and a notable golf course, the Royal Dornoch Golf Club, named the 5th best golf course outside the United States in 2005 by Golf Digest magazine.
It is also notable as the last place a witch was burnt in Scotland. Her name was Janet Horne; she was tried and condemned to death in 1727. There is a stone, the Witch's Stone, commemorating her death, inscribed with the year 1722. The golf course designer Donald Ross began his career as a greenkeeper on the Royal Dornoch links. The golf course is next to the award-winning blue flag beach.
Dornoch used to be connected to the main railway network at The Mound via a light railway. The railway was opened on 2 June 1902. Stations on the line were Dornoch, Embo, Skelbo, Cambusavie Halt and The Mound Junction. The stations were shut on 13 June 1960. Dornoch was a parliamentary burgh, combined with Dingwall, Kirkwall, Tain and Wick in the Northern Burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. Cromarty was added to the list in 1832.
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