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Clubs & Societies 3 & 4 Pastoral Letter 6 Church Details 6 What’s On 11/12/14 Cinema Listings 13 Celebration of Life 15 Chef’s Confidential 16 Elgin Marvels 18

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I.T. Blog Facebook Fun How many of you out there are using Facebook? I’ve personally found it a great tool for connecting with family members and friends that I don’t see every day, however it is a security nightmare.

Anytime you download a new app or game it wants to access your personal data and that of your friends, then once you stop using the app, if you don’t remove it, then it will continue to have access to that data while you forget that it was even there in the first place.

I can strongly recommend going into your privacy settings and spending ten minutes to go through all the options carefully.

In particular watch out for the hidden ones, such as your DOB which is in your profile and make sure that it isn’t available to everyone, otherwise you will be giving away a key piece of info about yourself.

Remember that prospective employers or business associates may well “Google” you to find out a bit more, do you really want your Facebook profile showing up? It will by default and it may present a view of you that is perfectly suitable for Friends and Family, but is less than desirable for business purposes.

It also doesn’t help that Facebook periodically change their security settings, so keep an eye on any notices from them and once in a while pop back and double check them, just to be sure.

AIR TRAINING CORPS 446 (FORRES SQUADRON) Community organisation open to young men and women between the ages of 13 and 20.

Victoria Road, Forres. Contact Flt Lt Chris Leaney 690215 DALLAS MINIATURE RIFLE CLUB Meets Mondays & Wednesdays 7pm-10pm from October-March at Dallas Rifle Club. Aims: to promote the safe handling and instruction in competititive target shooting. Contact Neil Sutherland 01343 890243 DYKE PRE-SCHOOL CENTRE Dyke Village Hall, Dyke, IV36 1FR. Contact Yvette Halpin 0781 619 7766 or email yvette@yhalpin.orange home.co.uk FÈIS INBHIR NARAINN Reg. Charity No. SC038460.

Running weeklay traditional music classes in guitar, fiddle, whistle, accordion, chanter, keyboard & bodhran. Any ability from age 8. Instrument hire available. Tel: 01667 462681 or visit www.spanglefish.com /inbhirnarainn FORRES ACCORDION & FIDDLE CLUB Meets second Wednesday each month from September - May, Victoria Hotel, Forres. All levels & ages welcome. Contact Ann Sharp 672672 FORRES AREA CREDIT UNION Contact Ann McHardy 676735 FORRES AREA FORUM Meets on the second Wednesday of every month, 79pm in Forres Community Centre. For everyone who cares about Forres. Contact Jennifer Collins 01309 676964 or email forresareaforu@googlemail.com FORRES AREA SOCCER SEVENS Provides fun football for children

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aged 8-15 in the Forres area.

Grant Park. Contact 691662

monthly, Forres Town Hall.

Contact tel: 672282/675075

FORRES ARTHRITIS SUPPORT GROUP Meets last Thursday each month at Forres Town Hall. Speakers and demonstrations. Contact Marie McKay 673505

FORRES HARRIERS Small friendly club, various ages and abilities. Meets Tuesday and Thursday 6.30pm Swimming Pool/Roysvale Park in Winter,Grant Park in Summer. www.forresharriers.org.uk

FORRES ‘BALL’ GROUP ‘Be Active Life Long’, meets Thursdays 10am-12noon, over 60’s group for exercise to music, and social exchange. Forres House. Contact 672838

FORRES IN BLOOM Contact Lorraine Dingwall by email fixandig@aol.com FORRES / MOUNT DORA TWINNING ASSOCIATION Contact Kenneth J Laing 690398

FORRES BIG CHOIR Open community choir singing inspirational songs from around the world. No auditions, no need to read music, Thursdays 7pm, St. Johns Church, Forres.

Contact Bill Henderson 672951 or Kate O’Connel 01343 850266

FORRES PIPE BAND Meets Tuesdays 6.45pm, Forres Town Hall. Contact Mike Munro Drum Major 01343 890374 or John MacKenzie Chair/Sec 672513

FORRES CAMERA CLUB Meets Thursdays, SeptemberApril in Town Hall. All levels and ages welcome. Contact George Taylor 01667 454732

FORRES QUILTERS Meets every Tuesday 1.30pm 4pm in Forres Community Centre. Contact Mrs Moyra Cox 674024

FORRES CURLING CLUB Season runs September to March at Moray Leisure Centre.

Coaching available. Contact Ann Munro 690332 or email lambertmun@aol.com

FORRES TOASTMASTER CLUB Aim: to improve communication and leadership skills through a structured course of speeches.

Welcomes members of all abilities and experience. Part of Toastmasters International.

Contact Paul Harvey 694822

FORRES CYCLING CLUB Small friendly club. Training schedule throughout the year with club races every weekend and mid-week club time trials in summer. Contact Alan White 674698 FORRES GYMNASTICS CLUB Promotes Gymnastics and offers training, exercise and fun, through display work and competitions. Female only, up to 18 years. Contact Patsy FraserMackenzie 673316 FORRES HARD OF HEARING To assist hard of hearing/deaf persons and tinnitus sufferers.

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FORRES COMMUNITY WEB To promote the town of Forres on the Internet, Wednesdays 7pm, Community Hub, Tolbooth Street, all levels welcome, aged 18+. Contact: Anthony Bowmer 672244 FORRES COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB Meets the first Friday each month at the Victoria Hotel.

Social & line dancing to live bands. Contact Billy 674674 MACMILLAN CANCER RELIEF (FORRES BRANCH) Contact Sheila Warrener 672216

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MEN’S CHOIR A new choir just for men. All kinds of music. Meets fortnightly at St. John’s Church, Forres.

Alternate Tuesdays 7.30pm9.30pm. No experience necessary. For more details contact Bill tel: 672951 MORAY FLYING CLUB Contact Angela Dry, RAF Kinloss 617361 MORAY BUSINESS WOMEN An informal club for women within the Moray area who have an interest in business, networking, sharing information and general socialising. Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month. For more information, tel: Michelle on 07887 730708 or e-mail us at tina.mason52@yahoo.com MORAY CEILIDH CLUB It's informal! It's fun! It's a great night out! Everyone welcome!

Great dancing in a traditional village hall environment. Dances will be explained for beginners ..and those members who cannot remember! Bring your own booze. Contact Steve Coomber on 01343 541983 or visit www.moraycc.org MORAY MODEL RAILWAY GROUP Contact David Jackson 675441 MORAY MOUNTAINEERING CLUB Guests are welcome to attend Club meets, monthly Bus picks up at Bank of Scotland, Forres, 7.30am (3rd Sunday each month) visit our website at www.moraymc.wordpress.com MORAY VOICES Moray youth voices-project for teens throughout autumn. Vocal and acoustic instrument workshops, solo/group leading to performance. Contact Kate O’Connell 01343 850266 or email kateoc@naturalvoice.net

NAIRNSHIRE CEILIDH DANCE GROUP Meets every Tuesday in the Seaforth Club, Gordon Street, Nairn, 7.30pm-10pm. Anyone interested in learning & enjoying social, sequence and ceilidh dancing in a friendly and informal group. Contact Doreen 01667 451430 or Alistair 01309 674499 NATIONAL CHILDBIRTH TRUST Antenatal classes and breastfeeding support. Regular meetings and outings in Forres and Elgin area. For information email nct_moray@yahoo.co.uk NHS RETIREMENT FELLOWSHIP Meets every second Wednesday each month from September May. Elgin Town Hall Supper Room 2pm-4pm. Contact Mary Nelson 675371 ‘NO STRINGS ATTACHED’ CONFIDENTIAL HELPLINE If you are caring for someone who is affected by drugs, alcohol or mental health issues and you feel that it is having an impact on you and the rest of your family call 01343 555031 for help and advice. Anonymity if required PEEK-A-BOO CRECHE (KINLOSS) Drop-in creche for all Moray children. Places can be booked in advance. Contact Susan Whittaker-Smith 691442

help or just want to find out more about what we do, call us on 01343 556031 QUASAR HOCKEY CLUB Contact Peter Bavage 691178 RSCDS (FORRES BRANCH) Scottish Country Dance classes September - March: Adults Monday 8pm-10pm, Town Hall, Forres; Juniors (age 5-15 years) - Wednesdays 6.30pm-8.30pm, Applegrove Primary School.

Contact Miss M. Ross, ‘Morven’, Castle St., 673325 RAFFORD TODDLER GROUP Meets Tuesdays 9.30am to 11.30am at Rafford Hall. Contact Pauline 671592 REBOOT (MORAY COMPUTER RECYCLING) Computers at affordable cost, to Community/Voluntary groups and disadvantaged individuals.

Contact 671681, 9 Greshop Road, Forres RIDING FOR THE DISABLED (FORRES, NAIRN & DISTRICT) Provides opportunities to ride and give therapeutic benefit to disabled children in the Forres and Nairn area. Contact Mrs C Negus 0845 241 5301 THE HANDYPERSON SERVICE (MORAY) Supports vulnerable, elderly, disabled and disadvantaged members of our community to maintain their independence and a better quality of life in their own

ttforres@googlemail.com TRIBAL BELLY DANCE CLASS FOR BEGINNERS Mondays 7-8pm, Findhorn Dance Studio, for more info contact Caroline tel: 01340 810258 THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION (MORAY) Forres meetings: Beavers Tuesdays, Cubs - Mondays, Scouts - Fridays. Email beavers@morayscouts.org.uk (or @..... or scouts@..... etc) VARIS CLUB Open to all retired business and professional people. First Tuesday each month at 10am, Forres Town Hall, guest speakers, new members welcome. Contact Norman Thomson 676884 VOLUNTARY ACTION MORAY (VAM) Exists to encourage and support voluntary activity, assist local groups and to identify needs which require development.

Contact 01343 541713 WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION We hold 9 meetings per year (on Saturday afternoons) in Elgin Library open to anyone with an interest in the First World War. Contact Derek Bird on 01343 870562 or email at chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk

If you would like details of your club or society included in this section please let us know. All club listings are free. Not all clubs will be listed every issue.

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Two notices seen outside a Parish Church: ‘Pray now and avoid the Christmas Rush.’

‘When you were born your mother brought you. When you were married your partner brought you.

When you die your friends will bring you. Why not try coming on your own sometime?’

Laughter is - or should be - an important part of our lives and Jesus certainly had a fine sense of humour you can see that in his parables - and look who God appoints to be clergy! The ability to laugh at ourselves is probably the most difficult part of being fully human; and God really does want his children to be fully human.

Do you not think Jesus was alive to the humour of it when he put his hands on The Apostle Peter’s head - Peter who was often stubborn and slow to understand - and said

“Upon this rock I build my Church?”

Two more Church notices both on Church doors

‘Don't let worry kill you off - Let the Church help.’

‘This is the Gate of Heaven, enter ye by this door.’ Below which was written - ‘This door is kept locked because of the draught.’

Some graffiti follows all added to Church notices. The original notice is in italics and the addition is in normal print.

Trespassers will be forgiven. scrawled on a Church car park wall.

Jesus Saves....With the Woolwich.

Jesus Saves....But Moses headed it in off the post.

Jesus Saves....Save yourself Jesus

Lighthouse Church meets every Sunday at Clovenside Chapel.

Service starts at 10am, refreshments served afterwards.

Tel: 672215 or email info@lighthousechurch.co.uk www.lighthousechurch.co.uk Edinkillie Parish - Church of Scotland Sunday Worship 12noon. Contact Mrs A. Young (Session Clerk) tel: 611271 St. Leonards Church meets every Sunday at 10.30am for Family Service and 6.30pm for Evening Worship, tel: 641239 or email:sessionclerk@stleonardschurchforres.com (For services at Rafford and St Michael’s Dallas please contact St Leonards) St. Margaret’s Catholic Church mass on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 10am. Contact Father Barnett tel: 01667 453323 Caroline Street Gospel Hall Gospel Meeting every Sunday at 6.30pm. For more details tel: 674375 email: glcinfo@tiscali.co.uk St. Laurence Church meets every Sunday at 10am for Family Service, tel: 672260 email: barryj.boydstlaurence@btinternet.com

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Jesus Saves....At today’s prices that's a miracle.

Love your Enemies....And they'll wonder what kind of scam you're trying to pull.

Where will you be on Judgment Day?.... Still waiting for the number 83 bus.

Tired of The World, The Flesh and The Devil? Come and join us....If not Phone xxxxxx and ask for Sally.

As Jesus said: “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

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Matthew 11:29-30 What better rest is there than to laugh occasionally - yes even at ourselves.

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Rafford Church meets every Sunday at 9.30am for Family Service, our praise is from CH3 and Mission Praise. After the service we enjoy fellowship over a cup of tea and a biscuit.

Contact Anne Garrow (Session Clerk) tel: 672930 St. John the Evangelist Scottish Episcopal Church meets every Sunday at 8am for Communion and 10am for Family Communion Service, tel: 672856, email stjohnsforres@ btinternet.com or visit www.stjohnsforres.wordpress.com Kinloss, Findhorn & Alves Church of Scotland Alternating weekly, Kinloss and Findhorn, at 10am, and Alves 1st Sunday of each month 11.30 am. Contact 690931 or 690349 Moray Grace Fellowship Meets Sunday mornings 10.30am in Alves Village Hall.

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book sale - sale of withdrawn library stock to include books, cd’s, videos, dvd’s all at bargain prices, 12noon-8pm, elgin library, tel: 01343 562619

exhibition on the people of moray, local heritage centre, institution road, elgin, tel: 01343 569011 or visit www.moray.gov.uk/localheritage ‘a cabinet of curiosities’, visit our exhibition of objects from all over the world designed to incite wonder, fascination, curiosity and perhaps even repulsion…, open 10am to 2pm, tuesday to saturday, free, tel: 673701 for more information.

24 thursday scottish opera, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, £11/£5 concessions, tel: 691170 for details

25 friday forres town hall cinema, 6.30pm-8.15pm for 9-12 year olds and 8.15pm-10pm for 12-16 year olds, free entry - yearly membership £1, details at your school

26 saturday inverness fiddler’s rally, 7.30pm, £14/£12, empire theatre, eden court, inverness, annual rally with over 100 players on stage plus renowned fiddler duncan chisholm with guitarist tony byrne, and song group canntaireachd, tel: 234234 or visit www.eden-court.co.uk club m at the mosset tavern, 11pm-3am, £5 at the door, tel: 672981 for more details

27 sunday live irish music - lisa mchugh & band, doors open 6.15pm, the mosset tavern, £10 at the door, tel: 672981 for more details

MARCH 1 tuesday to 4 friday 18th moray science festival on environmental wonders, moray college, elgin, for primary 6 & 7 pupils at all moray primary schools, interactive hands-on fun science sessions, for more details contact sam bright tel: 01343 576319

1-31 tuesday - thursday old elgin in photographs, local heritage centre, institution road, elgin, tel: 01343 569011 or visit www.moray.gov.uk/localheritage SpotLight on Forres and District

2 wednesday book sale - sale of withdrawn library stock to include books, cd’s, videos, dvd’s all at bargain prices, 10am-8pm, elgin library, tel: 01343 562619

3 thursday 18th moray science festival - malt whisky nosing session by diageo, 7pm-9pm, the beechtree restaurant, moray college, tickets available at reception priced £10 from 6.45pm onwards, for more details contact sam bright tel: 01343 576319 pure brass, 7:30pm, south room, gordonstoun school, nr elgin, £12/£6, visit our website www.thegcs.org.uk for details or tel: 01343 837917

4 friday back to the future - ‘elgin in style’, 7.30pm, elgin town hall, showcasing a number of city centre businesses using drama, dance & live music, brought to you by elgin business improvement district (bid) and the out of the darkness theatre company, £7, visit www.elginbid.co.uk for more details

5 saturday 18th moray science festival - families day on environmental wonders, 10am-4pm, moray college, elgin, open to families & the whole community, tickets £6/£21 for a family, doors open at 9.15am, come along & get messy & find out science is fun! for details contact sam bright tel: 01343 576319 coffee afternoon for film forres, 1pm-3pm, forres town hall

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6 sunday quiz night in aid of forres hydrotherapy pool, 7pm for 7.30pm start, the mosset tavern, tel: 672981 film forres quiz night, 7pm for 7.30pm, the red lion, forres, teams of 4 £10, quiz master rob sutherland, winners receive a bottle of whisky each and runners up a bottle of wine each, raffles at half time & all funds raised for upgrade of cinema equipment

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alejandro ziegler tango quartet, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, £10/£8/£6, tel: 691170 for details highland rock garden club - ‘the practicalities of growing alpines’ by ron macbeath of lamberton nursery, 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 01309 641405

9 wednesday to 12 saturday elgin musical theatre present disney’s beauty and the beast, 7.30pm (including saturday matinee), elgin town hall, a treat for all ages, tickets on sale at mathieson’s, batchen street, elgin or tel: 01343 547765, for more details visit our website www.elginmusicaltheatre.co.uk

11 friday dyke garden club - ‘sweet peas’ allan mcgowan, 7.30pm, dyke village hall, contact 641342 or 641565

Get tickets for Fochabers Gig in Christies Chemist Tickets for The Loft online at www. thebooth.co.uk Alternatively, for both gigs contact Daz Tindall on 07977 150641

19 saturday flag malawi day, 11.30am-2.30pm, forres acdemy, burdsyard road, forres western front association - from front to back : the german prisoners of the bef - mike taylor, 2.30pm, the gallery, elgin library, contact derek bird tel: 01343 870562, email chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net or visit www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk matt andersen, 8.30pm, the loft venue, by kinloss, tel: 01343 850111 or vist www.loftgigs.co.uk the wiyos, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, £13/£11/£8, tel: 691170 for details

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Slam are Stuart McMillan & Orde Meikle. Synonymous with the Glasgow underground club scene, this duo have garnered a reputation as International DJ’s and respected collaborators.

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indulgence evening in aid of lepra, 7pm-9pm, forres academy, come & try various types of therapies and beauty treatments for £5, all welcome, tel: 611258

25 friday forres town hall cinema, 6.30pm-8.15pm for 9-12 year olds and 8.15pm-10pm for 12-16 year olds, free entry - yearly membership £1, details at your school ultimate girl power night! - tribute to madonna & girls aloud, doors open 8pm, the mosset tavern, £10 / £23.95 2 course meal and show, tel: 672981 moray rock garden club - donald davidson of abriachan ‘primula and auricula’, 7.30pm, new elgin hall annexe, for more details contact colinne souter tel: 01340 871504 or netta milne tel: 01343 881558

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Cinema Nairn 4th March Julie and Julia (12a) 25th March 3:10 to Yuma (PG)

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Cinema Listings March 2011 Eden Court Theatre, Inverness The King’s Speech (12a) Blue Valentine (15) Neds (18) True Grit (15) plus many others

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Moray Playhouse, Elgin New Screenings begin on Fridays Call 01343 542680 or visit www.morayplayhouse.co.uk

From 4th March Rango (U) From 11th March The Resident (15) From 16th March Chalet Girl (12a) From 25th March The Eagle (12a) KidsAM - Every Saturday & Sunday at 10.15am - £1 per ticket Seniors Club - Every Tuesday at 12.30pm - £3.05 inc. refreshments NEW Teen Screen Every Thursday & Friday £2 with upgrade for 3D films

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1 friday fil campbell, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, £10/£8/£6, tel: 691170 for details 2 saturday the call of the loonbird, 4pm, universal hall, findhorn, £6/£5/£4, tel: 691170 for details 5 tuesday bugs & beetles - make a bug, beetle or creepy crawly mask, 1pm-3pm, free family drop-in at the falconer museum, contact 673701 for more info 7 thursday musical junk - make musical instruments from junk and recycle your yoghurt pots, 1pm-3pm, free family drop-in at the falconer museum, tel: 673701 for info 8 friday dyke garden club - agm and ‘garden hints & tips’, 7.30pm, dyke village hall, contact 641342 or 641565 12 tuesday cosy chicks - make felt finger puppets or egg cosies with a spring theme, 1pm-3pm, free family drop-in at the falconer museum, contact 673701 for more info darts competition - singles, registration 8pm, the mosset tavern, tel: 672981 for more details 13 wednesday caged, 7pm, universal hall, findhorn, £6/£5/£4, tel: 691170 for details highland rock garden club - ‘the wild flowers of the northwest highkands of scotland by ken butler, 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 01309 641405 14 thursday hand print art - can you make a hedgehog, owl or flowers from your handprint?, 1pm-3pm, free family drop-in at the falconer museum, tel: 673701 for info sean hughes, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, £14/£12, tel: 691170 for details western front association - postal and paper ephemera of the great war - jim mackay, branch member, 2.30pm, the gallery, elgin library, contact derek bird tel: 01343 870562, email chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net or visit www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk red room, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, £10/£8/£6, tel: 691170 for details 29 friday moray rock garden club - carole and ian bainbridge ‘patagonia’, 7.30pm, new elgin hall annexe, for more details contact colinne souter tel: 01340 871504 or netta milne tel: 01343 881558 30 saturday highland rock garden club - annual spring flower show, plant sale & coffee morning, 10.30am, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 01309 641405

she’koyokh klezmer ensemble, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, £10/£8/£6, tel: 691170 for details

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Now that the days are getting longer and the weather milder, Knockomie is welcoming local walkers, who have enjoyed a stroll on many of the local footpaths, Blairs Loch and the Dava Way. Those who enjoy a delicious hot chocolate, cake and a warm fire to relax beside, not to mention the weekend newspapers! One of the favourite cakes are our home made Cranberry and Ginger Cupcakes, so we thought we you might like the recipe.

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Fossil Reptiles & Footprints Not to be confused with the Elgin Marbles, the Elgin ‘Marvels’ actually come from Elgin! They are 250 million year old fossil reptiles, and their footprints, that were collected from old sandstone quarries, mostly over a century ago. Dr Neil Clark, Curator of Palaeontology at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, provides a fascinating insight into our local history.

Carol Hopkins, a student at a 1996 Open University Summer School in Edinburgh, had visited the local Clashach quarry at Hopeman and found a vast number of footprints being excavated. The quarry had recently been re-opened to supply stone for the facing of the new Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. By 1997, Carol had investigated over 200 footprints and trackways!

The animals responsible for making these footprints are thought to have been mammal-like reptiles. Fossil skeletons of these animals were known from the nearby Cuttie’s Hillock west of Elgin and can be seen displayed in the Elgin Museum.

probably not the best way to investigate the cavity as it would damage the fossil so I removed the rock to Glasgow for further research using modern medical techniques.

With the help of Calum Adams, a consultant radiologist, at the Western Infirmary in Glasgow and the Royal Alexandra in Paisley, we scanned the hole in the rock using both CT and MRI. It was not easy scanning through such a thickness of rock and the machine had to be tweaked close to its limits. As the CT produced its first scan, we saw something I was not expecting. We saw a difficult to interpret complex network of cavities.

When all the scans were collected and stacked into a 3D image, the nature of the hole in the rock became clear. It was the entire skull of a mammal-like reptile! After this, the rock was placed in a plastic box and filled with fluid to make the MRI scanning work. The whole process was so unusual that the BBC filmed an episode of Tomorrow’s World on this novel technique of analysing cavity fossils in a non-destructive manner.

Research by Arthur Cruickshank, an expert in such animals, showed that the skull was identical to a known animal from Cuttie’s Hillock called Dicynodon (Gordonia) traquairi.

Because of this discovery, we now know that the age of the Hopeman sandstones is the same age as the Cuttie’s Hillock sandstones closer to Elgin - 250 million years old.

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Also in 1997, Bill George, who worked in the quarry at Clashach, found a rock with an intriguing hole in it. It was immediately thought this may be a cavity left by bones dissolved by acid waters. No recognisable fossil bones had ever been found in the Hopeman sandstone so this discovery was potentially an extremely important one, as the age of the sandstone at Hopeman was not known with any certainty.

In March 1998, the quarrying was increased which put a number of critical footprints at risk of being destroyed. The Moray Stone Cutters kindly offered to move the slabs of sandstone containing footprints to a convenient spot, forming an amphitheatre close to the Moray Coastal Trail near Hopeman.

At that time, there was really only one way to deal with cavity fossils; to fill the cavity with rubber and smash it open with a hammer to remove the dried rubber. I decided this was

If you are interested in fossils from the Elgin area, or finding out more about other fossils, please visit the Elgin Museum www.elginmuseum.org.uk

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Apologies apologies for absence were received from moray Cllrs l Bell, l Creswell, i ogilvie, J hamilton, Community Cllrs S ferris, mrs e hayward, S Kennedy, J mcDowell, J mcKenzie, D mclean, mrs C Pitstra & y rep r Kennedy.

Public Session a member of the public made enquiries of the Community Council with respect to over laden boughs caused by the recent snowfalls in Sanquhar Woods. members suggested that he initially approach the Woodlands trust to determine ownership and responsibility.

Secretary’s Report • mail was received from moray Council and taboo Scotland.

• the Winter edition of the “tenants’ Voice” was received from moray Council.

• mr Keddie, Ceo of moray Council, responded to our letters on the consultation of Bogton & Common good land pointing out that the moray Cllrs had asked for the consultation to be delayed until January.

• following an open letter in the forres gazette of December 8th from mr Peter Jones, Communications officer of moray Council, criticising officers of the Community Council for their actions at the Budget Consultation meeting the Chair responded to him in a return letter, printed the following week in the December 15th edition. members discussed both letters and extended an invitation to mr Jones to attend our January meeting, when the topic for discussion will be “Consultation.”

Chair’s Report the Chair received the autumn newsletter from the Scottish health Council.

Treasurer’s Report • the Secretary, in the absence of the treasurer informed the meeting that our account stood at £1040.00

A.O.C.B. • Cllr Smith said that he noted that as part of an energy saving pot 6 school heating controls had been purchased by moray Council but no further follow-up had been recorded. Was it possible for moray Cllrs to investigate further.

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While I am generally avoiding party politics in this column I think the one political issue I can mention without fear of reprisal is the UK Government’s plans to hold a referendum on the same day as the Scottish Parliment elections.

All of the main political parties in Scotland have expressed their concern over this with the worry that media coverage of the key election issues - including health, justice, education, environment, Fair fa yer honest sonsie face, why can ye nae America grace?

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fishing, farming and, indeed, almost all functions of local government - will be overshadowed by the debate on voting reform.

That belittles the importance of the Scottish Parliament on deciding on these crucial issues that affect us every single day.

At the time of writing there is still a possibility of the votes being held separately and for the sake of democracy and having a proper debate on both the Scottish Parliament and the referendum I really hope that is the case.

Angus Robertson MP politicians to come to Scotland and examine our meat production facilities in a bid to have the haggis ban lifted.

Not only would it help ensure that those celebrating Burns Night in the States can do so authentically, it would also provide an important export boost for producers who know there is a market that they just can’t access.

Here’s to the haggis and here’s hoping!

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Where was the frontier?

Viking pirates attacked areas of Scotland, as elsewhere in Western Europe, in the late 700’s and continued sporadically for several hundred years. They favoured wealthy coastal settlements where their highly mobile fleets could accomplish swift grab and run raids. We know about the raids of monasteries, because monks elsewhere reported on these frightening marauders, but suspect that wealthy secular sites were also targeted. Not only precious objects were taken, but also people to be sold into slavery.

In the wake of these raids Scandinavians came and settled, in particular on the Northern and Western Isles, but also to Caithness and Sutherland. These areas were controlled by powerful chieftains, known as jarls or earls. Gradually over time the King of Norway obtained nominal overlordship over these Scottish Scandinavian settlers. Officially the Western Isles were part of Norway until 1266, and the Northern Isles until 1472, resulting in centuries of Scandinavian influence in these areas. Ideally the term Vikings is used to refer to the raiders, and Norse to the settlers.

The initial Scandinavian settlers were pagan and were buried with gravegoods in marked contrast to the native Christian Picts. Viking graves are known from Caithness, and there appear to be isolated remains of female and male graves from near Dunrobin Castle and Ospisdale near Dornoch. South of the Dornoch Firth there is very little archaeological evidence, and unfortunately none at all from Dingwall. A Viking silver hoard was deposited at Tarbat church, Portmahomack around 1000. Recently a small silver ingot fragment, similar to ones found in Viking silver hoards, was found by a metal detectorist near Dores. If it dates to the Norse period, it would provide hints of Norse use of the Great Glen. However, unfortunately silver ingots were used throughout history and into modern times, and because it was not excavated by archaeologists we are unable to determine the context or date.

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an interlaced animal. Brooches of this style were worn in Scandinavia and often date around c. 1150. This exciting find provides evidence of late encounters on the south side of the Moray Firth – but whether as a traded item or part of a short-lived settlement cannot be determined.

From these fragments of evidence, it is clear we cannot say anything with certainty about the southern frontier of the Vikings and Norse in the Moray Firth area south of the Dornoch Firth. I suspect that it was not static, and would have been a contested frontier area with its fertile agricultural land. It probably changed hands between Norse opportunists and the local powers, the original Pictish rulers (and possibly kings of Fortriu, if indeed this key late Pictish stronghold was situated on the Moray Firth as Alex Woolf has argued), and later the earls of Moray (who during the reign of MacBeth in the early 11th century controlled a vast area), depending on who was stronger at the time. Sometime in this period Dingwall presumably was the centre of Norse control, perhaps as Barbara Crawford has argued, as part of a strategy of the Earls of Orkney to gain timber from the Conon and Beauly rivers to bring back to Orkney.

Tantalising questions remain. What was the relationship between Norse and native in this area? Where were the Pictish and later native settlements especially to the north of Inverness? And of course, how much and in what way did this Norse settlement influence the local area? We can only hope that future archaeological discoveries will shed light on these issues.

Dr. Susan Kruse is a Viking archaeologist with interests in Viking silver hoards, economic systems, and the issues of frontiers. Currently she is a project officer with ARCH, Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands, providing a range of courses and events for people to learn about and preserve their local heritage. She is an Honorary Research Fellow with the University of the Highlands and Islands and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

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