Re: Ian Sinclair of Noss Head, Wick, Caithness

[Jean Haddow <jean@hadpad.demon.co.uk>]

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In message <199810030411.XAA01296@vyoma.mids.org>, "John S. Quarterman"
<jsq@mids.org> writes
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>The software got confused about posting the appended message,
>apparently because Ian for some reason wasn't subscribed.
>He's subscribed now (for a total of 169 subscribers).
>Here's his message, which I hope you will all find as interesting
>as I did (I wondered who lived in the lighthouse).  -jsq
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>Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 14:57:35 +0100
>From: ian.sinclair@which.net (ian.sinclair@which.net)
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>iansinclair wrote:
>> 
>> To begin with I am new to this modern technology so please forgive any
>> mistakes.
>> My name is Ian Sinclair, I live at the lighthouse at Noss Head,Wick,
>> Caithness, Scotland.   The lighthouse is next door to Sinclair and
>> Girnigoe Castles, Which is the seat of our clan chief The Rt.
>> Hon. Malcolm, Ian Sinclair.
>> Just a few weeks ago a new Trust was formed to attempt to save the
>> castles from any futher decay.
>> The trustees are The Rt. Hon. Malcolm, Ian Sinclair. The Rt. Hon. Lord
>> Thurso John Sinclair. Niven Sinclair. Euan Sinclair [Solicitor]. and
>> myself.
>> The task we have in front of us is by no means an easy one but our
>> determination is 100%.
>> we are hopful that we can involve a number of young unemployed from the
>> area working with Master Masons, also possibly overseas students.
>> Another area to be looked at is the educational input for the young
>> people, teaching them why the castles were built,for what purpose, and
>> by whome.
>> That is just the begining, we are also going to build a residential
>> Study Centre/Library into our lighthouse complex. We have at present
>> over two hundred books in our collection, some very old and rare ones.
>> I will attempt to keep you informed of the progress we make, in the
>> meantime if any person is interested in our work please contact me on.
>> 
>> E-MAIL  ian.sinclair@which.net
>> TEL No  0161 881 5055
>> FAX No  0161 881 1546
>> 
>> Fraternally
>> 
>>          Ian Sinclair.
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I was very interested in your e-mail about Noss Head - I have been subscribing
to the Sinclair net for aeons and have had not a squeak of anything that relates
to my  Sinclairs. My mother was a Sinclair from Freswick, just down the road
from Noss.The family had the croft at Roadside,and another up on the hill.  Many
of the family emigrated, some to Baltimore, some to Detroit and some to Toronto.
Her father was William Sinclair and her mother Jane Kennedy.  Her mother's
brother was the tailor who at one time lived in the little house at John
O'Groats now billed as the "last house in Scotland."  The family, like so many
in that area, were members of Keiss Baptist Church, the first Baptist church
founded in Scotland, and founded, incidentally, by a Sir William Sinclair.
I know Noss well and I'm delighted to hear that it is to be preserved.
Please let me know what is going on.
My e-mail address is jean@hadpad.demon.co.uk . My telephone number is
01592-263580 and my fax is 01592- 263593.
Jean Haddow
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