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Enterprising Caithnessman who made his name in the shirt trade

Enterprising Caithnessman who made his name in the shirt trade By Contributor Published: 10:34, 21 February 2021 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day s newspaper Watten Mains in Cheshire, built between 1861 and 1871. A few years ago, Caithness Family History Society (CFHS) had an intriguing enquiry: a Cheshire woman was researching the history of her office building and had found that it was once a private house called Watten Mains! Its name had been bestowed by Caithness-born Dunbar Murray and she asked if CFHS would be willing to help her find out about him.

Royal Collection: Wick photos from 1800s with Queen Victoria link found

© Supplied by Wick Society/Johnston Collection Wick Bay north side at the time of fishing is the caption. Alexander Johnston photograph c 1865 Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A chance observation in an old newspaper has led to the discovery of two photos of Wick in the Royal Collection. The photographs are held at Windsor because they were gifted to Queen Victoria by the Earl of Caithness in 1865. What’s more, they are early examples of the work of Alexander Johnston, who with his brother James and the following two generations created a massive photographic record of Caithness in more than 100,000 images, known as the Johnston Photographic Collection.

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