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The link between a Caithness bog and The Great Escape- and the two men who uncovered it 30/07/2021, 6:00 am
Norwegian WW2 pilot Jens Müller, who crashed his Hurricane into a Caithness bog during training, and less than three years later became one of only three POWs to escape from Stalg Luft II successfully
On August 27 1941, sixteen Hurricane pilots from 331 Squadron were training in the skies above Caithness.
They were practising flying in V formation, but as they attempted a 180 degree turn to the right, something went badly wrong.
Two aircraft collided, one went headfirst into the peat and burst into flames, while the other managed to limp back to base at RAF Castletown.
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image captionThe exhibition includes a knitted swimming costume from Strathpeffer s Highland Museum of Childhood
Fourteen museums have joined forces to put on an online exhibition of clothing through the ages.
The virtual display, called Highland Threads, features a selection of historical garments.
They include a waistcoat and jacket said to have belonged to have belonged to Bonnie Prince Charlie from Inverness Museum and Art Gallery.
Another item is a child s knitted swimming costume from the Highland Museum of Childhood in Strathpeffer.
Some of the costumes will also be on display at their museum to be viewed by visitors once Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed and the museums can open again.
Dunnet artist s TEXTile garments inspired by wartime tablecloth and the coronavirus By Gordon Calder Published: 16:00, 07 March 2021
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A CAITHNESS artist is creating two unique garments which have been inspired by the coronavirus and a wartime tablecloth which became a poignant memento of servicemen in World War II.
Joanne B. Kaar, who is one of the Lyth Arts Centre artists in residence, is to hand stitch the names of carers from across the county onto a care-worker s uniform. A second garment will feature the names of anyone in Caithness community who has felt increasingly isolated throughout the pandemic. The items will feature in her new TEXTiles project.