Updated: August 4, 2021, 8:48 am
Support is growing for Invernessian Josephine Tey, the crime writer s crimewriter, to be commemorated in the city with a blue plaque
A groundswell of support has emerged for the placement of a blue plaque in Inverness to recognise one of its most successful daughters, featured recently in the P&J.
Best-selling author and playwright Elizabeth ‘Beth’ MacKintosh, aka Josephine Tey and Gordon Daviot (1896-1952) had strong connections with the city’s Castle Street, where her family owned a successful fruiterer and various other properties which they rented out.
One of their addresses, no 53 Castle Street, was demolished earlier this year, and is in the process of being rebuilt, complete with the original stone façade.
Colonel Ron Back, 84, who served in the Army for 38 years, said he was completely taken aback when he read his own obituary in the publication. Pictured: Back while serving as a Major
A retired Colonel was shocked to read the sad news of his own death in an Army newsletter.
Colonel Ron Back, 84, who served in the Army for 38 years, said he was completely taken aback when he read his own obituary in the publication.
The father of three had to reassure a number of friends and former comrades that he was in fact alive and well after rumours spread of his demise.