Invergordon Image Library | Aerial view of Invergordon

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	Graeme Askew
	1978

Aerial view of Invergordon

A view of the central part of Invergordon looking north-west. The wealth of detail is extraordinary with the Academy looking very new, the old target sheds.... the old YMCA.... and much more.
This is one of four aerial views taken on the same day. Click on the 'larger version' to see the full details.
Picture Added on 07 April 2005.

Comments

The view of the old boat repair shed brings back some happy memories. I found an old airborne eighteen foot sailing boat lying in one corner of the shed. It had a bit of a hole in one side, and no deck, but after a bit of judicious carpentery, we eventually managed to make it watertight. Dougal and the guys off the pilot boat helped with the ceremonial launch. The boat was painted blue, and I managed to scrounge a set of sails from Hugh Ross.
Ron Stewart and Murdo Mclennan should remember this boat as we spent a lot of time out on the firth in it.
Added by Eddie Trotter on 03 February 2006.

When was the so-called tank farm constructed - i.e the tanks on the lower side of the railway line? As I can vaguely remember, that area was the original golf course stretching as far as the Cottages. There was an entrance road by the front of the Church and just past where the scout hut is or was stood the club house.
Added by Douglas Will on 07 March 2006.

Is that the old youth club you can just see on the perimeter of Park Primary School? Also I didn't realise South Lodge Primary was so big!
Added by Anon on 07 March 2006.

Yes that's the old youth club of the mid 70s. We were so lucky to have had that facility in Invergordon.
Added by anon on 07 March 2006.

I am sure that the old youth club building was previously part of Invergordon Primary School. I recall getting art lessons from Mrs MacKean in that building around 1967-69 (or am I imagining it?). It became the youth club some time in the 1970s, run by Fraser Faulkener assisted by Cochraine, Morag, Pete, Lannie, and several others. Discos every week playing Bay City rollers, table tennis and darts and the coffee bar run by the kids provided a great time. Shame there is nowhere similar at present for today's kids. It also became home to the painting of "The Cow Jumping Over The Moon" which hung on the wall outside the Primary 1 classroom in the building which is now known as Cromlet Court. The youth club was used briefly for kids parties etc. until it was knocked down in the early 1990s, apparently to provide parking.
Added by Kenny MacCormack on 10 March 2006.

On the crossroads, just past the church, going left, first was the old Manse, next to that was the Naval Officers club, then a big private house, and then the old primary school where I had Miss Bell as my infant teacher. Going back a few years there!
Added by Doug Will on 30 May 2006.

Douglas, Miss Bell was an institution. Think she was in her eighties and still teaching..she finally left around 1947...
Added by Harry O'Neill on 31 May 2006.

Hello Harry, I had Miss Bell as my primary teacher so that would hve been 1947-1948. Believe she was still in the school for a few more years after that.
Douglas. The old Naval Officers Club became the Golf Social Club. Great place for billiards and badminton. The next house along eventually was owned by Rod Macgregor. The old primary I now believe has been converted into apartments.
Added by Eddie Trotter on 01 June 2006.

If you found this interesting, have a look at the following groups of pictures.
Aerial Views of the Town taken in April 1978