Ripley WI Tweedsmuir Scrapbook Volume 1, p. 22

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L ' are employed in local government. _ fit": 1 if T _ . w, 'r, I i v . 7 As it is situated In the centre of a rich agricultural district "v, f, cr l" _ . V 4ltti_fitsstijti"ititr: .. it is also . well-k-n market town. Because of the tremendout .'l' , ' , _ -; .- - i (r "t (' . . J r:" crops of cabbage once grown, it earned the nickname "hail ., ii ' [rr _ l i" _ ' . " W C h" i 'rrr' i town." ' in T,x'ti, I r _ . I f . V . . in! ,5": t). i . nj-rr-am. tiall, in» . , h 3 _ .-" _ l "I; ENERAL SM HECTOR. MACDONALD was born in Dingwall _ (in , my M . Ill ' ... f _ G . Cl/i 8' _ _ Bill T E H.-' ".' l . .;L. y V in 1852. in hls early days he was apprenticed to a singer. 'ily 'y" M 5 . .1 a 'u . El M iN Mi l T ', , q h ch"; '-, _ He enlisted in the army as a private and rose to union-wide -v' .33 in - _ 'IN' .' f "in l V 51 "y I , , 1lll ' ' _ ,. . '".. _ _ 'Jov'iyi)i')(,"r', i renown " Fighting'Mzc. - _ 1 _ 3: i,'." i I' "I. PT. in. ' Bil ., 's, 'i t, L 1 'r1r; . I T The people or Dingwall erected a handsome tower in his s',, . . _ w- .e ji., w" , " ' '1' . > Si, a I "W , 'r, cr" ' ' memory In I905. It is built on a hill to the south cf the town ' _ V , 2 Hr _ _ '_ ii, h", .- ' 'ilt _ ' it 'd ' 1: At Q i, _ Cj, and stand: one hundred feet high. (' cr, tlk in»- A 'i: ' with" H' .A ., W Or ' MErs, Xi l Another link with Mzcdonald is the Dingmll freedom Ar _ '\ .. W, r1"? V - " 1);)O' _ K ', "r' , My y. ' "WM" V, ' is",' casket and sword. They were presented to him by the people "'4'" ii'vl" t v a _ KN L}; " 'N _ .9 'ghlt8 .. . Millie INR _ W 3-5. of his mtive county and have new found ' perinanent resting [ji, in _ 'P _ .5; _ QW'JL' _ _ " - 5;. h Jn . BiiMIrr,r, " ' '2 - I place in Dingwall. _ _ - ,j':ijjj'i) ' 7.. I = ' GN V ' Mar, " - - $1"th ' n 'N, " . B' I In spite Qt Dingwall's long history the'town still étrivcé to "My rr,,,' ttri, - . I . '1"!va q , v' "i. ' ' _ g; N . ' lil' . V 1 keep its place in modern Scotland. __ _ You! 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