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1982
Letter from Marjorie Drummond relating to early WI meetings (a long
time before 1982) at Kinlochmoidart…..”names of the 8
ladies who attended the very first meeting”
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Margaret
McClurg
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The
Lodge
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Lexie
Smith
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Farm
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Peggy
Kennedy
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Ardmolich
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Mrs
MacDonald
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Kinacara
Shop
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Mrs
Norman Macauley
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Glenmoidart
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Miss
Lees
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Glenmoidart
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Mrs
General Stewart
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The
Castle
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Marjorie
Drummond
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Caolis
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….General Stewart kindly lent us a room in the big house….we
got our heads together and decided to cream wash the walls one afternoon
and painted the old grate black….we each brought something
to eat at the meetings which we pooled on a plate and one member
brought a large kettle which was permanently on the boil…Miss
Lees added a certain amount of dignity…but even she was many
times convulsed with laughter and just sat there holding her ribs….The
meetings were arranged as near as full moon nights as possible,
although I still carried a torch and I used to walk three and a
half miles through the hill to our wee croft at Caolis…My husband
used to meet me at the old boathouse that used to be near the pier….This
was long before the new road to Lochailort was made…In summer
I used to use my croft rowing boat as far as the pier…. We
had meetings all year round in those days…at the end of each
meeting we had a game we loved to play called Rag Bag…corsets,
bloomers, bras, bathing costumes….the music would stop and
we would all rush to the Rag Bag and put something on…This
was hilarious and we used to laugh our heads off…. (some having
to rush to the toilet)…Gradually we got more members from Dalnabreac
and Dorlin etc and moved to Mingarry Hall…” Letter
from Marjorie Drummond, Bonnalie/Impey Papers, Ref 55
1995 Kinlochmoidart House restored. Kinlochmoidart House,
Stephen Jefferson
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