Thurso

Date: 1850-1901

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-5714-4

Description: Comprises draft deed between Alexander MacDonald, late of Wellington and presently in South Australia, John Dorset of Wellington and Harriot Riddiford, wife of Daniel Riddiford, and Alfred de Bathe Brandon re farm land and stock (1850); muster roll of Captn Fraser's company of the Military settlers, Napier Militia, at Lambert Redoubt (August 1865); and kirimana katikati hipi, a shearing contract in Maori with 20 signatories (Oct 1901) Also includes agreement between Sir A H M Sinclair of Ulbster, Thurso, and Capt Riddiford, re Thurso Castle (1927) Relationship complexity - See also MS-Papers-5714-046 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1880s-1980s

From: Gambrill, Mollie Dilnot, 1911-2001 : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-7369-09

Description: Photographs of family, relations, friends and their children. One group are the loose prints from album PA1-o-1040. These are mostly of Gambrill family members, and Australian relatives. Most date from the 1900s to 1930s. Two separate groups of photographs dated 1981 are of Petham, a town in Kent, and Thurso, a town on the northern coast of Scotland. Petham, Kent, was where Mollie's father's family came from. Waddenhall Farm, Kent was where he was born and the place from which the family emigrated to New Zealand Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s). 42 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7074

Description: Photographs taken circa the 1960s by John Ingle, when in Scotland, including 10 black and white images. Includes views of the Firth of Clyde and Cloch Lighthouse; Old St Peter's Kirk in Thurso; Highland cattle; Loch Ness; the Bonar Bridge and Dornoch Firth in the distance; Dunnet Sands and peninsula; a cottage at John o' Groats with the Orkneys behind; coastal fishing boat; ruined church at Thurso; Inverness; "Church of the Sutherlands"; Aberdeen fishing fleet; Balmoral Castle; Glamis Castle; Edinburgh Castle showing the wall, the graveyard, preparation for a tattoo, Arthur's Seat; newspaper vans leaving printers; Black Watch Memorial; the Forth Bridge (Railway); the Forth Road Bridge. Quantity: 14 colour original transparency/ies slides. 10 b&w copy transparency/ies b&W copy transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: [1926-1964]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-046

Description: Comprises tallies of game shot at Thurso Castle, Caithness during 1926-1927, lists of people staying at the castle, list of people with guns, room list, diagram of rooms and guests, invitation to Riddifords to attend Thurso Parks Improvement Scheme bazaar (1927), letters with data re bags obtained at Thurso and Strathmore for 1926 and details of Barrogill Castle and Lude; letters re rental of Thurso, Strathmore and Barrogill and fishing possibilities (1926); information sheets on Thurso Castle and Strathmore accommodation, shooting, fishing and rent (1926); and article from `The Field' on Scottish roe heads (annotated) (23 Apr 1964). Game included grouse, partridges, snipe, duck, hares, golden plover, rabbits, pigeons, geese, stags and salmon. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1920-1960]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-083

Description: Comprises speech to introduce speaker (?Mrs Weston) on democracy; a simple prayer from St Freancis of Assisi; speech at Thurso Castle to a group including Lady Sinclair and the Provost; statement re St George's Park, Thurso, by M F Macpherson, inspector, collector, clerk and registrar (1920s); draft of letter to `Wairarapa Age' re letter of Mr Atmore; speech to prize giving at Nga Tawa school; list of people headed Dan which includes staff; and notes, `The whole of the extracts below are from genuine letters sent to the Pensions Office' and are mostly humorously anecdotal Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1912-1965]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-039

Description: Correspondence, membership cards, draft letters, circulars, papers and other material including NZ Police pass for Riddiford to represent the Gear Meat Company during the Royal Visit (1956) and notice re proposed amalgamation of Wairarapa Age Company and the Wairarapa Daily Times Ltd (1936). Also papers re the Repform Party and the Reform Club. Quantity: 1 folder(s).