How did it go? Report from the festival Programme for the festival published The John Rae Society is pleased to announce that it will be...
In January 2017 we paid for a structural survey of the Hall of Clestrain by Steve Wood of David Narro Associates of Edinburgh. The purpose...
At 11.00 p.m. at John Rae’s grave side in Kirkwall cathedral a piper played beautiful music, which John Rae and his wife, Kate would have...
Hall of Clestrain Purchase – Press Release After a long period of delicate negotiations the John Rae Society is very pleased to announce that it...
Our new tent got its first outing at the 2016 Dounby Show. The evening before, several of us struggled to put it up in the...
It was a busy week helping at the Blue Door as well as the Dounby show. However the helpers of the Blue Door enabled us...
Last weekend Colin and Davey went down to the Hall of Clestrain to install the Display board and donation box. The Display board will eventually...
During the early part of the winter, a section of the roof was damaged and a gaping hole appeared. The Society were concerned that when...
The unveiling of a ‘National Commemorative Plaque’ dedicated to John Rae took place in glorious autumn sunshine at Clestrain on 30th September – the 202nd...
The Hudson’s Bay Company in Canada has done a fantastic job creating a web site commemorating some of Canada’s historic figures. The first to be...
We were ushered up to the noisy, excited, throng overlooking Horse Guards Parade. I plugged in my computer and emailed what pictures I had to...
At 3.30 p.m. as the Abbey was closing to the public, the invited guests began to gather at The Great West Door and at 4...