The Northern Scot & Moray and Nairn Express, 6 July, 1946 Elgin Courant, 10 July, 1946 Honoured by King Tribute to Moray Author’s Work New Bagpipe Compositions His Majesty the King has been pleased to accept a work entitled “The Royal Collection Highland Bagpipe Music,” the author of which is a Moray man, Mr. John […]
Author: Alan Armstrong
OT: 30 August 1941 – “Pipe Music Champion Mr. John Grant” [Grant’s Retirement]
The Oban Times, 30 August, 1941 Edinburgh Letter-Wednesday Pipe Music Champion Mr. John Grant Mr. John Grant, 35 Groathill Avenue, Edinburgh, Assistant Collector of Taxes, Inland Revenue, retired the other day after 28 years’ government service, when he was presented with a silver quaich by the staff of the Collectors Department at Waterloo Place. Mr. […]
OT: 4 January 1941 – Robert Meldrum “Champion Pipers of the Past and Present”
The Oban Times, 4 January, 1941 Champion Pipers of the Past and Present By Pipe-Major Meldrum It is impossible to say who was the best piper at any date in the past, just as it is impossible to say who is the best piper at the present day, but it must be interesting to many […]
OT: 19 November 1938 – Famous Piper of Olden Days: Malcolm MacPherson
OT: 8 November 1938 – G.C.B. Poulter “The MacCrimmons of Borreraig”
The Oban Times, 8 November, 1938 The MacCrimmons of Borreraig Collingwood Place, Camberley, Surrey, 26 October, 1938 Sir,–With all due respect to the authority of a correspondent of the younger Simon Fraser, I venture to think that Mr. A. K. Cameron’s letter with its incomplete and somewhat fantastic genealogical data will be likely to revive […]
OT: 1 November 1938 – A.K. Cameron “The MacCrimmons of Borreraig”
The Oban Times, 1 November, 1938 The MacCrimmons of Borreraig Crow Rock, Montana, U.S.A., 24 August, 1938 Sir,–Petrus, the son of a clergyman, is the oldest of the MacCrimmons on record. He was born about 1475 and went to Ulster, in Ireland, in 1510. His sons: John (Iain Odhar), and Padruig were excellent pipers. John […]
OT: 23 July 1938 – G.C.B. Poulter “The MacCrimmons of Borreraig”
The Oban Times, 23 July, 1938 The MacCrimmons of Borreraig Collingwood Place, Camberley, 16 July, 1938 Sir,–Those of your readers who are interested in piping history will know the story of how Iain Dubh MacCrimmon, last of the hereditary pipers at Borreraig, resigned office “about 1770” as a protest against the demand of Norman MacLeod […]
OT: 6 September 1937 – Malcolm MacInnes “Piobaireachd Society’s Publications”
The Oban Times, 6 September, 1937 Piobaireachd Society’s Publications 22 October, 1937 Sir,–I trust you will continue the favour of your space for the consideration of this fascinating subject. In the last volume there is an old style of the “Massacre of Glencoe,” published for the first time. Though some prefer the other style, this […]
OT: 7 August 1937 – Malcolm MacInnes “Piobaireachd Society’s Publications”
The Oban Times, 7 August, 1937 Piobaireachd Society’s Publications Highland Club, Inverness, 26 July, 1937 Sir,–As I have said so often, every tune presents a problem. The manuscripts of the “Lament for the Union had apparently baffled Thomason, who seems to have been quite lost in the melody, and impressed the Piobaireachd Society editors, […]
OT: 6 March 1937 – A. Macpherson “Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd”
The Oban Times, 6 March, 1937 Angus MacKay and Piobaireachd Inveran Hotel, Invershin, 22 February, 1937 Sir,–In reply to Mr. John Grant’s tirade of February 20th, I refrain from a controversy of personality; it would, I am sure, be distasteful to the many readers of the Oban Times, with the exception of Mr. John Grant. […]
