Northern Meeting Park Stories

Northern Meeting Park Stories The page of the Northern Meeting Park community heritage interpretation project.

The Northern Meeting Park, in Inverness, is at the centre of an exciting new interpretation project, thanks to financial support from the National Heritage Lottery Fund. In collaboration with The Highland Council, High Life Highland is leading on this initiative which aims to create both on-site and online interpretive experiences for visitors. The project is designed to let people share their mem

ories of the Park, find out more about its history and significance, and help design the new interpretation that visitors and local people can enjoy on-site and online. There will be free, informal workshops at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery and in the Highland Archives Centre as well as a range of walks-and-talks, pop-up events and activities for local school children. Look out for information about how to get involved – details will be appearing online towards the end of July, and there will also be posters in a range of locations including local libraries, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, the Highland Archives Service, and local community centres. Whether you are a lifelong Invernessian with stories to tell about the Park, or someone who has moved here more recently and wants to discover its history, this project is for you!

Come along to the Northern Meeting Park this Friday 5th June for the official unveiling of the Park's new interpretive p...
01/06/2026

Come along to the Northern Meeting Park this Friday 5th June for the official unveiling of the Park's new interpretive panels and lots more besides. All welcome - admission free!

This lovely photo is from the Marymas Fair in 2006, courtesy of Am Baile - Highland History and Culture We are planning ...
05/09/2025

This lovely photo is from the Marymas Fair in 2006, courtesy of Am Baile - Highland History and Culture We are planning including it on our new interpretive panels for the Park and would love to find out the names of the two girls in the photo. Can anyone help?

Very interesting chap who played cricket at the Northern Meeting Park. The Highland Archive Centre has his amazing scrap...
12/07/2025

Very interesting chap who played cricket at the Northern Meeting Park. The Highland Archive Centre has his amazing scrap book which is packed with press cuttings and photos from his youth and army service.

This hardcore Scot is Tommy Macpherson aka the “Kilted Killer”

- Served as an officer in the No.11 Scottish Commandoes in WW2
- In 1941, during a daring four man raid to capture Erwin Rommel in North Africa, he was captured by the enemy.
- In a span of 2 years, he escaped a total of 7 times till finally making it back to the UK.
- Days after his return, he was ordered by Winston Churchill himself to “Set Europe ablaze”
- He parachuted behind enemy in lines in France and began a long campaign of destruction alongside the French resistance.
- Virtually every single night, he would either kill Germans or destroy their supplies and communications.
- On one occasion when a German staff car was approaching a level crossing Macpherson booby-trapped the barrier arm so it crashed down on the vehicle, decapitating the local commandant and his driver
- He single handedly captured 23,000 men and 1,000 vehicles in one night by simply convincing a German General that he was in command of the Allied forces in the area.
- As a touch of class, he would ride around the enemy country side in a black French car with a British flag attached to it. The Germans placed a 300,000 franc bounty on his head
- He then went to Italy and pretty much did all of the above again.
- Wounded numerous times and awarded the Military Cross for his actions
- One of the most decorated soldier in history
- He passed away at the age of 94 (Nov.6.2014)

Side note: He did all of the above wearing the full Highlander battledress including the kilt.

We are at the Eastgate Centre this morning till 2pm. Lots of other stalls too, including our friends from the Highland A...
06/10/2024

We are at the Eastgate Centre this morning till 2pm. Lots of other stalls too, including our friends from the Highland Archive Centre . And there's music! Why not come along and see us?

We will have our pop-up display of archive photos of the Park at the Silver Sunday event taking place in the Eastgate Ce...
03/10/2024

We will have our pop-up display of archive photos of the Park at the Silver Sunday event taking place in the Eastgate Centre this Sunday 6th October, 10am-2pm. Lots of other activities to enjoy too - why not come along?

The Andrew Paterson Collection has some super archive photos of the Park as well as loads of other photos of Inverness p...
22/09/2024

The Andrew Paterson Collection has some super archive photos of the Park as well as loads of other photos of Inverness people and places in the past. Well worth following!

This image is from the Northern Meetings series of 1934 from the Andrew Paterson Collection. (Andrew Paterson/SHPA)

That's our pop-up display set up ready in the Kenneth Street Halls (on 'Little Kenneth Street' between Ardross Street an...
14/09/2024

That's our pop-up display set up ready in the Kenneth Street Halls (on 'Little Kenneth Street' between Ardross Street and the Tomnahurich Street junction). Why not drop in to see the photos and tell us about any stories/memories you gave of the Park? We are here today (Saturday) until 2.30. PS still a few places left on our free Cathedral Quarter guided walk at 3pm today!

It's going to be a busy day for us this Saturday with another pop-up display from 12 noon to 2.30pm in the Kenneth Stree...
11/09/2024

It's going to be a busy day for us this Saturday with another pop-up display from 12 noon to 2.30pm in the Kenneth Street Halls, followed by a free guided walk at 3pm exploring the history of the development of the area around the Park (the Cathedral Quarter). Why not come along? Please note that the guided walk needs to be booked in advance at places are limited. Hope to see you Saturday!

Would you like to find out more about the history of the area around the Northern Meeting Park, including the Cathedral,...
11/09/2024

Would you like to find out more about the history of the area around the Northern Meeting Park, including the Cathedral, Eden Court, Ardross Street etc? Why not join our guided walk, led by local architect Calum Maclean, this Saturday (14th September) at 3pm? Tickets are free but must be booked in advance. Hope to see you on Saturday!

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