ID:PC_WMORRISON_056DESCRIPTION:Dancers at Durness Village Hall in December 1968. The hall has now been superseded by a new building opened in August 2001. The old hall needed extensive repair work and was no longer able to provide the facilities required by the local community.
Durness is a crofting township in northwest Sutherland. As well as crofting, the local economy relies on fish farming, sheep and tourism; the area is good for sea trout fishing, walking and sailing.
In the 19th century when clearances were proposed the people of the Durness area resisted. Military intervention ensured that clearances did go ahead but to a lesser extent than originally plannedPLACENAME:DurnessDISTRICT:Eddrachillis and DurnessOLD COUNTY/PARISH:SUTHERLAND: DurnessDATE OF IMAGE:1968PERIOD:1960sSOURCE:Willie MorrisonCOLLECTION:Willie Morrison ArchiveAsset ID:30543KEYWORDS:
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