Donald Maclean/Gary Nimmo/Guards KO/Peter Bain/Metro Cup

A visit to Mrs Fiona Johnston last week yielded some interesting and important additional information and memorabilia on the life and times of her uncle P/M Donald Maclean of Lewis, and this has been added to our Famous Pipers column. We are grateful to Mrs Johnston for her assistance. Congratulations to Gary Nimmo, Ullapool schools instructor, who has taken over the Bagpipe Specialists Highland supply company from Alison Sinclair. We…

P/M Donald Maclean and Major Manson

It is history all the way this morning with a nice letter and photographs from Ontario about Donald Maclean’s 2/4 march Major Manson at Clachantrushal. The letter begs more information on P/M Maclean and this we have included in our new ‘Famous Pipers’ section of the web magazine. Easy access to piping history is very important, especially for the younger, internet generation. Here, then, is an opportunity for our army of young…