Iain I'd love to see the Vimy Ridge Memorial. Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iain Sutherland" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 7:25 PM Subject: [SUT] Rememberance > I have just returned from a 4 day trip to France and Belgium for Remembrance weekend . We visited a number of Battlefields and saw the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate 3 times including the 11 o'clock Service on the 11th hour of the 11th. of November it was an honour to see these places and the Memorials and to here a man of 107 reciting the immortal words "We Will remember Them" I took a number of Photos of Sanctuary Wood , Bedford Corner, TyneCot and Railway Cuttings Cemeteries and also the Menin Gate and finally the Massive and beautiful Canadian Memorial at Vimy Ridge. If anyone would like any of these photos I will gladly forward same as soon as I have film printed (some are on Digital ) just let me know. > Iain > Membership Secretary > POSH > Preserving Our Sutherland Heritage > > A Resident of Keighley West Yorkshire > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > member's interests in Sutherland > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~suthlist/index.html > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > Please visit our NEW POSH web site at > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Iain, So would I. Pat Winnipeg On Wednesday, November 13, 2002, at 02:52 PM, Sara Thomas wrote: > Iain > I'd love to see the Vimy Ridge Memorial. > Sara > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Iain Sutherland" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 7:25 PM > Subject: [SUT] Rememberance > > >> I have just returned from a 4 day trip to France and Belgium for > Remembrance weekend . We visited a number of Battlefields and saw the > Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate 3 times including the 11 o'clock > Service on the 11th hour of the 11th. of November it was an honour to > see these places and the Memorials and to here a man of 107 reciting > the immortal words "We Will remember Them" I took a number of Photos > of Sanctuary Wood , Bedford Corner, TyneCot and Railway Cuttings > Cemeteries and also the Menin Gate and finally the Massive and > beautiful Canadian Memorial at Vimy Ridge. If anyone would like any of > these photos I will gladly forward same as soon as I have film printed > (some are on Digital ) just let me know. >> Iain >> Membership Secretary >> POSH >> Preserving Our Sutherland Heritage >> >> A Resident of Keighley West Yorkshire >> www.sutherlandheritage.com >> >> member's interests in Sutherland >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~suthlist/index.html >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== >> Please visit our NEW POSH web site at >> www.sutherlandheritage.com >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > Our Member's Interest's site > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~suthlist/index.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

So would I Sara - been thinking that we should organise a trip over there for UK POSH members next 11th Nov. we could take video camera to send to those overseas. What do you think? Any takers on a trip out? Christine Northamptonshire, England www.highlandhearts.com www.sutherlandheritage.com -----Original Message----- From: Sara Thomas [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 13 November 2002 20:52 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SUT] Rememberance Iain I'd love to see the Vimy Ridge Memorial. Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iain Sutherland" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 7:25 PM Subject: [SUT] Rememberance > I have just returned from a 4 day trip to France and Belgium for Remembrance weekend . We visited a number of Battlefields and saw the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate 3 times including the 11 o'clock Service on the 11th hour of the 11th. of November it was an honour to see these places and the Memorials and to here a man of 107 reciting the immortal words "We Will remember Them" I took a number of Photos of Sanctuary Wood , Bedford Corner, TyneCot and Railway Cuttings Cemeteries and also the Menin Gate and finally the Massive and beautiful Canadian Memorial at Vimy Ridge. If anyone would like any of these photos I will gladly forward same as soon as I have film printed (some are on Digital ) just let me know. > Iain > Membership Secretary > POSH > Preserving Our Sutherland Heritage > > A Resident of Keighley West Yorkshire > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > member's interests in Sutherland > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~suthlist/index.html > > > > > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== > Please visit our NEW POSH web site at > www.sutherlandheritage.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== Our Member's Interest's site http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~suthlist/index.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.408 / Virus Database: 230 - Release Date: 24/10/2002

The following web site is dedicated to the Presbyterian settlers from Scotland who came to this land. Have a look. www.kildonanpresbyteriancemetery.com Article from Winnipeg Free Press Nov 13 2002 by Colin Fraser Jack and Marion Cooper are doing their part to help preserve Manitoba history at the historic Kildonan Presbyterian Cemetery. The couple operate Cooper's Memorial Foundations and Leveling, a cemetery restoration and maintenance company with a resume that includes work in graveyards all over southern Manitoba. Over the spring and summer of this year, the husband and wife team straightened 170 markers and restored 40 others at Kildonan Presbyterian Cemetery, which is located east of Main Street on John Black Avenue. The company claims that their concrete-based restoration process of fallen and fractured gravestones is the first of its kind in the province. "Some were discoloured so badly you couldn't see them," says Jack Cooper. "And some were broken up in two or three pieces and partially buried in the ground." He estimates that many had been in that state for more than 50 years. Marion Cooper adds that it is especially satisfying rescuing the broken and buried markers thought lost. These markers bear the names of some of the original Selkirk Settlers; a group of Scottish men, women and children who came to the area hoping to make new lives for themselves. They arrived in 1812, setting foot on the banks of the Red River and eventually became an integral part of the Red River Settlement, a community that grew into the City of Winnipeg and Province of Manitoba. "These are pioneers", she says. Over the last 150 years, Kildonan Presbyterian Cemetery has become the final resting place for many of the founders and prominent citizens of this part of the country. It is a living monument to the heritage and history of the area. The Coopers were delighted when the outgoing chairman of the cemetery board, Rev. Richard Gillanders, hired them to help keep these records of the past intact. And for his part, Gillanders is very satisfied with the Coopers' work. Gillanders was unhappy with the dishevelled state of the cemetery and the Coopers are part of a plan to keep it presentable. The cemetery board is trying to raise $100,000 to add to a trust fund to continue in the investment and upkeep of the historic resting place. Most of the broken stones date back to the 1860s and 70s, while some are even older. Time and the elements have taken their toll. Many families either have not been able to take care of the tombstones, lost interest, or the lineage has run out. Gillanders says there are many markers in the cemetery where the next of kin is not known. Prominent early Winnipeg names like Gunn, Sutherland and Bannatyne are examples. But on the other side of the coin, this past summer members of the Ross Clan hired the Coopers to level and restore 15 family stones in the cemetery. "It's something the (Ross) family does across the country and all around the world," says Jack Cooper. "They look after them." The fallen and buried stones are dug up with a shovel and pry bar. The pieces are then transported to the Cooper's shop, grinded, flushed, re-lettered and polished. Next, they are put back together in the original shape and encased in concrete. Finally the restored markers are put back on the original foundation. "We get a lot of satisfaction" says Marion Cooper. "It's nice to see some of th really old stones standing up again." Pat Winnipeg