***************************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. ***************************************************************************** I don't suppose anyone is interested in John Laurie who was for a long time schoolteacher at Invershin, parish of Creich, and renowned for his quaint ways. He was in fact George Crathorne, born in Scarborough. He quarrelled with his parents, went to sea, and landed at Wick in Caithness, eventually moving to Sutherland. D W Kemp wrote a short book about him (1892) - unlike some, Laurie owned up to his true identity. Malcolm Dundee, Scotland