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Honouring the past.
The stone plinth of the Leaping Salmon statue is deliberately designed to replicate features of the Commando Memorial. This includes the...
Steve Nicoll
Mar 261 min read
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Finishing touches.
The most recent stage in the completion of the Laeping Salmon statue was the application of the finishing patina. The green, brown...
Steve Nicoll
Mar 261 min read
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A Fishy Tail
Powderhall Bronze hosted the Scott Sutherland Project committee with sculptor Alan Beattie Herriot on Tuesday the 18th of February. The...
Steve Nicoll
Feb 192 min read
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Casting for Salmon
The latest update from Powderhall Bronze on Friday was when the molten metal was poured into the moulds for the Leaping Salmon statue....
Steve Nicoll
Jan 201 min read
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Brechin Acorns
The generous ladies of Brechin Acorns hosted the Scott Sutherland Project and the Commando story. The emphasis of the talk was on the...
Steve Nicoll
Jan 81 min read
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Project Team visit Powderhall Bronze
Photo Left to Right: Dave Matthews, Steve Nicoll and Barry Barnwell (SSP Committee), Alan Beattie Herriot (Sculptor) and Kerry Hammond...
Steve Nicoll
Dec 29, 20241 min read
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Powderhall Bronze join the team.
The clay model of the four Leaping Salmon has been moved from the studio of sculptor, Alan Beattie Herriot, to the foundry worksop of...
Steve Nicoll
Nov 16, 20241 min read
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Remembrance
Keith Norman kindly donated £500 to the Scott Sutherland Project in memory of his father, S A Norman. Keith served with 289 Royal Horse...
Steve Nicoll
Nov 16, 20242 min read
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GOING FOR BRONZE - GOLD RESULT!
Tuesday 29th October 2024, your Scott Sutherland Project Team had the honour to visit the studio of Alan Beattie-Herriot (centre of...
tfbbuk
Oct 30, 20241 min read
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Once 45 Commando...Always 45 Commando.
Over 125 veterans of 45 Commando held a reunion weekend in Arbroath and Royal Marines Condor on the 23 & 24 August 2024. Over that...
Steve Nicoll
Aug 28, 20241 min read
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The Project Team Invited to Achnacarry Gathering
It was a great honour for the Comm ando Association and Royal Mariunes Association members to be invited to attend the Clan Cameron...
tfbbuk
Aug 6, 20241 min read
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The (Not-so-)Young Officers of 1974 add their support...
At their recent 50th Anniversary Reunion at CTCRM, the Batch of September 1974 determined to provide support to the Scott Sutherland...
tfbbuk
Jul 26, 20241 min read
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Scott Sutherlands Seventh
Guests photographed outside the Crawford Building.
Steve Nicoll
Jul 11, 20241 min read
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Dundee University salutes Scott Sutherland
It was a very special occasion for the Scott Sutherland Project yesterday at Dundee University on the Perth Road. The seventh plaque in...
Steve Nicoll
Jul 11, 20241 min read
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The Seventh Plaque is looking good.
Steve Nicoll is pictured hading over the plaque to Andrew Dodds and Yvonne Murray of Dundee University. The screen wall behind the group...
Steve Nicoll
Jun 25, 20241 min read
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Dundee University joins the Commando Memorial Heritage Trail
The seventh plaque in the Commando Memorial Heritage Trail was formally handed over to Dundee University ahead of the scheduled unveiling...
Steve Nicoll
Jun 20, 20241 min read
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40 Commando Association Reunion
At the reunion of the 40 Commando Association in Blackpool on the 1st of June the members were keen to add their support to the Scott...
Steve Nicoll
Jun 4, 20241 min read
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Steve Nicoll
May 29, 20240 min read
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BBC Scotland
Steven McKenzie of BBC Scotland was interested in hearing about the Scott Sutherland Project. He published an online article in mid May...
Steve Nicoll
May 29, 20241 min read
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Go Fund Me
The Scott Sutherland Projoect comittee are very pleased to annouce that a Go Fund Me campaign has been launched to raise the money...
Steve Nicoll
Mar 12, 20241 min read
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