Honouring the real VIPs

Michael C Smith, Kinross.

Iain Thornber’s piece about Mary Tipping with his reference to the opening ceremony for the new road from Lochailort to Kinicara brought back to my memory some details of the ceremony which might interest your readers and which shed light on the character of Mrs Cameron-Head.

A marquee had been erected on the lawn in front of the house of Inverailort and in it the large number of VIPs were given a buffet lunch and the usual speeches were heard. But at the same time, in the dining room inside the castle, all the men who had done the heavy construction work were set down by Mrs C-H to enjoy a slap-up three course feast. The VIPs were quite unaware of this arrangement!