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Sports days, tattoos, piping or pop concerts: What are your memories of the Northern Meeting Park?

Appeal for recollections to help new interpretation project.

Crowds watch the Northern Meeting Games in 1926. Image  Am Baile / High Life Highland
Crowds watch the Northern Meeting Games in 1926. Image Am Baile / High Life Highland

For generations of Invernessians, the Northern Meeting Park has been a constant fixture of the city and a valued gathering place.

Depending on your age, your may recall running in school sports days there, or maybe watching the cricket.

And now, a new project needs your memories and photos.

Do you have a story about the Northern Meeting Park?

Were you among the crowds at the Inverness Tattoo for many years? Remember seeing parachutists landing in front of the wooden stand?

Maybe you were a competitor or spectator in the many piping competitions held at the park?

The Queen Victoria School Band at the 1927 North Meeting Games. Image Am Baile / High Life Highland

Do you remember when Inverness Caledonian Thistle addressed thousands of supporters as they paraded the Scottish Cup in 2015?

Or perhaps you were at The Gathering festival, or Simple Minds. Maybe Madness or Clean Bandit.

The city landmark had been a part of many lives and helped create many memories.

New era for park

And, as it enters a new era with redevelopment work underway, those memories are to be captured.

They could be stories, pictures, programmes or other mementoes of events.

Capt J Mackenzie at the 1919 Northern Meeting Games Image Am Baile / High Life Highland

The project, backed by the National Heritage Lottery Fund, is led by High Life Highland, in collaboration with Highland Council.

How can you get involved?

Information on how to get involved will appear online near the end of this month and a dedicated Facebook page has been created.

A tug-of-war event at the 1920 Northern Meeting Games. Image Am Baile / High Life Highland

Project manager is Helen Smith from Rowan Tree Consulting, working with Interpretaction and DUFI Arts.

She said: “It’s about capturing peoples’ memories to tell the story of the park to locals and visitors.

“We hope people will help add to what we know about the park and be part of the stories we can tell in the interpretation.

Remembering the past, but thinking of the future

“We’re giving local folk the chance to contribute what they remember about the park and say what they think is important.

“We also want to find out what people might like to see happen in the park in future.”

Inverness Caledonian Thistle celebrate their Scottish Cup win at the Northern Meeting Park in 2015. Image Sandy McCook/DC Thomson

New plans for meeting park

The redevelopment of the Northern Meeting Park is part of a Highland Council plan supported by the Levelling Up Fund.

The £5.2 million project will deliver a new, modern pavilion as a multi-purpose event space for community hire and larger functions.

A veterans service at the Northern Meeting Park in 2008 .Image Sandy McCook/DC Thomson

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