In 1961 Dr John Green of Sussex bought Raasay House
and other properties on the Island of Raasay.
Over the ensuing years, Dr Green, Inverness County
Council and the Highlands & Islands Development Board became
embroiled in lengthy talks regarding his properties on the island.
During that time, he refused to sell a small parcel of land to
enable a ferry terminal to be built, visited the island only one or
two times and allowed his properties to decay to the point whereby
they where all in a state of dereliction.
In 1980 the HIDB finally bought the last of Dr Green’s
properties.
The actions of an uncaring absentee landlord or the
result of inefficient civil servants and political interference?
We shall see...
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The story of a Scottish landlord
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250 pages with many
photographs and plans.
Royal Size 233 x
156mm.
Paperback.
In "Dr Green of Sussex and the
Island of Raasay", Barry Turner
has probably related the
definitive version of this story.
His research has been
extraordinarily thorough and his analysis
is forensic. This book
is itself a lesson in investigative writing.
Roger
Hutchinson
Second edition.
Published 3rd September
2009.
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