23/07/2024 | 1 minute read
Exhibitions
Atomic Recreation
Caithness Archive P914
Our previous exhibition, ATOMIC HOUSING: Thurso Transformed, explored the amazing changes to the built landscape of the Thurso area. This was the result of a new type of nuclear reactor being built at Dounreay from 1954 and the subsequent need to house a wave of new workers that tripled the population of the town.
We also touched on the social change this influx of new families made upon life in the county. This exhibition looks to explore further that unbelievable social change through the archives of the Dounreay Social Clubs held at Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archives.
To view the full exhibition and read more about the history of these social clubs, just click https://www.highlifehighland.com/nucleus-nuclear-caithness-archives/atomic-recreation/
The Caithness Archive is actively seeking information and images from the Wick Dounreay Sports and Social Club. If you have any stories, memories, or photographs, please contact [email protected] and the team will be delighted to hear from you.
