Prince Charles Opens Pulteneytown People's Centre In Wick
1st August 2005
Prince Charles arrived by helicopter at wick airport this morning and went to open the Pultneytown People's Centre in the former Old Man's Rest. The centre is used for meetings and some of the overflow groups from the offices in Murchison Street.
Prince Charles was shown round by Councillor Katrina MacNab who is also the PPP manager. She introduce the Prince to members of a ladies group that use the centre and others involved in the project. At one point there were roars of laughter as the prince heard about some of the activities.
Prince Charles then headed to the Old Pulteney distillery. He is in Caithness for more than a week and will attend the Mey highland Games on Saturday amongst other events.
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