Aviemore Registration Office Moves as Registrar Retires

A Highland Registrar who registered births, deaths and marriages in her own home for the past 35 years retired this week.

Mrs Chrissie Highmore, Highland Council’s Registrar at Aviemore retired at the end of July. Following Mrs Highmore’s retirement, from tomorrow 3rd August 2006, all registration business will be provided from Aviemore Service Point, School House, Milton Park, Aviemore,  Tel:  01479 811990 and the Registrar will be Janette MacKenzie.

Councillor Angus Gordon, Chairman of Highland Council’s Badenoch & Strathspey Area Committee, presented a Long Service Award to Mrs Highmore on behalf of The Highland Council along with Margaret Straube, Chief Registrar who presented gifts from her colleagues in registration.

Councillor Gordon said: “This is a tremendous record of achievement for one person to have delivered a continuous registration service in the same local area for over three decades. On behalf of The Highland Council, I congratulate Mrs Highmore on her long service and wish her well in her retirement.”

Chief Registrar Margaret Straube said: “In her duties as Registrar Mrs Highmore has been very flexible and welcomed members of the public into her home, where she has provided a professional front line service, often meeting different generations of the same families over the years.”

For further information please contact: Margaret Straube, Chief Registrar, The Highland Council tel: 01463 239792.