1936 - 2008 Elliot Flett Logie

© Ricky logie 2008

Our Dad, was born Elliot Flett Logie in Harray, Orkney on the 22nd April 1936, the first son and oldest child of John and Liza, brother to Ronnie and Sylvia who are both here and to Johnny who pre-deceased him. He was descended on his mother's side from Native Canadian Indians, thanks to a recent  ancestor who worked for the Hudson Bay Company, a fact of which he was hugely proud.

From the start he was a clever boy passing his 11 plus and going to Stromness Academy. He was academic, a very good sportsman and  a  natural and intuitive musician as we all know - thank you Dad. He   was also a  real looker and remained a handsome man all this life.

Despite his  academic ability he left school at 15 as would have been so common at that time and in that place, and trained to be an agricultural engineer.  He married my mum when he was 20 and she 17, and there followed  the birth of their eight children in quick succession, a period in farming and in fishing,   and all the ups and downs, joys and difficulties which lives well lived  have to endure and survive.
In December 1969 he moved our family from the jewel-green islands of Orkney, surrounded by the shimmering sea, to the remote but fiercely beautiful Sutherland, where he was to stay until October 2006 when he and my mum moved to Fochabers to be closer to their family.

Elliot’s Biography

For 37 years he worked on Achentoul Estate in Kinbrace, as cattleman, tractorman, stockman, shepherd, handyman, mechanic, unqualified vet; and general dare-devil going by the many injuries he incurred.

Whatever he did he epitomised what we call the Protestant Work Ethic - a strong desire to do a good job, to work hard and to sell no one short, something which runs through the veins of the entire Logie brood - for better or worse.

Elliot at Work

Elliot was a highly accomplished musician playing the accordion in a band called the Ace Tones all over the Highlands, and had a great variety of interests in all types of music especially Scottish music.

Elliot at Play