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The damp and faded letter was hard to read, but they were able to make out the name Addison Runcie, the year 1978, and an address in Cullen, Banffshire.

He was born in Aberlour in Banffshire and later married Jane Taylor Beck, with whom he had seven children.

The journalist and author James Naughtie was brought up in nearby Banffshire and knows well the area in which Sunset Song is set.

He was recently invited to a special festive service at Aberdeen's St Machar's Cathedral by Andrew Simpson, the lord lieutenant of Banffshire.

Ms Nicholson started the project in 2018 after Lord-Lieutenant of Banffshire, Andrew Simpson, asked the community if anyone could think of a way for the town to commemorate WW1's 100th anniversary.