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Hollywood on holiday

Few are aware that Nairn was Charlie Chaplin’s favourite holiday destination. When Andrew Ross visited the picturesque Royal Burgh he found that it has hung on to some of its Victorian splendour and still boasts a touch of Hollywood glamour.

I had often driven past the Morayshire coastal town of Nairn en-route from Aberdeen to Inverness, but had never found a reason to stop. Achance dinner party conversation about the seaside town known as the ‘Riviera of the North’ being a favourite holiday destination of screen legend, Charlie Chaplin...

By Andrew Ross from Issue 38 published on 11/04/2008