Statue of John Henderson

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ID: ARC000003_01          Collection: Alan McIvor

Another of the notable characters of Thurso was “Moozie,” or more fully, “Johnnie Moozie,” whose portrait faces this page. His real name was John Henderson, but he had quite a number of nicknames, such as “Glossey,” “Starney,” “Buckteeth,” and “Rotten Legs.” He was a married man, but little is now known of his family history. Moozie had a multiplicity of offices and occupations. He was church - officer and bellman, gravedigger, town crier, officer of court, door-keeper at public meetings and entertainments, confidential messenger on all sorts of errands, and a “generally useful ” person in many other ways.