Everyday Memories
The old Silver Fox Ranch 'Snow Belt' at Alness
by Cate Mowat
I am currently researching the history of some of the old fox farms in Scotland, the Alness farm situated on the Old Struie Road at Stittenham was one of the first sites I visited.
Added 20/02/2011
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THe Bungalow, Corpach
by Jonathan Eadie Mather
Colin Burt from Queensland wrote about staying with two old ladies at this house.
Added 05/02/2011
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Life at Inverernie
by Gordon Steadwood
Plenty of hard work but life was fantastic!
Added 08/02/2010
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Loch Ness
by brodie
In the October holidays our family went to see our yacht hoping to be able to take it through Loch Ness in a few hours.
Added 24/12/2008
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Roderick Mackenzie - Jacobite Hero
by Philippa MacKenzie
A Memorial Cairn to Roderick Mackenzie, Jacobite hero, stands beside the A887 about ten miles west of Invermoriston.
Added 10/03/2009
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Memories of a Cape Wrath lightkeeper
by Donald Macleod
Memories of a Cape Wrath keeper and random reminiscences and memories of Donald Macleod, Principal Keeper at Cape Wrath 1982 to 1989.
Added 30/03/2006
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Life in Fasnakyle 1948-1950
by Maurice D. Lalonde
It was my first job after leaving school and moving with my parents to Scotland, where my Dad took a job with John Cochrane & Sons.
Added 20/12/2009
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Munro Monument - Clachnaharry, Inverness.
by William John Fraser
In the late 1940's, my uncle, William MacDonald and his friends, gathered on a regular basis at the Munro Monument at Clachnaharry, under what they referred to as the Ceardach Tree.
Added 04/12/2007
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Kessock Ferry disaster 1894
by Thurman Reynolds
My wife's great great grandfather Angus McKinnon was one of two survivors of the sinking of the ferry.
Added 23/09/2008
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Memories of a man from Nairn
by Ryan Asher
In the year 2000 I interviewed Peter Mackenzie about his experiences of life in Nairn and other places.
Added 06/04/2006
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The Glenfinnan Monument & Me
by Jamie Gaukroger
I was only a year old when I first visited the Highlands; it was Easter 1974 and, unsurprisingly, I have no recollection of it.
Added 14/07/2006
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A Tale of Two Chief GI's
by Murdo MacLeod
It must have been the number of naval uniforms that I had seen coming and going in the village of Gress throughout the Second World War
Added 17/07/2006
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Marymas Medieval Fair
by Pamela Moffat
This year the Marymas Fair will be celebrating it's 21st Anniversary. Each year the Fair is held at the Northern Meeting Park on the second saturday of August from 11am to 5pm.
Added 09/03/2007
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The Bungalow, Corpach 1939-40
by Colin Burt
In October 1939, fearing that Hitler was about to start bombing London immediately, my mother and I - then aged seven - were evacuated to Corpach near Fort William.
Added 10/03/2007
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Hattersley pedal looms.
by Alan Hope
After the second world war, I was an apprentice Dobcross loom tuner in Northumberland, my tutor being one Bob Robson from Galashiels.
Added 20/01/2007
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Lyth School
by Ann M P McLeod (nee Dunnett)
MEMORIES OF LYTH PRIMARY SCHOOL
(Officially known as Barrock Public School)
Added 22/04/2007
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Inverness Remembered
by J W (Dick) MacKintosh
These recollections were penned by J W (Dick) MacKintosh in his introduction to the volume 'Inverness Courier - An Index 1920-1939' (1983).
Added 19/05/2010
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Coronation Dance, Croy
by Drew MacDonald
Playing the accordion at the Coronation Dance in Croy Hall
Added 20/12/2005
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On board HMS Carrick, 1943
by Lady Christian Innes
This was my first posting as a member of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS). We were called WRENS.
Added 17/03/2006
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Visitors
by Peter
Growing up in Tulloch was a magical experience. Each day and season was enriched with something or another. Summer was spent making huts in the woods, picking blueberries and tickling brown trout from the banks of burns.
Added 25/08/2005
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Am Bonfire
by Iain Maclean
Tha deagh chuimhne agam air m' òige. Chan eil mi fhathast ach còig bliadhna fichead!
Dhomhsa, 's e teine mòr a thogail a h-uile bliadhna, am prìomh rud dhiubh sin.
Added 07/06/2005
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Nessie fun!
by Norman Newton
During my years as the Reference Librarian at Inverness Public Library I developed an interest in Nessie.
Added 29/08/2005
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Culloden
by Chris Hendry
The news of the new Visitor Centre for Culloden reminded me of what the battlefield was like in the 50s & 60s when I was a small girl.
Added 07/06/2005
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Ness Island Bridges
by WH Cooper
Mr James Dredger, an engineer from Bath, developed a novel type of suspension bridge in the early part of the 19th century.
Added 17/08/2005
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A Typical Working Day
by Jean MacLeod
We were wakened at 6am by the apprentice cooper. We had bread and jam and a cup of tea and put on the cloots
Added 07/06/2005
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Memories of Inverness
by Margaret Cooper
In the 1950s and 60s our daughter was a pupil at the Crown School. While there she attended a class for violin tuition run by a well known musician in the town, Miss Isabel Bethune.
Added 03/06/2005
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Ballachulish Ferry
by Frances Cooper
I remember a journey south from Inverness on the A82 with my mother and sisters in the early 1970s
Added 06/06/2005
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Birthday Celebrations
by Norman Newton
To mark if not to celebrate my 60th birthday I decided, after consultation with friends and relatives, that I wanted to attempt the Cuillin Ridge on the Isle of Skye.
Added 07/06/2005
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Memories of Inverness
by Margaret Cooper
Fifty or sixty years ago, Inverness was home to a well known auctioneer - Willie Michie. People came from miles around to attend Fraser's auction sales
Added 06/06/2005
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