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The #Armistice Service at #Helmsdale War Memorial on #RemembranceDay, 1945. It was conducted by Rev. Dr A. B. Scott of St John's Church. Wreaths were laid by local branches of the British Legion and W. Macdonald of Portgower played a lament on the pipes
[source: Highland Folk Museum]
[source: Highland Folk Museum]
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The #Armistice Service at #Helmsdale War Memorial on #RemembranceDay, 1945. It was conducted by Rev. Dr A. B. Scott of St John's Church. Wreaths were laid by local branches of the British Legion and W. Macdonald of Portgower played a lament on the pipes
[source: Highland Folk Museum]
[source: Highland Folk Museum]
Sacks of letters and parcels being loaded into the mail compartment of a Highland Omnibuses service bus at #Achnasheen Station in 1965
[photo: John Sinclair]
[photo: John Sinclair]
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Sacks of letters and parcels being loaded into the mail compartment of a Highland Omnibuses service bus at #Achnasheen Station in 1965
[photo: John Sinclair]
[photo: John Sinclair]
November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The committee which organised the Belgian Flag Day in #Stornoway and across #Lewis on this day in 1914. This sale of small paper Belgian flags and rosettes raised £94 12s 3d (approx. £9,500 today) to support Belgian refugees.
[source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/18]
[source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/18]
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The committee which organised the Belgian Flag Day in #Stornoway and across #Lewis on this day in 1914. This sale of small paper Belgian flags and rosettes raised £94 12s 3d (approx. £9,500 today) to support Belgian refugees.
[source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/18]
[source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/18]
The Mackenzie family from #Melvaig
Back: Mary & Margaret Mackenzie (sisters) and another Mary Mackenzie
Front: John Mackenzie (brother to Mary & Margaret), Margaret MacKenzie (mother of John, Mary & Margaret) and Isabel Urquhart (née Mackenzie)
[photo from the collections at #Gairloch Museum]
Back: Mary & Margaret Mackenzie (sisters) and another Mary Mackenzie
Front: John Mackenzie (brother to Mary & Margaret), Margaret MacKenzie (mother of John, Mary & Margaret) and Isabel Urquhart (née Mackenzie)
[photo from the collections at #Gairloch Museum]
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sailors from the corvette, HMS Curacoa, at #Campbeltown, #Argyll, in 1899. There was an outbreak of scarlet fever on board whilst the ship was in the harbour and a temporary camp had to be set up ashore whilst the vessel was fumigated
[source: MacGrory Brothers Collection; liveArgyll Libraries]
[source: MacGrory Brothers Collection; liveArgyll Libraries]
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Sailors from the corvette, HMS Curacoa, at #Campbeltown, #Argyll, in 1899. There was an outbreak of scarlet fever on board whilst the ship was in the harbour and a temporary camp had to be set up ashore whilst the vessel was fumigated
[source: MacGrory Brothers Collection; liveArgyll Libraries]
[source: MacGrory Brothers Collection; liveArgyll Libraries]
An sealladh bho Àird an Fheusgain tarsainn Loch Carrann, chun a’ Phluic air an taobh thall, gun deit
[neach-fiosrachaidh: Leabharlainn na Gàidhealtachd]
[neach-fiosrachaidh: Leabharlainn na Gàidhealtachd]
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
An sealladh bho Àird an Fheusgain tarsainn Loch Carrann, chun a’ Phluic air an taobh thall, gun deit
[neach-fiosrachaidh: Leabharlainn na Gàidhealtachd]
[neach-fiosrachaidh: Leabharlainn na Gàidhealtachd]
Railways came to the Highlands on this day in 1855 with the opening of the Inverness & Nairn Railway. Almost 800 people boarded the first train at Inverness and among those who watched it depart was Alexander Mackintosh, a pupil at the Royal Academy, who drew one of the locomotives:
November 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Railways came to the Highlands on this day in 1855 with the opening of the Inverness & Nairn Railway. Almost 800 people boarded the first train at Inverness and among those who watched it depart was Alexander Mackintosh, a pupil at the Royal Academy, who drew one of the locomotives:
November 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The trawler, 'Corona', was wrecked at the foot of cliffs near Mid Clyth, #Caithness on this day in 1908. Her crew of nine all made it safely ashore.
[source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/17]
[source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/17]
November 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The trawler, 'Corona', was wrecked at the foot of cliffs near Mid Clyth, #Caithness on this day in 1908. Her crew of nine all made it safely ashore.
[source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/17]
[source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/17]
Premium Bonds went on sale in the UK on this day in 1956. Allan Yeaman, chairman of the Inverness-shire Savings Committee, purchased the first £1 bond in #Inverness Post Office. He is pictured receiving it from the Provost of Inverness, Robert Wotherspoon (left)
[photo: Jimmy Nairn]
[photo: Jimmy Nairn]
November 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Premium Bonds went on sale in the UK on this day in 1956. Allan Yeaman, chairman of the Inverness-shire Savings Committee, purchased the first £1 bond in #Inverness Post Office. He is pictured receiving it from the Provost of Inverness, Robert Wotherspoon (left)
[photo: Jimmy Nairn]
[photo: Jimmy Nairn]
A ferry arriving at the slipway at North Strome, on the north shore of Loch Carron, from #Stromeferry
[source: HLH Archives, D512/03]
[source: HLH Archives, D512/03]
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A ferry arriving at the slipway at North Strome, on the north shore of Loch Carron, from #Stromeferry
[source: HLH Archives, D512/03]
[source: HLH Archives, D512/03]
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Pabail Uarach, An Rubha, Eilean Leòdhais, toiseach nan 20mh linn
[neach-fiosrachaidh: HLH Tasglainn, D1751/2/1/18]
[neach-fiosrachaidh: HLH Tasglainn, D1751/2/1/18]
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Pabail Uarach, An Rubha, Eilean Leòdhais, toiseach nan 20mh linn
[neach-fiosrachaidh: HLH Tasglainn, D1751/2/1/18]
[neach-fiosrachaidh: HLH Tasglainn, D1751/2/1/18]
John Mackenzie, 'An Peigi', working with a scythe (and accompanied by a dog!) at South Erradale, c1940s. His thatched house is in the background
[photo from the collections at #Gairloch Museum]
[photo from the collections at #Gairloch Museum]
October 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
John Mackenzie, 'An Peigi', working with a scythe (and accompanied by a dog!) at South Erradale, c1940s. His thatched house is in the background
[photo from the collections at #Gairloch Museum]
[photo from the collections at #Gairloch Museum]
Pens at the livestock auction mart in #Thurso, Caithness, undated
[source: #Caithness Horizons Collection, North Coast Visitor Centre]
[source: #Caithness Horizons Collection, North Coast Visitor Centre]
October 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Pens at the livestock auction mart in #Thurso, Caithness, undated
[source: #Caithness Horizons Collection, North Coast Visitor Centre]
[source: #Caithness Horizons Collection, North Coast Visitor Centre]
The paddle steamer 'Glengarry' on #LochNess, c. late-19thC
Built in 1844, and originally named 'Edinburgh Castle', she started on the Inverness - Banavie route in 1847 and made her final voyage along the #CaledonianCanal #OnThisDay in 1927
[source: Cook Collection; Inverness Museum & Art Gallery]
Built in 1844, and originally named 'Edinburgh Castle', she started on the Inverness - Banavie route in 1847 and made her final voyage along the #CaledonianCanal #OnThisDay in 1927
[source: Cook Collection; Inverness Museum & Art Gallery]
October 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The paddle steamer 'Glengarry' on #LochNess, c. late-19thC
Built in 1844, and originally named 'Edinburgh Castle', she started on the Inverness - Banavie route in 1847 and made her final voyage along the #CaledonianCanal #OnThisDay in 1927
[source: Cook Collection; Inverness Museum & Art Gallery]
Built in 1844, and originally named 'Edinburgh Castle', she started on the Inverness - Banavie route in 1847 and made her final voyage along the #CaledonianCanal #OnThisDay in 1927
[source: Cook Collection; Inverness Museum & Art Gallery]
Charlie's Cafe in Margaret Street, #Inverness, 1980s. It was first opened by Charlie Pieraccini in September 1952. The original building was replaced in 2004.
[photo: Raymond Meiklejohn]
[photo: Raymond Meiklejohn]
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Charlie's Cafe in Margaret Street, #Inverness, 1980s. It was first opened by Charlie Pieraccini in September 1952. The original building was replaced in 2004.
[photo: Raymond Meiklejohn]
[photo: Raymond Meiklejohn]
October 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
