ALLT A’ CHÀISE: THE CHEESE BURN
There were once five sets of tunnels under the Caledonian Canal between Banavie and Gairlochy. One of these collapsed about 1840 and drained the canal
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NO LONGER FORGOTTEN AFTER 80 YEARS – THE 51ST HIGHLAND DIVISION
ST VALERY-EN-CAUX JUNE 1940
In his book, ‘Fo Sgàil A’ Swastika”(“Under the Shadow of the Swastika”)(1), Donald John MacDonald recounts what happened
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MY BLARMACFOLDACH SCHOOL DAYS
Deep in my memories is the love for our little school in the country which at the time of me attending only had four pupils. My sister Margaret and
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THE PERSONAL TOUCH: SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MUSEUM’S COLLECTION
Much of history is of great events – good or bad – often told from the point of view of the victor. But often on a journey through a museum little p
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WORN AT CULLODEN
I have been thinking about what to write for this blog post now for a couple of months. It seems like my words have disappeared from me during the
A GLIMPSE INTO THE HISTORY OF THE WEST HIGHLAND MUSEUM: THE 1925 JACOBITE EXHIBITION
A relic of the museum’s early days in Fort William was donated back in 2013 when it turned up in a bookshop in Western Pennsylvania in the USA.
I
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JEMIMA BLACKBURN: A VICTORIAN PIONEER
As part of the #MuseumsSparkJoy campaign Ron Cameron tells us what objects in the West Highland Museum’s collection spark joy and inspire him.
“Jem
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THE STORY OF RANALD MACDONELL OF TIRNADRIS
In the Highlands and beyond the story is well-known. The brave encounter of Major Donald Macdonell of Tirnadris* who, with just 11 men and a piper,
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A LOCHABER LAD SHARES HIS COMMANDO MEMORIES
The West Highland Museum’s Commando room has proved to be a hugely successful recent development.
As a child in Banavie in the 1940s and 1950s, the
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A LOCHABER LASS REMEMBERS VE DAY 1945
On 8 May 1945 the country celebrated VE Day. Betty Bruce lived with her parents in Inverlochy village on the outskirts of Fort William where she at
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