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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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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In 2016 it was a very distinct honour to work on the original sword of Donald Cameron of Lochiel (1700 – 1748).
Donald Cameron was the 19th Clan Ca
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The Lochaber Power Company and the British Aluminium Company were formed, and by 1924 work had begun on constructing a smelter at Fort William.
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A silver water cruet was donated to the West Highland Museum in 2011 and now forms part of the collection. The small silver water cruet was found i
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The Siege of Fort William took place during the 1745 Jacobite Rising, from 20 March to 3 April 1746.
As part of the 2019 Highland Challenge, I brou
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In 1625, as the civil war raged in Scotland two Parliamentary armies tried to bottle up and destroy the Marquis of Montrose and his loyalist force i
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Roderick MacKenzie was the son of an Edinburgh goldsmith who fought as an officer in Bonnie Prince Charlie’s army. It was often commented that MacKe
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