ST KILDA – SMALLPOX, OR WAS IT?
The island archipelago of St Kilda, sitting alone in the Atlantic some 40 miles west of North Uist, was once home to a small population who endured mu
ST KILDA – SMALLPOX, OR WAS IT? Read More »
The island archipelago of St Kilda, sitting alone in the Atlantic some 40 miles west of North Uist, was once home to a small population who endured mu
ST KILDA – SMALLPOX, OR WAS IT? Read More »
In June Betty Bruce recollected her childhood memories of VE Day in Fort William. In this second instalment she reminisces about life after the War.
PASTIME: A CHILDHOOD MEMORY OF LIFE IN 1940S LOCHABER Read More »
Some beautifully embroidered postcards were recently gifted to the Museum.
These postcards are part of a much larger collection sent by John McCall
A LOCHABER LOVE STORY Read More »
When Highland Council relocated to the Charles Kennedy Building in 2018, they gifted an array of interesting items to the Museum. Among the objects d
THE HIROSHIMA PLAQUE AND THE PEACE CAIRNS Read More »
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
ALLT A’ CHÀISE: THE CHEESE BURN Read More »
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
MY BLARMACFOLDACH SCHOOL DAYS Read More »
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
A LOCHABER LAD SHARES HIS COMMANDO MEMORIES Read More »
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
A LOCHABER LASS REMEMBERS VE DAY 1945 Read More »
The Lochaber Power Company and the British Aluminium Company were formed, and by 1924 work had begun on constructing a smelter at Fort William.
T
ALUMINIUM IN LOCHABER Read More »
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
THE STORY OF THE GAELIC BARD IAIN LOM Read More »