Blog Entries from West Highland Museum
Blogs (web logs) and blogspots provide a unique insight into Highland life and nature in Lochaber and The West Highlands.
The titles and text snippets give a taste of each entry with direct links to the main blog entry on the host website.
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Last Update: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 - 19:46
It’s armistice day and one hundred years since the consecration of the tomb of the unknown warrior. On Radio nan Gàidheal Murdo Paton related how the tomb came into being.
A long time ago I was...
The first bloodshed of the 1745 Jacobite Rising took place during a skirmish on the 16th August 1745 at High Bridge or Dròchaid Bhàn as it was known to the Highlanders. This bridge, 8 miles from the...
There is a dress on display at the West Highland Museum which has fascinated me for several years, as it seems somewhat out of place, especially considering that the museum’s collection doesn’t...
90 years ago today, at 8am on 29th August 1930 the evacuation of the far flung island archipelago of St Kilda began. The HMS Harebell pulled away from the harbour on the main island of Hirta; and...
Encouraged by an upturn in public interest in St Kilda, in the middle of the 19th century, and having just returned from delivering a public lecture on the islands, George Seton gathered together and...
The population of St Kilda, before the island’s evacuation, survived mainly on seabirds and their eggs. Because fishing in the waters around the archipelago was often hazardous, and the soil too poor...
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 much hardship during the island’s 2,000-year...
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.
During lockdown there has been lots of time to...
A Prayer book said to have been used by Prince Charles Edward Stuart at Culloden Moor in 1746 was gifted to the museum in July 2018.
The prayer book titled “Manual of a Christian” was said to...
Some beautifully embroidered postcards were recently gifted to the Museum.
These postcards are part of a much larger collection sent by John McCallum to his wife Mary from France during the Great...
