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The Unknown Warrior (Wednesday, November 11, 2020 - 19:29)
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 ‘45 (Saturday, October 24, 2020 - 15:46)
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...
The Beetle Wing Dress (Sunday, October 11, 2020 - 11:46)
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...
St Kilda, The Evacuation (Saturday, August 29, 2020 - 13:22)
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...
St Kilda, The People (Friday, August 14, 2020 - 18:56)
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...
St Kilda and the Last of the ‘Penguins’ (Friday, August 7, 2020 - 19:26)
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...
St Kilda – Smallpox, Or Was It? (Sunday, August 2, 2020 - 20:05)
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...
Pastime: A Childhood Memory of Life in 1940s Lochaber (Saturday, July 25, 2020 - 19:52)
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...
Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s Prayer Book (Saturday, July 18, 2020 - 19:03)
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...
A Lochaber Love Story (Sunday, July 12, 2020 - 20:14)
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...

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