Anaesthetic MaskUllapool Museum Before anaesthetics were routinely used to sedate patients for operations, surgery was an even more traumatic affair than it can be today. Historically, patients may have been given alcohol to soothe them or may even have attempted...
Shortbread PressHighland Museum of Childhood During the Victorian period, most foods were made at home, including butter, bread, and biscuits. Shortbread was easily made with just three ingredients – flour, butter, and sugar, or even just flour and butter! Once...
Child’s Nurse Dressing-up CostumeHighland Museum of Childhood This nurse dressing-up costume is typical of the uniform nurses wore during the 1940s and 1950s. Consisting of a blue dress, a navy and red cape, an apron, cap, and arm cuffs, it shows high levels of...
Top & WhipHighland Museum of Childhood Childhood was quite different in the 1930s than it is today! Children had far fewer toys, particularly as the country emerged from the privations and rationing of World War Two. During that time, factories, materials, and...
Teddy BearHighland Museum of Childhood This teddy bear was made in the 1930s by the London-based manufacturer Dean’s, the first British company to produce teddy bears. Once covered in soft and fluffy mohair, it is now worn and bare, and rough to the touch,...
