Shop TillGrantown Museum This highly decorative shop till from a shop on Grantown High Street. The beautifully made embellishments on this till would have reflected the wealth of the shop. The buttons on the till show the pre-decimal system. Before Britain moved the...
Gold WristwatchGrantown Museum This watch belonged to Jean Burgess who was born in Grantown-on-Spey in 1909. She worked in Grantown Post Office from the age of fourteen until 1941 when she moved south to help with the war effot. After the war, she married Kenneth John...
Fisherman’s Gansey Nairn Museum This fisherman’s gansey from Nairn is a great example of a traditional woollen sweater worn at sea. They were developed as practical workwear for fishermen, providing warmth and protection from the harsh marine environment....
Powder Horn Glencoe Folk Museum This special horn would have contained blasting powder, used by workers at Ballachulish Quarry. The slate was formed during Precambrian times, approximately 800 million years ago. This metamorphic rock was used to create slate roof...
Golden Boot Grantown Museum Shops often traditionally used symbols to identify their trade, especially on busy streets where there was little space to advertise with large signboards. In this case, the golden boot signified a shoe shop. Symbol signs also made it easy...
