World War Two PlaqueCromarty Courthouse Museum This object gives us an insight into daily life during World War Two. During the war, fundraising schemes were designed to encourage people to save by purchasing Government bonds and saving certificates. Such saving...
Flare GunGairloch Museum Content warning. Some visitors may find this object upsetting. Though far from mainland Europe, the landscapes and waters of the Highlands were to feature in World War Two in a number of surprising and sometimes tragic ways. Between 1941...
Lace Wedding Dress Gairloch Museum This beautiful cotton lace wedding dress belonged to Jessie MacKenzie of North Erradale. It has very tiny stitching, delicate detail at the front, and pleating around the neck. It was handmade and machine-sewn. Jessie was a primary...
Cigarette Lighter Pierced by a Bullet The Highlanders’ Museum This cigarette lighter belonged to a Private Tommy Fraser from the First Battalion Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. He was stationed in France during World War Two. The lighter is reported to...
Light from a Bicycle Seaboard Centre Simple objects like this help us to understand how people of the past would have lived. Bicycle travel was common and this light belonged to Robert Ross who lived in the village of Balintore, on the Easter Ross Peninsula. He...
