Fly Belonging to Megan Boyd Brora Heritage Centre This beautiful brooch has been fashioned out of a salmon fly that was ‘tied’ by Megan Boyd. Megan Boyd is a celebrated figure in the Highlands. From a humble background in Brora, Megan became the most famous salmon...
Minstrels PhotoBrora Heritage Centre Warning – some people may find this item offensive. From the 1950s, there was a group of performers from Brora known as the Brora Entertainers. They performed variety shows in the village and all over the north of Scotland. One...
Socks in the Gairloch PatternGairloch Museum These socks are knitted in the unique ‘Gairoch pattern’, first documented in the mid-nineteenth century. The Mackenzies of Gairloch supported work schemes for their tenants during the potato famine in the 1840s. Spinning...
Box Brownie 2 CameraBrora Heritage Centre This Box Brownie 2 camera is a great example of the camera that transformed who was able to take photographs. It was the first mass-produced and affordable camera, developed at the start of the twentieth century. The...
‘Waulking the Cloth’ by Jemima BlackburnWest Highland Museum This painting depicts women ‘waulking’ cloth on the shores of Loch Nan Uamh. They are seated in a circle wielding short mallets and singing, whilst members of the gentry look on. Waulking refers to pulling...
