Butter ChurnUllapool Museum This butter churn would have been used in a rural Highland home. Throughout World War Two, the whole of the UK was subject to rationing. This made everyday commodities like butter hard to come by. Luckily, butter is very simple to make....
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...
Horsehair Fly Whip Strathnaver Museum Sometimes called a fly whisk, this horsehair whip would have been used to swat flies. The term horsehair refers to the manes of the animal, as well as the tails which can grow very long. Horsehair has been used throughout history...
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...
Carder Strathnaver Museum This object is a carder and was used to prepare wool for spinning, combing it into fine fibres. Hand cards are typically square or rectangular paddles which were manufactured in a variety of sizes. Small cards, called flick cards, were used...
