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....
Dingwall Lemonade Bottle Brora Heritage Centre Before plastic bottles, lemonade and other fizzy drinks were produced in ceramic bottles like these. The lemonade factory was just one of many production industries in Dingwall. Nowadays, only the sawmill remains. ...
Train Closure NoticeGrantown Museum The Grantown railway closed on Monday 11th October 1965. The railway had been operating for over one hundred years, and was a key route for both trade and tourism. The line was closed as part of the ‘Beechings Cuts’, a series of...
Station Master’s HatGrantown Museum This hat belonged to A G Thom, the last stationmaster at Dava Station. The Station was closed in the 1965 as part of the large scale ‘Beecham Cuts’. The Dava Line had been an important goods line, and was one of...
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...
