Ice-skating BootsBrora Heritage Centre These red leather ice-skating boots would have been worn by people skating on natural ice formed on lochs and curling ponds. It is thought that ice skating first appeared in Britain in the seventeenth century. In recent years,...
Shinty HornBrora Heritage Centre To celebrate the birth of a son and heir to the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, a shinty match was played between a team from Clyne and a team drawn from Golspie on January 12th, 1829. A large crowd gathered to witness the...
Cycle Stand Brora Heritage Centre This ingenious device holds the wheel of a bicycle. The bicycle is rolled into the open arm and, once over a pivot, the arm, and its opposite counterpart, clamps the rim of the wheel and the bicycle is held upright and stable. Due to...
Football Medal Brora Heritage Centre This medal was presented to Alexander ‘Alick’ Sutherland of Riverside, Brora, for his part in winning the Pattison Cup for two successive seasons (1903-04 and 1904-05) as a member of Brora Rangers Football Club. The Pattison Cup...
Diving MedalBrora Heritage Centre This special medal reveals the story of an unusual visitor to Brora during the town’s second ‘Highland Gathering’ in 1908. The day featured all the usual Highland Games activities, but there were a few other unusual attractions, such...
