Police Whistle Highland Museum of Childhood This police whistle is an early example of the standard whistle issued to policemen throughout Britain during the early 1900s. This nickel-plated, brass whistle would originally have had a 43cm chain attached so that the...
Russian Lead SealsCromarty Courthouse Cromarty Courthouse has one of the largest collections Russian lead seals in the country. This is because Cromarty was a centre for the manufacture of hemp sacking and rope during the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century....
Commando Fighting Knife West Highland Museum This iconic knife is usually known as the First Pattern. It was designed by William Fairbairn and Eric Sykes in 1940 in response to the conditions of World War Two. The duo had been given responsibility for training the...
Melville’s PistolsUllapool Museum These decorative duelling pistols were owned by Robert Melville, an important figure in the establishment of Ullapool. The village was founded in 1788 by the British Fisheries Society who appointed Melville to construct the first...
Model of a ‘Zulu’ Fishing BoatUllapol Museum In the late 1800s Scotland experienced a herring fishing boom. Herring was considered a delicacy in Europe and Russia and in great demand. Ullapool was one of many Scottish coastal ports and villages that became a hive of...
