Lockout PosterGlencoe Folk Museum The workers of the Ballachulish Slate Quarry went on strike in July 1902, in what was known as a ‘lockout’. The lockout was planned to last for one year, but went on for eighteen months. The quarry workers objected to the dismissal...
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...
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...
Duff StretcherWest Highland Museum The stretcher was invented by Donald Duff (1893-1968) in 1944, and was used by Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team, whose patch includes Ben Nevis. Duff was a doctor, pioneer of Scottish mountain rescue, inventor, author, and the leader of...
Walking Boots Glencoe Folk Museum These walking boots would be considered essential for anyone enjoying the mountainous terrain in Glencoe and the surrounding area. They belonged to a Mrs Robinson, originally Katherine Clayson MacFarlane. Her husband, Rev Archibald...
