A song sung at a Perth music festival has led Edinburgh based singer-songwriter Dean Owens to make a poignant pilgrimage to an Inverness cemetery, to see for the first time the last resting place of his great great grandfather – the lair of the lion tamer. Dean Owens wrote “Dora” – a track from his… Read more »Read more
The Highland Archive Service has had a busy old time during the last few months welcoming visitors from all parts of the globe. The exodus of people from the Highlands in centuries gone by has resulted in millions of people in many countries of the world having Highland roots. In the summer time many people… Read more »Read more
This image is from a collection held at the Lochaber Archive Centre, Fort William.Read more
In August 1903, 11 year old Malcolm Blane wrote an account of a tour he and his family undertook, taking in a steamer trip from Inverness to Oban via the Caledonian Canal and the return journey by train through Crianlarich, Calendar, Perth and Aberdeen to Nairn. After an overnight stay in Inverness, Malcolm Blane and his… Read more »Read more
Howden’s can trace its history to a Seed Shop opened by a Mr Fraser of Inverness in 1801, with its first advertising produced in 1808 and seed catalogues by the 1860s. The business moved from premises on the High Street, to a shop in Church Street and nurseries at Muirtown. The Church Street shop closed… Read more »Read more
