1940s


Date: 1940 (+/- 10)

Location: Mann's croft, Braefield, Invermoriston.

People: ?, ?, Dan Mann

Contributor: Becca Swan

Date: 1940 (+/- 10)

Location: Charlie Jean's house, Bridgend

People: Angie MacGruer, Danny Ban.

Contributor: Christine MacDonald

Date: 1940 (+/- 20)

Location: Levishie maybe.

People: Third from left: Peter MacMillan perhaps (father of Hamish the Post).

Description: Shooting Party with horse and panniers.

Contributor: Duncan Archie

Date: 1940 (+/- 20)

People: Teenie Maisie (MacDonald).

Description: Teenie Maisie

Contributor: Pat the Pier

Date: 1940 (+/- 10)

Location: Invermoriston

People: Willie Grant, Kenny MacLennan, Maurice Main, ?, Andy Stoddart, Jack Cameron

Description: Wood Cutters

Contributor: Bill Byron

Date: 1940 (+/- 15)

Description: Does anyone have more information about this?

Contributor: Grant Fordie

Date: 1940 (+/- 15)

Location: Old bridge, Invermoriston

Description: Old bridge before it was damaged in floods in the 50s

Contributor: Grant Fordie

Date: 1940 (+/- 20)

Description: Invermoriston ghillie perhaps. Anyone have more information?

Contributor: Grant Fordie

Date: 1940 (+/- 10)

Description: Unknown family gathering - Jenny Fordie's friends or relations.

Contributor: Grant Fordie

Date: 1940 (+/- 5)

Location: Invermoriston

People: ?, Jenny Fordie, ?

Contributor: Grant Fordie

Date: 1940 (+/- 15)

Location: Loch Cluanie, Loch Loyne

Description: Pre Hydro Scheme map.

Date: 1940 (+/- 15)

Location: Glen Loyne

Description: Glen Loyne before it was flooded for the hydro schemes.

Date: 1940 (+/- 15)

Location: Loch Cluanie

Description: Loch Cluanie before it was raised with the dam.

Date: 1940 (+/- 20)

Location: Church and Sron na Muic

Description: Church and Sron na Muic from above Sron na Muic

Contributor: Donald the Pier

Date: 1940 (+/- 20)

Location: Invermoriston and Creag Iain from Sron na Muic

Contributor: postcard

Date: 1940 (+/- 20)

Location: Old Ceannacroc Bridge

Contributor: postcard

Date: 1940 (+/- 20)

Location: River Moriston, looking west to Meall Dubh

Contributor: postcard

Date: 1940 (+/- 20)

Location: Sron Na Muic from above the school

Contributor: postcard

Date: 1940 (+/- 10)

Location: Creag Iain, mouth of River Moriston

Description: Postcard of Creag Iain (mislabelled as Meall Fuarvonie) and river mouth.

Contributor: postcard

Date: 1940 (+/- 10)

Location: River Moriston, Loch Ness, Creag Iain.

Description: Postcard erroneously naming Creag Iain as Meall Fuarvonie.

Contributor: Postcard

Date: 1940 (+/- 10)

Location: Glenmoriston Arms Hotel

Contributor: Postcard

Date: 1940 (+/- 10)

Location: River Moriston

Contributor: Postcard

Date: 1940 (+/- 20)

Location: Loch Cluanie

Contributor: postcard

Date: 1940 (+/- 10)

Location: Halfway House, Youth Hostel, Alltsaigh

Description: Lounge of the Halfway House, now the youth hostel at Alltsaigh.

Date: 1940 (+/- 5)

Location: Invermoriston shop and hotel

Date: 1940 (+/- 10)

Location: Halfway House, now Youth Hostel, Alltsaigh

Date: 1941 (+/- 2)

Location: Rose Cottage, Invermoriston.

People: Duncan Archie, Donnie Archie.

Description: Duncan and Donnie Archie at Rose Cottage.

Contributor: Duncan Archie

Date: 1943 (+/- 2)

Location: Rose Cottage, Invermoriston.

People: Duncan Archie, Donnie Archie.

Description: Donnie and Duncan Archie at Rose Cottage

Contributor: Duncan Archie

Date: 1943 (+/- 5)

People: Jess Warren

Contributor: Irene Warren

Date: 1945 (+/- 5)

Location: mann's house, braefield,

People: becca swan, dan mann, mrs mann

Description: becca swan feeding the hens at mann's house

Contributor: becca swann

Date: 1945 (+/- 15)

Location: Dunan, Skye

People: Annie Archie's parents.

Contributor: Duncan Archie

Date: 1945 (+/- 10)

Location: Levishie

Description: Levishie Lodge (demolished around 1955)

Contributor: Christine MacDonald

Date: 1945 (+/- 10)

People: Possible George and Becca Swan.

Contributor: Becca Swan.

Date: 1945 (+/- 5)

Location: Invermoriston

People: Katie Archie maybe.

Description: Katie Archie with three bairns.

Contributor: Duncan Archie

Date: 1945 (+/- 7)

Location: Mann's croft, Braefield, Invermoriston.

People: Dan Mann

Contributor: Becca Swan

Date: 1945 (+/- 10)

Location: Cluanie

Description: Cluanie Inn before the new road was built in 1955ish.

Contributor: Alison MacDonald

Date: 1945 (+/- 15)

Location: Dalcataig House

Description: The Fordie's residence

Contributor: Grant Fordie

Date: 1945 (+/- 10)

People: ?,?, Jessie Stephen (Jenny Fordie's mother), Jenny Fordie?

Contributor: Grant Fordie

Date: 1945 (+/- 20)

Location: Glenmoriston

Description: Making Hay

Contributor: Grant Fordie

Date: 1945 (+/- 5)

Location: Invermoriston

People: Jenny Fordie (nee Grant)

Contributor: Grant Fordie

Date: 1945 (+/- 5)

People: Jenny Fordie, ?

Contributor: Grant Fordie

Date: 1945 (+/- 5)

People: Jenny Fordie

Contributor: Grant Fordie

Date: 1945 (+/- 10)

Location: Coire Lair Lodge, Loch Cluanie

Description: Coire Lair Lodge before it was demolished for the hydro schemes.

Date: 1945 (+/- 10)

Location: Cluanie Inn

Description: Cluanie Inn

Date: 1945 (+/- 10)

Location: Cluanie Inn

Description: Cluanie Inn

Contributor: postcard

Date: 1945 (+/- 10)

Location: Torgoyle Bridge

Description: Notice the house at the end of the bridge which was demolished when the road was rerouted.

Date: 1946 (+/- 1)

Location: Pier House

People: Pat the Pier

Description: Pat in his demob suit

Contributor: Pat the Pier

Date: 1947 (+/- 2)

People: Jessie Grant (nee Stephen, Jenny Fordie's mother),

Contributor: Grant Fordie

Date: 1948 (+/- 5)

People: Forestry girls.

Description: Forestry girls before fancy dress party.

Contributor: Pat the Pier

Date: 1948 (+/- 3)

Location: Urquhart Castle

People: ?,?,Danny the Pier (MacDonald), Mary MacDonald, Annie MacDonald, Pat the Pier, Margaret MacDonald

Description: MacDonald picnic.

Contributor: Pat the Pier

Date: 1948 (+/- 3)

Location: Urquhart Castle

People: Back row: Mary Grant (nee MacDonald), Isobel Grant's husband, Mary MacDonald, Danny the Pier Front row: Isobel Grant, Pat the Pier, Margaret MacDonald

Description: MacDonald picnic

Contributor: Pat the Pier

Date: 1948 (+/- 0)

Location: Invermoriston Church

People: Alec Baxter, Jessie Baxter

Description: Alec & Jessie Baxter's wedding. Jessie is a niece of Jennie Fordie.

Contributor: Grant Fordie

Date: 1948 (+/- 3)

People: Pat the Pier, ?, Jenny Fordie

Contributor: Grant Fordie

Date: 1948 (+/- 3)

Location: Field behind the hall

People: Helen Cameron (nee MacKenzie), 3rd from left.

Description: Sports Day. The MacKenzies lived at Caberfeidh (now Hill Cottage) until the early 60s.

Contributor: John Cameron

Date: 1949 (+/- 0)

Location: Invermoriston

People: ?, Jenny Fordie, Jessie Grant (Jenny's mother), ?

Contributor: Grant Fordie

Date: 1949 (+/- 0)

Location: Sron Na Muic

Description: Probably taken from above the old post office.