Foyers

The village of Foyers, home to the Falls of Foyers and the former British Aluminium Company factory.

: Foyers Shop around 1910 with donkey and pony cars that were used to transport supplies from steamer to shop and distribute them round village . People in picture L-R Unknown , Unknown , Kate Ramsay , John Ramsay owner, on basket Winnie Ramsay, David Ramsay , unknown . Photograph and names courtesy of Kitty Fraser Gorthleck .

: The shop at Foyers pictured around the 1930s to 1940s? Note that the road outside is little more than a single track. Photograph courtesy of Roger Creegan.

: Park Terrace pictured here in the 1930s – 1940s. The Terrace is situated close to the new Medical Centre on the road down to Lower Foyers. Photograph courtesy of Roger Creegan.

: Glenlea. This postcard has a postmark of 1928. Photograph courtesy of Frank Ellam.

: Foyers School from a postcard probably issued in the 1940s. Note the absence of trees around the school or on the other side of the loch. Photograph courtesy of Roger Creegan.

: Foyers as viewed from above the Church. The postcard shows a postmark of 1908. The Aluminium factory is clearly visible but Riverside is not yet built. Photograph courtesy of Frank Ellam

: The Foyers Hotel in the 1930s, pictured from loch-side. Once a popular meeting place for local people, the hotel closed in 2003 and is now available for self-catering holiday lets. Photograph courtesy of Roger Creegan.

: Another view of the Foyers Hotel showing The Coach House to its right. This photograph is taken from the road down to Lower Foyers. Photograph courtesy of Roger Creegan.

: Foyers Hotel taken from the Inverness road side c1935. Photograph courtesy of Roger Creegan

: Elmbank on the site of Foyers Mansion house at Lower Foyers pictured around the 1930s. The wooden structure to the left was used for accomodation of single workers of the BA factory. At the far end nearest the factory was a general grocers shop run by Roddie MacKenzie who also had a travelling van shop about the district. Most recently it was used as an Out-Reach Centre for youngsters. Photograph courtesy of Roger Creegan.

: Foyers Mansion House was situated in Lower Foyers close to where Elmbank is today. The front steps of the house are still visible approx. 4 metres from the middle of the Elmbank gable end nearest the river. The mansion was the home to the Frasers of Foyers but after the death in 1842 of Simon, the last laird, it was never lived in again. When B.A. obtained it in 1895 it was a derelict ruin with no roof. They fitted a corrugated iron roof and used it to house their employees. However there was always a problem with bug infestation so the building was demolished in 1906 and Elmbank erected in its place for the employees. Recently workers laying a new water supply came across a sway probably from the kitchen fire place of the mansion. Photograph courtesy of Ian Fraser via Alister Chisholm.

: Bridge over the Upper Falls of Foyers . Photograph courtesy of Alister Chisholm

: Boleskine House in 1986 painted by Gordon M Scott who lived at Wester Aberhaulder . This image is from a post card of the painting which has a thirties look about it . Boleskine House was built in the early years of the 19th Century by Archabauld Fraser of Lovat . Unfortunatly Boleskine house went on fire on 23 Dec 2015 and was extensively damaged .

: 1970 Foyers Hydro Pump Storage Scheme Camp . One of the two camps in the district used to house the workmen employed in the Hydro Scheme. This one was situated on the hillside above and west of Boleskine cemetery. Photograph courtesy of Duncan Cameron

: Factory field flooded 1989. Shinty match cancelled water polo instead Photograph courtesy of Buddy Macdougall

: Foyers Factory around the fifties , a rare view of the rear of the factory ,small shed in center of photo was for garaging the Pug railway engine “Fair Maid of Foyers ” which run between the factory and the pier . Photograph courtesy of Duncan Cameron

: View of Loch Ness from above Foyers Mains Steading buildings . Possibly taken around the nineteen fifties notice the corn stooks on the lower left Photograph courtesy of Alister Chisholm

: Glenlia arial view taken about the fifties. Photograph courtesy of Duncan Cameron

: BA Factory early shift workers heading down the turns to start their days work. taken around 1900 . Photograph courtesy of Alister Chisholm

: Glenlia ,view is of two photos merged together, showing all the gardens that were once so prevalent in the area now overgrown . Photograph courtesy of Billy Cameron

: Foyers Green C1968 after the BA company closed and families moved away, note the boarded up windows in the houses. Woman on left Anna Maclaren . Photograph courtesy of Buddy Macdougall

One Response to Foyers

john darling on January 25, 2015 at 2:21 pm

Some lovely pictures here and brought back memories from my first visit in 1950.

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