Loch Ness Farms and Industries.
A September evening. Fishing boats passing through Loch Ness in the 1890’s. The Caledonian canal gave access to the west coast to this type of boat, for which the journey around the north coast would have been far too long and dangerous. Photograph courtesy of Iain Cameron.
Dores Pottery (please see separate article in our "library"). This operated for a short time around 1900 and was started by Mary Watts (nee Fraser-Tytler of Aldourie), wife of English artist G.F.Watts. Photograph courtesy of Iain Cameron.
Dores Pottery c1900 Photograph courtesy of Iain Cameron.
Hoeing, at the field south of Fasnagruig , at the loch end of the Pass of Inverfarigaig photograph courtesy of Moira McCallum.
Inverfarigaig Saw Mill c1910. Picture taken outside sawmill building The man in the right is Alexander Maclean who is the contributor GG Grandfather Photograph courtesy of Sheree Hankin, Sydney Australia
Woodmen at the Inverfarigaig saw mill in 1922. British Aluminium utilised the former Bobbin Mill after refurbishment until it was destroyed by fire in 1926. The operations were then moved to their factory at Foyers. Back row second left Hugh Macdonald, then Jackie Mackay (Jackie inch). Front left is Duncan (Birch) MacDonald and front row, third from left is Eckie McLaren. Photograph courtesy of Moira McCallum.
Group at Easter Boleskine Farm (1). Built in 1870, the buildings have been a farm, a mill and a dairy during their working life. They were sold to the Forestry Commission in the 1950s and appear to have become empty some time after that. After being sold by the Forestry in the 1970s, the cottage was turned into a residential dwelling. L-R :- Hugh Macdonald, Mary Macdonald (Tot the burn) , Unknown , Unknown . Photograph courtesy of Moira McCallum.
Group at Easter Boleskine Farm (2). This, and the previous picture, were taken in September 1925. L-R :- Hugh Macdonald, Mary Macdonald (Tot the burn) , Unknown , Unknown . Photograph courtesy of Moira McCallum.
Duncan Fraser ( Ballochan) with horse and wood sledge used to take wood out from forest . Photograph courtesy of Mary Cameron .
Dores Saw Mill B852 Foyers Road Dores sawmill sawmill closed shortly after the 1st World War; the vehicle style looks late 30s, but the chimney, which came down about 1940, is still there – the rails crossing the road into the sawmill seem to have been lifted or tarred over (these rails brought the timber down from the forest behind the village).
British Aluminium wood cutting squad c1935 possibly at the Uchdach , Back L-R Donald Macdonald (Tocher), on horse Duncan Fraser (Ballochan), Unknown, Davie Maclaren . Front L-R Ian Fraser (Bann), David Sutherland (Pongo).
Photograph courtesy of Mary Cameron .
BA Factory Sawmill Group 1947 Back L-R Simon Macintosh, Will Shaw. Middle L-R Duncan Cameron, Jock Kennedy, Dan Chisholm, Angie Macgruer, Bill Ramsay, Jock Fraser (Fishal). Front L-R Simon Junior, Calum Macdonald . Photograph courtesy of Ala Macgruer
Shearing at Dalcrombie in 1899. The two adults in the centre are Alexander Johnston and his wife Christina Nairn, with their young family around them. The Johnston family still farm Achnabat and Dalcronbie. The incongruous figure on the left is G.F. Watts, famous English portrait artist of the 19th century, who married Mary Fraser-Tytler of Aldourie. Photograph courtesy of Iain Cameron.
Shearing at Dalcrombie in 1899. Loch Ruthven in the background. Alexander Johnston is seated on a shearing stool , on which the sheap was put whilst shearing it. Note the bare feet on the little kilted boy. Photograph courtesy of Iain Cameron.
Sheep shearers at Gorthleck Mains around 1930
only people identified were Angus Matheson Gorthleck Mains pouring the dram out of the bottle and next to him sitting his brother Jock Matheson of Ruthven . Photograph courtesy of Angus Mackenzie
Sheep shearers at Gorthleck Mains around 1930
Angus Matheson Gorthleck Mains pouring the dram out of the bottle to William Robertson farmer Wester Aberhaulder . Photograph courtesy of Angus Mackenzie
Compass Sheep Shearing c1930, The only person identified second right is Neil Macaskill ( Ian Macaskill's father)who died in 1939 aged 56 . Some of the shearers may be same as Gorthleck Mains photo as the Matherson's had summer grazing in Killin around that time . Photo Courtesy of Ian Macaskill
Stratherrick Young Farmers Sheep Shearing competition at Wester Aberhaulder 1959 L-R; Ian Macdonald , Ali Stoddart, Hamish Stoddart & Ewen Fraser.
Photograph courtesy of Mary Cameron.
Dell Estate workers 1959, Back row L/R: Alan Kennedy, Ian Fraser, Norman Elliot, Aly Fraser, Lewie Fraser. Front row L/R: Douglas Young (Farm manager), Mr Wilson (Agent), George MacDonald (Teep) (Assistant Forester), Walter MacCurrach (Head Forester) and Ian Skinner. Photograph courtesy of John Rule
Ballaggan Harvest c 1920 . A horse drawn reaper cutting corn on Ballaggan farm that was tenanted by the Boyd's at that time, the cut corn was made into sheaf's by hand and them made into stook's as shown in picture. Photograph courtesy of Ian Cameron
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