Published: 04 March, 2010
A LOCHABER youth organisation is hoping to unravel a maritime mystery after the chance discovery of a fascinating diary in a Caol kitchen.
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Published: 01 October, 2009
THE emotive words of "lock-out" and "strike" were more the language of the shipyards and coal mines of Scotland's industrial heartland than the sleepy glens of Lochaber.
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Published: 06 November, 2008
A FASCINATING tale has emerged about a recently unearthed university "mystery medal", presented to a young Highland medical student almost a century ago.
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Published: 09 October, 2008
"TWO bent mudguards, and a single broken spoke in one of the wire wheels, were the only damage done to Britain's smallest car which had just made the ascent of Britain's highest mountain."
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Published: 09 October, 2008
IT was formally opened 125 years ago in October 1883. It closed, unceremoniously, on October 8, 1904 – for the want of parliamentary will to fund it.
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Published: 19 June, 2008
RESIDENTS – young and old – at Strontian, on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula, are preparing to celebrate their village's claim to fame.
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Published: 21 February, 2008
IDYLLIC Arisaig was just one of the villages on the famed "Road to the Isles" to play its part in Britain's wartime masterplan to form the Special Operations Executive.
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Published: 26 January, 2008
EXPERTS who delved into Fort William's past have published their findings after a ground-breaking archaeological project, which it is hoped can be continued in the future.
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Published: 15 December, 2007
IT was the end of an era in Inverlochy this week with the demolition of the iconic and cherished Braxy Hall.
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Published: 08 December, 2007
A NUMBER of historic artefacts have gone full circle following the closure of a Fort William church.
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Published: 28 July, 2007
SOME of the most spectacular photographs ever taken in Lochaber are the subject of a new book which is launched this weekend.
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Published: 14 July, 2007
A TV boffin will lead excavations at three historic sites in Fort William later this year.
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Published: 23 June, 2007
HERE’S a tale for those with a thirst for local history!
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Published: 19 May, 2007
A NEW website containing one of Scotland’s most important historical records of Highland life has received nearly 32,000 hits from across the world since going live at the beginning of May.
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Published: 14 April, 2007
A NEW archive centre for Lochaber should be fully up and running by October this year, long-term campaigner Michael Foxley has revealed.
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Published: 07 April, 2007
LAST week a knees-up saw past and present residents of a Fort William housing estate also enjoying swapping memories and 60s photos.
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Published: 01 March, 2007
WHILE treasure hunters dug for Prince Charlie’s Spanish gold in Arisaig during the week, a villager unearthed a Spanish silver coin in her garden.
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