Fearn, Balintore and Hilton Libraries

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Book Library

While building this site we have accumulated a lot of information that we felt was best gathered together in different books.  We hope you will enjoy reading them.

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Photograph Library

Over the years we have been very fortunate to have been given access to many historic photographs and permission to display them on the website.  We have now collated them into different albums.  We hope you enjoy viewing in them. 

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Fearn » Fearn History » Fearn Down To The Sea
"Down to the Sea" Cover
"Down to the Sea" Cover
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"Down to the Sea" Inside cover
"Down to the Sea" Inside cover
Hilton of Cadboll Stone - now in Edinburgh
Hilton of Cadboll Stone - now in Edinburgh
Shandwick Stone - prior to conservation
Shandwick Stone - prior to conservation
Quarrying at Balintore c.1930
Quarrying at Balintore c.1930
Couple busy at the baiting, Balintore.
Couple busy at the baiting, Balintore.
Line baiting, son helping.
Line baiting, son helping.
Gutting haddock, on hands and knees, Shandwick.
Gutting haddock, on hands and knees, Shandwick.
Fishing equipment
Fishing equipment
Women carrying their menfolk ashore.
Women carrying their menfolk ashore.
Shandwick fishwife.
Shandwick fishwife.
Fishwife on her busy round with hand baskets and creel.
Fishwife on her busy round with hand baskets and creel.
Herring boats
Herring boats
Scaffie and Yawl
Scaffie and Yawl
Zulu
Zulu
Map of area
Map of area
Landing salmon in Balintore Harbour
Landing salmon in Balintore Harbour
Landing salmon in Balintore Harbour. The salmon bothy shows at the right of the Commercial Hotel.
Balintore before the harbour was built.
Balintore before the harbour was built.
Sail and steam in competition, Balintore.
Sail and steam in competition, Balintore.
Balintore Harbour
Balintore Harbour
Hilton, Balintore and Shandwick men in the Royal Naval Reserve, 1906.
Hilton, Balintore and Shandwick men in the Royal Naval Reserve, 1906.
Shore Street, Balintore, showing braze chimneys, c.1900.
Shore Street, Balintore, showing braze chimneys, c.1900.
New Street, Shandwick, between the wars.
New Street, Shandwick, between the wars.
Hilton Post Office in its heyday with Mr James Fraser, Postmaster/Grocer.
Hilton Post Office in its heyday with Mr James Fraser, Postmaster/Grocer.
Sea Scouts, Hilton, c.1914.
Sea Scouts, Hilton, c.1914.
Fireplace built into partition wall and dresser
Fireplace built into partition wall and dresser
Box Bed
Box Bed
Cradle
Cradle
Group of local girls from the herring fishing.
Group of local girls from the herring fishing.
Cromarty couple in typical dress of the turn of the century (1900s)
Cromarty couple in typical dress of the turn of the century (1900s)
Fish preparation implements
Fish preparation implements
Hawks and Bothan
Hawks and Bothan
Cadger and wife return with firewood from the country.
Cadger and wife return with firewood from the country.
Fishwife bringing home firewood and a pail of milk
Fishwife bringing home firewood and a pail of milk
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Half Boat Shed
Half Boat Shed
Nets Drying
Nets Drying
Mending the Nets
Mending the Nets
Net needles
Net needles
Seaweed
Seaweed
Marriage Contract 1899
Marriage Contract 1899
Hilton Public School, opened 1877, pre 1960 (now demolished)
Hilton Public School, opened 1877, pre 1960 (now demolished)
School photograph c.1920 with Mr J Watt, Headmaster.
School photograph c.1920 with Mr J Watt, Headmaster.
Merit Certificate 1920.
Merit Certificate 1920.
Happy group at the Herring fishing.
Happy group at the Herring fishing.
Balintore Football Club
Balintore Football Club
Hilton-Fearn Free Church of Scotland.
Hilton-Fearn Free Church of Scotland.
Seaboard 1st Majorettes.
Seaboard 1st Majorettes.
School photograph 1988, Hilton Primary.
School photograph 1988, Hilton Primary.
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Fearn WW1

Fearn WW1

The photos in this album are from the Ross-shire Journal during the 1914-1918 War. Newspaper copies had been deposited with Dingwall Museum but over the years had become rather fragile and were in danger of disintegrating and so it was felt that this valuable record should not be lost.
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Mackay William, Pte, Fearn
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Fearn War Memorial

Fearn War Memorial

The war memorial photographs on this site were originally the work of Mr John W Bruce. He has subsequently developed the website http://www.rosswarmemorials.org.uk which gives much more detail.
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Fearn War Memorial
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