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"Tattie Howkin" in the past with horse power.

"Tattie Howkin" in the past with horse power.in the past with horse power.

01 Pitcalzean Wood and Hi-Fab yard

Pitcalzean Wood and Hi-Fab yard at the start of development, c.1974.

02 Excavation at the Hi-Feb site.

03 Excavation work

Excavation work and the popular Nigg beach disappears for ever.

04 Construction work.

05 Construction continues.

06 Construction progresses

07 Construction continutes

08 Construction

09 Construction continutes

10 Construction continues

11 Construction nears the end.

12 The Hi-Fab accommodation ship Highland Queen.

13 The Hi-Fab site with oil rig in the dock.

14 Another aerial view with Cromarty in the background.

15 The site completed.

16 Apprentices at Hi-Fab.

Approaching the North Sutor

Approaching the North Sutor with Nigg Hill in the background. ELF platform. Work on repairing oil platforms began at Nigg and Invergordon. One of the first to be floated out was the Elf platform and the spectacular photographs which follow show it passing through the Sutors. Unfortunately, RCHS has no record of the photographer concerned.

Big Hughie and two others on the 'Park' at Balnabruaich.

Cattle

Cattle grazing.

Cromarty on the left.

ELF platform. Work on repairing oil platforms began at Nigg and Invergordon. One of the first to be floated out was the Elf platform and the spectacular photographs which follow show it passing through the Sutors. Unfortunately, RCHS has no record of the photographer concerned.

Cromarty receding.

Cromarty to the left, Nigg to the right

Cromarty to the left, Nigg to the right, and Ben Wyvis in the far background. ELF platform. Work on repairing oil platforms began at Nigg and Invergordon. One of the first to be floated out was the Elf platform and the spectacular photographs which follow show it passing through the Sutors. Unfortunately, RCHS has no record of the photographer concerned.

Cullisse farmworkers.

Girl with stooks, Nigg Mains.

Harvest at Broomton

Harvest at Broomton with Elizabeth Wright, A Beattie, C Mackenzie (The Boss), F Vass and W Ross. Late 1950s. (Photo from William Ross)

Hay drying by electricity at Cullisse.

Hi-Fab yard in the background.

Horses ploughing, possibly at Easter Rarichie.

Hunter Gordon, Westfield.

Jack Calder, Culnaha Farm 1938.

Local farmworkers working at turnips.

Local milkmaid at work

Long service awards - Cullisse

Long service awards - Cullisse farmworkers (no date).

Mechanisation has arrived at Cullisse.

Mobile mill workers (Tommy Mann).

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One man and his dog at Cullisse.

Photos of harvesting at Cullisse (no date).

Pitcalzean (Westfield), c.1950s.

Pitcalzean (Westfield), c.1950s. L-r: Martin (Ardross), Davie Munro (Shepherd), Mr Lawrie (Shepherd), Chris Matheson (Cattleman), Hughie Robertson, Jimmy Macdonald (Tractorman and Piper), Alex Moir (Grieve). Tractor on left has Ross-shire number CJS165.

Reclamation on Wester Rarichie

Reclamation on Wester Rarichie hill started in 1974 taking about three years to complete.

Reclamation, Wester Rarichie.

SS Sutors, the Cromarty-Invergordon ferry, c.1926.