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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.

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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Lochbroom » Lochbroom Places » Little Lochbroom Schools
1) Badcaul School 1930's
1) Badcaul School 1930's
Standing at back Miss Haggarty. (back row) Roddy 'Eacharn Hamish' MacGregor, Donald MacIver, (?), Margaret Campbell. (front row) Jimmy 'Eacharn Hamish' MacGregor, (?), (?), (?), (?), Calum Campbell. The MacGregor brother's were sons of Hector 'Eacharn Hamish' MacGregor from West End. Attributed to Ken MacLennan
2) Badcaul school 1936
2) Badcaul school 1936
Mrs Mackenzie would have been a Miss Macleod at that time. Back row: Jimmy MacGregor, Donald MacIver, Duncan MacGregor, Alec John, Calum Campbell, Roddy MacGregor. Middle row: Maggie Ross, Ella MacGregor, Ipla Ross, Mary MacIver, Margaret MacLeod. Front row: Rena MacGregor, Murdo Ross, Bella MacKenzie. Attributed to Helen Ross
3) Badcaul school 1940s
3) Badcaul school 1940s
Attributed to Alasdair Forbes, son of teacher, Miss Katie MacLennan
4) Badcaul School 1948.jpg
4) Badcaul School 1948.jpg
4) Back row: ( ), Kenny MacLennan, Kenneth Gillanders, Jimmy Robson, Jack Robson, John MacLennan. Front row: ( ), Birt Gillanders, Mary Ross, ( ), Ena Ross, ( ), Flora MacDonald, Joey Munro, ( ), Ronnie Ross, ( ). Jimmy and Jack Robson's Father was a gardener on the Estate. Attributed to Ken MacLennan
5) Badcaul School 1950's
5) Badcaul School 1950's
Outside toilets and sheltered area visible at the foot of the playground Attributed to Ken MacLennan
6) Badcaul school, early 1950's
6) Badcaul school, early 1950's
7) Badcaul school 1955
7) Badcaul school 1955
Front: Hugh MacKenzie, John Hector MacKenzie, Richard Green, Rodney Green, Robert McConnell, Jimmy McConnell, Stevie McConnell, Roddy MacKenzie, Murdo MacKenzie, Ian MacLennan, Mary MacLennan, Anne Fletcher. Middle: Jean MacKenzie, Margaret Fletcher, Elizabeth MacKenzie, Barbara McConnell, ?. Back: McConnell, Hector MacKenzie, Alastair MacKenzie, Gregor Ross, Willie MacKenzie. (maybe wrong in some). Photo attributed to Helen Ross .
8) Badcaul School 1950's.jpg
8) Badcaul School 1950's.jpg
Teacher Katy MacKenzie, Rodney Green, Richard Green and the teacher's daughter Jean. Attributed to Ken MacLennan
9) Badcaul classroom
9) Badcaul classroom
Drawing done by Mr Ken MacLennan, depicting his classroom of 1955
10) Badcaul school 1961
10) Badcaul school 1961
Back row: Rodney Minton, Malcolm Fletcher, Kenneth MacKinnon, Morag McKinnon, Liz MacLean, Emily Ross. Middle row: James MacKenzie, Sandy MacKenzie, Michael Campbell, Ken MacLennan, Mary MacLennan, Netta MacLean, Alma Scolley. Front row: Martin MacKenzie, Billy Ross, Mackintosh?, Edward MacKay, Norman MacKinnon, Alix Fletcher, Catharine MacKinnon. Attributed to Ken MacLennan
11) Badcaul school
11) Badcaul school
Pupils of 1970's
12) Bhord Buie School 1936
12) Bhord Buie School 1936
Back row L to R George MacLennan, John Campbell, Teacher Miss Ina Munro-from Tain, Russell Sutherland & Roddy (The Blacksmith) MacLennan Front Row Neil Campbell, ---Sutherland, Hetty Campbell, George Sutherland - the Sutherland family's father was the gardener at Eilean Darach Estate. The white building in the background is the Dundonnell Hotel. Attribution Roddy McLennan
13)Bord buie side school
13)Bord buie side school
Bordbuie side school and graveyard, The school closed during WWII and the graveyard was last used in 2001.
14) Old Gruinard school.jpg
14) Old Gruinard school.jpg
Names are thought to be - Flora MacLeod, Robert Ross, Iris Ross and Neil Macpherson. Attributed to Mo Renwick
15) Scoraig School 1910
15) Scoraig School 1910
We have no information on this photograph
16) Scoraig outdoor
16) Scoraig outdoor
Attributed to Fergus Forsyth - no known date
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Lochbroom WW1

Lochbroom 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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Mackenzie Peter, Pte, Scorraig
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Lochbroom War Memorial

Lochbroom 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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Ullapool War Memorial
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