Cromarty Archive

View of the town from the west

A postcard showing the town from the west c1955. Bayview is under construction....

Date Added: 31 October 2024
View of the town from the west

Emporium Stonework

The sandstone around the former Emporium window exposed after removal of harling....

Date Added: 29 August 2024
Emporium Stonework

Building work in the old bank house garden.

In order to fulfil Highland Council's policy of providing two car parking spaces for any new house the wall here has been knocked...

Date Added: 29 July 2024
Building work in the old bank house garden.

Urquhart Domestic Bakery

Alexander Urquhart was my great-great uncle. He came from Cromarty to Concord Massachusetts and started a bakery. "Urquhart Domest...

Date Added: 26 June 2024
Urquhart Domestic Bakery

HMS Superb at Cromarty c1910

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Date Added: 22 November 2023
HMS Superb at Cromarty c1910

Fleet at Cromarty 1867

This seems to be another version of picture #2968, but this one shows the fleet and details of the stockade around the buildings i...

Date Added: 22 November 2023
Fleet at Cromarty 1867

Macfarquar's Bed - c1900

Taken from the shore to the north it shows bagnets hung up to dry....

Date Added: 07 November 2023
Macfarquar's Bed - c1900

Hugh Miller's Monument - c1890

No trees or bushes on the Kirkie Brae and the roof of the Gaelic chapel looks to still be intact....

Date Added: 07 November 2023
Hugh Miller's Monument - c1890

The Fishmarket, Cromarty - c1900

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Date Added: 07 November 2023
The Fishmarket, Cromarty - c1900

Cromarty from the Harbour - c1980

Postcard taken around 1980 with the id 5951W.

Shows the deck of one of the Hifab ferries. Also note the central building in the...

Date Added: 07 November 2023
Cromarty from the Harbour - c1980

Postcard of the Royal Hotel, Cromarty

Postcard showing the lounge, the frontage, the lounge bar and a view from the Sutor. Date estimated based on the jetty in the last...

Date Added: 20 June 2023
Postcard of the Royal Hotel, Cromarty

View of Cromarty from the South Sutor

Postcard showing a young man viewing the town from around half way up the South Sutor....

Date Added: 10 April 2023
View of Cromarty from the South Sutor

Reverse of Postcard - 'Cromarty from South Soutar'

Postcard sent from 23 Bank St in 1938, the reverse of picture #2877.

Sent on 20th July, 1938, it says:

"Hope all goes well w...

Date Added: 03 March 2023
Reverse of Postcard - 'Cromarty from South Soutar'

Canadian WW1 Veteran SGT. John Hossack with bakers and cooks, 1939

This is a photograph given to me by my grandmother, a Hossack, of my great-great grandfather John Hossack (in the army uniform) wi...

Date Added: 20 February 2023
Canadian WW1 Veteran SGT. John Hossack with bakers and cooks, 1939

Photo of a woman feeding gulls in front of the Royal Hotel

This photo shows a woman feeding seagulls in front of the Royal Hotel. It shows the Girnal in the background and a small building...

Date Added: 10 February 2023
Photo of a woman feeding gulls in front of the Royal Hotel

A postcard titled 'The Lookout, Cromarty'.

This is a larger monochrome version of picture #690, taken from beside the burn at the east end of the Fishertown....

Date Added: 03 February 2023
A postcard titled 'The Lookout, Cromarty'.

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Hello James Andrew Bain, Shirley Alsop, (William) Douglas Bain, I am interested in knowing more about the Donald Bain family at Rosefarm. I'm wondering if any My lovely Gran, Annie Davie. So many good memories of staying with her over the holidays. Still missed. Pretty sure that is Charlie Young second from the end. His shirt is the Fortrose Academy rugby team. My mum was Miss Vicky's nanny before she married my dad. Her mother passed away when she was 16 and she went into the Land Army. She was under 5" and weighed 86 Isa & George were my Aunt & Uncle. I am the son of Andrew Thomson, George's brother. I'm in Scotland on a road trip & would love to track down Billy or Irene + My late husband John Bremner grew up at 68 Big Vennel with his grandparents and his aunt Jean Bremner. I wondered what happened to the house. I'm not sure but the one on the left might be my dad, Ivor Ross. Hard to tell. #31 is definitely Ivor Ross (my dad) Daniel Hossack I believe was my great grandfather. My father was Donald Hossack D.O.B. 03.08.1935 lived in the rd called The Big Fennal. I think these are Youngs. Gentleman on left is either Jim or Jack Young and I think the couple to the right could be my father's grandparents. The other lady a I believe my Dad was rescued by the crew of the Cromarty lifeboat in the late 1950s. The crew rescued the men from the MV Servus. Can anyone give me further pa I was born in the Cottage Hospital in Cromarty on 1st August 1953. My Mother Iris and Grandmother Dolly came from Beauly and grew up with John Hendry Hercher and Polly Hercher. I came over in 71 and traveled with the shows a RAF Boat 2770 was a Vosper 68ft Rescue & Target Towing Launch Mk. II, powered by twin Rolls Royce 36.7 litre Sea Griffon Mk.101 engines supercharged to 2,420 hp I was reading about the story of Wolf Pabst - my father was supposed to be on that plane but he stayed back in Alaska instead. Can anyone tell me if Andrew Bathie is still involved with researching the MacLeman family ancestors? He provided me with a mass of information about the lineag I lived next door to Laura Keppie and her family in Kinross. She very kindly let me play on her grand piano in her home. Sad to learn of her passing. Avril (Wal You are fondly remembered Mum. I made it another year. I am planning to make it back one more time. Love, always - David Does any one know of any relatives of Cadet RA Spiers who sailed on the SS Makalla in May 1927, I have something of his and would like to return it to them? The coat of arms (strictly not a 'crest') illustrated is that of the Cromarty & District Community Council, granted 19 June 1988 (Lyon Register Volume 59, folio
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