Category Archives: North Highland College

Shore Street, Thurso

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The Turnpike in Shore Street Thurso dating from c1686, a rotund two storey external stair tower of an old merchant’s house. Note one of Thurso’s famous fishwives carring the catch from the harbour to her cutomers.

Creator The Johnston Family Photographers
Publisher / Agency Wick Heritage Centre
Contributor / Photographer The Johnston Family Photographers
Date 1920
Type (nature of resource) Photo
Format jpeg
Identifier JSC_017
Rights Wick Heritage Centre
Relevance History, Social Science
Location ND 119 686
Supplier North Highland College
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The Trinkie, Wick

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The Trinkie. Generations will recall sunlit hours spent in this place where the young and not so young enjoyed themselves, oblivious to the temperature of the cold North Sea.

Creator The Johnston Family Photographers
Publisher / Agency Wick Heritage Centre
Contributor / Photographer The Johnston Family Photographers
Date 1920
Type (nature of resource) Photo
Format jpeg
Identifier JSC_013
Rights Wick Heritage Centre
Relevance History, Social Science
Location ND 376 494
Supplier North Highland College
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Gutting the Herring

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James More’s herring curing station about 1920. The women worked in “crews” of three, two gutters and one packer. If the fishing was heavy, they worked on into the night, in all weathers and open to the elements. In the background is the Lifeboat Station, built in 1915.

Creator The Johnston Family Photographers
Publisher / Agency Wick Heritage Centre
Contributor / Photographer The Johnston Family Photographers
Date 1920
Type (nature of resource) Photo
Format jpeg
Identifier JSC_001
Rights Wick Heritage Centre
Relevance History, Social Science, Geography, Technology and Industry
Location ND 372 503
Supplier North Highland College
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