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Inverness Royal Academy Large Art Room, Room 25, 1912. Between 1895-1980 the IRA was located in the Midmills building, currently the UHI-Inverness College (2013). The classroom scene was photographed at the time of the completion of the first extension to the Academy, running along Midmills Road opposite the side entrance to the Crown Church. The accommodation was shared in the early years with Inverness High School, when that school occupied the building which now houses the Crown School, only a short distance away. Accommodation included rooms for science and art, with a gymnasium and these are 'posed' publicity shots. This image was captioned Large Art Room of J.A.L Kennedy, Art Master, in the Highland Times, 2nd July 1914.(Courtesy Inverness Royal Academy Archive IRAA_055).
Reference: IRAA
Inverness Royal Academy Large ...
Inverness Royal Academy Corridor, Art Department, 1912. Between 1895-1980 the IRA was located in the Midmills building, currently the UHI-Inverness College (2013). The classroom scene was photographed at the time of the completion of the first extension to the Academy, running along Midmills Road opposite the side entrance to the Crown Church. The accommodation was shared in the early years with Inverness High School, when that school occupied the building which now houses the Crown School, only a short distance away. Accommodation included rooms for science and art, with a gymnasium and these are 'posed' publicity shots. (Courtesy Inverness Royal Academy Archive IRAA_054).
Reference: IRAA
Inverness Royal Academy Corrid...
Inverness Royal Academy Science Laboratory, Academy, 1912. Between 1895-1980 the IRA was located in the Midmills building, currently the UHI-Inverness College (2013). The classroom scene was photographed at the time of the completion of the first extension to the Academy, running along Midmills Road opposite the side entrance to the Crown Church. The accommodation was shared in the early years with Inverness High School, when that school occupied the building which now houses the Crown School, only a short distance away. Accommodation included rooms for science and art, with a gymnasium and these are 'posed' publicity shots. This image was captioned Science Lab of Mr J.M. Lowson, MA BSc, Science Master, in the Highland Times, 2nd July 1914. (Courtesy Inverness Royal Academy Archive IRAA_053).
Reference: IRAA
Inverness Royal Academy Scienc...
Inverness Royal Academy Science Laboratory, Room 18, High School, 1912. Between 1895-1980 the IRA was located in the Midmills building, currently the UHI-Inverness College (2013). The classroom scene was photographed at the time of the completion of the first extension to the Academy, running along Midmills Road opposite the side entrance to the Crown Church. The accommodation was shared in the early years with Inverness High School, when that school occupied the building which now houses the Crown School, only a short distance away. Accommodation included rooms for science and art, with a gymnasium and these are 'posed' publicity shots. This image was captioned Science Lab 2 in the Highland Times, 2nd July 1914. (Courtesy Inverness Royal Academy Archive IRAA_052).
Reference: IRAA
Inverness Royal Academy Scienc...
Frederick Charles Hannen Swaffer (1879-1962) was a British journalist and drama critic. He joined the Daily Mail in 1902, was editor of Weekly Dispatch and helped develop the Daily Mirror into a popular newspaper. In 1913, he initiated 'Mr Gossip' for the Daily Sketch. He also started 'Mr London' for the Daily Graphic. He was editor of The People, and in 1926 became drama critic of the Daily Express. He joined the Daily Herald in 1931. In the 1930s Swaffer led a spiritualist home circle, following the teachings of the native-American spirit 'Silver Birch,' which were published by A. W. Austen in 1938. Hannen Swaffer was a socialist, but resigned form the Labour Party in 1957. He also became a spiritualist. He is said to have written almost a million words each year. Swaffer appeared in the films 'Death at Broadcasting House' (1934), 'Late Extra' (1935) and 'Spellbound' (1941). He also appeared on The Brains Trust programme. He died in London in 1962. Courtesy John and Aithne Barron.
Reference: H-0240
Frederick Charles Hannen Swaff...
Sir Compton Mackenzie, (1883-1972) was a prolific writer of fiction, biography, histories, and memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur, and lifelong Scottish nationalist. He was one of the co-founders in 1928 of the Scottish National Party. He was born in West Hartlepool, England, into a theatrical family of Mackenzies, but many of whose members used Compton as their stage surname. Compton Mackenzie is perhaps best known for two comedies set in Scotland, the Hebridean Whisky Galore (1947) and the Highland The Monarch of the Glen (1941). He published almost 100 books on different subjects, including ten volumes of autobiography, My Life and Times (1963-1971). He also wrote history, biography, literary criticism, satires, children's stories and poetry. Mackenzie went to great lengths to trace the steps of his ancestors back to his spiritual home in the Highlands, and displayed a deep and tenacious attachment to Gaelic culture throughout his long and very colourful life. He was an ardent Jacobite, the third Governor-General of the Royal Stuart Society, and a co-founder of the Scottish National Party. He was rector of University of Glasgow from 1931 to 1934. Mackenzie built a house on the island of Barra in the 1930s. It was on Barra that he gained much inspiration and found creative solitude. He died in Edinburgh but such was his love of the Scottish Highlands that he is buried in Barra.
Reference: H-0238b
Sir Compton Mackenzie, (1883-1...
Eric Linklater (1899-1974). Eric Robert Russell Linklater was a Welsh-born Scottish writer of novels and short stories, military history, and travel books. Linklater moved in 1947 to Pitcalzean House, near Hill of Fearn in Ross-shire. He married Marjorie MacIntyre (1909-1997), an Edinburgh-born, English-educated actress and campaigner for the arts and the environment in June 1933. Linklater died in Aberdeen in November 1974 and was buried at Harray on Mainland, Orkney. Courtesy John and Aithne Barron.
Reference: 31036a
Eric Linklater (1899-1974). Er...
Inverness Castle in April 1934, showing the result of the renovations to the outer walls, which lowered them considerably, and the removal of the gatehouse entrance (see image: H-0254). Taken across the rooftops of the now long gone buildings that once occupied the site of the present Tourist Bureau and Museum, from the roof of the town house. (HGNP) Courtesy John and Aithne Barron. *
Reference: H-0255
Inverness Castle in April 1934...
Mist over Inverness Castle with its old high outer walls, from across the rooftops of the now long gone buildings that once occupied the site of the present Tourist Bureau and Museum. Taken from the roof of the town house. Compare with image: H-0255. Courtesy John and Aithne Barron. *
Reference: H-0254
Mist over Inverness Castle wit...
The Inverness Royal Academy War Memorial Hostel, June 1924. The hostel opened in 1922, with accommodation for about 60 girls. In the centre of the second-front row is the first matron, Miss Isabella Paterson. The hostel was partly funded by contributions from the Old Boys' Club, led by Evan Barron, a well-known former pupil. The building first used was the former Inverness Collegiate School building in Ardross Street, which is now the oldest part of the Highland Council Headquarters buildings. The hostel was moved to Hedgefield House in Culduthel Road in 1934. (Courtesy Inverness Royal Academy Archive IRAA_058).
Reference: IRAA
The Inverness Royal Academy Wa...
Sir Compton Mackenzie, (1883-1972) was a prolific writer of fiction, biography, histories, and memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur, and lifelong Scottish nationalist. He was one of the co-founders in 1928 of the Scottish National Party. He was born in West Hartlepool, England, into a theatrical family of Mackenzies, but many of whose members used Compton as their stage surname. Compton Mackenzie is perhaps best known for two comedies set in Scotland, the Hebridean Whisky Galore (1947) and the Highland The Monarch of the Glen (1941). He published almost 100 books on different subjects, including ten volumes of autobiography, My Life and Times (1963-1971). He also wrote history, biography, literary criticism, satires, children's stories and poetry. Mackenzie went to great lengths to trace the steps of his ancestors back to his spiritual home in the Highlands, and displayed a deep and tenacious attachment to Gaelic culture throughout his long and very colourful life. He was an ardent Jacobite, the third Governor-General of the Royal Stuart Society, and a co-founder of the Scottish National Party. He was rector of University of Glasgow from 1931 to 1934. Mackenzie built a house on the island of Barra in the 1930s. It was on Barra that he gained much inspiration and found creative solitude. He died in Edinburgh but such was his love of the Scottish Highlands that he is buried in Barra.
Reference: H-0238
Sir Compton Mackenzie, (1883-1...
Miss (indecipherable) of Bogbain House, Inverness. If you can decipher the handwritten surname please contact the SHPA. # ~
Reference: 23226b
Miss (indecipherable) of Bogba...