PICTURE DETECTIVE: Do you recognise these latest photos from the J Thomson Collection at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery or know what was happening?
Are you in our latest mystery photos, or do you know anyone who is? Do you remember either of the events?
If so, you can become a Picture Detective in the Inverness Courier’s regular feature, which is run in conjunction with High Life Highland. Am Baile (www.ambaile.org.uk) is the leading Highland history and culture website.
On the site there are photos, short films and audio recordings, as well as maps, rare books and archive documents.
Its material covers aspects of life in the Highlands from the 1800s to the present day, and the site is bilingual with information presented in both English and Gaelic.
But it holds hundreds of photos which have left its researchers puzzled as there are no names or captions attached.
Today’s snaps belong to the J Thomson Collection, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, High Life Highland, which has been digitised and permission given to publish it.
• If you can help, email newsdesk@hnmedia.co.uk, or write to Picture Detective, Editorial Department, The Inverness Courier, Suite 3.04, Moray House, 16-18 Bank Street, Inverness, IV1 1QY.
SOLVED!
Both of the most recent Picture Detective images sparked responses from our readers.
Valerie Wardrop spotted herself in the image above.
She said: “The picture is myself on the left, Alisdair Kidd (I’m sure who has now passed away) and Karen MacWilliam. Karen and I both then worked at Highland Council – as Alisdair did also – and swam 26 miles to raise money for Highland Sports Association for Disabled People which Alisdair was involved in.”
She added that the picture would have been 37 years ago.
Fellow reader Alister Chisholm was able to identify the other image as being of a Strathglass shinty team.
