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1950sThe
Macaulays come to Kinlochmoidart Farm by way of Polloch where they
farmed before. In the early days, cattle were taken to market at
Stirling by droving. Hettie Macaulay (Donald senior’s sister)
went to Kinlochmoidart School. At this time, Kinacarra was a shop
and petrol filling station. Donald Macaulay junior to Tim Roberton
1953 Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne.
1953 Clanranald II retired from service at the end of October
after 53 years, after replacing Clanranald I which had been found
to draw too much for Loch Shiel. Clanranald II had opened up many
locations along the shore including Gaskan, Achanellan, Gortenvorrain,
Scammadale, Guisachan and Glenaladale. Oban Times, 7th November
1953, Bonallie/Impey Papers Ref 15After lying for a while at
Acharacle, she eventually went to Glenfinnan to be broken up. St
Finan’s Isle, Its Story by Alastair Cameron (North Argyll),
page 24 - Jean Cameronand Bonallie/Impey Papers, Ref 38
1964 Poem by Lorna Pike, grand-daughter of Mrs Reid at the
Old Schoolhouse Kinlochmoidart, identifies the following households:
Allan is at the shop and Mary at the tea-room and Duncan at the
store; the cottage up the road is occupied by the two Marys; whilst
the farm is occupied by Lexie. Mr Blay the estate handyman occupies
West Lodge; Miss Moffat is at the Old Post Office and the Hughes
(from East Kilbride) just across the bridge at Ardmollich; East
Lodge is occupied by the Weirs and then comes Jess’s house;
the Howkins are at Torloisk; the Maguires were about to move abroad
from Brunery Farm and the Reids are at the Old Schoolhouse and the
Bonnallies at Burnside. Next door are the MacPhersons, whilst at
the big house are the Stewarts. Lorna Pike, 1964, Bonallie/Impey
Papers, Ref 11
1966 Road opened from Lochailort, through Glenuig to Kinlochmoidart,
connecting it for the first time to the villages of Glenuig, Roshven
and Lochailort to the North. Prior to this, all road access had
been from the South by way of Acharacle and across Shiel Bridge.
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