Old Photograph Of Cromarty Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage, people and small fishing boat in Cromarty, Scotland. The town grew around its port, formerly used by ferries, to export locally-grown hemp fibre, and by trawlers trawling for herrings. The port was a British naval base during the First World War and HMS Natal blew up close by on 30 December 1915 with heavy loss of life. There is a legend, dating from around 1740, that a Cromarty man named John Reid was granted three wishes from a mermaid, and that he used one of the wishes to marry a local woman named Helen Stuart.



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