1934 Inverness

I'm collecting some bits and pieces about Inverness in 1934. I've also got a Loch Ness Archive because of course that's why I'm interested. There are details on the town, photos, weather reports, newspapers, some business information, society and culture locally and nationally. Also some very specific stuff like typewriters in 1934. A work in progress.

General info from Wikipedia: Inverness, 1934, and 1933 for good measure. Inverness Local History forum and Inverness Civic Trust which has lots of old pictures. The invaluable Victorian Web is a little early but has a Highland collection. Much of which would still be around in 1934.

Maps and town photos

• Macpherson's improved map of Inverness and the Northern Highlands, 1934 at the National Library of Scotland
• Francis Frith collection has half a dozen photos
• Am Baile

Newspapers

• The Scotsman, 1934
• The Inverness Courier, 1934
• Highland Archives from National Archives has collections on local people, businesses, and organisations, including some Caledonian Canal and Highland Railway records,

Weather

• Met Office 1934 Daily weather reports
• Met Office Historic station data has monthly averages - choose Nairn Druin station (.txt direct link)

Society

• Am Baile has huge amounts of 1930s photographs including the new air mail service from Inverness, trains, and everything
• Society in 1930s Britain
• got to add some more about home life and domestic staff

Culture

I love finding books that characters would have read and also for me to read to get a sense of the times.

• The Empire Theatre opened in Inverness September 1934
  • Photo
  • Article from Scottish Music Hall & Variety Theatre Society
  • article from Scottish Cinemas and Theatres
• La Scala Picture House opened in 1913, article from Scottish Cinemas and Theatres
• Playhouse opened in 1929 article from Scottish Cinemas and Theatres
• The Secret of the Loch, in 1934 the first film about the Loch Ness monster: Wikipedia and Cinematographomania
• Links between the 1933 King Kong film and the Loch Ness monster from Loch Ness Mystery and Jacobite

Nationally:

• Books: Top 10 novels of the 1930s The Guardian, 20 books that defined the 1930s Penguin
• 10 best adventures of 1930 and 100 best adventures of the Thirties
• Pulp magazines: Thrilling Publications, Weird Tales
• The Stratemeyer Syndicate and The Hardy Boys
• Greatest Films of 1934, 1934 in film

Typewriters

The typewriters I found are more on the American side so it needs more research or to just be vague. I was also focussing more on the portables. But for a general idea...

1934 Royal 10, 1933 Monarch (Remington) Portable, 1931 Remington Portable 3, and 1930 Continental Klein Conti.

More

Side note, I wish schools, hotels, and so on, would talk about their history more! One of the hotel websites didn't even say what year it opened!

• Hotels: Drumossie Hotel opened about 1930, The Royal Highland Hotel opened 1856, Palace Hotel opened 1890 with more from Victorian Web, Columba Hotel opened 1881,
• Schools: Inverness Royal Academy, Inverness Higher Grade Public School, Inverness College
• The South Loch Ness Heritage Group

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