This page displays a range of postcards of the area around Blaven and Torrin.
Postcards are rarely dated so it has not been possible to accurately determine the age of the individual
images. If you have any additional information about the postcard, photographer, publisher or date, please
contact me.
You can read about the history of the picture postcard and the part that Scotland played in their
popularity on the postcards page.
Black & White Postcards
"Blaven from Loch Slapin, Skye"
"Blaven from Loch Slapin, Skye"
The reverse of this card reads "Blaven from Loch Slapin - This 3,000 foot giant of the Cuillin rises nobly from the shores of Loch Slapin. And, as the road from Broadford to Elgol skirts Loch Slapin, this excursion should not be omitted."
Published by Valentines, reference "A G 208", 1930s onwards.
"Blaven, Isle of Skye"
"Blaven, Isle of Skye"
"The best of all" series. Published by J. B. White Ltd., Dundee, reference "6896", date believed to be 1933.
The same photograph appears on an earlier, rarer, postcard published by a H J Munro of Kyleakin, possibly the original photographer. The front of the earlier card is captioned "Ben Blaven." Perhaps the use of "Ben" was a ploy to convince readers that they were looking at a card of a Scottish mountain and not one of the smaller lumps elsewhere in the United Kingdom!
"Mist on Blaven, Isle of Skye"
"Mist on Blaven, Isle of Skye"
"Real Photo Series." Published by F. Hard, London, reference "No. 10", date unknown.
"Blaven, Isle of Skye"
"Blaven, Isle of Skye"
Published by Judges Ltd., Hastings, reference "18744", date unknown.
"Blaven, Clach Glas and Lochan Athaine"
"Blaven, Clach Glas and Lochan Athaine"
Published by Abrahams, Keswick, printed in Germany, reference "211787", date unknown.
"In cool waters, Loch Slapin, Isle of Skye"
"In cool waters, Loch Slapin, Isle of Skye"
"The best of all" series. Published by J. B. White Ltd., Dundee, reference "A. 1093", date between 1948 and 1955.
"A summer day. Loch Slapin and Blaven"
"A summer day. Loch Slapin and Blaven"
Unknown published, reference "432413", date unknown.
"Blaven from Loch Slapin, Isle of Skye"
"Blaven from Loch Slapin, Isle of Skye"
The reverse of this card reads "Blaven from Loch Slapin, Skye - A fine view of the magnificent Blaven (3,042 feet), one of the grandest of all the Mountains of Skye, and part of the Sea-Loch Slapin."
Published by Valentines, reference "A G 19", 1930s onwards.
"Uncaptioned postcard"
"Uncaptioned postcard"
More grazing, gazing cows on the shore of Loch Slapin. Untypically this postcard of Blaven has no caption nor descriptive text to aid the sender and recipient in identifying the location. The printed wording on the reverse is limited to little more than the mandatory "post card."
Publisher and date unknown.
"The Red Hills from Loch Slapin, Skye"
"The Red Hills from Loch Slapin, Skye"
This card is looking east across Loch Slapin to the village of Torrin and the two red granite hills. To the left is Beinn Dearg Mhor, literally "the big red hill" at 709m (2,326 feet). To the right is Beinn Dearg Bheag, "the small red hill", 584m (1,916 feet) high.
Published by Judges Ltd., Hastings, reference "21651", date thought to be around 1920.
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credit is given to photographer and publisher where this known or shown on
the original card. Please do not reproduce any of these postcards without
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