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.
Colour Postcards
"Skye hills on the road to Torrin, Isle of Skye"
"Skye hills on the road to Torrin, Isle of Skye"
The reverse of this card reads "Skye hills on the road to Torrin, Isle of Skye. This is a view of the Blaven ridge (highest point 3,042 feet) from a point on the road about a mile from Loch Slapin."
Photograph by Ernest J. Cooke, FRSA, ARPS. The Inverness Camera Club award an annual trophy in his honour to their photographer of the year.
Published by The Medici Society Ltd., London, reference "1222", date unknown.
"Ox-eye daisies at Torrin in the Isle of Skye. Blaven (3,042 ft.) in the distance"
"Ox-eye daisies at Torrin in the Isle of Skye. Blaven (3,042 ft.) in the distance"
Photographer W. S. Thomson. Published by G. & G. Ponton Ltd., Glasgow, reference "4", date unknown.
A black and white version of this postcard appears here.
W. S. Thomson ran a photographic studio at 8b St. Vincent Street, Edinburgh between 1963 and 1967.
"The Cuillin Hills showing Blaven from Torrin, Isle of Skye"
"The Cuillin Hills showing Blaven from Torrin, Isle of Skye"
Printed and published by Jarrold & Sons Ltd., Norwich, date unknown.
"Blaven from Torrin, Isle of Skye. A dramatic aspect of this familiar view"
"Blaven from Torrin, Isle of Skye. A dramatic aspect of this familiar view"
Published by J. Arthur Dixon, Scotland, reference "22832", date unknown.
"The Cuillin Hills, showing Blaven from Torrin, Isle of Skye"
"The Cuillin Hills, showing Blaven from Torrin, Isle of Skye"
A more distant view of the cottage that appears in the previous postcard.
A Cotman-Color Series Postcard. Printed and published in Great Britain by Jarrold & Sons Ltd, Norwich, England.
"Blaven from Torrin, Isle of Skye"
"Blaven from Torrin, Isle of Skye"
The reverse of this card reads "This view of the magnificent Blaven is from the little crofting village of Torrin, which is on the road from Broadford to Elgol. On the right is a glimpse of Loch Slapin."
Published by J. Arthur Dixon Ltd., reference "4667", printed in Scotland, date unknown.
"Cutting the corn of Torrin, Isle of Skye"
"Cutting the corn of Torrin, Isle of Skye"
This postcard of the back-breaking cutting and gathering of corn is believed to date from the 1950s.
Published by J. Arthur Dixon, Inverness, reference "85876", date unknown.
"Blaven from Torrin, near Broadford, Isle of Skye"
"Blaven from Torrin, near Broadford, Isle of Skye"
The reverse of this card reads "Blaven from Torrin, near Broadford, Isle of Skye. This impressive mountain, with its serrated rocks, rises 3,042 feet from sea-level, on the shores of Loch Slapin. This view is seen on the road to Elgol and Loch Coruisk."
Published by J. Arthur Dixon, Inverness, reference "3594", date thought to be around 1950.
"Blaven, 3,042 feet and Loch Slapin from Torrin"
"Blaven, 3,042 feet and Loch Slapin from Torrin"
More sheep in roughly the same location as the previous postcard. The reverse of this card reads "Blaven, 3,042 feet and Loch Slapin from Torrin, Isle of Skye, Scotland."
Photograph by W. S. Thomson. Published by J. Arthur Dixon, Inverness, reference "3315", pre 1955, exact date unknown.
"Blaven from Torrin near Broadford, Isle of Skye"
"Blaven from Torrin near Broadford, Isle of Skye"
Yet more sheep.
Published by Colourmaster International and Photo Precision Ltd. of St. Ives, reference "PT37299", date unknown.
Photo Precision acquired postcard publisher J. B. White of Dundee in 1963. Photo Precision was itself subsequently acquired by Colourmaster in 1969.
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