This post shares a timeline of archive material relating to Alexander Drummond [1896-1971]. For several decades he lived in a hut near Butterbridge in Glen Kinglas. He was a friendly, poetic sort, who was happy to chat with anybody who had made it North by the ‘Rest and be Thankful.’
I would like to fully credit The Here We Are Story and their wonderful archive of photographs
1901 census: Alexander Drummond, age 4 years:
1914 Ordnance Survey map, Glen Kinglas:
Seaforth Highlanders card for Alex Drummond:
22 June 1952, Sunday Mail:
1950s, Passing Butterbridge through Glen Kinglas:
1958 photograph
21 June 1960, Stornoway Gazette and West Coast Advertiser:
9 March 1963, Daily Record:
28 November 1971, Death of Alexander Drummond:
