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- I was out at Carloway on Tuesday and helped to interview about 50 girls. It took us over 3 hours and we were much in need of refreshment and so did full justice to Cathy’s tea and new laids when it was over … Stornoway 12th Jun. 1919
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- Mamma … has promised to go to Carloway for an Unemployment Tribunal meeting. It is said that the officials here in connection with Unemployment now number 27. It is rumoured that the Government are going to solve the Unemployment problem in Lewis by taking the unemployed on to the official staff, on the same principal as the well-known community whose members made a living by taking in one another’s washing! … Stornoway 8th Jun. 1919
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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Island’s Book Trust: Lighthouses and Scottish Islands
Tommorow night in An Lanntair the Island’s Book Trust will be hosting a talk by John Love entitled ‘Lighthouses and Scottish Islands’. The talk starts at 7.30pm and should be very interesting. The talk will be held again on 24th June in St … Continue reading
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Friday photo; Lews Castle
Our Friday Photo this week celebrates the Comhairle’s grant from the Scottish Government to preserve Lews Castle. The above photo shows Lews Castle and green complete with added sheep. It’s a good thing they didn’t have the Hebridean Celtic Festival … Continue reading
Another success for Lews Castle
As many of you are aware, the Comhairle is looking to redevelop Lews Castle in Stornoway and is currently preparing bids to various funding bodies, including the Heritage Lottery fund, to realise this. Part of the proposed redevelopment will include a … Continue reading
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Coronation holidays in Fidigarry
With Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding day approaching in April, I looked into some of the school log books the Library holds here in Stornoway to see if any other Royal events took place which affected school days gone by. I found this … Continue reading
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Scottish Catholic Archives
Another of my visits before Christmas (and before all the delays because of bad weather to which I was to become very accustomed to) was to the Scottish Catholic Archives in Edinburgh. David had organised for me to meet Andrew Nicoll, … Continue reading
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Friday photo; The Guga Hunters of Ness
BBC 2 Scotland will be showing a programme next Thursday entitled ‘The Guga Hunters of Ness’ , following the annual expedition of ten Ness men to Sula Sgeir to catch Guga, the only sanctioned hunt of gannet allowed in the EU, a privilege … Continue reading
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A helping hand
We’ve been joined for a few hours this afternoon by Nicolson Instsitute student Luke Wilson who has been based in the Library for his work experience placement. After giving him a tour of some of the collections we set him … Continue reading
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Friday photo; Balallan Snowscape
Now that the rain has arrived and is turning the snow into ‘snirt’ (snow dirt) here is a photograph of Balallan with pristine white snow to give you an alternate snow scene. Unfortunately we do not have a date or … Continue reading
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