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- One day last week Papa had six teachers off sick. Flu is bad in Sy. again and there have been several deaths. Poor little Jack Ross is very ill indeed, and he has such a narrow margin of strength… Stornoway Feb. 20th 1919
- On Friday afternoon we went for a walk as far as the Market Hill to see the new sanatorium. It is being put up in the new method – the roof first on a wooden frame, then the wall built up double of thin concrete slabs set on edge… Stornoway 16th Feb. 1919
- Mamma is re-reading “The Little Minister.” Her previous book was Gissing’s “The New Grub Street.” I have been re-reading “Coriolanus” and “Hamlet” and marvelling anew at the greatness of the latter. Have you yet fallen under the fascination of Shakespeare?…Stornoway 13th Feb. 1919
- I heard some time ago that the ex munition girls get 25/- a week for 13 weeks and think of me offering Maggie 30/- a month. I blush for my folly. Perhaps when the 3 m[on]ths are over she may come after all if I let her know. Should I? … Stornoway 9th Feb. 1919
- The jury enquiry into the loss of the “Iolaire”, which has been ordered, opens on Monday. The Crown is sending down a special law agent, and the Sheriff Principal is to preside… Stornoway 6th Feb. 1919
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Cunntas-sluaigh na h-Alba 2011
Tha Tasglann nan Eilean Siar a’ cumail taic ri Cunntas-sluaigh na h-Alba 2011. Tha an taghadh agaibh a’ lionadh a-steach air paipear no air loidhne (ann am Beurla no Gaidhlig.) Tha an Riaghaltas airson gun cuir sibh ur foirmaichean air … Continue reading
