Monthly Archives: June 2011

Au revoir, Mary!

Yesterday was a sad day in Stornoway Library as we waved goodbye to librarian Mary Ferguson.  After more years than she cares to disclose of steely glares and telling noisy readers “shush” helping the public to get the most out … Continue reading

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Lews Castle consultation

Yesterday saw over 900 people take the opportunity to look around the main public rooms on the ground floor of the iconic Lews Castle.  If you look carefully at the picture below, you may even see the baldy head of … Continue reading

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Council Archives

One of the Tasglann’s roles is to work with public authorities to help highlight the value of archives as well as help them to look after their own.  On Monday the Tasglann team held a “drop in” session in the … Continue reading

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Friday photo; the Wombles of Lews Castle are we

Today’s Friday Photo was inspired by Wimbledon and Tuesday’s Lews Castle consultation event.  The postcard shows the castle with the greenhouses still intact and with the tennis court marked out.  On Tuesday between 3pm and 8pm, everyone is invited to have a … Continue reading

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Taisbeanadh Alasdair MacGilleMhìcheil

Tha taisbeanadh obair am beul-aithrisiche Alasdair MacGilleMhìcheil gu bhith aig Oilthigh Dhùn Eideann agus beò air loidhne bho 5.15f an-diugh. Chuir MacGilleMhìcheil seachad leth chiad bliadhna a’ cruinneachadh sgeulachdan, bàrdachd, beul-aithris agus barrachd bho muinntir na Gàidhealtachd agus bho seo, … Continue reading

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Lews Castle Museum & Archive – community consultation

Ever fancied seeing inside Lews Castle’s main public rooms?  Now is your chance!  As part of the HLF bid being developed to turn Lews Castle into a museum and archive for the Western Isles a community consultation event is being … Continue reading

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Friday Photo; Refugee Week

The above photo from Stornoway Library’s collection is of twenty-nine Estonian refugees en route across the Atlantic in 1948.  The group had initially moved to Sweden in 1944 but had decided that the proximity to Communist Russia was too great, and chose … Continue reading

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Friday photo; it’ll do the peats

Today’s Friday Photo is of some very strong Niseach women carrying home creels of peat.  As you can see, the piles of peat are more than a foot higher than the head of each woman, which meant that not only … Continue reading

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The Purest Pleasure?

Scottish Borders Archives housed in the Heritage Hub in Hawick have a great blog.  Rachel, the archivist there, posted this yesterday.  I particularly like the bit about access in the past having been restricted to papers relating to the Mafia … Continue reading

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Friday photo: Of Friday photos!

OK, this is a poor excuse for a Friday photo, but Katie Anne is off, Donna is on holiday and David can’t work the scanner so has had to resort to photography!  Above you can see the photograph collection of Stornoway Library … Continue reading

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