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- The Orrocks have had a great deal of property stolen and their house is simply wrecked, not a whole panel in any door. The navy men seem to have run amok. It would have been much better had it been burned. Doubtless Lord Leverhulme will see to his agent’s better housing when he comes… Stornoway, 6th March. 1918
- Papa has gone out to a meeting of his library comtee to see what can be done in the circumstances “to carry on”. He thinks they ought at least to get temporary premises and continue the reading room. He also is anxious to know what is to be done for a home for the poor Stevens… Stornoway, 4th March. 1918
- Mamma and I had had tea early & were getting ready to go down to the reading- room to have our usual look at the pictures, when from one of the front windows we saw some smoke rising over the house roofs…we were just in time to see from the lavatory window the flames rush up and wrap the little clock tower. Through the flames we could see the hands still pointing to the time, then they dropped. Then the dial dropped bodily, and a minute or two afterwards the tower toppled over sideways… Stornoway, 3rd March. 1918
- Last night about seven when we were just finishing tea Maud’s Mother came to borrow some coal. It seems there is none in town and no peats to be had either… Papa says they have only one day’s supply in school. And to cap it the weather has become bitterly cold with gales from the north bringing snow and hail… The Claymore used to bring some coal but she has gone ashore on Goat Island with 2000 barrels of fresh herrings in her and can’t be got off… Stornoway, 28th February. 1918
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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
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
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
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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