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- Two girls aged about 16 have just been in asking for Testimonials. They are going to Canada in April. A ship is to come to Sy. for about 400 young men and women. It makes it attractive to them to be picked up here. These lassies struck me as young, young to be starting life on their own. An agent from the Canadian Govt. is here picking them up … Stornoway 8th Feb. 1923
- You will be sorry to hear that dear old Barrie died on Friday morning. We told you that some kind of paralysis had affected one of his forelegs … On Friday morning when Mamma came down she found him dead … We are missing him a good deal about the house. He was a good old fellow. We make it that he has been fifteen years with us … Stornoway 23rd Feb. 1919
- 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
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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Angus Macleod Memorial Lecture 2012 – Professor Donald Meek
Last Thursday evening, I attended the ninth annual Angus Macleod Memorial Lecture, organised by the Islands Book Trust. The speaker for this years lecture was Professor Donald Meek. The title of his lecture was “Charging at an Open Door? An … Continue reading
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Friday photo; Marybank Lodge, Lews Castle Grounds
This photograph is taken from the Lewis Museum Trust collection held in Stornoway Library, and show Marybank Lodge in Lews Castle Grounds, with gillies and guests outside. Can you help us identify the photograph? Please do get in touch if … Continue reading
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Friday photo; the birth of a town
The portion of a card seen above and below were found in the James Shaw Grant collection, and bear a striking resemblance to the Christmas Card sent by Lord Leverhulme featured on our blog in the past. The card has … Continue reading
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Archives and fiction: The Lewis Man
All been a bit quiet beyond the Friday photo’s so thought I’d do something a bit different. Peter May is a Lewis-born author who has set three thrillers on the island. The first, The Black House, is based in the … Continue reading
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Friday Photo; dancing on the moors
This week’s Friday photo is from the Lewis Museum Trust collection of photographs held at Stornoway Library, and shows a group of people having an impromptu ceilidh in front of a cow. As before, we do not have any information … Continue reading
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