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- This afternoon Angus Macphail has been in to see us. He was asking for you all. He is still busy “coelum servans”. They send up little balloons and measure the direction and strength of the wind at different heights. This is done hourly and the results are passed on to the airmen. He thinks he may soon be sent out to Italy… Stornoway, 26th May. 1918
- Today Rudland and some of the school-boys brought the “Naughty Lass” up to the back garden, opposite the kitchen window. Papa proposes getting her painted and ready for sea. We want to try the fishing and in any case it will be nice to be able to get afloat now and again. In the evenings I am too tired to go walking and this would be better. So you will get a chance of developing your muscle when you come home. Also Maud – tell her… Stornoway, 16th May. 1918
- Did I tell you last week that Neil Macdonald (Fifth of 1914) the lad from Balallan who got the Mil. Cross about a year ago, was rumoured as having been killed. I am sorry to say it is officially confirmed. This morning also news came that Ian Macdonald, the younger of the C. E.’s sons, has been killed. People whose sons are out are having a time of great anxiety… Stornoway, 12th May. 1918
- W. J. Clarke came in and we then got away and went in to Miss Fraser’s. We had heard that she had been at our door one day when you were at home… Since then she has been seriously ill with a very bad heart attack, and Dr. Mackenzie in attendance… She is now up and about again but does not seem as far as we could judge to be much better than when she went to the country. Poor Miss Fraser! it is very sad to see her so unlike herself. Write her a nice letter one of these days when you are at leisure, and be watching the shops to see if there is any little thing you could send her… Stornoway, 9th May. 1918
- I don’t know whether you heard that they had prizes in Story. in connection with the War Savings Certifs., and among the 16,000 numbers from which they drew one of the successful one is one of your certificates. This will entitle you to one £1 certif., which I shall duly claim one of these days for you… Stornoway, 5th May. 1918.
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Hugging Archives and Christmas
Hugging Archives This week I wanted to focus on accessioning archives and the processes involved. When a collection has been offered to an archive, a lot of thought, care and attention are required. Archives need a lot of attention which … Continue reading →
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Friday photo: Fishing at Castlebay
We return to the ever lovely Barra for two photos this week. The first shows the view down the main street in Castlebay looking out to the castle and Vatersay in the distance. I love the line of fishing boats … Continue reading →
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Friday photo: Right down at the bottom of the chain
Often when talking about the islands, people use the phrase Butt to Barra, signifying the area covered by the Western Isles from the Butt of Lewis down the to the island of Barra. However, this does a disservice to the … Continue reading →
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Friday photo: How many Pabbays?!
This Friday’s image is taken from Bosival at Leveburgh looking out over the sound of Harris to Pabbay. Pabbay comes from the Norse “Papey” meaning island of the papar i.e. monks. The Outer Hebrides has three islands called Pabbay, all … Continue reading →
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Friday photo: Landing at Barra
Landing at Barra Airport on the Traigh Mhòr is an amazing experience, unless of course you are a nervous flyer! Lets hope that the weather brightened up a bit for these individuals!
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Friday photo: North Bay, Barra
This weeks image comes from Barra featuring a view of North Bay, featuring the church, taken by the photographer Violet Banks. The image is a postcard from the collections held at Stornoway Library and appears to have been sent by … Continue reading →
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Friday image; Barra and the Bishop’s Isles
We recently came across a beautiful 17th century map of the Uists, Barra and Bishop’s Isles entitled Vistus Insula vulgo Viist in Stornoway Library’s map collection. The map is made up of two pages and the section shown above shows … Continue reading →
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Friday photo; Barrafest
Yesterday and today people from all over Scotland will be making their way to Castlebay for the annual Barrafest. Though it is one of Scotland’s smaller festivals, it has a big reputation, and is now firmly on the festival circuit. … Continue reading →
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Friday photo; Uist Fair
Comhairle workers down in the Uists, Benbecula and Barra have had the past three days off, and hopefully have enjoyed the South Uist and North Uist Highland Games and the Highlands and Islands Young Piper of the Year competition. The … Continue reading →
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Friday photo; seagull egg sandwich anyone?
The above photo taken from Stornoway Library’s collection was purchased because it was assumed it was cliff climbing for seabird eggs on St Kilda. However on closer inspection it would appear that it is actually from somewhere else in Britain, potentially … Continue reading →
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