Tag Archives: fishing

Friday photo: Barking the nets

Colin has been helping the archives recently in scanning in many many photographs.  He found this image when working on a fishing collection of fishermen barking their nets.  Colin’s own words follow! “Barking was carried out before the new season started, in … 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: The happy sailor

Sometimes the smile of a a person in a photo or their demeanour is just captivating. This image is identified as Alexander Macleod of Point, skipper of the Muirneag SY486.  The image is take around 1940 and comes from the … Continue reading

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Friday photo: Mending the nets

Another image from the Lewis Museum Society collection held at Stornoway library featuring two fisherman mending nets in Stornoway harbour (image reference P/FI/026). It looks like back breaking work to me!

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Friday photo: A Point fisherman

This happy fisherman is Donald Macleod of Knock, Point.  He was a crew member of the Muirneag SY486.  The image is taken in about 1930 and comes from the Lewis Museum Society’s collection held in Stornoway library (image reference P/FM/7). … Continue reading

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A collection within a collection!

It isn’t often we find a collection within a collection here at Tasglann nan Eilean Siar but that is exactly what has happened with James Shaw Grant and the MacAulay (Rhodesia) Fund. The Fund was set up after the death of Ness … Continue reading

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Friday photo; Lochboisdale boats

This week’s Friday Photo is of fishing boats in Lochboisdale.  Lochboisdale was a major port at the time of the herring boom in the late 19th and early 20th century, and now serves as one of the main ferry ports … Continue reading

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