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- Frank Maciver was in school on Friday looking years older Papa says. He is coming to tea with us tomorrow. I wish it had been when you were at home. He was in the retreat at Cambrai when the guns were lost but as it happened the gun he was on was got off as it had been half a kilometre to the rear of the main lot… Stornoway, 20th January. 1918
- Since Alick and Papa went out a boy has come in, a son of Macleod, Lochcroisten, who has only now managed in to school. He got as far as Achmore and has had to stay there from the day you got started south. Coming in today he followed the telegraph poles as no one could tell where the road was and he got his chin frost-bitten… Papa advised him to stay indoors till Monday to keep it from the cold… Stornoway, 17th January. 1918
- On Tuesday evening John Macdonald (1914), Ness, the lad who won the Military Medal in the R.G.A., came in to see us. He is on leave, but owing to the snow had been unable to start for Ness. We had a long and interesting talk with him on life at the front… Stornoway, 10th January. 1918
- Mr. Menzies was in at the school seeing Papa and telling him about the boys. He has a high opinion of Zadok it seems. He says that the Lewis section of the Battery are looked on as the intellectuals which is what one would expect. I saw Mr. Menzies at the sale and he told me that he discovered in conversation with Papa that he knows far more about the boys than their padre did… Stornoway, 13th December. 1917
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Friday photo: the Marconi Pole
Lochboisdale is the location of these weeks photos which show various views of the Marconi pole which appears to have been located by the hotel.
Friday photo: Lochboisdale Public Supply Stores
To Lochboisdale for this weeks Friday photo and the Lochboisdale Public Supply stores. This shop would have been a vital lifeline for many an islander and these sorts of small local shops could be found in afew communities around the … 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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