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- I was out at Carloway on Tuesday and helped to interview about 50 girls. It took us over 3 hours and we were much in need of refreshment and so did full justice to Cathy’s tea and new laids when it was over … Stornoway 12th Jun. 1919
- Professor Matthew M MacIver CBE FEIS of Portnaguran (born 1946) : educationist
- Hector Maciver of Shawbost (1910-1966) : teacher, writer and broadcaster
- Mamma … has promised to go to Carloway for an Unemployment Tribunal meeting. It is said that the officials here in connection with Unemployment now number 27. It is rumoured that the Government are going to solve the Unemployment problem in Lewis by taking the unemployed on to the official staff, on the same principal as the well-known community whose members made a living by taking in one another’s washing! … Stornoway 8th Jun. 1919
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Friday photo: Bak 2 skool
I suspect there were many very excited and very many grumpy young folk this morning in the Western Isles as the new school year started. I’m sure we all remember our first (and last) day at school and can empathise … Continue reading
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Friday photo: Time for exercise
Another couple of images from the WJ Gibson collection, this time showing a gym class in the Nicolson in 1911. As well as a cameo of Gibson himself, I like the detail in the bacg ground. Fencing masks appear to … Continue reading
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Friday photo: A new teacher starts
Today’s image comes from the island of Grimsay and relates to Kallin School. On 7 April 1910, Isabella Christie took up her post there as teacher. As you can see from the log book extract above, her first week was … Continue reading
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Friday image: The Red Tongues of Point
No, The Red Tongues of Point isn’t a punk band from the Eye Peninsula but rather a reference to an outbreak of Scarlet Fever at Aird School in December 1907. The school log book for the month notes a series of unfortunate … Continue reading
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Friday Photo; Reflections on Mingulay
Today the Islands Book Trust is hosting a two-day event to mark the centenary of the end of permanent human settlement on Mingulay, with our very own David Powell as one of the speakers! The Trust will also be launching a … Continue reading
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St Kilda and Mingulay school log books in the news!
This week saw the formal launch online of the school log books for the abandoned islands of Mingulay and St Kilda. Several newspapers, including the Scotsman, Herald, Sunday Express and other news websites such as the BBC have picked up … Continue reading
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