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- You remember a rather pretty stripy one that used to come about when you were here. Its mistress was here the other evening when I was doing the paths, looking for it… Her husband seems to be in the navy and she lives in Mrs. Ross’ who has also Mrs. Rose and her dog. The cat and dog must not meet!… Stornoway, 13th May. 1917
- Lt-Col. David Macleod has been wounded again; his name was on to-day’s list near that of Aleck Macaulay, Breasclet. The latter has been wounded on the head by shrapnel, not seriously, Catherine says… Stornoway, 10th May. 1917
- Am sending on “Gazette”. I have a summary in it of an old book on Stor[nowa]y… Thomas Babington Macaulay got the D.C.M. He seems to have behaved with great bravery, attacked four Germans, killed three & wounded one & carried off their machine guns into lines… Stornoway, 6th May. 1917
- Did Papa tell you that she and Miss Isabel Mackenzie are going to take a teacher’s work between them, which will leave Papa still 5 teachers short. Mr. Colin J, Mr. Ewen and Mr. Tait are left so far but will to be appealed for from time to time. If only the war would end! You will be sorry to hear that poor May Macfarlane has lost her other brother in this last push. He was in the Canadians… Stornoway, 29th April. 1917
- Mamma is just now busy in the kitchen baking oatcakes, so that we may keep within the Controller’s demand that no person shall eat more than a loaf and a half per week. We have been taking note this week and find that we are well within the limit. Some white fish are being landed these days, so the “kitchen” problem has not been so acute as it sometimes is… Stornoway, 26th April. 1917
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Poor Law records: Cases of Settlement
As mentioned in the previous Poor Law blog posts, the liability for the poor usually lay with the parish of their birth. It was therefore in a Parish’s interests to try and prove that a pauper wasn’t from their Parish … Continue reading
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Poor Law records: applications
The Poor Law (Scotland) Act of 1845 saw a complete reworking of the approach to managing and elevating poverty in Scotland. Parochial Boards, and later Parish Councils, were established to manage the poor in their areas. Serious record keeping began, … Continue reading
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Friday photo: Milling around the grounds
In 1816, the Stewart-Mackenzies built a new water mill in the Castle Grounds in Stornoway for the grinding of corn. The mill features in a detail of this hand-drawn map of the Burgh of Stornoway made in 1850. On the … Continue reading
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Friday photo: Whisky, sawdust and cake!
The Woodlands Centre is a popular destination in Stornoway for those seeking refreshment of a sit down before or after a wander around the castle grounds. But the site of the Woodlands has an interesting history. The extract from the … Continue reading
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Friday photo: Where’s the tipp-ex?
A researcher has recently been making use of the General Register of the Poor for Stornoway for 1895-1905 as part of his PhD research. The General Register lists all the people in the parish of Stornoway who were receiving support from … Continue reading
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Friday photo: Ernest writes home
Regular readers of the blog and followers of the Friday photo will know how much we like what’s written on the back of postcards and this one is a belter! It’s April 1944 and Ernest is recently stationed in Lewis … 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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Friday photo: Tartan town
A proper Burns-esq style postcard for all you Friday photo fans this week. Here is a busy Cromwell Street being immortalised in thistles and tartan. I thought it would be fitting since it is Burns night! As we can see … Continue reading
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Friday Photo; 1953 Plane wreck
This photograph of a Sabre F4 crash is from the Lewis Museum Trust collection held in Stornoway Library. Unfortunately no details about this crash were found with the photographs, though I did manage to find the following details about the … Continue reading
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