The Uig Landscape
From West Over Sea by DDC Pochin Mould, 1953. To go to Uig is to go to a different country…
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West Over Sea, DDC Pochin Mould
“Life in the Outer Hebrides with the legendary and historical background”. 1953, Oliver and Boyd. From the dustjacket: This book…
The Girls at Gearraidh Thodail
Left, Mairead Macdonald (8 Kneep) and right, her sister Chirsty Ann (Ciorstaidh Anna a’Phurpois) at the shieling at Gearraidh Thodail. …
The Centenerian
From the Inverness Courier of 25 March 1846: A correspondent has favoured us with some further particulars relative to the…
Valtos School 1966-67
Photo taken by Aneas Maclean, nephew of Mrs Jessie Macdonald 24 Valtos, while on student placement. We’ll expect the gaps…
Lochcroistean School Reunion, Saturday 30 May
Next month marks 130 years since Lochcroistean School was first opened, under the first headmaster, John Smith from Valtos, and…
Carishader Boys
Angus Hugh Smith (2 then 7a Carishader) and Angus Macritchie, North End Carishader. We assume the pram is unoccupied. Not…
Customs of the St Kildans
St Kilda is not in the parish of Uig but we can see it from coast around the upper end…
The Uig POs and their Postmarks
From Islands Postal History Series, No 3: Lewis, by James A Mackay. Published by the author, 1978. Miavaig The Gaelic…
Bibliography: Salmon and Sea Trout Angling on Lewis and Harris (David SD Jones)
New to our bookshop are some numbered and signed copies of a recent limited publication by David SD Jones entitled…
Placenames: Geshader and Strome
Key placenames and landmarks around the township of Geshader, the inlet to Little Loch Roag (the Sruth, next to #18),…
Announcements: Museum, Committee and Twitter
The Museum will be open from this week, on Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays, 12-4pm, for the rest of May. Full…
The Rose
Our Rose, painted by Anne McVean – notecards now available to buy from the museum. Many thanks to Anne.
More 19th Century Food: from the Sea
From Lewsiana, W Anderson Smith, 1874-86. (See also the previous extract.) Dog fish (Spinax) kept for a short time and…
Ciorstaidh Mhòr
Ciorstaidh Mhòr, Christina Matheson, was born in 1861 in Enaclete, a daughter of William Ruadh and a sister of William…
Community Archaeology Project, Kneep Headland
The Valtos Trust is hosting a visit from Tom Dawson of the SCAPE Trust (Scottish Coast Archaeology and the Problem…
An Incident at Erista
Dear Sir, I beg to inform you that I am this moment informed of the old woman’s Hut at Arista being broken into and her chest opened and all her little money stolen from it yesterday…
TB Macaulay’s Other Form of Life Insurance
TB Macaulay (1860-1942), the well-known son of Uig who became President of the Sun Life Assurance Co. in Montreal, and…
Crowlista Old School
%%wppa%% %%photo=392%% %%size=610%% The remains of the old school at Crowlista (with Forsnaval behind). There is a tradition of there…