Dolly Doctor speaks up for Gaelic
From the People’s Journal, 27 September 1958. It’s a while now since Dr Donald Macdonald of Gisla in…
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Lewis Chessmen in concert, free at the Fringe
The National Museum of Scotland is presenting a month-long programme of music that draws on the Lewis Chessmen for inspiration,…
Uig Cattle Market in 1958
An account of the cattle sales at Ardroil from the People’s Journal, 27 September 1958. In the Outer Isles the folk who make their living off the land can’t come to the market. So the market goes to them. And the cattle sales may well decide whether the crofter and his family have a good year or a bad year.
RAF Party Stuck at Achmore
In the winter of 1961, the Commanding Officer of RAF Aird Uig and twenty-six of his officers and men were stranded in Stornoway while returning from the first night of the charity concert organised by the camp in the Town Hall.
Aonghas nam Beann
Angus nam Beann was a well-known figure in Uig at the time of the Revivals, and ever since. The following…
Gala Day 2010
See the full gallery here. I was behind the mussel stand for most of it so the selection is limited…
In the Freezer
There are no safes for breaking in the Outer Hebrides, but there’s treasure more worth lifting in the crofter’s huge deep freeze. A verse from the Stornoway Gazette: we didn’t go hungry in 1972.
The Chessmen in the History of the World
Last week the Chessmen were featured on the BBC as part of the British Museum’s History of the World in…
A Serious Accident at Cliff
After the end of the Great War, dangerous materials were still washing up on the beach. All credit to Nurse Maclean for her tender care of Murdo Macleod, Cliff, in 1919.
Five Sons at Sea
During the Second World War, five Macdonald brothers from the village of Valtos, Uig, Isle of Lewis, served at sea.…
Gamekeeper finds missing airman, 1959
From the Stornoway Gazette, 7 July 1959: The Commanding Officer of the R.A.F. station at Aird Uig has expressed gratitude…
At the Ardroil Peats
Chrissie Matheson 2 Ardroil, and Chirsty Bell, Scoddaidh Mor and Scoddaidh Beag, 5 Ardroil, with Suainebhal behind.
Ardroil
Intriguing, isn’t it. There will be a full film in due course. Script by Eric Macdonald; produced by Theatre Hebrides.
Morsgail: the History of a Lewis Sporting Estate
David SD Jones, author of a number of books and articles on gamekeeping and sporting estates, has produced a new…
Wartime Enaclete
Thanks to Donald John Macleod, Enaclete and Bridge of Don, for these memories of Enaclete during the 1940s. As a…
The Airigh Trail, again
It’s time to revive the Airigh Trail, and organise some sheiling walks. We should really do an epic walk to…
Dòmhnall Càm in South Dell
Another grisly story about our Uig hero, Dòmhnall Càm, who has a much less heroic reputation in other parts of…
Wedding Telegrams of the 1960s
Our wedding collection is growing slowly but surely, and new in today are 1960s wedding telegrams and some lovely photos.…
Lot 18: Uig Crofters
In 1923, Lord Leverhulme began to dispose of his Lewis estates, first offering to give the island to its inhabitants.…
Sandy and Mary, 1959
From the Stornoway Gazette supplement, 18 December 1959. Wedding bells have been ringing in Mangersta for the past year. Cupid…