Thanks to Donalda Wishart for these images of the fank at Cleidir (Crowlista) in 1975.
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Cleidir Fank, 1975
by admin • 21 September 2011 • Archive photos, Crofting • 1 Comment
Cait’ a’ bheil seo?
by admin • 19 September 2011 • Archive photos, Around Uig • 7 Comments
This photo of a lovely blackhouse was taken by DJ Maclean, who was headmaster at Valtos School. It is obviously somewhere in Lewis, though not necessarily in Uig and we certainly can’t place it.
Read more →Rev MacFarlane’s 25th Anniversary
by admin • 5 September 2011 • Archive photos, Church, History • 0 Comments
A fine photo of Baile na Cille kirk session. Taken in 1976 at the 25th Anniversary presentation for Rev Angus Macfarlane, Baile na Cille. Rev Macfarlane retired in 1979, at which point the congregation merged with that of the Miavaig church.
Read more →A Party on Pabbay, 1947
by admin • 4 June 2011 • Archive photos • 0 Comments
[singlepic id=1325 w=610] Back: 1. Sandy Morrison Balallan? 2. 3. 4. Molly Morrison from Bragad, teacher at Valtos School, married to Sandy Morrison Balallan 5. Molly’s sister? 6. Norman Buchanan […]
Read more →Carishader in 1956
by admin • 3 June 2011 • Archive photos • 0 Comments
Some pictures of Carishader taken from behind the village in 1956. Thanks to MJ Macneill, 10 Carishader, for these.
Read more →Visitors at Uig Lodge, 1897-98
by admin • 6 March 2011 • Archive photos, Featured Notes, Sporting Estates • 0 Comments
A fine collection of photographs from an 1897-98 album belonging to the family of William E Lawson, a London barrister who took Uig Lodge for those two seasons. The photos show Lawson with his dogs and other family entertainments, girls at the shieling, and the gamekeeper Roderick Mackenzie and his son Donald.
Read more →Bonfire Night
by admin • 5 November 2010 • Archive photos, Entertainments • 1 Comment
Bonfire at Crowlista School, circa 1950. Tonight is also bonfire night! Pictures to follow.
Read more →Wedding Telegrams of the 1960s
by admin • 14 May 2010 • Archive photos, Life in Uig • 0 Comments
[singlepic=1121,797] Our wedding collection is growing slowly but surely, and new in today are 1960s wedding telegrams and some lovely photos. Most will be on display in the tearoom within […]
Read more →Sandy and Mary, 1959
by admin • 6 May 2010 • Archive photos, Life in Uig, People • 0 Comments
[singlepic=1119,827] From the Stornoway Gazette supplement, 18 December 1959. Wedding bells have been ringing in Mangersta for the past year. Cupid started at one end of the village leaving a […]
Read more →The Reverends Norman Morrison
by admin • 2 February 2010 • Archive photos, Church, People • 5 Comments
A photo of the Rev Norman Morrison, with his wife, sister (behind him) and children. Rev Morrison was minister at Baile na Cille from 1931 to 1950. He wasn’t the first of that name in Uig; the third known minister in Uig was also Norman Morrison, 1742 to 1777, who was a grandson of John Morrison, tacksman at Bragar – known in the archives as Indweller.
Read more →Holidaying in Uig, 1926
by admin • 20 January 2010 • Archive photos, Life in Uig • 0 Comments
[singlepic=1068,475,left] These new-to-us pictures come from the albums of the late Roberta Maclennan, whose brother Duncan was the doctor in Uig during WW2 – though the pictures date from 1926, […]
Read more →Unidentified
by admin • 17 January 2010 • Archive photos • 0 Comments
These studio portraits are all from the early years of the 20th century – except the first, which is a tintype (I think) and seems to be earlier. They are […]
Read more →School Trip to Bernera, 1952
by admin • 11 January 2010 • Archive photos, Education, Transport • 3 Comments
%%wppa%% %%photo=112%% %%size=610%% Thanks to the comments below from Dolly and Murdina, we now know that this is a joint expedition by Lochcroistean and Mangersta School to see the Bernera […]
Read more →At Strome
by admin • 24 December 2009 • Archive photos, Crofting, Life in Uig • 1 Comment
[singlepic=1046,357] A very unseasonable picture: a party from Reef, out at Strome for peats in fine weather. Angus Mackay (an Gagan), James Morrison (Seumas Mhurchaidh Seumais), Christina Mackay, Peggy Macritchie […]
Read more →Transport
by admin • 7 December 2009 • Archive photos, Transport • 0 Comments
[singlepic=1043,338] John Nicholson 3 Crowlista, Peter Angus Maclean 8 Timsgarry; and a Macdonald from 5 Crowlista. Can anyone identify the ladies, or where this is taken?
Read more →Shonnie Goravig at the peats
by admin • 16 November 2009 • Archive photos, Crofting • 0 Comments
[singlepic=1031,713] Shonnie Goravig, John Maclean, 3 Ungeshader, who we talked about here.
Read more →Unidentified 1920s Weddings
by admin • 15 November 2009 • Archive photos • 0 Comments
These photos all came from the collection of Joan Maciver, 35 Cliff. If you recognise any faces, please let us know!
Read more →The Cliffs of Mangersta
by admin • 13 November 2009 • Archive photos • 0 Comments
Some pictures from Murdanie Macdonald of Island Cruising, who has for many years run week-long trips from Uig to St Kilda, the Flannan Isles and other islands off our coast, […]
Read more →Lochcroistean School, c1928
by admin • 4 November 2009 • Archive photos, Education • 3 Comments
[singlepic=946,373] Lochcroistean School, c1928. Teachers Annie Macaulay 35 Cliff and Donald Macarthur, Carloway. Back Row:1. Angus Hugh Smith, 2 Carishader 2. Angus John Macdonald, 6 Carishader 3. Donald Macritchie, 4 […]
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