[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 →[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 […]
Read more →New pictures for our collection; thanks to Mary Macleod, Lochcroistean.
Read more →[audio:banais una RB finlay.mp3] Verses written by Norman “Conter” Macleod, am Bard Bochd and for many years headmaster at Lochcroistean, on the occasion of the marriage of Agnes Smith, Lochcroistean, […]
Read more →Marianne hosted a lovely evening for about forty past pupils of Lochcroistean school, and their spouses, on the 130th anniversary of the opening of the school. [slideshow=35] If the slideshow […]
Read more →Next month marks 130 years since Lochcroistean School was first opened, under the first headmaster, John Smith from Valtos, and accommodating children from the bays district: Enaclete, Ungeshader, Geshader and […]
Read more →From research undertaken by Maggie Smith for Hebridean Connections and the Stornoway Gazette. See also Part II and Part III. After the Education Act of 1872, children throughout the country […]
Read more →[singlepic=454,380] Teachers Donald Macarthur (Soup) and Annie Macaulay 35 Cliff (Anna Bheag) Back Row 1. Peter Macleod 9 Enaclete 2. Farquhar Macdonald 12 Carishader 3. Angus Hugh Smith 2 Carishader […]
Read more →Thanks to Murdag, and to Finlay for the identification.
Read more →From Rev William Matheson’s “History of the Families of Lewis – Smith” published under the pseudonym Mac Gille Chaluim in the Stornoway Gazette in the late 1950s. See a further […]
Read more →From the Highland News, 30 August 1913; we’ve already had the fundraising concert and the domestic prizes: The West Uig and Bernera Crofters’ Show was held at Lochcroistean School on […]
Read more →Domestic and Vegetable prizes at the Uig Crofters’ Show in August 1913. Oatcake: 1. Mrs Andrew Mackay 23 Valtos 2. Mrs John Macleod 10 Geshader 3. Miss Kate Macleod 1 […]
Read more →Joseph L O’Hara was headmaster at Lochcroistean School from 10 January 1894 to November 1899. He was popular with the pupils and well liked by the community, but when asked […]
Read more →LOCHCROISTEAN SCHOOL 1934 Teacher Kenneth Smith (Souse) Back: 1. Angus Murdo Matheson 8 Enaclete (Gong) 2. Roddy MacIsaac 5 Geshader (Roddy na Candle) 3. Angus Maciver 4 Geshader (Bain) 4. […]
Read more →Teacher: Annie Macaulay, 35 Cliff Back: 1. Dolina Smith 2 Ungeshader (Dollag a Choisich) 2. Effie Smith 2 Ungeshader (Eiric Choinnich) 3. Chirsty Macdonald 11 Geshader (Goody) d1939 diphtheria 4. […]
Read more →Some photos from Mary (Smith) Macleod, Lochcroistean.
Read more →From the Lochcroistean School Log, 16 March 1892. The teacher was Maggie Black. Circular 132 Scotch Education Department Dover House, Whitehall 29th January 1892 To the Official Correspondent of the […]
Read more →On the dancefloor by Lochcroistean with the Geshader, Ungeshader and Lochcroistean cousins, at a birthday party for one of the Smith girls (recently returned from Boston) c1935. Mother Peggy Smith […]
Read more →We are modestly delighted to have made the Scotsman’s supplement today, in the shortlist for Best Museums in the Western Isles. Marianne’s lovely cafe at Lochcroistean School is one of the […]
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