valtos – Comann Eachdraichd Uig

Congested Bulls

One of the popular schemes of the Congested Districts Board (1898-1912) was the provision of bulls, rams and stallions, on loan, to crofting parishes where the stock was in need of improvement. Uig did particularly well on the bulls, it seems.

Clearances 1851

The late 1840s were years of desperation in Lewis (as elsewhere), with much of the population near to starvation and dependent on ‘destitution meal’ from the Proprietor. The solution that presented itself was assisted and effectively compulsory emigration; here are the numbers fixed on for emigration from Uig in 1851.

The Valtos Centre Badge

The Valtos Centre, based in the old Valtos School from shortly after it was closed, was first used in 1972 and developed over a couple of years until a visit there became a major fixture in the educational calendar for island pupils, and for scout groups and the like from further afield.

A Party on Pabbay, 1947

Back: 1. Sandy Morrison Balallan? 2. 3. 4. Molly Morrison from Bragad, teacher at Valtos School, married to Sandy Morrison…

Sgìre Ùige

Tha Peigi Oighrig NicÌomhair (anns a mheadhan) air iomadh òrain a sgrìobhadh thar na bliadhnaichean. Rugadh Peigi air a’ Chnìp, Sgìre Uig ann an 1926 agus gu dearbha fhèin bha teanga nam bàrd a’ ruith troimh ‘n teaghlach aice. Bha grand uncle dhith ‘Dòmhnall Donn’ na bhàrd baile air a’ Chnìp na latha, agus sgìobh Aonghas Coinneach, bràthair Pheigi fhein, mòran òrain agus rannan.

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Congested Bulls

Clearances 1851

The Valtos Centre Badge

A Party on Pabbay, 1947

Sgìre Ùige

Five Sons at Sea

On the Lewis-Harris Boundary

The Macaulay Resistence

Fishing Boats in Uig

Hogmanay in the Capital, 1943

Calum Olach in Java

Scouting in Uig

School Sports Day

Valtos School Seniors, 1948

Home-made Clothes

Valtos School, 1948

The Uig Landscape

Valtos School 1966-67

Bibliography: Salmon and Sea Trout Angling on Lewis and Harris (David SD Jones)

Enterprise of Four Uigeachs