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Friday, January 1st, 2010
Stornoway Gazette, 21 Jan 1944
The pressmen get their snaps - Lewisfolk provide a little colour
American press photographers visited the vicinity of St Pauls on Hogmanay to pick up a few colourful pictures of New Year celebrations in London.
A group of Lewisfolk gave them their best 'shots' of the evening when ...
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Sunday, October 25th, 2009
For next year, Uig Museum will be mounting a display of wedding and christening objects, and we're very keen to collect any items, stories, photographs and archives connected with these events in Uig over the years. Naturally we don't need to take ownership of them, unless you'd like to ...
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
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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, to Kenny Maclennan, 15 Kneep. It was sung at the wedding by Kenny Dan Smith, 2 Ungeshader; and the reading here ...
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Friday, April 10th, 2009
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The Uig football team was top of the league in 1978. Iain Morrison 13 Mangersta (Moggan), Roderick Maclean 20 Brenish (Scratch), Iain A Maclean 5 Aird (Mac Maclean) and Donald Macdonald 22 Valtos (Domhnall Tochie) - missing John Angus Macaulay.
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
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Piper Lorne Cousin with Sir Sean Connery at the US Library of Congress.
Lorne is an Uigeach, grandson to Murdo Macleod 17 Uigen (Murchadh a Ghobha), himself a piper, and nephew to Murdo Beag. In 2004 he toured with Madonna (Lorne, not Murdo) and has played many high-profile events. On the night ...
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
At the Uig Celebration dinner and ceilidh on Friday, there was an Uig quiz, compiled by Teen Anne Murray. Twenty questions; this site may help you with some of them but for most, you're on your own. Answers in the comments please.
1. Name the oldest and youngest people currently ...
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
Theatre Hebrides are bringing Kinloch...Somewhere to Uig on 23 February - a one-man black comedy, written by Eric John Macdonald and starring Iain Macrae. Both are Uigeachs: Eric is well-known around Uig and Iain comes from the Miavaig Macraes.
[singlepic=456,320,240,,left]Where did it all go wrong? Brian, once TV’s idealistic young ...
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Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
The winners of the MG Alba FilmG competition for short films in Gaelic have been announced, and the Uig entry, Am/Àite, got three awards: Eric Macdonald for best screenplay and Cristin Mackenzie runner-up best performance, both in the New Entrant section, and Maggie Smith as one of the best new ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
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Further to the Daily Express cartoon about the alien cause of the disappearing loch at Morsgail, here's a summary of the international coverage, from the Stornoway Gazette, 29 Dec 1959.
Few events in Lewis in recent years have aroused such worldwide interest as the "Morsgail Meteorite". In addition to the ...
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Pròiseact nan Ealan and Murray International Language Centre, both in Stornoway, have collaborated on the production of a new Gaelic Karaoke DVD, to be launched this Friday (23 January) at Celtic Connections in Glasgow. There are nine songs in the collection, including Eilean an Fhraoich, Hè mo Leannan and our ...
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
MG Alba, which in partnership with the BBC runs BBC Alba, the new Gaelic digital TV service, is also running a Gaelic short film competition, FilmG. This is an entry with Uig connections, Am/Àite, written by Eric Macdonald, directed by Alasdair Macleod and featuring a few faces you might know.
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Better late than never... last month CE Uig hosted a contingent from North Lochs Historical Society, who came for a tour of the museum, a cup of tea and a ceilidh. They beat us 3-1 on the singing but we were delighted to have them. Other societies and groups who would ...
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
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The first two are evidently the same excursion, to Tiumpan Head. Thanks to Murdina for the photos and to Finlay and Katie Mary and others for the identification (click through for the detail) ... still some gaps to fill. These and a few others have been added to the Excursions ...
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
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 Wednesday the 20th August, under most favourable auspices, the day being sunny and warm and in every way pleasant for the ...
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Highland News, 22 March 1913:
A most enjoyable concert in aid of the Uig and Bernera Cattle Show Fund was held in Valtos Public School on Friday 14th inst., Mr Duncan Maclean Gisla presiding. Despite the wintry weather there was a crowded house, parties having come from the Island of Bernera ...
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