Bus ‘ain Uisdein
Sunday, February 14th, 2010[singlepic=1075,358] John Mackay (Iain Uisdean, b1870) 1 Carishader in his bus, with (left to right) his son Angus and Farquhar (Fearchar 'a Chomhnard) and Caluman Macdonald, 12 Carishader.
[singlepic=1075,358] John Mackay (Iain Uisdean, b1870) 1 Carishader in his bus, with (left to right) his son Angus and Farquhar (Fearchar 'a Chomhnard) and Caluman Macdonald, 12 Carishader.
Lochcroistean School, c1928
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009[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 Enaclete 4. Donald John Mackay, 6 Geshader 5. Malcolm John Smith, 2 Ungeshader 6. Donald Smith, 2 Ungeshader 7. Donald Gillies, 9 Carishader 8. John M Macdonald, 6 Enaclete 9. ...
Ungeshader, Geshader, Carishader, Enaclete, Lochcroistean
Friday, June 5th, 2009New pictures for our collection; thanks to Mary Macleod, Lochcroistean. [gallery=36]
Lochcroistean Reunion
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009Marianne 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 isn't working for you, the pictures are also in the Gallery.
Carishader Boys
Monday, May 18th, 2009[singlepic=626,600] Angus Hugh Smith (2 then 7a Carishader) and Angus Macritchie, North End Carishader. We assume the pram is unoccupied. Not entirely sure where this is but perhaps Mackay's shop in Carishader?
Placenames: Geshader and Strome
Sunday, May 10th, 2009[singlepic=623,566] Key placenames and landmarks around the township of Geshader, the inlet to Little Loch Roag (the Sruth, next to #18), and the deserted settlement at Strome, as prepared by Finlay and Kenneth Maciver. There are many more placenames, which we'll publish once we've worked out how best to present them; ...
Lochcroistean School 1929-30
Thursday, February 12th, 2009[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 4. Donald Macritchie 4 Enaclete 5. Calum Iain Smith 2B Ungeshader 6. Donald Gilleis 9 Carishader 7. John Murdo Mackay 1 Carishader 8. John MAcdonald 6 Enaclete 2nd Row 9. ...
Bean a’Lion and a Sailor
Monday, January 19th, 2009[singlepic=391,500] Kate Macleod, 4 Carishader (Bean a'Lion) and an unknown sailor - can anyone identify him?
In Carishader
Thursday, December 4th, 2008[singlepic=386,500,,,] Kenneth Macdonald 5 Carishader and Iain Macdonald (Nassar) 13 Carishader, circa 1953.
Mussels and Peats
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008[gallery] Finlay, Thelma, Fiona and Kenneth Maciver, Carishader, at the mussels and the peats.
At the Bernera Shieling
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008[singlepic=327,375] This may be one of the Bernera shielings, just off the main road near Scaliscro road end; the girls, so far unidentified, would therefore be from Bernera. The fellow with the cream is John Macleod 5 Enaclete, and the other is Angus Mackay, Aonghas 'an Uisdean, 1 Carishader, who used ...
Emily on Blackhouses
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008[singlepic=243,500,305] The picture is of the blackhouse at 3 Ardroil; the following is from Emily Macdonald's Twenty Years of Hebridean Memories (1939): When I first came to Lewis [in 1919], there were still a few houses which did not possess a chimney, and in these the fire was in the middle of the ...
Calum Mòr’s Family
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008William Matheson, Mac Gille Chaluim, wrote extensively of his own family in Uig: Malcolm Matheson [a younger son of Donald Ruadh (or Ban) Matheson, of Kneep and Valtos] known as Calum Ruadh or Calum Mòr, was tenant in Carnish when John Nicolson was tacksman. In his time the population of the ...
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