Miss Ina Macdonald is appointed to Hamnaway
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009[singlepic=1042,724] Miss Ina Macdonald, Ardbheag, is of course now our Mrs Ina Macdonald, Islivig. More on the side schools here.
[singlepic=1042,724] Miss Ina Macdonald, Ardbheag, is of course now our Mrs Ina Macdonald, Islivig. More on the side schools here.
Uig is “honoured and delighted”
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009The press release (3 November 2009) from the Uig community on the announcement of the St Kilda Centre decision. Detail of the Uig vision for Ionad Hiort is now on its own page, where updates will also appear. The community group in the Uig area of Lewis which has promoted the ...
Uig’s Case for the St Kilda Centre
Friday, October 30th, 2009This short video by Ged Yeates was part of Uig's proposal for the St Kilda Centre - spectacular even in the face of Youtube compression.
A St Kilda Centre in Uig?
Thursday, October 29th, 2009After months of consultation, Mangurstadh in Uig has been recommended as the preferred site for the proposed St Kilda Centre. From Hebrides News: Following an independent feasibility study, funded by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and LEADER, the St Kilda Centre Working Group has announced the recommendations made ...
Uig Shortlisted for the St Kilda Centre
Friday, September 11th, 2009Uig has been bidding for consideration as the site of the proposed St Kilda Centre, and we're pleased to hear that Mangersta in Uig is one of the shortlisted sites, along with Leverburgh in Harris and Cleitreabhal in North Uist. This press release outlined Uig's vision for the Centre. The ...
Scouting in Uig
Friday, September 11th, 2009Pictures also viewable here if the slideshow doesn't work for you. [slideshow=43] Thanks to Iain Watson for these pictures and his memories of scout camps in Uig. The pictures were all collected by Don Laing, who used to be a Scout Leader in Stornoway for many years from the early 60's until he ...
Side Schools in Uig I: Ardbheag
Friday, March 20th, 2009From 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 were entitled to an education, and a side school could be provided in remote districts where there were at least three ...
Crofting at the Upper End, 1958-9
Saturday, March 14th, 2009Another extract from Uig, A Hebridean Parish, compiled by HA Moisley and members of the Geographical Field Group, Universities of Glasgow and Nottingham. This section was written by Pamela M Gough; see also the further detail on life in the townships. Soils are generally deep, and there are few rocky outcrops ...
Brenish and Islivig in 1959
Sunday, March 1st, 2009[singlepic=359,390] From Uig, A Hebridean Parish, 1960. The photo of Brenish is by Sam Forrest, taken on land court business in 1965. More of his pictures in the gallery. Brenish has a south-westerly aspect whilst Islivig faces north-west; in both the elevation of the crofts decreases seawards from about 125 ...
Schools in Uig before the Education Act
Saturday, February 7th, 2009From Sanais, 1988, with some additions. The first school in the Western Isles was founded shortly after 1610, when the Seaforth Mackenzies gained possession of the island, and in 1680, a report by 'Indweller' says that the Seaforth school had done much good, not only for Lewis but also for the ...
New Pictures
Saturday, January 24th, 2009Thanks to Murdag, and to Finlay for the identification. [gallery=26]
After the Storm
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009[singlepic=393,330] The sea at Mangersta after the weekend's storm.
Norman Morrison’s Testimony
Thursday, December 4th, 2008On 4 June 1883 the Napier Commission, chaired by Lord Napier, was in Miavaig to take evidence from crofters and others on issues surround land management and tenancy. Among those interviewed was Norman Morrison, crofter and fisherman at Brenish, aged 61, who stated he had two milk cows, three young beasts, ...
Summer Outings
Saturday, October 25th, 2008[gallery] 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 ...
A Lady of the Upper End
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008[singlepic=333,500] Another one needing identification. The photo comes from 10 Mangersta and the lady is believed to belong to the family, and to have come from the Upper End, but we don't know for certain who she is.
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