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Brian Wilson Gives 4th Angus Macleod Memorial Lecture |
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Pairc School in Gravir was packed out once again on the evening of Thursday 25 October for the annual Angus Macleod memorial lecture – an event which has really put South Lochs on the historical map of Lewis, attracting people from all over the island and further afield. This year the speaker was journalist and former Government Minister Brian Wilson, who was a friend of Angus Macleod’s and who has with strong Lewis connections. His title was ‘The Future of Crofting – the Case for Crofting Tenure’, a highly appropriate theme given Angus’s key role in revamping the Scottish Crofters Union in the 1980s and current issues under consideration by the Shucksmith Committee of Inquiry into Crofting.  Brian Wilson |
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Comunn Eachdraidh na Pairc |
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Comunn Eachdraidh na Pairc was established in 1989 and has been at the forefront of the collection of local history from the outset. A large photographic archive on each village has been compiled as well as a rich resource of oral and croft histories. |
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Hebridean Connections is an ambitious project being undertaken by the Comunn Eachdraidh of Uig, Bernera, Pairc & Kinloch. It aims to collate their comprehensive collections of historical data and create a powerful, visually attractive & user-friendly data search service for visitors and ‘virtual visitors’. The project is the result of four years hard work by these Comunn Eachdraidh and it is greatly encouraging for them to now see the project becoming a reality.
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Over a number of years Michael Robson of Ness, Isle of Lewis has assembled a unique collection of books, manuscripts and other valuable material on the history of communities in the island and other parts of Scotland. The collection has now been made available for consultation and research, housed in a new building in Ness. The Islands Book Trust has been formed to advise and promote use of the collection, both by the community and people from further afield. |
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ANGUS MACLEOD ARCHIVE This wonderful collection of writing, pictures, and recordings brought together by the late Angus ‘Ease’Macleod MBE of Calbost, South Lochs, Lewis, is available for reference and research at the Ravenspoint Centre, Kershader (phone 01851 880737 or 880236 for further details). The archive is owned by Angus’s family, and the project is co-ordinated by The Islands Book Trust and Comunn Eachdraidh a Pairc. Funding has been received from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, and Highlands and Islands Enterprise. Our main achievements so far are: 1. Cataloguing the archive and making this available to the public at Ravenspoint. 2. Organising an annual memorial lecture 3. A number of publications based on the archive – see www.theislandsbooktrust.com for details 4. Digitisation of much of the archive on www.angusmacleodarchive.org.uk 5. Setting up a new research project (Learning from History) which will investigate how best material in the archive can be used in schools To see the archive and related publications, visit us at Ravenspoint or see the websites above. |
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