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AGM & Ships called Stornoway Lecture

Mar 26, 2026 | Latest News, Lectures and Events

Coming up on Monday 30th March will be the final public lecture of the winter season. Colin Tucker will be presenting a talk on “From Clipper Ships to Container Ships -Ships called Stornoway”. The venue is the Council Chambers, Sandwick Road and the talk begins at 7.00 pm and immediately follows the AGM of Stornoway Historical Society at 6.30 pm. All welcome. Donations taken at the door.

Features

  • Old Manor revisited
  • Battery ploys
  • The Goody – Shops
  • Captain Benjamin Oliver
  • Iolaire Disaster
  • Work of the herring girls
  • The Early Medical Men of Lewis 1700-1918
  • Endurance Bible
  • The first Lewisman in the Antarctic
  • Emigration from Stornoway
  • Kenneth Morison
  • Lodge Fortrose
  • John Norrie Anderson
  • Colonel Colin Mackenzie
  • Female Industrial School – 1848
  • Seaforth Lodge in 1719
  • The Archaeology of Stornoway
  • The Old Fishmart
  • A Bit of a Mystery Arnish Lighthouse
  • Alexander Mackenzie
  • Churches of Stornoway
  • History of the Lews Castle
  • The Herring Industry
  • The Nicolson Institute
  • Lewis War Memorial
  • Burgh of Stornoway
  • Stornoway Town Council
  • Stornoway Town Hall
  • The Christie of Christie’s Quay
  • Fishy Tales
  • Memories of Foresters House
  • The Barbers of Old SY
  • The Incorporated Trades Society of Stornoway

Stornoway Historical Society

2 Cromwell Street,
Stornoway,
Isle of Lewis,
HS1 2DB

Tel: 01851 702206

Email: info@stornowayhistoricalsociety.org.uk

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