The third in our winter series of lectures for 2025/26 will be held on Monday 26 January 2026 at 7pm in the Council Chambers, Sandwick Road. Mr Iain Macleod will be talking on the topic of ‘The Refurbishment of Lews Castle’. Iain was involved with the project whilst working for the Comhairle. This should be of interest to many. Further details to come.
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