Lewis Emigration Talk for Refugee Festival
Stornoway Historical Society Chairman, Malcolm Macdonald will be presenting a talk on Lewis & Highland Emigration on Saturday 20th June at An Lanntair as part of the Hebridean Refugee Festival. This day's event includes four talks that afternoon on refugees,...
AGM & Ships called Stornoway Lecture
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...
Boats Called Stornoway Lecture and SHS AGM
Coming up on Monday 30th March will be the final public lecture of the winter season. Colin Tucker will be presenting a talk on 'Boats called Stornoway'. The talk begins at 7.00 pm in the Council Chambers, Sandwick Road and immediately follows the AGM of Stornoway...
Vintage Postcards Lecture
The next public lecture in our winter series will be held on Monday 23rd February 2026 at 7pm in the Council Chambers, Sandwick Road. Our guest speaker is Ken Galloway, SHS archivist and the subject of his talk is 'Vintage Postcards'. Further details are in the...
Lews Castle Restoration Video
The video of our last public lecture is now available to view on our YouTube channel. Iain Macleod presented a talk on 'Lews Castle - A Restoration Story'. Link at: https://youtu.be/E9UOtrhKDZo
Lews Castle: a Restoration Story
Our January lecture has been delayed until Monday 2nd February 2026. Our guest speaker is Iain Macleod and he will be talking about the restoration of the Lews Castle. The talk will begin at 7pm in the Council Chambers, Sandwick Road. Doors open at 6.30pm. Further...
Sandy Matheson Conversations PT 7
The final part of our series of interviews with...
Sandy Matheson Conversations PT 6
The sixth part of our interview series with...
Sandy Matheson Conversations PT 5
The fifth in the series of interviews featuring...
Sandy Matheson Conversations PT 4
The fourth in a series of in interviews with...
Sandy Matheson Conversations PT 3
The third instalment in this series of...
Sandy Matheson Conversations PT 2
The second interview with Sandy Matheson is now...
Sandy Matheson Conversations
The Society is delighted to offer via our...