The sixth part of our interview series with former Provost, Convenor and Freeman of the Western Isles, Mr Sandy Matheson, is now available to view on our YouTube channel. In this video, Sandy discusses his roles as a Honorary Sheriff and Lord Lieutenant with Kenny MacIver.
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