{"id":4344,"date":"2023-04-16T20:57:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T20:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/?page_id=4344"},"modified":"2026-10-16T18:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:38:55","slug":"village-histories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/stories\/village-histories\/","title":{"rendered":"Eachdraidhean nam Bailtean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull hp-head has-tertiary-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center hp-head__cols is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center hp-head__text is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div style=\"--bb--crumb-gap:.4em\" class=\"hide-current-page wp-block-boldblocks-breadcrumb-block\"><nav role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumb-items\"><li class=\"breadcrumb-item breadcrumb-item--current breadcrumb-item--home\"><span class=\"breadcrumb-item-name\">Home<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"hp-rule wp-block-post-title\">Village Histories<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"hp-lead\">These stories are excerpts taken from Bill Lawson\u2019s Croft History books.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center hp-head__media is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large hp-tree\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tree_400_orange-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Orange tree with roots, its trunk shaped like the outline of the Outer Hebrides\" class=\"wp-image-6535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tree_400_orange-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tree_400_orange-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tree_400_orange-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tree_400_orange-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tree_400_orange-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tree_400_orange-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tree_400_orange-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tree_400_orange-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tree_400_orange-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tree_400_orange-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tree_400_orange-38x38.png 38w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/tree_400_orange-1600x1600.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull hp-sec has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns hp-two-up is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center has-custom-color-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<p class=\"hp-lead wp-block-paragraph\"> There are now almost sixty Croft History books, all available in our shop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons hp-extra is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/product-category\/books\/books-by-bill-lawson\/croft-histories\/\">All Croft Histories<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of these Croft History books begin with a word picture and history of the general area, usually told by someone who grew up in that area, and a selection of these stories are available here.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull hp-sec hp-sec--dark has-base-color has-text-color has-contrast-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns hp-two-up hp-band is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Village groups<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Browse the extracts below, or use the links below to read histories from individual islands.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons hp-pillrow is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline hp-pill is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/tag\/harris\/\">Harris<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline hp-pill is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/tag\/lewis\/\">Lewis<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline hp-pill is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/tag\/north-uist\/\">North Uist<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline hp-pill is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/tag\/scalpay\/\">Scalpay<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline hp-pill is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/tag\/st-kilda\/\">St Kilda<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull hp-sec has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading hp-rule\">Stories<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"hp-related hp-related--stories wp-block-hp-related\"><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-1024x705.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-600x413.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-1536x1058.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-1600x1102.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><div class=\"hp-related__terms taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/tag\/north-uist\/\" rel=\"tag\">North Uist<\/a><\/div><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/a-look-back-on-ahmore-part-2\/\">A Look Back on Ahmore (part 2)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">With Mrs Chirsty MacLean (daughter of Neil son of Alex son of William) It was working on the land that was the livelihood of the crofters in Ahmore. The children would be helping, looking after the animals, milking, clearing the byre, going out to the back of the hill looking for the animals in the [&hellip;]<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-1024x705.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-600x413.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-1536x1058.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead-1600x1102.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/North-Uist-Druim-Reallasger-On-the-old-road-between-Lochmaddy-and-Bayhead.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><div class=\"hp-related__terms taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/tag\/north-uist\/\" rel=\"tag\">North Uist<\/a><\/div><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/a-look-back-on-ahmore-part-1\/\">A Look Back on Ahmore (part 1)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">With Mrs Chirsty MacLean (daughter of Neil son of Alex son of William) Ahmore was a part of the tack of Orinsay. A lot of people had it at first, but when it was made a part of the tack, many of the people were sent away, and the place went under sheep. Ahmore was [&hellip;]<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Scalpay-Fleet-2-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Scalpay-Fleet-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Scalpay-Fleet-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Scalpay-Fleet-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Scalpay-Fleet-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Scalpay-Fleet-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Scalpay-Fleet-2-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Scalpay-Fleet-2-1600x1066.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Scalpay-Fleet-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><div class=\"hp-related__terms taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/tag\/lewis\/\" rel=\"tag\">Lewis<\/a><\/div><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/a-look-back-on-grimshader-part-2\/\">A Look Back on Grimshader (part 2)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">with Torquil MacRae Fishing When I was older we would go fishing for haddock with the little boat. My uncle had a big boat, with four oars in her, and we would go out with four at the oars and another steering. I was so young then \u2013 only about fourteen. There was an old [&hellip;]<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-West-coast-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-West-coast-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-West-coast-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-West-coast-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-West-coast-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-West-coast-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-West-coast-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-West-coast-1600x1066.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-West-coast.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><div class=\"hp-related__terms taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/tag\/lewis\/\" rel=\"tag\">Lewis<\/a><\/div><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/a-look-back-on-grimshader-part-1\/\">A Look Back on Grimshader (part 1)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">with Torquil MacRae Early Day&#8217;s I began my life on this very croft. I was born on 21st July 1923, and there was no minister here at that time. It was in 1924 that Malcolm MacIver came, and it was Rose who was here in 1923, so I was more than a year old before [&hellip;]<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-600x406.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-96x64.jpg 96w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-128x86.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><div class=\"hp-related__terms taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/tag\/lewis\/\" rel=\"tag\">Lewis<\/a><\/div><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/a-look-back-on-tolsta-part-3\/\">A Look Back on Tolsta (part 3)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">with Jessie MacLeod (widow of Roderick MacIver) Our family My husband was from Tolastadh. He was sailing with the New Zealand Shipping Company. He was away for long trips. Our daughter was born in March and her father didn\u2019t see her again until November. I\u2019m sorry to say that soon after he left, he was [&hellip;]<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-600x406.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-96x64.jpg 96w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-128x86.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><div class=\"hp-related__terms taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/tag\/lewis\/\" rel=\"tag\">Lewis<\/a><\/div><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/a-look-back-on-tolsta-part-2\/\">A Look Back on Tolsta (part 2)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">with Jessie MacLeod (widow of Roderick MacIver) Fishing The people here had their own boats, going out with small-lines, but they had boats in Stornoway too. My father had a boat, the Dove and one called Clan MacLeod, and there used to be boys from Point working as cooks on them \u2013 galley-boys \u2013 Angus [&hellip;]<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-600x406.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-96x64.jpg 96w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Geiradha-Tolstadh-128x86.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><div class=\"hp-related__terms taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/tag\/lewis\/\" rel=\"tag\">Lewis<\/a><\/div><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/a-look-back-on-tolsta-part-1\/\">A Look Back on Tolsta (part 1)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">with Jessie MacLeod (widow of Roderick MacIver) Schooldays We had two teachers \u2013 Mary Jane Smith from Holm and Maggie Mary MacLeod. The headmaster was from Uig, Mr MacLean. We had a teacher from Point too &#8211; she was married to Allan Cameron. They didn\u2019t speak Gaelic to us, and we had no English going [&hellip;]<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><div class=\"hp-related__terms taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/tag\/harris\/\" rel=\"tag\">Harris<\/a><\/div><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/a-look-back-on-manish-part-3\/\">A Look Back on Manish (part 3)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">with Donald MacDonald (Domhnall Sh\u00e0m), Horgabost Leaving Manish We came to the machair on the 28th of May 1937. I remember it as though it were only yesterday. It was two years before that that the machair was broken up into crofts. There were 8 crofts in Horgabost and 20 in Seilebost. There were so [&hellip;]<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><div class=\"hp-related__terms taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/tag\/harris\/\" rel=\"tag\">Harris<\/a><\/div><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/suil-air-ais-air-manais-pairt-2\/\">A Look Back on Manish (part 2)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">with Donald MacDonald (Domhnall Sh\u00e0m), Horgabost Houses In my grandfather&#8217;s day, the cattle were in the house along with them; my great-grandmother&#8217;s sister lived beside our own house, and she had the fire in the middle of the floor. When she stoked the fire in the morning on a still day, you had to go [&hellip;]<\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Harris-Taransay-House.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><div class=\"hp-related__terms taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/tag\/harris\/\" rel=\"tag\">Harris<\/a><\/div><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/a-look-back-on-manish-part-1\/\">A Look Back on Manish (part 1)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">with Donald MacDonald (Domhnall Sh\u00e0m), Horgabost Schooldays The longest distance I was ever away from home when I was at school was on the day of the King&#8217;s Coronation on the 12th of May 1937. The Manish schoolchildren were taken to Scarista sands, and that was the first sands I had ever seen! To me [&hellip;]<\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-20959078 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--6\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/all-village-histories\/\">All Village Histories<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull hp-sec hp-explore has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading hp-explore__title\">Explore Further<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"hp-related hp-related--cards wp-block-hp-related\"><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/stories\/tell-us-your-story\/\">Tell us your story<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">If you have a story of family members who left the Western Isles and settled in another part of the world, and would like the &#8230; <a class=\"gb-dynamic-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/stories\/tell-us-your-story\/\" aria-label=\"More on Tell us your story\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/stories\/emigrant-stories\/\">Emigrant Stories<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">The first recorded emigrations from the islands took place in the mid-1700s. 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