Isle of Lewis 1966 (A Year's Journey)
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A BBC Television for schools documentary series from 1966. This episode looks at life on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Shows crofting, Harris Tweed weaving, and other examples of island life.
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What a fabulous video and a poignant trip down memory lane for me! I used to help with bringing home the peats when I would be at home with my Grandparents for the summer. I also used to wind the bobbins for my uncle Dhol, I can still remember the smell, like no other! Moran Taing!
Such hard work - but it is the best tweed in my experience. It looks so good, wears astonishingly well and is beautifully warm.
I've just spent the last 20 years living on Lewis... i can promise you it hasn't changed much!
My great-grandmother grew up on this farm. The Patterson's took over the croft when my family emigrated to North America.
Yup - in 1863. You really must visit us on the old Lewis homestead one of these days!
Craftmanship and hard work!
What a nice time capsule :-)
They’re still at it! Walk through a village and listen for the clacking! Harris Tweed hand woven in the Hebrides! It’s the only tweed allowed the certification. 💕
I loved this video. I got a bit tearful. Lovely.
1:14 So that;s how you say it! Always wondered - never got it right
A lovely film - glad you've uploaded it
I can see why private Fraser said what he said about living on the island.
What'd he say?
Hmmm ... I'm beginning to fear we'll never know ......@@costellomhor
Sgoinneil!
why have they never attempted to replant the trees
The John Paterson mentioned about 3:00 into video was my grandfather, and footage shows his croft (where I live now).
He championed efforts to plant trees when he was the local councillor but sadly the project never properly took off - although many of those tree patches still stand.
The main issue was probably that most suitable land for trees was being put to use as croft land (sheep, potatoes etc) which was essential to the livelihood of most families.
@@costellomhor
What tree species were native to these islands?
You can't eat trees.
It's a wizened world, flattened with the wind. Trees do not root in the thin soil. The land is used for sheep, by crofters, and has been for centuries. The peat; used for fuel.
@@gregorymalchuk272 Hazel, Alder, Rowan, Birch - I've planted 2,500 native trees on my croft on the west side of the Isle of Lewis in the past year. There are lots of projects going to plant more trees on the Isle of Lewis.