Comunn Eachdraidh Shlèite
Sleat Local History Society
"Preserving the history of the parish of Sleat on the Isle of Skye"
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Ardvasar Hotel
Advasar Hotel
News & Events
Winter programme
Summer activities
Any other news or events
Meetings are held on a Friday and the start time is 7.30pm, unless otherwise stated in the programme. Our usual venues are the Conference Room/Seomar Cruinneachaidh at Sabhal Mor Ostaig and the Somerled Rooms at Armadale Castle. These are shown as SMO and AC in the programme below. From time to time we use other venues – if so these will be specified on the programme. Monthly meetings are free to members, while the entry for non-members is usually £2.
Winter Programme 2009-2010
| Date | Event |
| 8 October | AGM followed by Stories from the newspapers - Skye in the 19th century with Maggie Macdonald SMO |
| 6 November | Photographic collections of Comunn Eachdraidh Eige with Camille Dressler SMO |
| 5 December | 25 Anniversary party SMO |
| 15 January | Crofting Byegones Show with Hugh Cheape and others. With the Camuscross Initiative. Talla Dearg, Eilean Iarmain NOW February 19 |
| 19 February | Duncan Macpherson of Kyle with Mary Carmichael Postponed till further notice |
| 19 March | Dr Ewen Cameron, Edinburgh University. SMO "The unspeakable tenacity with which people like them cling to their native locality": The Congested Districts Board, the Sconser crofters and the proposed migration to Suishnish and Borreraig, 1901. |
| 19 April | Gaelic Bards and Nordic Rigs with Gavin Parsons SMO |
Last year’s Winter Programme (2008-2009 )
| Date | Event |
| 31 October | Echoes of the Resurrection Men. An illustrated talk on Scottish grave robbing by Dr Martyn Gorman AC Starts 8pm |
| 28 November | AGM followed by Deserted Villages of Skye. An illustrated talk by Seonachan MacLeod SMO |
| 12 December | Film & Photo night. A selection of short films from the Scottish Screen Archive, plus bring your own old photos of Sleat and its people SMO |
| 16 January | Remembering Johnny Ivy. An informal evening of music, poetry and stories Talla Dearg, Eilean Iarmain |
| 27 February | Update on recent excavations in Skye & Lochalsh (including the dig at High Pastures Cave) an illustrated talk by Steven Birch AC Starts 8pm |
| 20 March | The Photographic achievement of Walter Blaikie in South Uist & Eriskay. An illustrated talk about the Edinburgh publisher and photographer by Hugh Cheape. SMO |
| 17 April | An Introduction to Their Past Your Future An oral history project on life in Skye in the Second World War with Maggie Macdonald SMO |
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Summer programme 2008
Friday 29 & Saturday 30 August. Two day training course in recording techniques and fieldwork with the team from Recording Scotland’s Past. For further details contact the Secretary.
Summer programme 2007
Thursday 23 August Surveying gravestone inscriptions, Kilmore Churchyard. Meet at 2pm.
Friday 7 September AGM to be followed by a presentation of the Society’s website. Starts at 7.30 SMO
Saturday 22 September Surveying gravestone inscriptions, Kilmore Churchyard. Meet at 2pm
Saturday 6 October Walk to the cleared village of Morsaig. Meet at 10.30am at the track to the shore at the end of the Drumfern road. Parking is very limited.
A 2 to 3 mile walk each way on rough ground. Bring a packed lunch.
Other Events
None to report. See the Community Trust website (www.sleatcommunitytrust.co.uk) for a listing of all events in Sleat.
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