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 will be held on a Friday until the end of the year. Then in 2012 we wil start holding them on a Wednesday evening. Thestart time is usually 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 2011-2012
| Date | Event |
| 14 October | ‘Lord Macdonald [is] bawling lustily for relief from all quarters’: The 1837 famine in Skye and the visit of the Government’s agents Robert Graham and Captain Sir John Hill RN. With Dr John MacAskill, Edinburgh University SMO |
11 November | AGM + The Archives of the MacDonalds of Viewfield with Anne Macleod, Highland Council Archive Service, Skye & Lochalsh SMO |
| 9 December | Sleat in old photos from the collections at the Museum of the Isles plus Social evening |
11 January 2012 | Farm Steadings in Sleat part 2 - Armadale, Knock, Tormore and Ord SMO |
| 15 February | Repeat Photography: Changing Views of the Crofting landscape over time. Time for you to dig out your old photos and take new ones SMO |
| 14 March | Cattle Droving in Skye including the First Drover and One Man and his cows: Ruaridh MacIain of Camuscross with Iain MacKinnon, and others SMO |
| April | To be confirmed |
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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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