Smile!

May 26, 2013 on 4:47 pm by Michael Grey | In Photographs, Random Thoughts | Comments Off on Smile!

I just caught wind of news that there’s been a discovery in a barn in Lewis, Scotland of a trove of World War I vintage photography – glass negatives to be precise.

Interesting stuff.

Apparently the photographer, Dr Norman “The Adder King” Morrison, Shawbost, Lewis, took these photos over a period of years with a view to record island life. It’s great that he did. Photos from that time, especially in places like the Outer Hebrides, are rare indeed.

I’ve been searching myself for nineteenth century photos of MacMillan and MacRury Uist people – with zero success. So, lucky are the progeny of Catherine Maclennan, pictured here, who have a photo of their ancestor.

But really; I suggest not an entirely flattering shot of Catherine. I’d suspect she’d untag this pic had facebook been around at the time and she was riding the big time-wasting pony that it is.

Bless her heart.

M.