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Yeoman Bontrup: Dawn date with the Lazarus ship
After all she’s been through and after our continuous pursuit of her whereabouts and fortunes for almost two years, we could not dream of letting Yeoman Bontrup slip quietly back into service at...
View ArticleOban lifeboat launches to Swedish yacht with engine trouble
At 17.07 this evening (5th May 2012) the Oban lifeboat launched to assist the Swedish yacht Mjollnir.The yacht, with two people on board, had suffered engine failure in the vicinity of Lady’s Rock in...
View ArticleOban Lifeboat on a turn-around shout
Yesterday evening, only two hours after its return from towing the Swedish yacht Mjollnir in to Oban Marina – after its engine had failed off Lady’s Rock, south of Lismore, which we reported then, the...
View ArticleFolk duo off on Highlands and Islands hopscotch
Alan Reid (no, not that one, this Alan Reid is the one with the Battlefield Band) and Rob van Sante are set to embark on a series of summer Scottish dates with a difference – performing their...
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Now for the Walking Youth Theatre
Funded by the Big Lottery’s Young Start programme, Argyll’s Walking Theatre Company is now launching a youth theatre programme for young people across rural Argyll.This is effectively a translation to...
View ArticleOban lifeboat out on a 7 hour shout with body found off Lismore
The Oban lifeboat launched at 9.14 pm last night, Friday 13th July, following a request from Clyde Coastguard to investigate a report from the yacht Revolution that what appeared to be a body in the...
View ArticleCan you help identify body found washed ashore on Lismore?
Oban-based Strathclyde Police would be grateful for any help in identifying the body of a white male spotted in the water off Lismore by the yacht Revolution and, as we reported at the time, attended...
View ArticleOban lifeboat out on a Mayday call
This morning the Oban Lifeboat made a fast response to a Mayday call from the 30 ft. yacht, Dark Island, which had gone aground on Lady Rock off Lismore Light, with 3 persons aboard.The lifeboat’s...
View ArticleScottish Government delays tendering west coast ferry services until after...
In an announcement full of interest, Transport Scotland have announced that:the Clyde and Hebridean Ferry Services will indeed be tendered as a single contract rather than unbundled;tendering will not...
View ArticleNancy Kovachik: Canadian students prepare for visit to Lismore
Powerview School, in Powerview-Pine Falls in Manitoba, is once again abuzz as students and staff engage in a school year filled with opportunity and incredible learning experiences.Just 8 weeks into...
View ArticleYacht dismasted near Lismore
Sailing to the east of the Lismore Light just before 10pm last night, Thursday 8th November, the sailing yacht, Clear Blue, with five people onboard, lost her mast.The crew of the yacht immediately...
View ArticleDatabase on compensated Scottish slave owners names Argyll families
The Abolition of Slavery in 1883 was another little earner for those who had gone to the Caribbean to make their fortunes in the plantations, which were mainly of tobacco.Those who got rich out there...
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Lismore Gaelic Heritage Centre reopens with unique exhibition
The Lismore Gaelic Heritage Centre reopened on 29th March with a beautiful Spring day and an unusual and very appropriate exhibition.Visitors started arriving on the early ferries and the exhibition –...
View ArticleTwo heritage jobs on Isle of Lismore
Good news for the Isle of Lismore, for its enviable Heritage Centre – with shop and glorious cafe-bistro – and for the heritage sector.Comann Eachdraidh Lios Mòr – the Lismore Gaelic Heritage Centre –...
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‘Fair Trading’ Bottle: no ‘rascally liquor’ on show at Lismore
One of the most exciting and interesting exhibits at this season’s exhibition at the Lismore Gaelic Heritage Museum is an 18th century wine bottle salvaged in the 1980s from the Lynne of Lorne where it...
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Argyll Powerview: walking Selkirk’s New Nation into Holyrood and Lismore
Argyll’s Walking Theatre Company and its offspring, the Canadian Walking Youth Theatre, are presenting the Scottish debut of an original work, Selkirk’s New Nation, at The Scottish Parliament in...
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When Lismore was the centre of Christianity in Argyll
An important and interesting talk was given recently on the Isle of Lismore – on the little known history of the pre-reformation church when Lismore was the centre of Christianity in Argyll.Few have...
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Lismore ran two teams in Edinburgh Marathon
The Isle of Lismore fielded no fewer than two teams in the Edinburgh Marathon at the end of May, setting a great example of what can be done in the interest of fitness and raising money for very good...
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Triumphant Finale of Selkirk’s New Nation on Lismore
Last weekend the Canadian Walking Youth Theatre performed the play Selkirk’s New Nation for the last time with Argyll’s own The Walking Theatre Company.An audience of over seventy from the island,...
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Land’s End to John O’Groats charity kayak challenge reaches Argyll
Silhouetted against the sun yesterday morning, 7th July, coming in to the beach at Ardrishaig on Loch Fyne from a night at Portavadie after lunch on a beach in south Bute, Nick and Philippa Arding’s...
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