The memories and stories of a historic village in Lewis is to be recorded for prosperity.
A group of volunteers will explore how people lived in the small community of Gearrannan in Carloway £9,700 in both the distant and recent past.
Local historical society, Comann Eachdraidh Chàrlabhaigh, has received a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £9,700 to train volunteers for the project.
The organisation works with people of all ages to record, interpret and make available the history of the Carloway district.
The Gearrannan Oral History Project aims to bring together people across generations to discuss and record stories and memories of Gearrannan, at events and interviews.
Social events, walks, one-
Volunteers who want to be involved will be trained in oral history recording techniques, and using recording equipment, and will have opportunities to be both interviewers and interviewees as they wish.
Iain Macarthur, chairman of Comann Eachdraidh Charlabhagh, said: “It’s fantastic to get this support from the HLF to allow us to learn more about Gearrannan’s past.
"There isn’t much written history for the area, but people have always worked hard to make a living in the village, and to stay here, and we want to remember that, and make a record of it, that can be shared by future generations.”
Psalmody class at Gearrannan, in the 1920s.
Heritage project to record the history of village
9 September 2016