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6 unusual facts about Stornoway


BBC Alba

BBC Alba has four studios across Scotland, located in Stornoway, Glasgow, Inverness and Portree.

Crofter Hand Woven Harris Tweed Co Ltd v Veitch

The TGWU called on dockers in Stornoway, also TGWU members to refuse to handle the yarn imported to the island by the producers.

Eggs Benedict

This variation is common in Scotland, using black pudding from Stornoway.

Geo. Hattersley

In 1924 the first six shuttle, 40 inch reed space looms arrived in Stornoway and this type of loom was the most commonly used loom in the islands' Harris Tweed Industry.

Robert Morrison MacIver

Robert Morrison MacIver was born in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland on April 17, 1882 to Donald MacIver, a general merchant and tweed manufacturer, and Christina MacIver (née Morrison).

TripAdvisor

The case was found to involve issues relating to the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Act, 1977: these issues were referred to a higher court in Stornoway.


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Education in Scotland

Other schools include The Community School of Auchterarder, Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross; The Nicolson Institute, Stornoway, Western Isles; North Walls Community School on Hoy, Orkney Islands and Wester Hailes Education Centre, Wester Hailes, Edinburgh.

Fairy Lochs

Its route via Keflavík (Meeks Field) in Iceland should have taken it over Stornoway in the Western Isles, but for an unknown reason the aircraft instead flew over the Scottish mainland.

Fiona J. Mackenzie

In 2005 she won the An Comunn Gàidhealach Gold Medal at the Royal National Mod in Stornoway.

Frank D. Graham

Graham's place of residence was near Sea Bright, New Jersey, on a farm sometimes referred to in his works as "Stornoway".

Hector MacKenzie, Baron MacKenzie of Culkein

The son of George MacKenzie and Williamina Sutherland was educated on the Isle of Erraid Public School, in Argyll, the Aird Public School on the Isle of Lewis, the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway and the Portree High School in Skye.

RAF Search and Rescue Force

While this contract is being renegotiated, a "Gap" contract was tendered for the existing Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) bases and in February 2012 it was announced that Bristow Helicopters would take over the running of Stornoway and Sumburgh using Sikorsky S-92s and that Portland and Lee on Solent would be retained by CHC Helicopter using AgustaWestland AW139s.

Virtual Hebrides

Subsequently, an initiative in North Lochs championed teleworking, a call centre became of one Stornoway's largest employers and a campaign for reasonably priced broadband started in the islands.


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