Debate on clearances
Posted: Sunday, 15 October 2006 |
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The clearances, Arnish Point, one would say beyond thinking of, that the landlords could perpetrate the banishing of fellow human beings under terrible conditions. If it was all done in a humane way, maybe such a sense of abhorroence would not have remained. Anyway, we have not forgotten the trials and triublations of the original emigrants though their descendants have gained benefits in varying degrees, possibly a legacy from their forebearers. But the sadness won't go away.
Island Wanderer from from Tiree
What's this 'I heard the other day...'They're not still talking about the clearances outside Woolworth's are they?
calumannabel from Matheson's Jardiniere Cross
Calumannabel, yes, they are still talking about "The highland clearances"; they can not just be compared with the store clearance sales, but with the Super Store itself.
Island Wanderer from from Tiree
When I was outsides boots (Stornoway) the other week I was told to clear off. Is this the sort of clearasil your looking for?
Mark from Midlands
People aren't encouraged to stand outside shops like Boots as people start to think there is a sale on and before long a hundred people are queueing for cheap sun tan oil that doesn't exist. Before you know it - civil unrest and cells full of people who'd just come to town to buy a book of stamps. Is this the sort of civil disobedience scenario you are looking for?
calumannabel from In the queue outside the Stag Bakery
Hullo Mark: was Boots full (Arnish giving a speech on Clearances? Maybe Stornoway folks heard the word "clearance" and thought they had a store-wide sale on their hands!)? Or do you merely look suspicious (or were you chatting, and sounding suspicious - a Midlands accent, perhaps?)?!
mjc from NM
Cheer up IW, think of all the nice New Islanders who are coming in to brighten your day and lessen the chances of dissogeny and encourage losts of jolly cheery xenogomical hoochmagandie. Look on the bright side.........
Flying Cat from Agony Cat Corner
Is somebody producing hooch on the islands? # I suspect the OED has given up any thought of tidying up after FC...
mjc from NM,USA
Praise the Bard and pass the HP, Hooch is safely on another island far from me.
Flying Cat from in Chambers
I have been in Lewis since late 2004 and am observing life on this fascinating island from an outsider's perspective. I look out at the lighthouse every day - as it looks out over the island and the sea. 
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