Shared from Island Voices/Guthan nan Eilean.
Ewen MacAskill from North Uist talks in Gaelic to Mary Morrison about the impact of the First World War on various family members and the wider community.
As with many Uist families there were members with direct experience of the war, and some who did not return – and those who did would often not speak about it.
The impacts on the community were brought into sharp focus through his mother’s position as Grimsay postmistress, and therefore deliverer of telegrams to other local families.
This short video was filmed by Laura Donkers for the “An fheadhainn tha laighe sàmhach” project, led by North Uist Historical Society.
An fheadhainn tha laighe sàmhach 