08 June 2023

Deconstructing Emigration: The Migrant's Story

Online talkb by Dr John Reid and Dr Karly Kehoe from St Mary's Univeristy, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 

Organised by Ullapol Museum. Free. Further information and tickets from Ullapool Museum website

Part of Ullapool Museum's commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the Sailing of The Hector from Lochbroom to Nova Scotia, Ullapool Museum, looking to deconstruct the stories surrounding the mass migration of people to Canada. 

In their first talk they welcome Dr John Reid and Dr Karly Kehoe from St. Mary’s University in Halifax Nova Scotia to discuss the story of the emigrants from Scotland to Nova Scotia. We will discuss the reasons for mass emigration from Scotland in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, how the journey effected those who crossed the Atlantic and what did they find at the other end.

08 June 2023

Lighhouse Lives

Film screening at Gairloch Museum. Free, but places limited so please book via their website.

Lighthouse Lives is a short film commissioned by the Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust and presented by film-maker Martine Robertson. It captures the lived experiences of the people who worked through times of transition, from manned to automated lighthouses.

Resonant voices and visual imagery give an authentic glimpse of lives lived against a backdrop of unusual circumstance, working in the service of the Northern Lighthouse Board. What was life actually like for them and their families?

As well as the screening of the film, there will be live music and a chance to socialise over teas and coffees!