• Published On: Mar 1, 20151.6 min readCategories: Community News

    Keir and Grace were married in a humanist ceremony at Colonsay Hotel on Saturday 21st February, in a very moving rite conducted by Annie Loughlin, celebrant.  The bride was given...

  • Published On: Mar 1, 20150.9 min readCategories: Community News, Just for Fun

    An incredible story arose after the wedding.  Seemingly Grace’s mother had been wondering about a dress that she thought of wearing, so she sent a picture to Grace for an...

  • Published On: Mar 1, 20150.1 min readCategories: Events

    http://www.colonsaybookfestival.org.uk/ Grateful thanks to our generous sponsors, especially Marine Harvest, CalMac Ferries, Hebridean Airways, Colonsay Brewery, Colonsay Bookshop, Lord & Lady Strathcona and Colonsay Estate.

  • Published On: Mar 1, 20151.8 min readCategories: Community Development

    Colonsay Community Development Company had called an E.G.M. because the majority of Board members had resigned, leaving a bare quorum and an administrative problem which could not be resolved.  The...

  • Published On: Mar 1, 20150.9 min readCategories: Events, History

    The 75th anniversary of the tragic loss of the Arandora Star arises on 2nd July 2015, an event in which over 800 individuals perished.  The people of Colonsay were profoundly...

  • Published On: Mar 1, 20150.6 min readCategories: Events

    http://www.colonsay.org.uk/Events/Festival-of-Spring The festival is organised by the Colonsay Tourism Marketing Group, and kindly supported by CalMac Ferries, Hebridean Air, and our amazing experts, contributors, and walk and workshop leaders who...

  • Published On: Mar 1, 20152.2 min readCategories: Community Development

    Representatives of the company visited Colonsay and gave an update on the situation – the farm should be installed in July 2015 and there should be “fish in the water”...

  • Published On: Mar 1, 20151.8 min readCategories: Church, Community News

    Readers will remember that the Parish Church has two dangerous windows and has launched an appeal at http://www.colonsay.info/text/Church%20Appeal.htm  The progress of the appeal is being regularly updated at that site,...

  • Published On: Mar 1, 20151.7 min readCategories: Community Development

    CHUG met recently with CalMac and looks forward to meeting with Marine Harvest as newcomers to the harbour later this year.  Details were circulated to members who missed the meeting,...

  • Published On: Mar 1, 20151.3 min readCategories: Community Development

    Notice of a special App was given in our last issue.  Since then over 60 “places of Interest” have been visited, described, photographed and  mapped and committee members of the...

  • Published On: Mar 1, 20150.6 min readCategories: Events, Sport

    Please make a note to participate or sponsor someone... the idea is to climb all of the MacPhees (hills in excess of 300 ft), starting and finishing at a point...

  • Published On: Mar 1, 20150.9 min readCategories: Community News

    With the help of GRAB, Colonsay Community Council has funded a small leaflet designed by Colonsay beach-litter artist Jane Rose  http://www.janerose.co.uk/    The leaflet is to discourage the use of bottled...

  • Published On: Mar 1, 20150.5 min readCategories: Ancestry

    A great deal of interesting material is coming to light, and it transpires that at least two old photographs from the album of Susan Carruthers McNeill appear in an album...

  • Published On: Mar 1, 20150.7 min readCategories: History

    Would it be a good thing to restore this building? It would be a brilliant place for birdwatchers and photographers, especially during storms or for night sky photography and observation. ...

  • Published On: Mar 1, 20151.1 min readCategories: On The Grapevine

    The honeymooners are thought to be heading for the south of France, via a week in Jamaica; the Homefield satellite broadband equipment is here and will soon be installed; the...

  • Published On: Mar 1, 20151.5 min readCategories: Letters, Magazine

    Letters etc. No letters this time and not a lot of feedback from our last issue, but the few comments received were fortunately very positive.  Nobody entered the “10 easy...

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  • Published On: Jul 20, 2018

    The Front Page – July 2018

    Though the not-quite-a-drought time eventually ended, summer did not part, as it might have done,...

  • Published On: Jun 6, 2018

    The Front Page – June 2018

    The warm dry spell that spread across the whole country in late spring and extended...

  • Published On: May 3, 2018

    The Front Page – May 2018

    Spring came late this year, but by May calving and lambing were well underway on...

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