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BURGERS CURRIES PIZZAS RESTAURANT & TAKEAWAY BANGLA SPICE OPEN FOR AUTHENTIC TAKEAWAYS ONLY BANGLADESHI CUISINE Tues-Thursday 12pm-2.30pm 4.30-10.30pm Friday-Saturday: 12pm-3pm 4pm till late Sunday:OPEN 12pm till late 7 (open DAYS all day Sunday) OPEN FOR TAKEAWAY 24 South Beach Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis SERVICE ONLY Alice in wonderland Tel: 01851 700299 Monday to Thursday 5pm to 9.30pm Friday & Saturday 4.30pm to 10pm More on page 2 CLOSED SUNDAY Church Street Tel: 700418 / 701118 Bookkeeping causing a headache? Call us! Tel: 01851 702335 Harris Tweed direct from The Shawbost Mill 7 James Street, Stornoway HS1 2QN 3/$67(5%2$5' 25 North Beach Street, Stornoway, HS1 2QX 6.,3+,5( 5(&<&/,1* www.harristweedhebrides.com Phone loans 2SHQFORVHGVNLSV 0(7$/ 5(&<&/,1* t: 01851 700 046 now available *YJa_kJgY\$KlgjfgoYq$@K)*J>L]d2()0-)/(-)--=eYad2af^g8Yf_mkeY[an]j&[g&mc e: [email protected] Call for more info Monday to Friday AUTOPARTS 8am - 5.30pm website: www.hi-scot.com Saturday 9am - 1pm email: [email protected] Island Road, Stornoway HS1 2RD FIND US ON FACEBOOK EVENTS T: 01851 706939 E: [email protected] W: www.autoparts-stornoway.com tel: 01851 701865 in Lewis and Harris THE WESTERN ISLES PREMIER PARTS RETAILER Promote your 22 Francis Street Offi ce opening hours business HERE! Stornoway •,QVXUDQFH%URNHUV Insurance Services RMk are now Isle9am of to Lewis2pm, For one month, Monday to Friday.HS1 2NB •%XVLQHVV 3HUVRQDO Risk Management it’s £51.25 (+VAT) t: 01851 704949 ADVICE Longer runs from •([FHOOHQW6HUYLFH Health & Safety YOU CAN www.rmkgroup.co.uk TRUST £41 (+VAT) a month Page 2 - EVENTS www.hebevents.com 06/05/21 - 02/06/21 Alice in wonderland… By Annie Delin he month of April heard the patter of tiny Talpaca hooves in Callanish. Alice the cria (baby alpaca) was born on Monday 26 April in the croft at Callanish Alpacas, and is pictured with her fi rst-time mum, Pandora. Callanish Alpacas’ Clare Lewis said: “I was alerted to the cria’s arrival by a shout from my neighbour – Pandora had chosen to have her baby right by their back window and the fi rst thing I knew was my neighbour shouting: ‘Clare! Baby!’ “It’s exactly a year ago today that we had our fi rst visit from Archie the alpaca, who came from Auld Mill Alpacas in Elgin to meet our girls. “Alpacas carry their babies for between 325 and 370 days, and Alice has been born exactly at 350 days. We named her for a lovely lady with whom she shares her birthday, and it’s quite fi tting that the telling what colour any baby will be, regardless of neighbour who fi rst spotted her is called Ali, too!” their parentage or ancestry. Alice now has not just her mum, but fi ve auntie “Alice will be staying with us for good though, alpacas to look after her. She’s set to be joined by as she’s a girl. Alpacas are a highly matriarchal cousins before long, with three more cria expected society and we can expand the herd with girls.” during May. Callanish Alpacas are open to visitors at the Clare pointed out the colour variety among moment within limited hours, from Wednesday alpacas, with Alice sporting a white undercoat to Sunday each week, between 11am and 5pm, and top-coat of apricot, even though her mother is although under current restrictions there are no black and Archie, her dad, is dark brown. bookable feeding-time visits. She said: “There are 22 different shades of colour with alpacas, and absolutely no way of Pictures provided by Clare at Callanish Alpacas. Friends of The Nicolson A recently formed charitable Trust to assist pupils of The Nicolson Institute with the cost of travel to the mainland Find out how you can help advance the next generation of Nicolson pupils at www.fotn.org.uk HOW TO CONTACT US Editor: Fred Silver [email protected] Design and layout: Andrew Jeffries [email protected] Advertising: [email protected] Accounts: accounts@ intermediaservicesstornoway.co.uk Annie Delin, senior correspondent (Lewis and Harris): [email protected] Writers: Katie Macleod, Melissa Silver General enquiries: [email protected] NEXT EDITION: The deadline for information and advertising submissions is Tel: 01851 705743 Tuesday May 25. The newspaper is published on Thursday June 3. EVENTS is published by Intermedia Services (Stornoway) Church House, 16 James Street, Stornoway HS1 2QN Tel: 01851 705743 06/05/21 - 02/06/21 www.hebevents.com EVENTS - Page 3 North Lewis artists’ website goes live By Roz Macaskill ave you missed visiting art exhibitions? HMaybe you can’t wait to get back into a gallery and appreciate the world through an Come in artist’s eyes. WE’RE A brand-new website from South Dell-based artists, David Greenall and Ruth O’Dell, will bring the art straight to you. OPEN! David and Ruth’s joint website went live on Thursday 22 April, giving the outside world a glimpse into their studios. The husband-and-wife SERViNG ALL YOUR CARVERY FAVOURiTES painters commented: “We are hoping to remind people that we’re still here and reach new people, STRAiGHT TO YOUR TABLE! on the islands and beyond.” Painting has been a steady part of David and Ruth’s lives, including during their move to Lewis MON - SAT MON - SAT in the early 90’s and as they raised their daughters LUNCH DiNNER in the Western Isles. Although Merseyside-born their work has evolved to create evocative images David became an artist later in life, he has been of ocean views, in David’s case, and tranquil still 2 courses £13.00 2 courses £18.50 painting for 40 years and remembers working on a lives and skilful portraits, in Ruth’s case. fi shing boat in Norfolk, drawing when it wasn’t his 3 courses £15.00 3 courses £22.50 In keeping with the uplifting nature of their turn to steer! Ruth, whose father was an art teacher, work, the couple are looking to the future with started painting as a young girl; drawing family positivity. Ruth commented: “We want to keep members, sketching outside and photographing SUNDAY KiDS EAT FOR £1! motivated to produce new work. We’re moving scenes to paint later. Ruth describes her artistic Children under 12, on and mixing it up a bit! We’ll put our latest LUNCH & DiNNER process as a journey, with her work and life work on the website and it will be displayed in ordering from the kids menu. changing and evolving together. “I’ll either have other galleries, such as the Finsbay Gallery.” 2 courses £20.50 Order at least one adult main to an idea fermenting inside or I sometimes wake David continued: “My only plan for the future is qualify.(Offer available until 17th May) up in the night and things come to me,” Ruth 3 courses £24.00 to paint and I am looking forward to working on remarked. “Sometimes I have a vague image in my series of coast and beach paintings in Harris.” my head. Other times, I work blind and wait to CALL US ON 01851 702740 TO BOOK YOUR TABLE NOW! see what happens. It just depends!” David and Ruth’s new website can be found at http://www.david-and-ruth-studio.co.uk/. Visit the The couple’s island home infl uences their work, site to fi nd out the inspiration behind the artists’ with David taking inspiration from the beaches latest work and see life in the Outer Hebrides THE CALADH iNN iS ADHERiNG TO SCOTTiSH GOVERNMENT COViD-19 GUiDELiNES and landscapes, and Ruth focussing on depicting through the eyes of David and Ruth. crofting life and nature. Throughout the years, The Woodlands is now open for sit in & take-away service 11am - 2:30 pm Customers should check Facebook Tel: 01851 706916 and welovestornoway.com for the latest timings and menus Page 4 - EVENTS www.hebevents.com 06/05/21 - 02/06/21 Please contact us if you need support, information or advice. Three years’ support MARION MACINNES ELLIE DONNELLY (LOCALITY LEADER) (DEMENTIA ADVISOR) 07771925730 07500 762041 [email protected] [email protected] for WICCI as it reopens Free 24 Hour Dementia Helpline 0808 808 3000 Keep safe! We hope to see you soon. By Annie Delin “On behalf of our trustees and service users I would like www.justgiving.com/fundraising/alzheimer-scotland-western-isles-locality HOW TO DONATE: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/marion-macinnes5 here was a double boost of good news for Western Isles to thank Macmillan Cancer Support for their continuing TCancer Care Initiative (WICCI) on Wednesday 28 April as intervention and all the other organisations and individuals who they reopened their doors to support cancer patients and their contribute to, and support this worthy cause” families.
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