Photos: Lewis Crofters exhibition
12 July 2018
Point sheep were granted the freedom of Stornoway. An annual rite was shepherding flocks homeward through the town after spending the summer on moorland grazings west of Marybank.
Cutting grass to make hay for winter fodder for livestock was a back-
The advent of the tractor changed much of crofting with the machine able to handle much of the heavy manual labour. As the tractor became commonplace the need to keep horses for agricultural work diminished.
Fank day is a big event with sheep being gathered off the moor for shearing and dipping. In a communal effort, crofters tramped for miles from dawn to clear livestock from the common grazings, bringing them into the village fank.
► Lewis Crofters mark 60th anniversary
Many islanders have supplied photos for a display showing the traditional nature
of crofting in the islands. The images form part of an exhibition being held on Friday
to commemorate sixty years of the Lewis Crofters’ co-