15 Years of MUHOS!

We’ve just realised that the (Made Up) History of Stornoway has been on the go for 15 years. 

During that time we have published 192 scholarly articles on a reasonably semi regular basis. Regular readers may recall postings about William Shakespeare’s visit to his grannie, the town’s ill fated Winter Olympic Bid, Led Zeppelin playing in the Scout Hall, Sci-fi epic Siar Wars and Maggie Thatcher’s unfortunate connections to the island. 

Over the 15 years we have featured key moments of previously neglected, and mysteriously forgotten about, Stornowegian history, as well as providing moving obituaries for many of the town worthies, actors, rock stars and other celebrities who have moved on to the Great Castle Grounds In The Sky (almost always, sadly, at the same time as a slightly more famous cousin from Away). 

And we have still only scratched the surface of the rich history of our town.

To celebrate our 15th anniversary we’ll be re-posting our first ever article from 2008, all about Stornoway’s underground railway network. (Originally available only on our WordPress blog, because we didn’t discover Facebook till a few years later yet). 

But we’re not just resting on our anniversary laurels tonight and recycling old ruppish, oh no. Later on this evening we’ll also be publishing a brand new  obituary of “Man From U.N.C.L.E.”, “Colditz” and “NCIS” star David McCallum’s cousin from Laxdale.

Fleek’s sake, man – it’s all go.