Sandy Matheson Part 2: Early life continued, and people around Stornoway

Second in a series of interviews with Sandy Matheson. Here Sandy continues to talk to Kenny Maciver about his early life in Stornoway, some of the shops in the town during his childhood, and some more of the characters that impacted his life
00:00 Intro
00:50 Childhood shops
04:07 People around Stornoway
09:30 The Dockers
12:10 The Drove and the Sanitorium
14:08 Shops / barbers / people around Stornoway
21:04 The Police and HM Prison Stornoway
34:20 More local characters
38:09 Local poverty and the Poorhouse
43:35 Medical Men
48:22 More barbers
52:40 Outro

[@dirtwork]

Went to stornoway last summer to see my great great grandfather home, it's a special place can't wait to go back

[@catherinemacarthur1412]

Sandy ever the gentleman. X

[@sarahguthrie9615]

Are you any relation to a Jane Ann matheson she was from Stornoway and grew up there

[@kengalloway7070]

Sandy Matheson does not recognise the name Jane Ann Matheson. Do you know where she resided in Stornoway?

[@sarahguthrie9615]

@@kengalloway7070 yea I'm not sure if it's spelt right but it was gravir