For Peats' Sake.
Isle of Lewis resident, Jock Murray, had an idea to raise some money for Leukaemia Research.
He persuaded some local Crofters to bare all for The Lewis Peat Calendar 2008.
Local photographer John MacLean, who could not face taking the shots in colour/color, managed to capture the brave lads cutting peat in black and white.
Some more of the contents of this charity Calendar can be viewed, and purchase can be made from John's website here:
He also has some neat photographs of Lewis here:
On a personal note, I include below a photograph of my Mum, Dad & Aunt Annie, cutting peats on Lewis, many years ago.
He persuaded some local Crofters to bare all for The Lewis Peat Calendar 2008.
Local photographer John MacLean, who could not face taking the shots in colour/color, managed to capture the brave lads cutting peat in black and white.
Some more of the contents of this charity Calendar can be viewed, and purchase can be made from John's website here:
He also has some neat photographs of Lewis here:
On a personal note, I include below a photograph of my Mum, Dad & Aunt Annie, cutting peats on Lewis, many years ago.
posted by Sans Pantaloons at 5:51 PM
15 Comments:
Isn't an Isle of Lewis also a style of a chess set? In Particular the set we see wizards chess for the first time in Harry Potter?
What the hell is 'cutting peat'?
Just a dumb Kentuckian over here..
Many thanks for the plug and links :-)
John
Sushi; Yes, those particular chess pieces were found at Uig bay on Lewis. The Wiki entry is here.
John MacLean has an image of some pieces here.
Special K, I apologise for my lack of consideration. Peat, which is the plant material precursor to coal before extended pressure, can be harvested as a fuel. It is cut into thick slab like tiles and stacked to allow it to dry out. Although most crofts now have a natural gas supply for heating and cooking, peat was used extensively in the past, and burned in range style stoves/cookers. I assume it is still cut and harvested because it is essentially free, albeit hard graft to bring home.
More info from Wiki here.
John, my pleasure. Your photography is excellent. May your bandwidth be infinite!
Very interesting Sans, I learned something here.
Thank you Sans, this was very interesting and educational !
Loved the family pic, Sans! My, what a nice smile your mum's got.
For peat's sake.
didn't those ladies, the ones that they made a movie about, do a nude calendar for cancer research?
I think they're brilliant.
Skyler's Dad, thank you.
Special K, thank you.
Dick, I'll pass that on to her!
Dale, it is hard graft.
Teri; Yes, I believe the original "Calendar Girls" also collected for Leukaemia Research.
Some info here.
Teri, I just had a thought. Why don't you organize a Nekked Blogger Charity Calendar?
That would be fun!
I'm a moron, somehow I thought I was being clever in saying 'for peat's sake' when that was the title of your post to begin with. I am so ashamed.
Dale, I have to admit I have done the very same thing. It was a good lesson for me, as I now always check the post title before I comment.
P.S. you are not a moron. You are a highly intelligent intuitive scholar and a handsome renaissance man with enormous talent.
Pete Cutter?? Well, redrum, I went to school w/that guy!!
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