Heritage Lottery Fund grant for Lews Castle brings economic optimism to the Hebrides
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… for tourists to the islands. The museum, which will be the first in the UK to use Gaelic as its first language, will … opportunities for schools and community groups. The HLF grant brings the Fund’s total investment in the economy … then gifted it to the people of Stornoway in 1923. During World War II it served as a naval hospital and accommodation …