History
Music has always played a big part in the day to day life of the Mishnish, my grandfather Duncan Macleod being a keen exponent of the Highland bagpipe.
He passed that knowledge to many aspiring young pipers in Tobermory with lessons being given regularly in a small room which was called the Chain Locker. This small room was also used for private ceilidhs and during the Second World War, many a Gaelic speaking seaman ashore in Tobermory from the many naval vessels anchored in the Bay would find himself ushered into it's confines and given a large dram. Whisky was scarce at that time, although not in the Mishnish as my grandfather had many piping friends in the whisky industry. This room has been recreated in the old real ale cellar and is of course called the Chain Locker in memory of those times - a good room for a ceilidh, just like the original.
The Highland music was passed on to my father and at the very early age of four, he was able to play a miniature set of pipes and was often paraded by his proud father. A picture on the wall in the pub shows him playing those pipes at the front door of the Mishnish. Although my grandfather did not approve, my father Bobby Macleod showed an interest in the Accordeon and of course started playing bagpipe tunes and Gaelic airs. As they say the rest is history! Robert MacLeod
Can you name the names in this band line up ?
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Sunrise over "Kilmory" moored in Tobermory bay
Roberts fathers pride and joy.