Christopher Sandison of Eshaness (1781-1870) : diarist in an age of social change / by Ronald Sandison.

"Christopher Sandison (1781-1870) lived in the Shetland community of Eshaness. During the last fifty years of his life he lived at Tangwick and his surviving diary covers 37 1/2 years of that time. This diary, rich in material though it is, forms the source material rather than the substance of this book. Nevertheless, it is a unique day-to-day account of the life of a native Shetlander including as it does details of the weather, of daily events, family life and all that touched Christopher most closely. The years at Tangwick were by far the most creative ones for this remarkable man. Not only did he teach generations of children and young peole at his school, but he had a wide variety of other roles in the community, including Kirk Elder, Clerk to the Kirk Session, factor to the Cheyne Brothers and to Gifford of Busta, Postmaster, Registrar of Births and Deaths, and Clerk to the Parochial Board, the Heritors and the Fishermen's Fund."--From book jacket.