Black & white photograph of unidentified ship’s crew on the deck of the Baron Polwarth. From a collection of items found in Milton Cottage, Caoles.
2018.108.16
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2018.108.15
Black & white photograph of unidentified naval officers and guests on the deck of the Baron Polwarth. From a collection of items found in Milton Cottage, Caoles.
2018.108.14
Black & white photograph of an unidentified naval officer on the deck of the Baron Polwarth. From a collection of items found in Milton Cottage, Caoles.
2018.108.9
Photograph of John MacArthur, Caoles, in 1920. From his Merchant Navy Identity and Service Certificate.
2018.108.6
Binder of 16 Certificates of Discharge belonging to J. MacArthur, Bosun in the Merchant Navy, 1890-1900. The certificates name the many ships and routes he sailed. From a collection of items found at Milton Cottage, Caoles.
2018.108.4
Newspaper obituary for Neil MacArthur of Milton, who showed great promise as a Gaelic-speaking Baptist Minister, but died during his training in Edinburgh in 1929-30. Published in The Baptist Times, January 16, 1930. From a collection of items found in Milton Cottage, Caoles.
2018.108.2
Typed letter from Macfarlan, Shearer and Co., Greenock, to John MacArthur, Milton, regarding the delivery of roofing felt via the ‘Dunara Castle’, dated April 1914. From a collection of items found in Milton Cottage, Caoles.
2018.108.1
Hand-framed newspaper obituary for Jessie Ann MacDonald of Milton Cottage, Caoles, who died at the age of 18 in 1898. She attended school at Ruaig and Glasgow, worked in Glasgow, then returned to Tiree to work in the post office. Daughter of Archibald MacDonald, who worked for MacBrayne ferries. From a collection of items found in Milton Cottage, Caoles.
2018.63.4
Colour photograph of the crew of the dipping lug-sail boat ‘Eilean Thiriodh’, holding a prize cup outside the ‘Lean-to’ bar of the Scarinish Hotel, after winning in the Tiree Regatta around 2000. The ‘Eilean Thiriodh’ was made in Barcaldine in 1998, and won several Tiree Regattas.
2018.63.3
Colour photograph of the crew of the dipping lug-sail boat ‘Eilean Thiriodh’, holding a prize cup in front of their boat in Scarinish harbour, after winning a race in the Tiree Regatta around 2000. The ‘Eilean Thiriodh’ was made in Barcaldine in 1998, and won several Tiree Regattas.
