Memoirs of Alistair MacNeill, Hynish, ‘They were our Vital Sparks’ which recall his fascination with the coal puffers that visited Hynish to off-load coal and other goods during the 1950s. The puffers also took away bundles of kelp for processing on the mainland.
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Photograph of Jean MacCallum, Balephuil, ca. 1960
Black & white photograph of Jean MacCallum, Balevullin, “preparing to go to tangles” around 1960. Original stored in 2014.5.1 filing cabinet 10 drawer 1.
Photograph of Scarinish Harbour and pier building ca 1930
Sepia photograph from a postcard of Scarinish Harbour around 1930, showing the ship the Mary Stewart on the left and a smaller ship tied up loading kelp from horse-drawn carts. The harbour building/office/store, now gone, is on the right.
Photograph of Mr & Mrs MacKay and the Boyd family in 1960.
Black & white photograph of Nellie and John MacKay, with Winifred Boyd and her two sons Ailean and Iain, collecting tangles on Travee, Balephuil in 1960. John Morton Boyd probably took the photograph.
Photograph of Duncan MacKinnon, Balephuil, around 1980
Colour photograph of Duncan MacKinnon, Am Bail Ur, Balephuil, collecting tangles as West Hynish around 1980.
Photograph of a trailer load of tangles in 2000
Colour photograph of a trailer full of tangles (kelp stalks) at Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin in 2000.
Photograph of a drying rack for tangles at Balevullin in 2000
Colour photograph of a rack made of wooden planks and oil drums at Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin in 2000. Bales of tangles (kelp seaweed stalks) would be untied and laid over the rack to allow air to circulate underneath the stalks, thus drying them.
Photograph of the underside of a tangle drying rack in 2000
Colour photograph of the underside of a drying rack with tangles (kelp stalks) laid over above to dry at Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin in 2000.
Photograph of the old tangle store at Craignis, Hough, in 2000
Colour photograph of the ruins of Seada Haingeis, the old tangle store at Craignis, Hough, last used in 1800.
Photograph of runs of tangles at the MacKinnon croft at Balevullin in 2000.
Colour photograph of several lines of tangles drying on racks by a thatched house on Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin in 2000.
