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 tractor and trailer load of tangles at Balevullin in 2000
Photograph of a load of tangles (kelp stalks) that has been transported from Craignis, Hough, to Neil MacKinnon`s croft at Balevullin in 2000.
List of tangle collectors working for Neil MacKinnon, Balevullin, in 1998
Photocopy of a hand-written list of the names and telephone numbers of people collecting tangles for Neil MacKinnon, Balevullin, in 1998: Sandy MacIntosh, Jean MacCallum, Ian Spence, Bill Campbell, JE MacLean, Heart (?), Carol MacKinnon, Terlaich, A. Kennedy, Rena, John Fletcher, Derek Plant, John Neil Brown, George Campbell, Stuart Maxwell, Neil MacLean, N MacKinnon.
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.
Invoice to ISP Alginates from Neil MacKinnon, Balevullin, for tangle in 2001.
Photocopy of an invoice from Neil MacKinnon, Balevullin, for supplying 5.175 tonnes of dried tangles to ISP Alginates in Girvan dated 14 May 2001.
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.
