Photocopied newspaper article about Tiree.
Local news about large consignments of livestock for the southern market, the deaths of Flora MacFadyen of Salum and Catherine MacDonald of Caoles, and the shortage of accommodation for visitors close to the golf courses.
Family Group Record for John MacPhaiden and his wife Catherine MacLean.
Family Group Record for John MacPhaiden and his wife Catherine MacLean from Coll and their fifteen children, all born in Salum.
Black and orange striped drugget.
Black and orange striped drugget (232 x 84 mm) with blue cotton tasselled fringe, made from Tiree wool and woven in Tiree, found in Salum House in the late 19th or early 20th century.
Woman`s skirt, blouse and bonnet.
Woman`s skirt, blouse and bonnet from Salum House and worn in the late 19th or early 20th century. All items are black. The skirt has a black netted overskirt, the blouse has black beadwork and a netted overlay and the bonnet is black crocheted wool.
Black and white photograph of an unknown couple on Salum beach from a small album from Silversands.
`Camus Shaluim` (Salum Bay) from a small album from Silversands, Vaul, titled `Idle Days` probably dating from the 1920s or early 1930s.
Three floppy disks with Gaelic place-names in Tiree townships.
Gaelic place-names in the Tiree townships.
Photocopy of an Unusual Bird Record Form dated 19/2/1996.
An Unusual Bird Record Form dated 19/2/1996 recording the sighting of a red-necked grebe in Salum Bay by Mark Williamson, librarian at Tiree High School.
Family tree for Alexander MacPhaiden and Helen (Ellen) Currie and a colour photograph of a gravestone in Tiverton cemetery, Ontario.
Family tree for Alexander MacPhaiden of Salum and Helen Currie (1801-1875) of Kirkapol who were married on 5/2/1823 and a colour photograph of the gravestone of their son Lachlan MacFadyen (1840-1867) buried in Tiverton cemetery, Ontario.
Family history of the descendants of Hugh MacLean and Christena MacLeod.
Family history of the descendants of Hugh MacLean of Ruaig (1811-1896) and Christena MacLeod (1824-1907) who emigrated.to Brock Township, Ontario with their two children in 1846. Also mentions Fingon MacKinnon from Salum (1795-1859).
Inside Calum Salum’s shop
Photograph of the interior of Malcolm MacLean’s shop in Salum.
Courtesy of Mr Iain MacKinnon
The most famous shop in the east end of Tiree was run by Malcolm MacLean, universally known as ‘Calum Salum’. He started the business in 1938, and expanded after the War into an old RAF hut from the airfield.
He sold a wide range of goods – tins of food, paraffin, methylated spirits for Tilley lamps, crockery, gas cookers, radios and their batteries, and even larger farm equipment, including tractors. He was the first man to sell bottled gas on the island and was amongst the first on Tiree to set up a windmill on his house to generate electricity.
Sometimes dealing with the paperwork took second place to all his other activities. Inside the house at Salum, the dining table would often be covered with letters and accounts waiting to be dealt with. His favourite saying was: “It’s here, but where?”
Black and white photograph of Calum Salum`s shop.
Calum Salum`s shop in the 1950s. L-R: unknown, unknown, unknown, Bella MacLean (Bella Mhialum), Calum Salum, unknown, unknown, headmaster Donald O. MacLean.
