Mini-disk recording of Mary Cameron of Balevullin talking to Maggie Campbell in June 2005.
Mary Cameron of Balevullin talks to Maggie Campbell in June 2005 about her primary schooling at Balemartine and secondary schooling at Cornaig, the games they played, and the clothes they wore walking to and from school.
Ethel MacCallum talking about moving to a Gaelic-speaking community
Sound clip in English of Ethel MacCallum talking about moving to a Gaelic-speaking community in the 1940s.
Courtesy of Mrs Ethel MacCallum
In this recording made in June 2005, Mrs Ethel MacCallum talks to Maggie Campbell about what it was like to move as a child to a Gaelic-speaking community. During World War II, Ethel was evacuated to Tiree where she was fostered by Hugh and Kate Lamont of Ruaig Post Office.
After leaving school at fifteen, Ethel helped her foster-parents in the Post Office and on the family’s croft. A couple of years later she moved to Inverary Castle where she worked as a housemaid for the Duke and Duchess of Argyll.
By the end of her schooling Ethel had ‘nothing in her head but music’. She competed many times in national and provincial Mods, winning cups for her Gaelic singing. She was also a gold medallist in the provincial Mod at Lochgilphead in 1967.
Mini-disk recording of Alasdair MacArthur, Balemartine talking to Maggie Campbell in May 2005.
Alasdair MacArthur (Alasdair Sheumais Alasdair) of Balemartine talks to Maggie Campbell in May 2005 about his life both at sea and on land, his time on the ferry ‘The Heb’ and how he progressed to achieve honorary seaman status.
Mini-disk recording of Lachie Campbell, Crossapol talking to Maggie Campbell in June 2005.
Lachie Campbell, Crossapol talks to Maggie Campbell in June 2005 about Cornaigmore as it used to be, the people who lived there and how the population of the township has diminished since he was a boy; he also talks about his time spent away from the island when he was in the army.
Mini-disk recording of Sandy MacIntosh of Urvaig talking to Maggie Campbell in May 2005.
Sandy MacIntosh of Urvaig talks to Maggie Campbell in May 2005 about going out fishing with his father as a boy, how his father would fish for lobsters and make creels, fishing himself for velvet crabs as a young teenager, leaving Tiree to train as a mechanic, returning to Tiree and eventually fishing commercially, the fire at Milton when his boat was destroyed and the differences between fishing today and in his father’s time.
Mini-disk recording of Robert Doncaster recorded by Maggie Campbell in April 2005.
Robert Doncaster talks to Maggie Campbell in April 2005 about his childhood memories and reflections on the Green from the 1930s to the early 1950s.
CD `Voices – Tiree, Part 1` recorded by the BBC in An Iodhlann in February 2005.
BBC recording of Iain MacKinnon, Maggie Campbell, Jean MacCallum, Angus MacLean and Mairi Campbell talking about Tiree words in An Iodhlann in February 2005.
CD `Voices – Tiree, Part 2` recorded by the BBC in An Iodhlann in February 2005.
BBC recording of Iain MacKinnon, Maggie Campbell, Jean MacCallum, Angus MacLean and Mairi Campbell talking about Tiree words in An Iodhlann in February 2005.
Audio cassette recording of a lecture about brochs given by Dr Euan Mackie in Vaul Golf Clubhouse in July 2000.
Recording of a lecture illustrated with slides given by Dr Euan Mackie in Vaul Golf Clubhouse in July 2000. Dr Mackie talks about the construction and architectural features of brochs across Scotland, the deterioration of many sites and current theories about their evolution from earlier structures. Their uses as defensive structures or as housing for an elite are discussed in a short Q&A session.
Mini-disk recording of John Fletcher, Balemartine talking to Maggie Campbell in March 2005.
John Fletcher of Balemartine talks to Maggie Campbell in March 2005 about thatched and tarred roof houses.
