Wallet containing two clear plastic Met Office scales: sunshine scale and Dines tilting syphon rain guage.
2001.153.4
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2001.1.8
Tiree Association badge.
Tiree Association badge, gold-coloured metal and gold-coloured metal with Tiree crest and motto `Tir an eorna, Tir mo chridhe`/ Land of corn, Land of my heart.
1998.222.1
Adze used for boat-building and/or carpentry. Used by Eoghan Ruadh and his family in Vaul for boat-building and by his son Lachlan during the construction of the Tiree pier ca. 1912. Found in Donald Brown`s boatshed in Vaul.
1999.208.1
Mullard master valve in its original box.
Mullard PM22A 5-pin master valve in its original box (130 x 50 x 50 mm) used to power a radio from a 120V battery, probably in use from the mid-1920s until the 1950s.
2000.176.1
White bone china mug (93 x 72 mm) commemorating the centenary of the Tiree Association in 2000.
1999.154.1
Piece of shot issued to the Home Guard during WWII.
2001.97.35
Photocopied extracts from the County of Argyll Twenty-fifth Annual Report by the Medical Officer of Health Dr Roger MacNeill, pp 50-51.
Report (incomplete) by Dr Dan MacKinnon regarding the lack of shelter, poor soil drainage and the sanitation and water supply.
1999.128.1
Defence medal 1939-1945 with ribbon in its presentation box (85 x 58 x 10 mm), probably issued to a member of the Home Guard. Also issued to special constables, air raid wardens, etc.
2001.169.1
2001.97.28
Photocopied extracts from the County of Argyll Fifth Annual Report by the Medical Officer of Health Dr Roger MacNeill, pp 26-27.
Report by Dr Buchanan about an outbreak of scarlet fever spread through the schools.
