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.
2001.177.1
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2001.141.1
Box of draughtsman`s compasses.
Wooden box (220 x 157 x 58 mm) with small brass plaque on lid with `A M 1939` containing a set of draughtsman`s compasses, made by Aston & Mander of London. Thought to be an instrument set used by the Met Office during WWII.
2001.153.4
Wallet containing two clear plastic Met Office scales: sunshine scale and Dines tilting syphon rain guage.
1999.121.1
Red fire bucket from the BT Repeater Station in Scarinish.
2001.88.1
Black bakelite inkpot with screw top.
Black bakelite inkpot with screw top, stamped with `Pelikan` in green, belonging to Sandy MacKinnon, Crossapol.
2001.92.1
Souvenir Isle of Tiree mug (93 x 80 mm), speckled beige with brown printing, designed by Sue Anderson, Coll.
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.
