Black & white photograph of a member of the Sinclair/MacArthur family of Balephuil, around 1970.
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Photograph of Neil Sinclair’s seaman’s record book and certificates of discharge issued by the M.M. Office, Glasgow on 9th of July 1953 when Neil was 18 years old. Includes a photograph. Neil lived at Main Road house, Balephuil.
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Black & white photograph of boatswain/bosun Neil MacArthur, Balephuil, in uniform on a ship around 1960.
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Black & white photograph of a group of six young men, including Neil Sinclair of Balephuil (4th from left) on the sea, around 1955. The identities of the other men are unknown.
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Studio-coloured photograph of L-R: Jo-Neil Sinclair, Mary Sinclair (nee MacArthur), Margaret Ann Sinclair and Neil Sinclair of Main Road, Balephuil, around 1945.
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Ensign 3 1/4 folding camera used by Angus MacLean, Scarinish, in the 1920s. badly damaged and non-functioning.
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The Soldier’s Bible. Postcard printed with the story of a young soldier who is caught playing cards during a church service, and who later explains that he has neither Bible nor Prayer Book and that each card represents a scene from the bible. Made famous by a hit song by Texas Tyler in 1948.
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Telegraphic instrument for tapping out and receiving telegram messages at Scarinish Post Office between 1888 and 1930. Originally from Skye and probably operated by Margaret Robertson (Mona’s mother), who is listed as the telegraphist in the 1911 census of Tiree. There is a key for sending messages and a sounder for receiving. Known as a KOB set (key on base), it is marked “20 ohm” on the base. The lever of the mechanism is steel and unmarked. From the estate of Angus MacLean, The Coolins, Scarinish.
2016.40.1
Round white metal tin of Cromophone telephone cleaning pads from the Scarinish Post Office in the 1960s. Made by Cromessol, Glasgow, each cotton pad contained Chlorhexidine cleansing agent for disinfecting telephone mouth-pieces, micro-phones and dictating machines. From the estate of Angus MacLean, The Coolins, Scarinish.
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Wood-handled brass Post Office seal imprinted “Balemartine P.O”, plus sticks of sealing wax in their metal container.
