Drill used for boatbuilding at Vaul
Wood and metal hand-operated drill from the workshop of Vaul boatbuilders.
2012.22.1
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2012.21.1
White china mug with black ink artwork depicting map, scenes and wildlife of Tiree. Made specially for sale as a souvenir from Roddy MacKay`s shop at the head of Gott pier during the 1980s-90s.
2012.22.2
Iron head of an adze – a sort of axe used for thinning wood during boat-building. From the workshop of Vaul boat-builders.
2012.21.2
Tiree Pipe Band prize shield 2009
`Silver` shield on a wooden mount from Strathaven, engraved with “Tiree Pipe Band – SGF – Best Band in Parade 2009 – P/M Duncan MacLean”.
2012.11.1
Photograph of Audrey Carter outside her guest house at Balephetrish in 1991
Colour photograph of Audrey Carter and three Labrador dogs outside her guest house `Audrey`s` at Balephetrish House, Hillcrest, on6/09/1991. (original stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4).
2012.4.3
Photograph of Alasdair Sinclair, Brock, and his brother Iain in 2006.
Colour photograph of Alasdair Sinclair, Brock (1923-2009) standing with his brother Iain at Dùn Mor a` Chaolais, Tiree, on 14/09/2006. (Original stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 4)
2011.120.1
Two articles about childhood memories of traditional rock fishing on Tiree in the 1940s and 1950s. The first is by Billy Whiteside writing about fishing at Barrapol/Greenhill, while the second is by his friends, brothers Alastair and John MacNeill, about fishing at Hynish.
2011.118.6
Photograph of house `Creagan` at Heanish in the 1930s.
Black & white photograph of traditional Tiree house `Creagan` and barns at Heanish in the 1930s.
2011.116.1
Dissertation about the Tiree bulb-growing industry in the 1960s
Bound dissertation entitled “Tiree Bulbs” about the tulip- and daffodil-growing industry on Tiree in the 1960s. Includes hand-typed preface about the history of bulbs, an account of Tiree`s bulbs, many colour photographs of the different varieties of bulbs growing in-situ on Tiree, photos of some bulb-growers including Duncan MacInnes, Ruaig, and a map of bulb sites around the island. Author: Ena MacLean Percy – a district nurse who attended courses at The Royal College of Nursing in Edinburgh in the 1960s, and retired to Fort William. Bound in royal blue board with gold embossed title on cover. Found at a recycling centre in Fort William in 2011.
2011.113.25
Photograph of the ferry `lighter` boat off Scarinish ca. 1950.
Black & white photograph of the `lighter` boat carrying about 20 people being rowed out to the ferry waiting off Scarinish Harbour around 1910. From a postcard.
