Colour photograph of Mairi Lyndsey Campbell and the Princess Royal at Hynish in June 1991.
Mairi Lyndsey Campbell of Cornaigbeg presenting a bouquet to the Princess Royal at the opening of the Alan Stevenson Centre at Hynish in June 1991.
Photograph of George Paterson and his family in the stackyard of his farm at 6 Crossapol in 1937. L-R: (back) Sarah MacPhee née Paterson (George’s sister); George Paterson; his wife Margaret (Meta) with baby Angus; (front) Hamish MacPhee, Sarah’s son; George and Meta’s children, Iain and Mairi.
Courtesy of Mrs Mairi Campbell
George’s father, Donald Paterson of Balinoe, emmigrated to Pategonia in the 1880s. Patagonia, in the south of Argentina and Chile, was cleared of its indigenous people in the 1880s to make way for large sheep farms. Many men from the Hebrides went out to share in the bonanza.
In 1885 Donald wrote to his brother asking him to send out his birth certificate and baptismal record so he could take possession of twelve square miles of land. He found the native Indians very kind and friendly and recommended shepherding in Patagonia where the pay was good.
Donald married in Patagonia and had a family. He brought his two sons George and John home to Tiree. George was seven years old at the time and could speak Gaelic and Spanish but not a word of English.
Colour photograph of the range in Iain MacKinnon`s croft house in Kilmoluaig.
The range inside Iain MacKinnon`s (Iain Chaluim) thatched house in Kilmoluaig.
Copied black and white postcard of Balephetrish from John Barr.
Postcard of Balephetrish in 1931 with the wreck of the `Malve` in the distance.
Black and white photograph of a group of men with their fishing catch.
L-R: John MacDonald of Heanish, Lachie MacFadyen, Kennneth Bisset, his father and Will Butler (possibly RAF), taken in the 1940s. Note the catch of fish hanging from the handlebars of the bicycle.
John MacDonald of Heanish with visiting children at Gott Bay pier
Photograph of John MacDonald of Heanish with visiting children at Gott Bay pier around 1930.
Courtesy of Dr John MacDonald
John MacDonald of Heanish is seen here on the left with visiting children on Gott Bay pier around 1930. John, known as ‘Nonian’, was the caretaker for Scarinish lighthouse and also worked as a docker at the pier. On the right is Hector MacKinnon (Eachann Dhonnchaidh) of Scarinish. The horse belonged to Alan MacFadyen of Gott.
In those days, a railway ran down the centre of the pier and a bogey, pulled by the horse, carried cargo between the ferry or puffer and the pier shed and office where all loads were marked in the ledger and pier dues collected. The bogey was attached to the horse’s collar by chains which can be seen in the photograph.
Nonian was good piper and fiddle player and would sing at ceilidhs and dances. His favourite song was ‘The Yellow Rose of Texas’.
Black and white photograph of John MacDonald on Gott Bay pier in the 1920s or 30s.
John MacDonald of Heanish is seen here on the left with visiting children on Gott Bay pier around 1930. John, known as ‘Nonian’, was the caretaker for Scarinish lighthouse and also worked as a docker at the pier. On the right is Hector MacKinnon (Eachann Dhonnchaidh) of Scarinish. The horse belonged to Alan MacFadyen of Gott. In those days, a railway ran down the centre of the pier and a bogey, pulled by the horse, carried cargo between the ferry or puffer and the pier shed and office where all loads were marked in the ledger and pier dues collected. The bogey was attached to the horse’s collar by chains which can be seen in the photograph.
Two transcriptions from Tyree OPRs dated 1774.
Two transcriptions from theTyree OPRs dated 24/1/1774 and 12/2/1774 about charges of adultery by the miller Donald MacCallum and Katherine MacFarlane, both of Heylipol, brought before the minister and session of Heylipol Church.
Partially made harvest knots with instructions.
Partially made harvest knots with instructions from Lachie MacLean, Druimfhraoich on how to make them, recorded by John and Sarah Holliday. (Instructions in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer 3)
Colour photograph of the hanging knoll at Island House.
The hanging knoll (baca chrochaidh) at Island House where, in the MacLean era prior to 1674, the last tenant to pay his rent would be hanged.
Colour photograph of the former bulb fields at Ruaig.
The former bulbs fields at Ruaig.
