Black & white photograph of the ferryboat approaching the steamer off Scarinish in the late 19th or early 20th centuries.
Courtesy of Mrs Mary Cameron
Before Gott Bay pier was completed in 1913, passengers, livestock and cargo had to be ferried by rowboat between Scarinish harbour and the steamer anchored offshore in deeper water, a somewhat hazardous journey in bad weather.
This photograph of the tender approaching the steamer was taken on a calm day in the late 19th or early 20th centuries. The service was operated for many years by Archibald MacKinnon (Èardsaidh ’ic Eòghainn) without serious accident.
The substantial building in the centre background is the store at Scarinish; the one on the left is the school. Between the two lay the Reading Room, now An Iodhlann, where passengers awaited the arrival of the steamer.
Copied Register of Admissions for Ruaig School, 1919-1969.
Register of Admissions for Ruaig School, 1919-1969, giving pupils date of birth, name of parent or guardian, address, name of last school, date of leaving, and cause of leaving or where gone.
This, and all other school admission registers that we held, has now been returned to Argyll & Bute Council archives
Black and white photograph of the wedding of Peter MacArthur of Heylipol and Flora MacKinnon of Dunmore, Vaul at the Alexandria Hotel, Glasgow on the 1st June 1914. L-R: (back) unknown; unknown; unknown; unknown; unknown; Peter MacArthur (groom, aged 39); Duncan MacArthur (best man); Flora MacKinnon (bride, aged 36); Rev. T. MacPherson of Yoker Church of Scotland; unknown; unknown; Jessie MacArthur; (front) Christina MacArthur (?); Jimmy MacArthur; Alexander MacArthur; Hugh MacArthur; Marion MacKinnon (bridesmaid); Charles MacKinnon; Maggie MacKinnon; Kate MacKinnon (Mrs Hugh Lamont); Mary Flora MacKinnon (Mrs Charles MacKinnon); unknown; unknown. (CD with scanned photo in Pedestal Unit drawer 2; photo key in Filing Cabinet 8 drawer4.)
Photograph of Private Hugh MacKinnon, Ruaig (1897-1918)
Black & white photograph of Private Hugh MacKinnon of Ruaig/Glasgow, in uniform around 1910, from an obituary in the Oban Times newspaper around 1919. Son of Mary Ann and Donald McKinnon, (Ruaig/Glasgow), Hugh was killed in action near Meuouvers, France, in 1918 whilst serving with the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in World War I.
