Photocopied information about the Met Office Telegraphic Reporting Station on Tiree.
History of the Met station at Cornaigmore from 1924 to 1956
2003.10.1
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Dates: 1920s
2003.10.27
Scan notes about Cornaig Met Station.
Notes about Cornaig Met Station.
2003.10.2
Photocopied letter from Donald O. Maclean dated 7/9/1925 to Major Goldie at the Edinburgh Met Office.
Letter from Donald O. Maclean dated 7/9/1925 to Major Goldie at the Edinburgh Met Office about the erection of a telephone line to Cornaigmore and the five individuals prepared to stand guarantor for the annual running cots.
2003.10.33
Scanned document giving the history of telegraphic communications to Cornaig Sub-post Office 1924-1935.
History of telecommunications to Cornaig Sub-post Office as affecting the Met Station from 1924-1935.
2003.10.3
Photocopied account of the sunshine record of Tiree by J Crichton, MA, BSc, FRSE.
Comparison by J. Crichton, MA, BSc, FRSE, of the amounts of sunshine experienced by Tiree, the Outer Isles, the east coast of Scotland, the south of England and the Scilly Isles. No actual figures given.
2003.10.4
Photocopied letter from the Assistant Director of the Air Ministry Met Office dated 7/2/1925 to the Superintendent of the Edinburgh Met Office.
Letter from the Assistant Director of the Air Ministry Met Office dated 7/2/1925 to the Superintendent of the Edinburgh Met Office about a proposed visit to Tiree to assess the situation re a telegraph or telephone line to Cornaigmore.
2003.10.5
Photocopied letter to the Director of the Air Ministry Met Office dated 16/2/1925 suggesting an arrangement with the Local Education Authority to make meteorlogical recordings part of the headmaster`s duties.
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Black and white photograph of Jessie Ann MacArthur, Milton, and unknown friend.
L-R: Jessie Ann MacDonald nee MacArthur of Milton with an unknown friend in the 1920s.
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Black and white photograph of the grandfather of Iain MacArthur, Milton.
The grandfather of Iain MacArthur, Milton, probably taken in the 1920s or 1930s.
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Black and white photograph of Hugh Archie MacArthur of Milton.
Hugh Archie MacArthur of Milton in the late 1920s early 1930s.
