Black and white photograph of Salum Bay in 1925.
View from Vaul looking towards Salum Bay, from a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
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Dates: 1920s
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Black and white photograph of unknown family group found with a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’.
Unknown family group, found with a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
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Black and white photograph of children in Kirkapol graveyard.
Three children in Kirkapol graveyard, from a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
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Black and white photograph of thatched house in Brock in 1925.
Thatched house in Brock, from a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
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Black and white photograph of the road to Upper Vaul in 1925.
The road to Uppre Vaul, from a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
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Silversands at Vaul in 1925
Photograph of Silversands at Vaul in 1925.
Courtesy of Mr Donald Brown
Three MacMillan sisters, Margaret, Sarah and Mary, were moved in 1876 by the factor from their 25-acre farm in Balinoe because there was no man in the family to work the land following the deaths of their father and uncle.
In its place they were offered a small house at Silversands in Vaul with a shop attached which had been run by a family of MacDonalds who emigrated to Canada. Though quite young and inexperienced, the sisters accepted the challenge.
Margaret subsequently went to work on the mainland while Sarah ran the shop with Mary’s help. Like other shops on the island, it carried a wide range of goods, including groceries, tobacco, paint, paraffin, needles, fishing flies, bamboo fishing rods and Jews’ harps.
Black and white photograph of Silversands, Vaul, in 1925.
Silversands, Vaul, from a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
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Black and white photograph of the road from Caoles in 1925.
The road from Caoles, from a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
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Black and white photograph of the Kirkapol chapel ruins in 1925.
Kikapol chapel ruins, from a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
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Black and white photograph of the east end of Gott Bay in 1925.
The sands at the east of Gott Bay, from a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
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Balemartine Post Office in the 1920s
Postcard of Balemartine Post Office in Balinoe in the 1920s.
Courtesy of Mr Neil MacArthur
This postcard of Balemartine shows the Post Office and surrounding houses as they were in the 1920s. Tiree’s first post office was established in 1802 in Scarinish. Originally spelled Tyree, the name was changed in 1889 to avoid confusion with Tyrie in Aberdeenshire.
There were no internal delivery services until the 1880s and these were by foot. In the following decade three sub-post offices were established at Balemartine, Cornaigmore and Ruaig. A fifth office was added in 1934 at Middleton.
At the beginning of World War II a civilian camp was built at Crossapol to house the thousand construction workers engaged in building the Coastal Command aerodrome. A sub-post office was opened at the camp which was later taken over by the RAF. This office closed around 1946.
Black and white postcard of Balemartine Post Office.
The Post Office and thatched houses at Cu’ Dheis in Balinoe, taken in the 1920s.