Black and white photograph of thatched house at Brock in 1925.
Taigh na Buaile, Brock, home of Lachainn Iain `s a` bhean, the grandparents of Anneen Black. From a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
Small photograph album titled `Tiree 1925`.
Small photograph albumtitled `Tiree 1925`and containing 21 black and white photographs (An Iodhlann photo nos: W90-W99, X1-X11). Found in a skip and thought originally to come from Silversands, Vaul.
Black and white photograph of `Maggie` found with a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’.
`Maggie`, found with a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
Black and white photograph of five children from album `Tiree 1925`.
Black and white photograph of five children outside a corrugated iron building titled `Companions`, from an album thought to come originally from Silversands.
Black and white photograph of `Maggie` found with a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’.
`Maggie`, found with a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
