Black and white photograph of five children on the rocks at Vaul in 1925.
Five children with golf clubs on the rocks at Vaul, from a small photograph album titled ‘Tiree 1925’ thought to come originally from Silversands.
1999.24.7
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Dates: 1920s
1999.24.5
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.
2000.23.1
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.
2002.181.1
Black and white photograph of Margaret MacLean of Balevullin.
Margaret MacLean of Balevullin (m.s. Richardson) after graduating with an M.A. from Glasgow University around 1930.
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Oban High School 1925 dux medal.
Oban High School dux medal won in 1925 by Margaret MacLean of Balevullin.
1999.193.3
Morag Cameron of Moss
Photograph of Morag Cameron in the doorway of her thatched house in Moss.
Courtesy of Mr Angus Munn
Morag Cameron is pictured here standing in the doorway of her thatched house in Moss. The thatch is secured with coir rope and weighted down with stones. The rounded roof is characteristic of Tiree houses.
Inside would be a kitchen at one end and a best room at the other. The head of the house would occupy a small bedroom, a’ clòsaid, off the hall with the rest of the family sleeping in the loft. It was not uncommon for such houses to hold twelve people.
Traditionally the walls at the front of the house, the chimneys and around the windows were painted with white lime made by burning limpet shells. The walls inside were also given a coating of lime twice a year, in the summer and at New Year.
Black and white photograph of Morag Cameron, Moss, ca 1920s.
Morag Cameron outside her thatched house in Moss in the late 1920s. Note the thatch secured with coir rope weighted with stones. The ruin is opposite the `Greenbank` (with the post box). Morag was known as Mòr a` Phaal Aal because her father`s nickname was Phaal Aal / Pale Ale.
2000.21.1
Laundry day
Photograph of Flora Ann MacLean of Greenhill drying linen on the machair.
Courtesy of Ms Mary Brown
Flora Ann MacLean of Greenhill pictured drying sheets and blankets on the machair. Each summer a good day was chosen for the household to wash the bedclothes.
Black and white photograph of Flora Ann MacLean, Greenhill.
Flora Ann MacLean of Greenhill, grandmother of Mary, Donald Archie and Archie Brown, bleaching linen on the machair. (Died in 1934)
2000.21.2
Black and white photograph of Alex MacLean, Kilkenneth.
Alex MacLean of Kilkenneth, piper in the Glasgow Police Force.
2000.21.3
Black and white photograph of Alex MacLean, Kilkenneth.
Alex MacLean of Kilkenneth with his horse and gig.
2000.21.4
Black and white photograph of John MacLean, Hough.
John MacLean, Hough, uncle of Mary and Donald Archie Brown, Balevullin and Donald Archie MacLean, Kenovay.
