Metal rod used for drilling rock
Short steel rod or `jumper` with star-shaped end for drilling rock given to Dr Holliday by Iain Sinclair (Alasdair Sinclair, Brock`s brother) in response to An Iodhlann article in An Tirisdeach 2012. Shaft stamped with `Rawlplug star drill G – 15/16″ England`, and thought to be made after 1913 (see 2012.135.3).
Information about steel rock drill / `jumper`.
Handwritten letter dated 24/9/12 from Iain Sinclair (Alasdair Sinclair`s brother) to Dr John Holliday, with information about a steel rod for drilling rock or `jumper` (2012.135.2).
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Old glass `Schweppe` bottle
Tall, round-bottomed glass bottle found in the dump behind Baugh Surgey in 2012. Pale clear glass with large raised lettering all around bottle reading “J.Schweppe & Co., 51 Berners Street, Oxford Street, genuine superior, aerated waters”. Probably used for administering medicines.
Photograph of Donald MacLean the butcher of Kenovay, aged two in 1928.
Black & white photograph of Donald MacLean the butcher aged two years old, with his calf outside the house at Kenovay in 1928.
Book “Handbook to the Islands of Coll and Tiree”, ca 1930
Softback book describing the topography of Tiree and Coll, with some history, stories and photographs. By Hector MacDougall and Rev. Hector Cameron, Cornaigmore, ca 1930.
Transcript of telephone message about the `Oceana`
Handwritten notes and typed transcript from a telephone conversation with John Campbell, owner of the schooner `Oceana` that ran aground on Crossapol beach in 1949.
Book ` Autumns in Skye, Ross & Sutherland`
Harback book about the author`s time spent in Skye, Ross and Sutherland, in the 1920s.
British Legion membership card, 1929, belonging to Archie MacLean, Scarinish.
Original membership card of the British Legion (Scotland) – Tiree branch, and subscription receipts (1930-1946), signed by Branch Secretaries Robert MacLeod (1930-1936) and Hector MacPhail (1937-1946).
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Information about SS Malve from www.wrecksite.eu
Printed internet information about the Finnish steamship SS Malve which ran aground in Balephetrish Bay in 1931.
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Plunger butterchurn
Vertical plunger churn or `lanaid` for buttermaking in the late 1860s to 1950s. Cylindrical and made of wood bound with metal hoops, with wooden plunger rod and lid. This design was used all over Tiree until the smaller glass churns of the 1950s took their place.
This butter churn belonged to John Brown of Balephuil before passing to the Findlater family. The plunger was repaired by Norman McIver.
