Dates: 1920s

2008.34.4

Black and white photograph of the MacKinnon family at Maraekakho in New Zealand.

Blacksmith Donald MacKinnon of Balinoe with his wife Mary Flora Campbell of Balephuil and their children Hugh, Dolly, Annie, Sarah and Mary on the verandah of their house at Maraekakho in New Zealand.

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2007.75.1

Biographical information about Bill Martin (1916-1942), a wireless operator/gunner in RAF 224 Squadron who was briefly posted to Tiree in 1942. Bill and all but one of his fellow crew members lost their lives when their plane collided with a barrage balloon in fog on the edge of Dartmoor in October 1942. A memorial was unveiled there by Bill’s widow in 2018.

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2000.224.1

Hardback book `County of Argyll Sheep Marks` compiled by Major W. D. Allan, 1926.

Description of the horn brands, ear and keel marks used throughout Argyll to identify sheep, compiled by the Chief Constable of Argyll; attached letter dated 1952 giving the identification marks for Ulva.