John and Donald MacDonald with a sunfish on Gott Bay pier
Photograph of John and Donald MacDonald with a sunfish on Gott Bay pier.
Courtesy of Dr John MacDonald
John MacDonald of Heanish and his son Donald were photographed with a sunfish on Gott Bay pier in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The ocean sunfish, Mola mola, is the most massive bony fish in the world and can grow over three metres in length.
Sunfish feed on jellyfish, plankton and small fish. They stay primarily in open waters, but can often be seen near kelp beds, large expanses of which surround Tiree. Its name ‘mola’ is Latin for ‘millstone’ which the fish is said to resemble in shape, colour and texture.
They propel themselves by flapping their large fins from side to side. Sometimes they are seen floating sideways in the water and it is commonly thought that they are basking in the sun. They are more often to be found further south in the waters round Cornwall and Wales.
Black and white photograph of John MacDonald on Gott Bay pier in the 1920s.
L-R: John `Nonian` MacDonald of Heanish and his son Donald with a sunfish on Gott Bay pier in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Donald jumped ship in Australia and lived there. (Donald is the brother of Jean MacEwan.)
Black and white photograph of Malcolm and Isabel Lamont`s house in Cornaigmore.
Malcolm (Calum Alasdair) and Isabel Lamont`s house in Cornaigmore. Isabel was a weaver and had her loom in the byre. They were the parents of Donald Lamont of Caoles and the grandparents of Malcolm MacLean of Salum (Calum Salum).
Black and white photograph of Malcolm and Isabel Lamont`s house in Cornaigmore.
Malcolm and Isabel Lamont`s house in Cornaigmore in the late 1920s. Standing at the door is their daughter Mary Ann (b. 1870) with her daughter-in-law Effie Logan who married her son John.
Cheese press with iron screw set into a stone base approximately 580 x 500 x 180 mm used to press cheese in a vat to extract the liquid. (Given to donor by Donald MacLean, Ardbeg.) Similar to the one shown in photograph X34
Photograph of two men bagging sheep fleeces in the 1920s or 1930s.
Courtesy of Mrs Mairi Campbell
The bagging of fleeces sheared from Tiree sheep. These fleeces were transported off the island. This picture was possibly taken in Balevullin in the 1920s or 1930s.
Black and white photograph of an unknown man bagging fleeces in the 1920s or 1930s.
Bagging fleeces for transport possibly in Balevullin in the 1920s or 1930s.
