Black and white photograph of a prize-winning Clydesdale mare at the 1927 agricultural show.
Prize-winning Clydesdale mare at the 1927 Tiree Show in Scarinish, from a small photograph album from Silversands in Vaul titled 1927.
Black and white photograph of an unknown couple out for a stroll at Silversands in 1924.
Out for a stroll, from a small photograph album from Silversands in Vaul titled 1924.
The long jump
Photograph of the long jump at the Agricultural Show sports in 1927.
Courtesy of Mr Ronnie MacLean
The long jump at the Agricultural Show sports day in Scarinish. This picture is from a small photograph album from Silversands in Vaul titled ‘1927’.
Black and white photograph of the long jump at the 1927 agricultural show.
The long jump at the 1927 Tiree Show sports in Scarinish, from a small photograph album from Silversands in Vaul titled 1927.
Black and white photograph of a mother and her two children playing at the shore in 1924.
Playing at the seaside, from a small photograph album from Silversands in Vaul titled 1924.
Black and white photograph of a group of people relaxing outside Silversands in 1924.
Relaxing outside Silversands, from a small photograph album from Silversands in Vaul titled `1924`.
Black and white postcard of the ferry at Gott Bay pier in the 1920s.
The ferry, probably the Cygnet, at Gott Bay pier in the 1920s.
Black and white photograph of a group of people relaxing on the beach at Silversands in 1924.
Enjoying the sunshine on the beach outside Silversands, from a small photograph album from Silversands in Vaul titled 1924.
Black and white postcard of the Mary Stewart in Scarinish harbour in the 1920s.
The Mary Stewart in Scarinish harbour in the 1920s.
Black and white photograph of Gott Bay pier in the 1920s.
The ferry at Gott Bay pier from a small photograph album from Silversands dating from the late 1920s.
Young children at Silversands in Vaul in 1924
Photograph of two young children at Silversands in Vaul in 1924.
Courtesy of Mr Ronnie MacLean
Sarah MacMillan and Morag MacIntyre of Silversands in Vaul regularly took in summer visitors who left a record of their holidays in a number of small handmade photograph albums. This photograph of two young children is from an album dated 1924.
The children are playing in front of a water butt which collected rain from the roof and would supplement the well water. An outdoor WC can be seen in the background. This almost certainly contained a pail under a plank of wood with a circular hole. Each time it was used, sand was added to pail. The housewife would have the job of burying the contents every day.
Septic tanks were introduced in the thirties and forties. They were flushed with water from a large tank in the outhouse roof which was filled daily by hand pump.
Black and white photograph of two small children playing at Silversands in 1924.
Two small children playing by the water butt at Silversands in 1924. Note the outside WC.
