Dates: 1920s

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1998.158.1

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Black and white photograph of Ruaig School around 1929.

Ruaig School around 1929. L-R: (front row) Alister Maclean, Salum; Lachie MacFadyen, Caoles; Willie MacIntosh, Caoles; John MacFadyen, Caoles; Ian MacLean, Croish, Caoles; James Graham, Vaul; (2nd front row) Margaret Graham, Vaul; Margaret MacArthur, Rosigil, Caoles; Mary B MacFadyen, Caoles; Effie MacArthur, Ruaig; Lizzie Barr, Ruaig; Isobel MacKinnon, Croish, Ruaig; Effie MacKinnon, Vaul; Jessie MacFadyen, Caoles ; Ruby MacDougall, Vaul; (2nd back row) Ena MacDonald, Brock; Ina Faulds, Ruaig; Flora Lamont, Sackhill; Lizzie MacGill, Ruaig; Mary MacKinnon, Vaul; Ann Hobbins, Vaul; Elsie MacKinnon, Kirkapol; Jessie MacGill, Ruaig; Chrissie MacKinnon, Primary Teacher; (back row) Robert MacLeod, Headteacher; John Faulds, Caoles; Archie MacFadyen, Brock; Donald MacDonald, Ruaig; Alfie Walker, Vaul; Lachie Maclean, Vaul; David Maclean, Ruaig.

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1998.156.10

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Black and white photograph of Ann Lamont nee MacInnes of Ruaig and her daughter Mairi.

Ann Lamont nee MacInnes of Ruaig and her daughter Mairi Iain around 1923..

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1998.156.25

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Black and white photograph of Alastair Alpine MacGregor and the MacLeod family from Ruaig around 1928.

Out for a walk around 1928. L-R (adults) author Alasdair Alpine MacGregor; Morag MacLeod (Mor Iain Lachainn) mother of Iain and Anneen; Joan MacLeod, related through marriage to the Brock MacLeods; joiner John MacLeod from Mosspark, Glasgow; (children) Iain and Anneen MacLeod.

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1998.156.26

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Black and white group photograph taken at Milton around 1930.

The house at the foot of the dun at Milton harbour around 1930. L-R (adults) Captain John MacKinnon, Acarsaid, Milton, brother of Ann; Ann MacKenzie née MacKinnon, mother-in-law of Donald the Plumber; Isabel, Ann’s aunt; (children) Iain MacLeod of Ruaig; Alec MacKenzie, Ann’s son; Anneen Black née MacLeod (nighean Mòr Lachainn Iain), Iain’s sister.

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2001.153.1

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The Campbell-Stokes Heliograph sunshine recorder from Tiree Met Station.

The Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder

Courtesy of Mr Ray Sharp

The Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder was invented in 1853 by John Francis Campbell, the editor of ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, and modified by Sir George Gabriel Stokes in 1879. It consists of a glass sphere, about ten centimetres in diameter, mounted on a metal stand.

Manufactured to Met Office specification, the glass sphere focuses the rays of the sun to an intense spot which chars a mark on a curved graduated card mounted concentrically with the sphere. As the earth rotates, the position of the spot moves across the card. The card is held in place by grooves, of which there are three overlapping sets, to allow for the height of the sun during different seasons of the year.

Its main advantage is its simplicity and ease of use. However, the results require interpretation by an observer and may differ from one person to another.

Tiree in 100 Objects – 26 – Heliograph

The History of Tiree in 100 Objects

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