Mullard master valve in its original box.
Mullard PM22A 5-pin master valve in its original box (130 x 50 x 50 mm) used to power a radio from a 120V battery, probably in use from the mid-1920s until the 1950s.
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Dates: 1920s
2000.212.1
Bell gun with firing mallet used as a humane killer for slaughtering cattle and sheep. Originally used by Tiree butcher, Donald Archie MacLean, to slaughter cattle and sheep, this humane killer was given to the vetinary on the island, Robert Beck, in the 1960s. Made of cast iron, the maker’s name, W. W. Greener of Birmingham, is embossed around the rim of bell. Once loaded with a single bullet, the bell was positioned on the front of the animal’s head and the gun fired by hitting the trigger (the protruding knob) with the wooden mallet. Although very efficient and humane, it required two hands to operate and another person to steady the animal’s head. Not considered safe enough for use indoors, humane killers with captive bolts are now used instead.
Tiree in 100 Objects – 39 – Bell Gun
The History of Tiree in 100 Objects
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Black and white photograph of an unknown group at Silversands from a small album from Silversands.
Unknown group at the porch door of Silversands, from a small album from Silversands, Vaul, titled `Idle Days` probably dating from the 1920s or early 1930s.
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Playing golf at Vaul
Photograph of unknown couple playing golf at Vaul in the 1920s or early 1930s.
Courtesy of Mr Ronnie MacLean
This photograph of an unknown couple playing golf was found in a small hand-made album titled ‘Idle Days’ from Silversands in Vaul. It probably dates from the 1920s or early 1930s.
A golf course existed in Vaul as long ago as the 1890s. In 1911 an eighteen-hole course, 6,306 yards long, was laid out with the help of a professional golfer, James Hobbins, who married a Tiree woman. In September a club house was gifted by Mr Charles MacNeil of the Colonial Iron Works in Govan.
Before World War II, Tiree was a very popular golfing resort. There were eighteen-hole courses at Vaul, Scarinish and Heanish and a nine-hole course at Cornaig. All were closed during the war and only the Vaul course was brought back into use in 1962 with nine holes.
Black and white photograph of an unknown couple playing golf from a small album from Silversands.
Hugh MacIntyre, Vaul (d. 1932) and possibly his wife Mary of Balinoe (d.1928) playing golf in the 1920s. The photo was titled `Aig iomain` (playing) in a small album from Silversands, Vaul, titled `Idle Days` probably dating from the 1920s to early 1930s.
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Black and white photograph of two unknown women with a pet lamb from a small album from Silversands.
`Tri pheatichean` (three pets) from a small album from Silversands, Vaul, titled `Idle Days` probably dating from the 1920s or early 1930s.
2003.161.12
Black and white photograph of three unknown women outside Silversands from a small album from Silversands.
Two women pegging out what is probably a shawl on the grass to dry using feathers, from a small album from Silversands, Vaul, titled `Idle Days` probably dating from the 1920s or early 1930s.
2003.161.13
Black and white photograph of an unknown couple on the Caoles road from a small album from Silversands.
`Rathad Caholais` (the caoles road) from a small album from Silversands, Vaul, titled `Idle Days` probably dating from the 1920s or early 1930s.
2003.161.14
Black and white photograph of an unknown group at Silversands from a small album from Silversands.
Unknown group at the porch door of Silversands, from a small album from Silversands, Vaul, titled `Idle Days` probably dating from the 1920s or early 1930s.
2003.162.1
Black and white group photograph outside Rhum View, Vaul in the early 1920s.
Rhum View, Vaul in the early 1920s. L-R: (back) Jessie Pettigrew, Iain MacKinnon (Johnny London), Mary Flora Pettigrew née MacKinnon, Catriona MacKinnon, Mary Flora’s sister, (front) Marion Spears née MacKinnon. Mary Flora married Jimmy Pettigrew who was the brother of Margaret Johnston, Margaret Doig’s mother.
2003.162.4
Black and white postcard of Scarinish harbour postmarked in the 1930s.
Postcard of the `Mary Stewart` in Scarinish harbour with the hotel in the background, postmarked in the 1930s.
