Laser print of a black and white photograph of the Tiree Show in Scarinish in 1922.
The Tiree Show in Scarinish in 1922. (From Myra Lamont’s photograph album of the 1920s.)
2001.96.17
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Dates: 1920s
2001.96.1
Laser print of a black and white photograph of a family group taken at Heylipol Cotttage.
Unknown family group photographed outside Heylipol Cottage. (From Myra Lamont’s photograph album of the 1920s.)
2001.96.2
Laser print of a black and white photograph of Flora and Jessie MacNab in the 1920s.
`Resting by the way`. L-R: Flora MacNab, school teacher in Glasgow, and her sister Jessie who was a district nurse in Tiree. (From Myra Lamont`s photograph album of the 1920s.)
2001.96.3
Laser print of a black and white photograph of two unknown children outside Heylipol Cottage in the 1920s.
Two unknown children outside Heylipol Cottage. (From Myra Lamont`s photograph album of the 1920s)
2001.96.4
Laser print of a black and white photograph of two men cutting thistles at Heylipol.
John Hume, manager of Heylipol Farm, cutting thistles at Heylipol with a horse-drawn cutter. (From Myra Lamont`s photograph album of the 1920s)
2001.96.5
Laser print of a black and white photograph of cattle in Loch an Eilein in the 1920s.
Cattle in Loch an Eilein. (From Myra Lamont`s photograph album of the 1920s.)
2001.96.6
Laser print of a black and white photograph of Scarinish harbour in the 1920s.
The `Mary Stewart` in Scarinish harbour. (From Myra Lamont`s photograph album of the 1920s.)
2001.96.7
Laser print of a black and white photograph of herring packers at Oban pier in the 1920s.
`Packing herring at Oban pier.` (From Myra Lamont`s photograph album of the 1920s.)
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The old mill at Cornaig
Photograph of the old mill at Cornaig.
In the second half of the 18th century landlords started investing in mills with vertical water wheels which were more efficient than horizontal mills and generated a greater income. The Cornaig mill was built by the 5th Duke of Argyll in 1803.
Although the water wheel was vertical, gears inside the mill turned the upper horizontal ‘runner’ stone over the stationary lower or ‘nether stone. These were held together by a wooden spindle which was greased with beef suet.
The grinding surfaces of the stones were ‘dressed’ by the miller every year into an elaborate pattern of channels. Grain was fed in the centre of the upper stone with the miller controlling the distance between the stones, and consequently the fineness of the meal, with a number of small wedges.
Black and white postcard of the old mill at Cornaig.
The old mill at Cornaig in the 1920s when it was still operating.
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Black and white photograph of Duncan MacCallum of Pictou Island, Nova Scotia.
Duncan MacCallum (1874-1958) of Pictou Island, Nova Scotia. He was the great-grandson of John MacCallum, the first miller at Cornaig.
