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.)
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.
Black and white photograph of Lachie Dan MacCallum of Pictou Island, Nova Scotia.
Lachie Dan MacCallum (1881-1967) of Pictou Island, Nova Scotia. He was the great-grandson of John MacCallum, the first miller at Cornaig.
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.
Black and white photograph of Hector MacCallum of Pictou Island, Nova Scotia.
Hector MacCallum (1878-1953) of Pictou Island, Nova Scotia. He was the great-grandson of John MacCallum, the first miller at Cornaig.
Ten laser prints of Myra Lamont`s photo album.
Ten laser prints of Myra Lamont`s photo album of 18 black and white photos of Tiree and their captions.
Newspaper cutting dated 1986 about Mr Roderick Nicolson.
Article about 95th birthday celebrations for Mr Roderick Nicolson, former headmaster of one of Tiree`s primary schools 1913-1916.
Hardback book `Laoidhean Molaidh` by Rev. Allan MacDougall.
Gaelic hymns of praise by the Rev. Allan MacDougall of Caoles.
Postcard by Sue Anderson with an archive photograph of visitors to Tiree.
Postcard by Sue Anderson with a black and white photograph of visitors to Tiree in the 1920s or 1930s.
Black and white photograph of a spinning wheel made by Archie MacLean, Cornaigmore.
Spinning wheel made by Archie MacLean (1849-1942) of Cornaigmore (see photograph C67). The wheel is now in Sussex.
