Dates: 1930s

1997.219.4

Copy of plan of the construction of Gott bay pier dated 1937.

Copy of original plan by G. Woulfe Brenan, Oban, of the construction of Gott Bay pier at a scale of 1:120 redrafted in 1937.

2002.167.2

Copy of black and white photograph of Cornaig School in the 1930s.

Cornaig School, 1930s. (See 2002.167.7, filing cabinet 8 drawer 1 for names of people). Seated at the centre is Headmaster John Rae Morrison (1902-1986) of Dunphail, Morayshire. For more biographical information on JR Morrison see 2011.108.1, filing cabinet 9 drawer 3. (photo replaced with better quality one from Alastair MacNeill in 2011)

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2002.167.4

Black and white photograph of Margaret MacKinnon`s wedding c. 1920s or 30s.

Margaret MacKinnon’s wedding held in the barn at Dun Mor, Vaul in the late 1920s or early 30s.
Back row: Margaret MacKinnon (5th right), Charlie MacKinnon (4th right), Iain MacKinnon (3rd right).

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1998.98.12

Black and white photograph of a sack race in the 1930s.

Sack race in the 1930s. L-R: unknown; Archie MacDonald, Cornaigbeg (see J17); Lachie Cameron, Balevullin; Duncan Maclean, Balevullin (vet); John MacArthur, Balinoe (later sea captain)

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2002.158.1

Audio cassette recording of Mary Davies and her sister Jessie Ann Goddard interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Kilmoluaig on 6/9/2002.

Sisters Mary Davies and Jessie Ann Goddard talk to Maggie Campbell in September 2002 about their childhood on Tiree during World War II, their schooldays, Crossapol and its people, their diet during the war, the ‘medicine’ they took as children to ward off colds and cleanse the blood, the games they played, their clothing and dances on Tiree.

2002.160.1

Audio cassette recording of Hugh Archie MacCallum interviewed by Maggie Campbell on 28/9/2002.

Hugh Archie MacCallum talks to Maggie Campbell in September 2002 about the Cornaigbeg crofts, the crofters’ names and patronymics; old and new methods of farming, seaweed and its uses, cattle shows; shebeens, shops, cobblers, the grocer’s horse-drawn van; the old schoolhouse at Cornaig and the United Free Church at Whitehouse; the evil eye; the shipwreck of the Malve during World War I. Eòghann Èairdsidh ’Ic Chaluim a’ bruidhinn ri Magaidh Chaimbeul anns an t-Sultain 2002 mu croitean Chòrnaig Bhige, ainmean agus sloinneadhan nan croitearan, dòighean sean agus ùr air croitearachd, feamainn, fèill cruidh, shebeens, bùthan, greasaichean, carbad bùtha air a tharraing le each, an t-seann sgoil Chòrnaig agus an Eaglais Shaor aig an Taigh Gheal, an droch shùil, am Malve a chaidh air na sgeirean aig àm a’ Cheud Chogadh.