Black and white photograph of a coal puffer.
Coal puffer probably taken on Gott Bay in the late 1920s to early 1930s.
1997.176.3
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Dates: 1930s
1997.176.4
Black and white photograph of people aboard an unknown ship.
Group photograph from a samml album from Silversands, Vaul, of six unknown men aboard an unknown ship, probably taken in the late 1920s to early 1930s.
1997.176.5
Black and white photograph of Iain, the herd boy.
Photograph from a small album from Silversands, titled `The herd laddie` taken in the late 1920s to early 1930s. Herding was done by boys when they left school at 14. As the common grazings and many fields were unfenced, their job was to keep cattle, sheep and horses within the township boundaries and out of the crops. Until wire fencing was introduced in the 1890s, fields were sometimes enclosed with turf or stone walls. From May to October, Iain would have stayed in a ‘bothag’, a small round building constructed of stone and roofed with turfs over a timber frame.
1997.176.6
Black and white photograph of Maggie.
Photograph from a small album from Silversands, Vaul, titled Maggie, probably taken in the late 1920s to early 1930s.
1997.176.7
The Coaling Station at Brock
Photograph of a coal puffer beached on Gott Bay at Brock in the 1930s.
Around the middle of the 19th century, when local peat deposits had run out and peat was no longer readily available from adjacent islands, coal was shipped to Tiree in sailing smacks and schooners owned and sailed by Tiree men.
Later in the century and into the 1900s, coal was brought in by steam-driven lighters known as puffers. As there are no secure harbours in Tiree, the puffers, like the schooners before them, were beached at spring tides on several of the sandy bays around the island.
The coal was discharged into horse-drawn carts of a half tonne nominal capacity. One such coaling station was at Brock on the east end of the island.
Black and white photograph of the coaling station, Brock.
Photograph from a small album from Silversands, Vaul, titled `The Coaling Station, Brock` of a puffer discharging coal into horse-drawn carts, probably taken in the late 1920s to early 1930s. Around the middle of the 19th century, when local peat deposits had run out and peat was no longer readily available from adjacent islands, coal was shipped to Tiree in sailing smacks and schooners owned and sailed by Tiree men. Later in the century and into the 1900s, coal was brought in by puffers. As there are no secure harbours in Tiree, the puffers like the schooners before them were beached at spring tides on several of the sandy bays around the island. The coal was discharged into horse-drawn carts of a half tonne nominal capacity. One such coaling station was at Brock on the east end of the island.
1997.176.8
Black and white photograph of a collier on the beach at Brock.
Photograph from a small album from Silversands, Vaul, titled `Collier on the beach at Brock` of a puffer waiting to discharge coal into horse-drawn carts, probably taken in the late 1920s to early 1930s. For additional information see catalogue for 1997.176.7.
1997.176.9
Black and white photograph of the new road to Silversands, Vaul.
Photograph from a small album from Silversands, Vaul, titled `The new road to Silversands`, probably taken in the late 1920s to early 1930s.
1997.171.2
D. & H. MacArthur’s shop
Photograph of D. & H. MacArthur’s shop in Scarinish at the beginning of the 20th century.
Courtesy of Mrs Flora MacKinnon
Situated in Scarinish close to the ferry terminal, D. & H. MacArthur’s was the main shop on the island. It comprised a general store, a Post Office and a hardware department upstairs. The MacArthur family lived on the top floor.
The lean-to structure on the left is Taigh an t-Sàil where preserving salt was stored. Salted meat or fish would be packed in large barrels similar to those in the foreground. The wicker baskets to the left of the main doorway were used to import pan loaves from Glasgow.
There was no running water in the building but a well and pump outside. In 1948 disaster struck when a fire which began in the back paraffin store destroyed the shop. A new Co-operative store was built on the same site.
Black and white photograph of D & H MacArthur`s general store in Scarinish taken in the 1930s.
Situated in Scarinish close to the ferry terminal, D & H MacArthur’s was the main shop on the island. It comprised a general store, a Post Office and a hardware department upstairs. The MacArthur family lived on the top floor. The lean-to structure on the left is Taigh an t-Sàil where preserving salt was stored. Salted meat or fish would be packed in large barrels similar to those in the foreground. The wicker baskets to the left of the main doorway were used to import pan loaves from Glasgow. The building burned down during World War II and a new Co-operative store built on the same site.
1997.172.5
Black and white photograph of Archie MacEachern and Donald MacLean.
Archie (Leipan) MacEachern and Donald MacLean, Ard Beg, outside the smiddy at Creag Mhor, Cornaigbeg.
1997.174.1
Black and white photograph of Scarinish School in 1933.
Scarinish School, 1933. L-R: (front row) Lachie MacKinnon, Parkhouse; Sheena Glenday, Heanish Police Station; Katie MacLean, Lighthouse View; Cathie MacDonald, The Coolins, Pier Road; Angus Munn, Heanish; Archie and John MacDonald, Scarinish (brothers of Morag Slowther); (second row) Mona Glenday, Heanish Police Station; Mona MacDonald, The Coolins, Pier Road; Hetty MacDonald, Scarinish; Anne MacArthur, Balephetrish House; Mamie Miller, Baugh; Donald MacDonald, Heanish; (third row) Grace MacArthur, Balephetrish House; Anne MacKinnon, Heanish (married Alasdair MacDonald, Balevullin); Kate Nisbet, Heanish; Rosie MacIntyre, The Lodge; Mary MacKinnon, Homestead, Heanish; (back row standing) Neil MacKinnon, U. F. Manse, Scarinish (now Taigh a` Rudha), killed in Italy in WWII; Lachie MacFadyen, Heanish; Donald MacLean, Scarinish (postman`s son); Mary Ann MacIntyre, Gott (married Donald MacDonald, Heanish) ; Donald MacIntyre, Gott; Alick Duncan MacCallum, Scarinish; Neil MacDonald, Port na Criche, Scarinish; Katie MacLean, Scarinish (postman`s daughter); Alasdair Glenday, Heanish Police Station.
