Dates: 1930s

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Tiree Memories Calendar 2017, by Alec Walker. Includes photographs of Stewart Langley 1991, aerial view of the Co-op 1979, Kate MacDonald (Ceit Chalein) 1958, Scarinish harbour shoreside houses 1953, Ruairidh Lachainn and Domhnall Lachainn ca 1930, ferry ‘Iona’ 1991, Duncan & Margaret MacInnes 1991, Archie MacArthur (Eairdsidh Mor) and Margaret & Norman MacIvor 1990, two Regatta boats and sailors 1985, MacKinnon family at the Farmhouse in Balemartine 1924, mini cooper being loaded off ferry 1934, group of crofters at the Agricultural Show in 1968, Captain John MacDonald, ca 1970.

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Schrader-Universal tyre pressure gauge used by RAF Servicemen on Tiree during WWII. Compact and made of steel, it was manufactured in the USA by A. Schrader’s Son Inc., New York, for use on Michelin Dunlop tyres, and patented in Australia and England. The end pops out when it reaches the correct pressure.

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Two hardwood pulley blocks made by Donald Brown’s uncle, who was a boat-builder in Vaul. One is for a single rope and made from teak, the other for two ropes and made from mahogany or black ash.

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Photocopy of a sketch found at Vaul of HMS Sheffield (F96), which escorted convoys of ships in the North Atlantic during WWII, and was involved in many battles. Unknown artist or association with Tiree.

Click here for further information from Naval History.net

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Brown glass beer bottle made by James Aitken & Co, Brewers, Falkirk, found at an old dump at Vaul. Aitken’s Brewery operated from 1900 until 1960. The bottle probably contained it’s 90% ale or export.

2017.81.1

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Green glass beer bottle with a screw top made by George Younger, Meadow & Candleriggs Brewery, Alloa, which was operational during 1897-1963. Found at Garradh Mor, Moss, in 2017 and probably dating from the 1950s.

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Homemade iron anchor, weighted with a sandstone block, used for flounder fishing. Found at Milton. There would have been three anchors/weights to hold the net on the seabed: one at either end and one in the middle. There is no sandstone on Tiree, suggesting that the weight was made elsewhere.