Information about RAF airmen and the North Berwick memorial to Coastal Command during WWII
Printed email from Alistair MacNeill of Hynish and North Berwick recollecting the antics of an RAF airman staying at Hynish during WWII. Canadian Sqdn Leader Tony Hillditch and his wife Peggy lived at No. 1 Hynish. The email also includes photographs and information about a War Memorial at North Bewick commemorating Coastal Command, which includes Tiree.
Information regarding wartime buildings on Tiree
Printed emails, weblinks, photographs and text by Martin Briscoe regarding the names, locations and purposes of some of the wartime buildings still apparent on Tiree since the 1930s.
Click here to view 2013.103.1 (version 2, June 2016)
Information about some of the photos in book `Tiree – War among the Barley and Brine`, 2013
Printed email from Wing Cdr Bryn Lewis, formerly of RAF Tiree, with the names of people he served with from some of the photos in the book `Tiree – War among the Barley and Brine`. Names included: Smith, Sturdy, Parrot, Worthington, Greig, McKeown, Chapman, Porazka, Pickering, Hopkins, Bateson, May, Hill, Moorhouse, Reid, Kemsley, Newman, Western, Lewis, Hogarth, Hind, Hockin, Clark, Williams, Grace MacArthur, Ann MacArthur, May MacArthur. (individual photos held by An Iodhlann updated accordingly)
Various articles relating to Tiree from Australian and New Zealand newspapers 1875-1936
Newspaper articles about Tiree and Tiree people from various Australian and New Zealand newspapers. Includes `Aeroplanes Banned` by the Duke of Argyll 1936; marriage of Mary Brown, Tiree, to Thomas Lindsay of Maruimato, NZ, 1896; marriage of Flora MacIntyre, Tiree, to George Theyers of Maori Creek, NZ, 1875; death of Neil Campbell (1833-1912) of Tiree and Parramatta, Australia, 1912; diamond wedding anniversary of Donald Kennedy, Tiree, and Alice Hardman, York, 1818; `Another Island for Sale` 1911; `In the Western Highlands`, 1894.
Letter from Mike Hughes to Alice Atkins requesting information about wartime Tiree
Typed letter from Mike Hughes to Alice Atkins dated 25.7.95 requesting information about her father`s and her experiences when her father was stationed at RAF Tiree during WWII. Mentions George Holleyman.
Notice from the Edinburgh Gazette 1930 regarding ceasation of the Cornaig Agricultural Cooperative Society
Printed transcript of a notice from the Edinburgh Gazette 1930 regarding forced cancellation of the Registry of the Cornaig Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd due to the lack of provision of Annual Returns.
Notice from the Edinburgh Gazette 1932 regarding the establishment of a District Council for Tiree & Coll
Printed transcript of a notice from the Edinburgh Gazette 1932 announcing the establishment of a District Council fo the Tiree and Coll District.
Notice from the Edinburgh Gazette 1934 regarding telephone charges
Printed transcript of a notice from the Edinburgh Gazette 1934 regarding additional charges on telephonic communications within the British Isles.
Gaelic Bible, 1914
Small, black hardback Gaelic Bible published in 1914. Signed on the inside cover as belonging to “John Munn, Heanish”. Found during renovations of his house at Heanish in 2013.
Register of Members of the Tiree Baptist Church, 1874-1958
Photocopy of the Register of Members of the Tiree Baptist Church from 1874 to 1958. Lists names, townships, date admitted to membership, by profession or transfer, date membership ceased and cause, and remarks. Given to Gordon Scott by Professor Donald Meek in May 2013.
