Digital copy on CD-ROM of map R22 (2013.52.1) of the RAF Tiree aerodrome during WWII.
2013.52.2
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Dates: 1930s
2013.50.1
Aiport Ambulance First Aid box
Large white-painted wooden chest containing First Aid equipment of the ambulance service at Tiree Aerodrome pre-1980. A typed inventory of items present includes: bandages, dressings, gauze, cotton wool, tourniquets, rescue sheets, paracetamol, pins, plasters, drinking glass, scissors and casualty labels.
2013.51.1
Brass binnacle compass salvaged from the front of a boat that washed up at Sloc a` Cheum, Kennavara, in 1935.
2013.42.1
Verse about a fictional (?) conversation between `Angus` and `The Kaiser` during WWII
Pamphlet of printed verse/poem/song about a fictional (?) conversation between `Aonghas` and `The Kaiser` during WWII, by Maighstir Niall MacIlleathain – Bard a` Chomuinn Thirisdich. Sold in aid of The Tiree Association Ladies` War Work Guild.
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2013.37.1
Long-handled, ornate, silver/silver-plated (?) button hook used by ladies to lace up their long ankle boots.
2013.36.2
Collins Farmers Diary 1938
Small green card-covered farmers` diary used by to Colin MacPhail of Crossapol in 1938.
2013.36.5
Map of Tiree showing proposed new roads in 1937
Annotated map of Tiree hand-drawn by Argyll County`s Engineer in 1937, showing the position of proposed new roads at Cornaig-Balevullin and Barrapol-Kilkenneth. Scale 1 inch to 1 mile. Found in Colin MacPhail`s byre at Crossapol. (photocopy in the `Map Key` folder in the main store)
2013.36.6
The Colin MacPhail collection – file folder 1
Collection of original letters, documents, photographs etc. from 1920-1970, found in Colin MacPhail`s byre at Crossapol. Includes: biography of Colin MacPhail with birth, marriage & death certificates, correspondence and articles regarding the Tiree Show, photographs, wartime preparations, the Tiree Association, Northern & Scottish Airways and personal letters. For example:
2013.36.7
The Colin MacPhail collection – file folder 2
Collection of original letters, documents, photographs etc. from 1920-1970, found in Colin MacPhail`s byre at Crossapol. Includes: correspondence and articles about his crofts and crofting, drainage, auction marts and the Balephetrish Sheep Stock Club. For example:
2013.36.8
The Colin MacPhail collection – file binder 3
Collection of original letters, documents, photographs etc. from 1920-1970, found in Colin MacPhail`s byre at Crossapol. Includes: correspondence and articles regarding school, doctors, foster children and personal shopping. For example:
