Photograph of Donald M MacLean on the deck of a ship.
Black & white photograph of Donald M MacLean in his vest on the deck of a ship, possibly the Tiree ferry.
2012.74.24
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Dates: 1930s
2012.69.1
Correspondence and photographs about HMS Tiree, 2012
Correspondence from Edward Fordrey of Wimbledon who served on HMS Tiree disposing of shipwrecks just after WWII. Includes descriptions of the dangerous work he carried out and reprints of six photographs. The ships bell and ensigns are on display at Tiree High School. Four photographs digitised and accessioned separately R120-R123.
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2012.69.2
Photograph of HMS Tiree during WWII
Black & white photograph of HMS Tiree at sea during WWII. The ships bell and ensigns are on display at Tiree High School.
2012.67.1
Length of fabric made from Lodge Farm sheep, Kirkapol, in the 1930s.
Length of rough brown cloth woven at a mainland mill from the wool of sheep at Lodge Farm, Kirkapol, in the 1930s. Said to have been `for a suit`.
2012.64.2
Union Jack flag
Well used Union Jack flag brought home by Lachie MacLean, Druimfraoich, when he left the Navy. It was last flown by the roadside on the occasion of Ian and Elizabeth Brown`s (Crossapol) wedding in 1984, when it was still the custom for island residents to fly flags on wedding days. (ON LOAN – to be returned to Lachie`s family on request.)
2012.62.1
Silver jubilee of King George V commemorative mug, 1935
Small white pottery mug commemorating the silver jubilee of the coronation of King George V 1910-1935, with images of the King and Queen Mary.
2012.62.2
Commemorative mug for the coronation of King George VI in 1937
White pottery mug commemorating the coronation of King George VI in 1937. Bears images of the King and Queen Elizabeth.
2012.55.1
Audio recording of Donald Archie Brown, Balephuil, in 2010
Audio recording on minidisc of Donald Archie Brown talking with Maggie Campbell about his life in Balephuil in his young days during the 1930-40s. Recorded at his home `Abhainn Bhi`, Balephuil, on 20/01/10.
2012.29.2
Book “Leabhraichean Sgoile Gaidhlig”
Hardback book of short stories in Gaelic used for reading practice by pupils at Cornaigmore Higher Grade School, which was established in 1936.
2012.26.1
Handwritten poem `The Fringe of the Sea`, 1970, about fishing amongst small islands
Handwritten poem on headed notepaper from the House of Commons, London 15/8/1970. The poem was originally composed by Jamaican poet A.L.Hendricks (1922-1992) and copied by Richard Buchanan, Labour MP for Glasgow, Springburn (1912-2003), who sent it to Will MacPhee, estate gamekeeper, Scarinish.
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