Black and white photograph of Alasdair Sinclair of Brock with his siblings, aunt and uncle in the 1930s.
Siblings Alasdair, Iain and Nancy Sinclair with their aunt Annie MacKinnon and Annie’s uncle Neil MacKinnon at the door of Taigh Uilleim in Brock in 1933 or 1934.
Black and white photograph of Alasdair Sinclair of Brock with his siblings and uncle Lachie in the late 1930s.
Alasdair Sinclair of Brock with his sister Nancy, his brother Iain and his uncle Lachie on Gott Bay in 1938 or 1939. Alasdair is fishing for flounders with a spear made with an old cod hook tied it to a bamboo cane.
Copied account by Donald MacLeod of Lewis of Tiree men lost during the world wars.
Account of men from Tiree lost during WWI and WWII.
Black and white photograph of Flora MacLean, the wife of John MacLean, the Balephuil bard, taken around 1931.
Flora MacLean, the wife of John MacLean, the Balephuil bard, photographed around 1931.
Letter dated 3/5/1939 from Rev. M. Taylor, retired Baptist minister of Tiree.
Letter dated 3rd May 1939 from Rev. M. Taylor, retired Baptist minister of Tiree, to Katie MacKinnon of Lodge Farm whom he addresses as `dear sister`.
Plan of the S.S. Hebrides (1898-1955) prepared by Ewen McGee.
Plan of the S.S. Hebrides (1898-1955) prepared by Ewen McGee.
Biographical information about Bill Martin (1916-1942), a wireless operator/gunner in RAF 224 Squadron who was briefly posted to Tiree in 1942. Bill and all but one of his fellow crew members lost their lives when their plane collided with a barrage balloon in fog on the edge of Dartmoor in October 1942. A memorial was unveiled there by Bill’s widow in 2018.
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Black and white photograoh of piper Archie MacEachern of Creag Mhor in Cornaigbeg.
Archie MacEachern of Creag Mhor in Cornaigbeg, with the cup he won as first prize in a piping competition at the Paisley Highlanders in 1933.
Collection of six receipts from the United Free Church, Scarinish, 1930-33
Two Argyll Estate receipts for feu-duty dated 1930 made out to the United Free Church in Scarinish and Balinoe, and four receipts dated 1933 made out to the Tiree congregation of the United Free Church.
