Maggie MacLean (1907 -1997)
Photograph of Maggie MacLean of Balevullin.
Courtesy of Mrs Flora MacKinnon
Maggie MacLean of Balevullin was the Dux of Oban High School in 1925 and later graduated as a teacher. She taught locally in Ruaig School and then moved to Glasgow where she married Ernest Richardson.
Black and white photograph of siblings Maggie MacLean of Balevullin in the 1910s.
Maggie MacLean (1907-1997) of Balevullin on the day she graduated as a teacher in the late 1920s. Maggie was Dux of Oban High School in 1925, taught in Ruaig School then moved to Glasgow and married Ernest Richardson.
Photograph of F/Lt Milne`s crew of 518 Squadron
Black & white photograph of the crew of an RAF Tiree 518 Squadron aircraft captained by Flight Lieutenant Milne during WWII. L-R: Sandy MacGregor (Australian wireless operator), Dave MacKenzie (Scottish navigator), Peter Rackliffe (English Met. Observer), Allan Milne (Canadian skipper), Derek `Derry` Dolwin (English w.op), Wilf Davies (English 2nd pilot), Joe MacGilvray (Australian w.op), Ernie Mailow (English engineer). (Original in filing cabinet 8 drawer 3)
Photograph of 518 Squadron`s ready room, RAF Tiree
Black & white photograph of RAF 518 Metereological Observer Squadron`s ready room on Tiree during WWII. (Original in filing cabinet 8 drawer 3)
Photograph of the interior of a Nissen hut, RAF Tiree ca. 1944.
Black & white photograph of the interior of a Nissen hut showing bunk, book shelf and pin-ups, belonging to a crew member of 518 Squadron. (Original in filing cabinet 8 drawer 3)
Photograph of two RAF personnel relaxing in a Nissen hut, Tiree ca. 1944.
Black & white photograph of Derek Dolwin (reclining on bed) and a fellow crew member of RAF 518 Met. Obs. Squadron, relaxing whilst off duty on Tiree during WWII. (Original in filing cabinet 8 drawer 3)
Photograph of the RAF Tiree telephone exchange during WWII.
Black & white photograph of Derek Dolwin, Warrant Officer of RAF Tiree 518 Squadron, wearing headphones at (possibly) the telephone exchange at RAF Tiree around 1944. Derek was a member of the flight crew that took the metereological readings that facilitated the D-Day landing (see www.dolwin.demon.co.uk). (Original in filing cabinet 8 drawer 3)
Photograph of the G-site aircrew billets at RAF Tiree.
Black & white photograph of distant Nissen huts that housed the aircrew billets at G-site, RAF Tiree during WWII. (Original in filing cabinet 8 drawer 3)
Hardback book `Hebridean Island – Memories of Scarp` edited by A. Duncan.
An account of a childhood spent on Scarp off the west coast of Harris, illustrated with black and white photographs.
Paperback book `Tales from Barra told by the Coddy`.
The tales and stories of John MacPherson, 1876-1955, one of the most renowned storytellers and characters of the Western Isles and the inspiration for `Whisky Galore`.
De-accessioned 1.3.2026.
Hardback book `Island Years` by F. Fraser Darling.
Account of the years spent on the Treshnish and Summer Isles by a naturalist.
De-accessioned 20.3.2026.
