Handwritten list of companies and aircraft operating flights to and fromTiree airport 1934-1994.
The companies and aircraft operatin flights to and from Tiree between 1934 and 1994, compiled by Alec MacArthur, Heylipol.
1999.144.57
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Dates: 1940s
1999.144.59
Reprint of article `Scottish Air Ambulance Service` by Robert McKean, Director of BEA.
The history of the Scottish Air Ambulance Service from 1933 to 1961, detailing aircraft used, funding, number of flights/patients/mileage per year.
2000.23.2
Black and white postcard of Scarinish harbour.
View of Scarinish harbour with the hotel on the left and the Mary Stewart on the right. Behind the Mary Stewart are the radio masts built in 1942 and demolished shortly afterwards.
2000.24.1
Black and white photograph of the Mary Stewart in Scarinish harbour.
The Mary Stewart beached in Scarinish harbour, taken in the late 1930s early 1940s.
2000.12.1
Typewritten account of donor`s husband`s time in the RAF on Tiree, with map of the Battle of the Atlantic.
Wife`s account of husband`s RAF experiences on Tiree when posted there during the Second World War. Information on the role of the RAF as well as the food, weather and limited laundry facilities!
1999.138.7
Black and white photograph of Effie and Douglas Wheeley`s wartime wedding.
Wartime wedding with groom Douglas Wheeley (RAF), Cardiff, bride Effie MacDonald and bridesmaid Mary MacDonald, both from Mannal.
1997.233.1
Audio cassette recording of Iain MacDonald talking to Reg Knapman in Scarinish in 1982
Iain MacDonald (Iain Noan) talks to Reg Knapman in 1982 about the MacLeans in Cornaig and Scarinish and their relation to Rossdhu, his grandfather and the `Mary Stewart`, starting work, WWII, CalMac ships and the service years ago, Tiree working boats, Flora Campbell and her family, the MacLeans and MacDonalds of Kenovay, the Rev. James Curry, Dr Armstrong and Kenneth MacKenzie, the piermaster.
1998.275.1
Audio cassette recording of Grace Campbell, Tullymet, talking to Liz Lapsley.
Grace Campbell talks to Liz Lapsley about her family and childhood memories, her schooldays, her life as a teacher, the loss of her parents and the shop, Scarinish Hotel and licencing, her mother`s working day, the hardships of youth, the start of the W.R.I., tinkers, blacksmiths, joiners, funerals, the first cars on Tiree, the plane landing on Gott Bay shore, local events and traditions.
1997.235.1
Audio cassette recording of Seumas na Croige with Alan Boyd.
Alan Boyd talks to James MacDonald (Seumas na Croige) of West Hynish about his sea-faring days and being shipwrecked in World War I, his schooldays at Balemartine School, the people of West Hynish and Bail’ Ur, their nicknames and genealogy, fishing and different types of seaweed, thatched houses, healing powers, Captain Donald MacKinnon of the Great China Tea Race, and place-names in Balephuil and West Hynish. Gàidhlig neo-mhodail: Tha Ailean Bòid a’ bruidhinn ri Seumas Mac Dhòmhnaill (Seumas na Croige) as na Cùiltean mu na làithean aige aig fairge agus mar a chaidh am bàta air an robh e air na sgeirean ’sa Cheud Chogadh, làithean sgoile ann am Baile Mhàrtainn, muinntir nan Cùiltean agus am Bail’ Ùr, a far-ainm agus an sloinneadh aca, iasgach, deifir sheòrsa feamainn, taighean tugha, comasan leigheis, an sgiobair Dòmhnall Mac Fhionghainn, fear Reis Mhòr an Ti Shina agus ainmean-aite ann am Baile Phuill agus na Cùiltean
1999.138.1
Letter to schoolchildren from George VI in celebration of victory at the end of World War II.
Letter dated 8/6/1946 to schoolchildren from George VI in celebration of victory at the end of World War II.