Newspaper article `Norman`s debt to Billy Connolly` by James Millar.
Article about Norman MacLean, singer and comedian, whose father came from the Green.
2002.2.1
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Dates: 1940s
2001.198.1
Audio cassette recording of Angus MacLean interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Scarinish on 20/11/01.
Angus MacLean of Scarinish talks to Maggie Campbell in November 2001 about his time in the fire service after the RAF left, the first fire leader Neil Gunn from Heanish and his team, the Western Area Fire Service in the 1950s, using a Hathaway pump, the fire box at Taigh na Beairt in Scarinish, the new fire station beside the hotel, the first fire tender in 1970, the better equipment under Strathclyde Fire Brigade, several fires including two fatal ones and the improvements in the service.
1997.26.1.1
Photocopies of posters for two auction sales in Shoal Lake, Manitoba, Canada.
(1) List of household items, antiques, gun and rifles for auction from the McDonald Farm west of Shoal Lake. Al MacDonald or his ancestors presumably had some Tiree connection. The poster states that many of the articles had been used in the households for more than 70 years. (2) List of items for auction in the Shoal Lake Curling Rink.
1997.26.3
Photocopy (enlarged) of newspaper cutting reporting the engagement of The Duke of Argyll`s daughter.
The engagement of Lady Jeanne Campbell, daughter of the Duke of Argyll and the Hon. Mrs Kidd, to Mr William Ropner.
2001.193.1
Laser print of black and white photograph of Danina MacCallum, Port Ban and her daughter, Danina Bheag.
L-R: Danina MacCallum (Danina Bheag) and her mother of the same name, Danina Mhor, of Port Ban, Caoles. Originals from Donald Brown, Vaul.
1997.25.2
Photocopied extract from Antiquity – `Tiree Craggans` by George Holleyman.
Descriptions of Tiree craggans and historical and cultural context.
1998.6.1
Laminated handwritten Gaelic poem composed by John MacEachern, Cornaigbeg
(unknown)
1998.9.1
Photocopy of World War II victory message from King George to schoolchildren
Message of encouragement from King George to schoolchildren at the end of World War II with list of important war dates on the reverse.
1998.9.2
Photocopy of Home Guard certificate.
Certificate for Donald MacKinnon who served in the Home Guard from July 1940 to December 1944.
1998.296.1
Interior decoration in the 1920s
Sound clip in English of Mabel Kennedy talking about interior decoration in the 1920s.
Courtesy of Mrs Mabel MacArthur
Mabel Kennedy talks to Dr John Holliday in October 1998 about the interior decoration of the house at Main Road Farm in Balephuil where she lived until she went to work in service in Glasgow in 1926.
The floors of the house were made of concrete although, at that time, some must still have been beaten earth and clay. Earthen floors were considered warmer for children’s feet than concrete or flagstones and were kept clean by a sprinkling of shell sand every day except Sunday.
The walls inside were painted twice a year with whitewash made from seashells. The difficulty and expense of obtaining household goods on a remote Hebridean island encouraged the resourcefulness of the local people who would make do with the materials to hand.