Photograph of airmen at RAF Tiree from a selection belonging to Chrissie Murray 1924-2023, of Tiree NAAFI.
Whilst some of the collection have names on the back, this photograph does not.
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2024.6.5
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Dates: 1940s
2024.6.4
Photograph of Tiree RAF WAAF & NAAFI taken 18 May 1944, from a selection belonging to Chrissie Murray 1924-2023, of Tiree NAAFI
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signed back of photo
2024.6.3
Photograph of RAF Tiree Airmen from a selection belonging to Chrissie Murray 1924-2023, of Tiree NAAFI
Back of photo signed “Sparks Flight” L-R: Alex. McFarlane (Algy), Freddie Letham, Ray Thornton (Sparks), Eddie Gent, Jimmy Fraser.
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2024.6.2
Photograph of Chrissie Murray 1924-2023, from Point, Lewis who came to work at Tiree NAAFI
2024.4.1
An RAF inflight auxiliary lamp from RAF Tiree. Used by the navigator or radio operator.
Plugs in to the aircraft’s 24V supply via the wind out twin-flex cable. There is a foldable winder to rewind the cable.
Donated by Donald Brown of Vaul.
2023.15.2
Postcard sent from the Isle of Tiree to a Miss E. Nisbit, of Giffnock, Renfrewshire, ca 1950. The image is an ariel photograph of Scarinish and is in sepia. The handwriting is faded, so the name of the sender is unclear, but the surname appears to be McColl. The content is also difficult to read, but there is talk of the weather, typically, sunshine and gales. The photographic image was taken by Wm. Thomson of Fort William. Two 1D postage stamps feature King George VI, dating the postcard to his reign (1936-1952).
2022.29.12
Hardback edition of A Pronouncing Gaelic-English Dictionary by celebrated lexiographer, Neil MacAlpine, of Islay.
Inside cover board inscribed, ‘A.R. MacDonald, Cornaigbeg, Tiree. Personal Property’.
Gaelic to English and English to Gaelic, with phonetic key.
Re-printed from 1845 first pressing several times.
549pp.
2023.10.1
Silver cap badge from a cap worn by a member of the Seaforth Highlanders, circa 1941-1945. It features the Sutherland crest and the motto ‘Sans Peur’ (without fear). There is no information about the provenance of this item but the donation came from Vaul.
2023.6.2
Large colour print of footballer ‘The Firhill Flyer’ Johnny MacKenzie (1925-2017), Caoles.
2022.29.10
Compact, leather-covered, Gaelic ‘Biobull / Bible’, produced by Comunn-Bhiobull Duthchail na h-Alba. On the inside front cover is written ‘Cornaig Sunday School. For Mary Ishbel MacDonald [Kenovay], with every good wish for the future, J Gillies, 28/8/46. John Gillies was the Church of Scotland Missionary on Tiree for 17 years (1937-1954), teaching Sunday School in Gaelic and English.