Home-made, brass, cigarette lighter, made by Iain MacKinnon, Vaul, in the 1930s, using parts from an old grease-gun.
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Dates: 1940s
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Metal dessert spoon engraved with ‘NAAFI’ on the handle and encrusted with dark substance. Found in the ground in a stackyard in Barrapol in 2016, it would originally have been part of the cutlery stock of one of the RAF NAAFIs on Tiree (probably Hough) during WWII, but has since been used for mixing paint/varnish/glue on the croft.
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Wooden picture of a windmill made up of pieces of inlaid wood veneer (marquetry) by Derek Clarke, Balemartine, around 1970. Derek Clarke and Brian Jefferson worked for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which took over responsibility for the airport equipment from the RAF in 1968. From the belongings of Angus MacLean, Scarinish.
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Black & white potrait photograph on a postcard of Lachlan Campbell, Corrairigh, Cornaigbeg, in sailor’s uniform around 1940. On the reverse, the enlarger has written tinting notes: “? ?, light brown hair, light blue/grey eyes” and “Geo Paterson, Crossipool, Tiree”.
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Colour photograph of the MacLean family of Australia in around 1995. They were originally from Cornaigbeg. L-R (oldest to youngest): John MacLean (b. 12/10/1916), Margaret MacLean (b. 25/3/1919), Dorothy MacLean (b. 26/10/1922), Jean MacLean (b. 12/1/1925), Valerie MacLean (b. 23/7/1926).
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Scanned copy of a ‘Permit to Enter a Protected Area’ issued by the Military Permit Office, Edinburgh, in 1942, belonging to Hugh McColl who came to Tiree to work on the construction of buildings on the RAF airfield during World War 2.
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Hugh McColl worked for The Glasgow Steel Roofing Company and was responsible for bringing men and materials over to construct the buildings on the airfield for the RAF. His work had it’s challenges, including battling with the weather right through the summer of 1942. The men were only paid when they worked, and he recorded on the time sheets for August that their hours varied because “… some men refused to work at times owing to the weather…”. They worked on Tiree from June to October.
Hugh appeared to enjoyed himself more than the men. He stayed with the Omand family at Balemartine School House and recalls having a great time fishing, harvesting and calling at the airport picture house, which was in a Nissen hut.
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Black & white photograph of Hugh MacArthur, Tullymet, Gott/Scarinish, in his army piper’s uniform on The Reef airfield during WWII.
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Document detailing the Defence Scheme for the 1st Argyll Home Guard in 1943. It gives the roles of the Home Guard in Argyll, structure, tactics to be taken, assets available etc. See page 8 for Tiree. The Home Guard was preparing for a major land invasion, with very little in the way of defence weapons.
Copyright: The National Archives at Kew
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Black and white photograph taken in Tobermory, Isle of Mull, around 1950. L-R: Hugh MacDonald, postmaster, Scarinish; Cathie(?), sister of Mona MacLean, Coolins, Scarinish; Cathie’s mother and father.
