Photograph of the Tiree Regatta off Scarinish ca. 1950.
Black & white photograph of traditional dipping lugsail boats competing at the Tiree Regatta off Scarinish around 1950.
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Dates: 1940s
2011.113.9
Photograph of group of six men and women standing outside, ca.1930s
Sepia photograph of four men and women standing by a rocky hill in Scarinish, ca. 1935. Left of picture: Nonian, Mrs George MacFadyen, unknown, Mrs Mackenzie (who lived in the Bank House, Scarinish). Right back Captain George MacFadyen, unknown. George MacFadyen was the grandson of Allan & Amelia MacFadyen, who ran the Scarinish Inn.
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Photograph of group of men and women standing by a rocky hill at Scarinish, ca 1935.
Sepia photogaph of a group of four men and two women standing by a rocky hill at Scarinish in the 1930s. Left of picture: Nonian, Mrs George MacFadyen, unknown, Mrs Mackenzie. Right back of picture: Kenneth Mackenzie – Pier Master, unknown.
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Photograph of members of the MacFadyen family of Scarinish at a garden party ca. 1924
Sepia photograph of four adults and three children of the MacFadyen family of Scarinish at a garden party in Middleton around 1924. Top of table: Margaret MacFadyen, Charles MacFadyen, Maisie MacFadyen (1919-1945; died at a dance at Ruaig School), daughter of George MacFadyen, son of Malcolm MacFadyen. Biddy Cameron (Robina Mary Alexandra Buchanan Cameron, 1906-1977), and others.
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Photograph of Charles, Margaret and Hannah MacFadyen, Middleton, ca 1900
Sepia photograph of siblings Charles (1847-1930), Margaret (1850-1935) and Hannah (1855-1939) MacFadyen, Middleton, around 1900. They were the children of Allan & Amelia MacFadyen who ran the Scarinish Inn in the mid-1800s.
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Photograph of Mary Ann (Colquhoun) MacFadyen (1874-1949), 1942
Black & white photograph of Mary Ann (Colquhoun) MacFadyen (1874-1949) and a baby in 1942. Mary was born in Balephetrish and died in Wollongong, Australia.
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Photograph of Neil MacFadyen (1874-1946), ca. 1940
Colour-tinted photograph of Neil MacFadyen, Barra (1874-1946), around 1940. Neil`s father was from Tiree and brought up by his grandparents, Allan & Amelia MacFadyen who ran the Scarinish Inn in the mid-1800s.
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Photograph of cousins George and John MacFadyen, ca. 1940.
Black & white photograph of cousins George MacFadyen and John MacFadyen in a pony & trap around 1940. The trap belonged to John and was used for delivering mail and fish on Tiree.
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Photograph of the Mary Stewart in Scarinish Harbour, ca. 1950
Black & white photograph of the Mary Stewart beached in Scarinish Harbour around 1950, with many cows around it on the beach.
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Information about the yacht `Charm` whose wreckage washed up in Hynish Bay in 1945
History, letter, newpaper cuttings, telegrams, maps and photographs relating to the yacht `Charm` whose wreckage washed up in Hynish Bay in September 1945, with the loss of four lives. The new owner RAF Group Captain GN Warrington, his Australian wife, and their two friends, FO McGregor and FO Ellis, were sailing from Sligo to Belfast when they ran into a gale and probably a free-floating mine. A full-scale search & rescue was carried out by the RAF and others. Mr & Mrs Warrington had fortunately left their three-year-old son, Alastair, with friends. See photographs P155-P157.
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