Dates: 1940s

2009.160.7

Photograph of Mrs Margaret Hunter (nee Findlater) ca 1930.

Black & white portrait photograph of Mrs Margaret Hunter around 1930. Known as Nurse Findlater, she met and married Dr David Hunter while working on Tiree during the 1930s. They lived at Baugh House. The couple later moved to Aberdeenshire(?), returning occasionally to holiday on Tiree.

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2009.132.1

Programme for theatre performance by RAF personnel in 1945

Programme of performances of `Bon Voyage – a roving, rollicking revue` by The Tireans, the RAF-Tiree dramatics group, at the Station Theatre, RAF Station, Tiree in September 1945.

2009.132.2

Programme for stage performance by RAF personnel in 1945

Programme of performance of `The Mixture` a collection of sketches and plays by The Tireans and Reef Players, the RAF-Tiree dramatics groups, at the Station Theatre, RAF Station, Tiree in July 1945.

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Scottish Airways winter time table for scheduled flights in the Highlands and Islands, 1945-1946

Time table for scheduled flights by Scottish Airways between Highland and Island airports, including Tiree, and London and Belfast during the winter of 1945-46. Includes fares and baggage and freight charges.

2009.107.3

Photograph of novellist Alistair MacLean in the 1940s

Black and white portrait photograph of the novellist Alistair MacLean in Royal Navy uniform in the 1940s. Alistair was the grandson of Lachlan MacLean of Tiree and wrote several famous novels, some of which were made into films e.g. `Where Eagles Dare`. (Original photo stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 2)

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2009.107.6

Photograph of the manse at Daviot where novellist Alistair MacLean was brought up.

Black & white photograph of the manse at Daviot, near Inverness, where the novellist Alistair MacLean was brought up. Alistair was the grandson of Lachlan MacLean of Tiree and wrote several famous novels, some of which were made into films e.g. `Where Eagles Dare`. (Original photo stored in filing cabinet 9 drawer 2)

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