Photocopy of letter of 22/1/1969 from W. R. Wilson, Divisional Vetinary Officer, to vet Robert Beck.
Reiteration of an offer of assistance to the crofting community on Tiree re the Brucellosis Scheme.
1997.36.4
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Dates: 1960s
1997.36.5
Printed information about Brucellosis produced by Tiree Council of Social Service.
Information sheets about Infectious Abortion (brucellosis) in the form of questions and answers, produced by the Agricultural Sub-Committee.
1997.36.6
Draft letter dated September 1968 from Tiree Council of Social Service to the Divisionary Vetinary Officer.
Draft letter from theTiree County Councillor and Robert Beck, vet and Chairman of the Agricultural Sub-Committee, on the advisability of the cattle owners of Tiree to join the Brucellosis Accredited Herds Scheme while the cattle are still free from infection.
1997.36.7
Letter dated 16/5/1969 to Donald MacLean, Kenovay from from the secretaries of the Reef grazing Committee and the Balephetrish General Common.
Notification that the recipient of the letter, who introduced three heifers to the island from Islay in contravention of the Brucellosis Scheme, is debarred from using the Reef and Balephetrish Common Grazings until such time as all his cattle have been tested and proved to be free of infection.
1997.36.8
Letter dated 10/2/1969 to the Divisionary Vetinary Officer from Robert Beck, vet and Chairman of Tiree Council of Social Service Agricultural Sub-Committee.
Draft letter to accompany the signatures of 100% of the resident herd owners on Tiree who wish the island`s cattle be treated as one herd for the purpose of becoming accredited under the Brucellosis Scheme.
1997.39.3
Magazine cutting `The Isles of Sunshine` by Mary Paulin.
Descriptions of Coll and Tiree mentioning the changing popoulation of Tiree, the crofting community, bulb growing, birds, Dun Mor Vaul and the weather. Black and white photographs of the Tiree Pipe Band at Coll Agricultural Show and Scarinish, Tiree.
1997.39.12
Souvenir programme for the Diamond Jubilee Gathering of the Tiree Association, 1960, with photocopy.
Concert programme for the Diamond Jubilee Gathering of the Tiree Association held in St Andrew`s Halls, Glasgow on 18/11/1960 with articles about the Chairman, Detective Supt. Charles M. MacNeill, 60 years of the Tiree Association and the Great Tea Race of 1866.
2002.2.1
Newspaper article `Norman`s debt to Billy Connolly` by James Millar.
Article about Norman MacLean, singer and comedian, whose father came from the Green.
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.
2001.199.1
Audio cassette recording of Stewart Langley interviewed by Maggie Campbell in Kirkapol on 17/11/01
Stewart Langley of Kirkapol talks to Maggie Campbell in November 2001 about his time in the Volunteer Fire Service from 1967 to 2001, about the fire engines, breathing apparatus and fire hazards, the difficulties of recruiting fire-fighters and the improvements he’s seen during his time in the service.