Black & white photograph of Captain Lachlan MacPhail (1889-1961; Tiree and Glasgow) in uniform around 1943. Lachlan MacPhail served in the Merchant Navy during WWII and was an accomplished piper and writer of pipe tunes and Gaelic poems. The popular pipe tune ‘Captain Lachlan MacPhail of Tiree‘ was written by his friend, Peter MacFarquhar of Moss, in his memory. During WWII, Lachlan was a mourner at the funeral of ‘The Man Who Never Was’, a ruse to mislead the Germans.
Collection of 14 colour photo-prints of various scenes from Tiree from 1960 to 2010, including an passenger aircraft at Tiree airport, a double-decker bus at the pier, out-buildings at Coales, an old well, Kilkenneth chapel and Kirkapol farmland. Five of the images are accessioned separately (see 2016.56.2 – 6).
Black & white photograph of the Tiree team competing at the County Youth Sports competition in Oban around 1950. L-R: unidentified boy, Margaret Sinclair of Balephuil, John Galt, Dolina MacKinnon and John MacLeod.
Black & white photograph of a group of men standing outside Main Road house, Balephuil, around 1950. L-R: John MacIntyre, Angus MacArthur, Neil Sinclair, Archie MacKinnon and Murdoch Sinclair.
Black and white studio portrait photograph of L-R: Neil MacArthur, Mary Sinclair and Calum Sinclair, around 1950. All lived at Main Road house, Balephuil.