Photograph of a young boy and baby
Black & white portrait photograph of an unknown 3-4 year old boy with a baby in white christening gown, ca 1960s. Possibly members of Beck family as found with other photographs belonging to Robert Beck, Ruaig. Taken in the studio of Weir Bros., Glasgow & Greenock. (Original photograph stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1).
Photograph of a winter wedding, ca 1960
Black & white photograph of a wedding party being led by a piper through parkland during a snow fall around 1960. Printed by Stephens Orr, Glasgow. Piper may be Robert Beck, Ruaig. (Original photograph stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1).
Photograph of a wedding party on Coll, in the late 1960s
Black & white photograph of a wedding party being led along the pier road on Coll by piper Robert Beck, in the late 1960s. Photographed by Geoffrey Cole, Oban. Formerly mounted with a 1970 calendar insert. (Original photograph and mount/calendar stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1).
Three academic papers regarding grey seals, 1959-61
Three reprints of papers written by John Morton Boyd (and others), Balephuil/Edinburgh, from the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, regarding the biology of grey seals in the Hebrides: (1)The breeding colony of grey seals on North Rona, 1959; (2) Observations on the grey seal at North Rona in 1960; (3) The grey seal in the Outer Hebrides in October 1961. Each is marked as belonging to Robert Beck, Ruaig.
Photograph of cars on the deck of the Claymore ferry, 1960s
Black & white photograph of cars on the deck of the Claymore in the 1960s, the nearest of which belonged to the Knapman family.
Photograph of people in a tractor trailer, 1960s
Black & white photograph of members of the Knapman family being driven to the shops by tractor and trailer at Vaul in the 1960s.
Four members of the Knapman family plus Iain
MacDonald, Dunmore and one other unidentified visitor
Photograph of a group of people at Dunmore, Vaul, around 1950
Copy of a colour transparency of 18 adults and children outside Rum View around 1939.
Includes visitors who stayed in Rum View that year plus Catriona MacInnon of Rum View. Billy and Jean Taylor are in the picture who
were the parents of Meena Knapman, (nee Taylor) wo possibly took
the photograph.
Photograph of Lower Vaul ca 1939
Copy of colour transparency of Billy and Jean Taylor (Meena Knapman’s parents) walking by a black-roofed house by the old road in Lower Vaul around 1939
The location is outside Lazy Charlie’s House just beyond Seaside
in Lower Vaul – it is now a ruin as it was in 1960 but not in the
1930s. Meena Knapman remembered Lazy Charlie when she first
came to Tiree as a child in the 1920s & 1930s
Photograph of Vaul beach ca 1960
Copy of a colour transparency of the bay and beach at Vaul, photographed from the west around 1960.
Group of people outside Dunmore, Vaul, 1960s
Black and white photograph of 14 adults and children standing for a group shot outside the house at Dunmore, Vaul, during a visit in the 1960s. The photo includes visitors staying at Dunmore as well as the Knapman family. There are also some Dunmore residents including Charlie MacDonald
