Collection of 18 postcards of photographs of Tiree, 1920-1960
Collection of 18 original postcards showing photographed scenes from Tiree, some of which are used and stamped. Most are duplicates of existing archive items. Six scanned and accessioned separately (V121-V126).
Photograph of a Remembrance Day wreath “On behalf of Tiree”, 2014
Colour photograph of a wreath of poppies with a ribbon stating “On behalf of Tiree”, placed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, Canada, on Remembrance Day, 11 November 2014. It is unknown who placed the wreath.
Colourful linen tea towel showing a map of Tiree. Designed and commissioned in the 1970s by Mona MacLean, Scarinish, for sale in her shop at the top of the pier road.
Photograph of the old lighthouse at Scarinish, 1962
Black & white photograph of L-R: unknown, unknown and Neil MacNeill, Scarinish (Niall an Tailleir), standing by the old lighthouse at Scarinish in 1962. It was removed when the new building was built (see V114). (accession includes a digitally restored copy: `V113 restored`)
Photograph of the building of the new Scarinish Light in 1962
Black & white photograph of L-R: unknown, Neil MacNeill, Scarinish (Niall an Tailleir), his son Neil MacNeill, and unknown, during building works of the new Scarinish Light (the square building) in 1962. The old lighthouse, which was removed, is in the background. (accession includes a digitally restored copy: `V114 restored`)
Photograph of Neil MacNeill, Scarinish, in the 1960s
Sepia photograph of Neil MacNeill, Scarinish, (Niall an Tailleir / Neil son of the Tailor) at the tiller of an open fishing boat in the 1960s.
Photograph of Willie MacNeill and Dr Kennedy in the 1960s
Sepia photograph of L-R: Dr Kennedy and Willie MacNeill, The Land – Barrapol, in a fishing boat off Tiree in the 1960s.
Photograph of shags on a rocky point in the 1960s
Sepia photograph of about 40 shags taking off from a rocky point on Tiree`s shore in the 1960s. The photograph was probably taken by Dr Kennedy, out on a fishing trip with Willie MacNeill, The Land – Barrapol, and Neil MacNeill, Scarinish (Niall an Tailleir). Shags were once part of the Tiree diet.
Autobiography by Ethel McCallum, 2006
Unbound photocopy of autobiography `Who Knows?` by Ethel MacCallum (nee Woods; b. 1937). Ethel was born in Glasgow. Her unmarried mother left her in a children`s home in Glasgow, from where she was boarded out to a family in Aberdeenshire at the age of 9 months. At 5 years old, she was returned to the home in Glasgow. When the bombs started falling during WWII, she and other children were boarded out to Tiree families in 1943. She was given a safe and loving home by `Aunt` Kate and `Uncle` Hugh Lamont who ran a post office, and went to school at Ruaig. Moved to the mainland after she married Archie McCallum. Her son Duncan has a house on Tiree.
Audio recording of talks at the Halifax memorial event, 2014
Talks by various participants, including Mike Hughes and Ken Organ, of the commemoration event at An Talla on 16th August 2014 on the 70th anniversary of the fatal collision of two RAF Halifax aircraft over Tiree.
