Postcard to Bob Petrie, Scarinish Hotel, 1975
Handwritten letter on a blank postcard to Bob Petrie, owner of the Scarinish Hotel, on 15th Jan. 1975, from Duncan M Mellis, regarding an enclosed old postcard of a line drawing of the hotel around 1906 (photo K2).
The circumstances of the grounding of the Oceana at Baugh in 1949, by owner John Campbell
Transcript of a telephone conversation between John Campbell and Dr John Holliday in October 2013, regarding John Campbell`s life and ownership of the schooner `Oceana` and the circumstances leading up to its grounding and eventual break up on the beach at Baugh / Crossapol in 1949.
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Extracts from the autobiography of John Campbell – owner of the Oceana
Printed extracts from the autobiography of John Campbell, owner of the schooner `Oceana` that grounded on Crossapol beach in 1949, including a photograph of the yacht in full sail.
Photograph of Mary MacDonald, traveller, around 2003
Colour photograph of Mary MacDonald who was a traveller. She came regularly to Tiree as a young woman with her mother `Cleamag`. Original stored in filing cabinet 10 drawer 1.
Cover pages of booklets issued to bank staff on Tiree in the 1960s and 1970s
Photocopies of the cover pages of four booklets issued to staff of the Tiree branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland (formerly the National and Commercial Bank of Scotland): (1) `Careers for Girls` and `Your Bank Account` by RBS, and (2) `On the Cash – a practical guide for tellers` and `Organising the Work of a Branch ` an introduction` by NC.
Photograph of the Royal Bank of Scotland staff college in Edinburgh around 1970
Colour photocopy of a postcard showing the RBS staff training college in esdaile, Edinburgh, around 1970. This is where Tiree`s RBS staff were sent.
Lloyds Register of Ships 1954 to 1982
Five large hardback books from the Lloyds Register of Ships, dating from 1954 to 1982 (incomplete).
Photograph of twins Donald and Gordon, ca 1950.
Black & white photograph of young twins Donald and Gordon playing on the beach, probably at Balevullin. From a collection of photographs from the house of Ellen Kennedy (nee Eilidh MacNeil), Balevullin.
Photograph of a young man with a pail and `Peggie` in the background around 1950.
Black and white photograph of a young man carrying a pail, with an older lady, possibly Peggie, standing in the background at her house. Possibly from the MacNeil / Kennedy family of Balevullin/Balephuil. From a collection of photographs from the house of Ellen Kennedy (nee Eilidh MacNeil), Balevullin.
Photograph of the Tobermory ferry terminal on Mull ca 1950
Black and white photograph of passengers and a Cooperative van outside MacBrayne`s ferry building at Tobermory on Mull. From a collection of photographs from the house of Ellen Kennedy (nee Eilidh MacNeil), Balevullin.
