School attendance registers for Heylipol School 1930-1968
Loose sheets from school attendance registers for each class at Heylipol School from October 1930 to June 1968. Signed by teachers and approved by headteachers. Includes the names of all pupils, their dates of birth and addresses (but not their attendance records).
This, and all other school admission registers that we held, has now been returned to Argyll & Bute Council archives
Photograph of the ferry MV Claymore ca. 1963
Colour photograph of the ferry MV Claymore coming in to Gott Bay pier around 1962-1964. Original in filing cabinet 9, drawer 3.
Photograph of the wheelhouse and captain of the ferry MV Claymore ca. 1963
Colour photograph of Captain John C MacKinnon MBE (Johnnie Dhomhail Bhig; 1898-1972), Vaul, at the wheel of the ferry `MV Claymore` as it approaches the pier in Gott Bay around 1962-1964. Original in filing cabinet 9, drawer 3.
Photograph of Alexander Archiebald MacLean and his friend “Jonny Dugch”, ca. 1920
Black & white photograph of Alexander Archiebald MacLean, Kilmoluaig (Alick Archie, 1899-1962) and his close friend “Jonny Dugch” around 1920.
Newspaper article about Tearlach MacGregor Whyte
Copy of Oban Times newspaper article about Tearlach MacGregor Whyte, Oban, at his death in 1981. Son of artists Duncan MacGregor Whyte and Mary Barnard, who had a studio on Tiree at Balephuil.
Song by Sarah MacDonald, Skipinnish
Original and copy of typed song “Tir an Eorna” by Sarah MacDonald, Skipinnish.
Book “BEAline to the Islands” about island air services since the 1930s
Softback book “BEAline to the Islands” about air services to offshore communities of the British Isles by British European Airways, its predecessors and successors.Tiree on pages 90-91.
Reel-to-reel tape recordings from Tiree around the 1960s
Two reel-to-reel audio tape recordings from Tiree. Recorded by Alasdair Sinclair, Brock, around the 1960s. Poor quality but decipherable. Content unknown.
Wood cabinet containing a list of the crew of HMS Sturdy in 1940
Hand-made oak cabinet containing lists of the crew of the destroyer HMS Sturdy when is was wrecked on rocks at Sandaig in October 1940, and photographs of the grave stones of five members of the crew that were drowned. Brass plates on the lid are engraved with “HMS Sturdy” and “The Ships Company 1940”. Made by Lt. Cdr. Mike Gibson in 2011 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the disaster in Oct. 2010, and presented by Mrs Cooper and Mike Gibson to the people of Tiree in recognition of their assistance to the crew at the time.
