Letters from William G. Gray, Balemartine/Canada about Tiree`s role during WWII.
Two letters and a composition about Tiree`s role during the second World War, written in 1984 by William G. Gray of Canada, grandson of Mr & Mrs Donald MacFarlane who lived at Taigh-na-Mara, Balemartine. One letter is to the Headteacher of Cornaigmore Secondary School offering a copy of the second letter addressed to the Canadian War Graves Commission regarding the graves of Canadian airmen on the island, and his enclosed composition `Significance of the Tiree Air Base during the second World War`.
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 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.
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.
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.
